2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's African Championship

The 2017 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women was the 5th FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Women, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Mozambique from August 5 to 12, with the games played in Beira.[1]

2017 FIBA Africa U-16 Championship 
for Women
5th FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nation Mozambique
DatesAugust 5–12
Teams5
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Mali
(5th title)
MVP Aissetou Coulibaly
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Coulibaly (21.8)  Mali (74.2)
Rebounds Mabika (10.3)  Zimbabwe (33.8)
Assists F. Kone (4.0)  Mali (14.8)
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Mali claimed their record fifth straight continental title by trouncing Angola in the Finals, 68–29. Both teams will represent FIBA Africa to the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup.[2]

Hosts Selection

On 25 March 2016, FIBA Africa announced that Mozambique will host the tournament.[3]

Venue
Beira

Qualification
Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 1 12–16 June 2017[notes 1] NA 1 N/A
2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 2 Cancelled[notes 2] NA 1  Mali
2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 3 9–14 June 2017[notes 3] Lomé 1 N/A
2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 4 Cancelled[notes 4] NA 1 N/A
2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 5 1–6 June 2017[notes 5] Mombasa 1  Egypt
2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 6 TBD[notes 6] Harare 3  Mozambique
 Angola
 Zimbabwe
2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 7 Cancelled[notes 7] NA 1 N/A
Total5

Squads

Participating teams

Format

The first round will be played in a round-robin format. The top four teams will advance to the Final Phase which will be played in a knockout format (Semi-Finals, Final). The Third-Place Game and the Final will be played on the last day of the tournament (August 12).[11]

Group phase

All times are in Central Africa Time (UTC+2:00)

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Mali 4 4 0 314 131 +183 8 Advanced to Semi-finals
2  Egypt 4 3 1 208 216 −8 7
3  Angola 4 2 2 202 202 0 6
4  Mozambique (H) 4 1 3 199 243 −44 5
5  Zimbabwe 4 0 4 136 267 −131 4 Eliminated
Source: FIBA Africa
(H) Host.
5 August
15:00
Egypt  33–66  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 4–14, 9–13, 6–24
Pts: Elgizawy 12
Rebs: Elgizawy 5
Asts: Mohamed 3		 Pts: S. Kone 23
Rebs: S. Kone 11
Asts: F. Kone 4
Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Francisco Tando (ANG)
5 August
18:00
Zimbabwe  39–48  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 3–10, 10–16, 11–10, 15–12
Pts: Mutengo 12
Rebs: Mutsahuni 7
Asts: Mutengo 2		 Pts: Massingue 20
Rebs: Sumbane, Rijal 7
Asts: Massingue 3
Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
Referees: Aya Khaled Abdelmohsed Ahmed (EGY), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Dorothy Judy Okatch (BOT)
6 August
16:00
Egypt  55–46  Zimbabwe
Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 10–14, 17–10, 16–13
Pts: Kabil 11
Rebs: Abouelkhair, Abdelalim, Abdullah 5
Asts: Badawy 4		 Pts: Mabika 16
Rebs: Mabika 19
Asts: Zwinake 2
Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
Referees: Dorothy Judy Okatch (BOT), Francisco Tando (ANG), Buyiswa Tshemese (RSA)
6 August
18:00
Angola  64–57  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 12–13, 25–9, 14–17
Pts: Lourenço, Caetano 14
Rebs: Pululo, Dizeko, André 4
Asts: Dizeko 1		 Pts: Massingue 18
Rebs: Massingue, Paxixe, Rijal 6
Asts: Magoliço, Sigauque, Paxixe 1
Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM)
7 August
16:00
Mali  112–22  Zimbabwe
Scoring by quarter: 23–7, 39–3, 23–9, 27–3
Pts: Coulibaly 26
Rebs: S. Kone 8
Asts: F. Kone, Sangare 6		 Pts: Mabika 10
Rebs: Zwinake 7
Asts: Mutengo 1
Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
Referees: Aya Khaled Abdelmohsed Ahmed (EGY), Francisco Tando (ANG), Buyiswa Tshemese (RSA)
7 August
18:00
Angola  43–56  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 8–23, 16–8, 8–12
Pts: Caetano 15
Rebs: Dizeko, Antonio 5
Asts: Antonio, Caetano 2		 Pts: Elgizawy 22
Rebs: Abdullah 9
Asts: Elgizawy 3
Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
Referees: Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Dorothy Judy Okatch (BOT)
8 August
16:00
Zimbabwe  29–52  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 9–10, 6–16, 6–13
Pts: Mutengo 8
Rebs: Mabika 12
Asts: Mutengo 2		 Pts: Antonio 14
Rebs: Quipaca 8
Asts: Lourenço 3
Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
8 August
18:00
Mozambique  33–76  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 6–19, 7–9, 14–19, 6–29
Pts: Sigauque 8
Rebs: Rijal 12
Asts: Massingue 4		 Pts: Coulibaly 27
Rebs: S. Kone 8
Asts: F. Kone, Sissoko 4
Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
9 August
16:00
Mali  60–43  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 15–6, 14–8, 15–16, 16–13
Pts: Coulibaly 19
Rebs: S. Kone 9
Asts: Coulibaly 6		 Pts: Lourenço 10
Rebs: Antonio 5
Asts: Antonio 3
Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
9 August
18:00
Mozambique  61–64  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 14–13, 14–16, 13–26
Pts: McDonald 18
Rebs: Rijal 10
Asts: Sigauque 5		 Pts: Elshishiny 15
Rebs: Abdelalim 5
Asts: Abouelkhair, Badawy, Mohamed 1
Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira

Final round

Finalists qualified for the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup.

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 August
 
 
 Mali63
 
12 August
 
 Mozambique39
 
 Mali68
 
11 August
 
 Angola29
 
 Egypt42
 
 
 Angola59
 
Third place
 
 
12 August
 
 
 Mozambique38
 
 
 Egypt56

Semi-finals
11 August
16:00
 Egypt 42–59  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 7–11, 10–25, 14–15, 11–8
Pts: Elgizawy 15
Rebs: Abouelkhair 4
Asts: Abdelalim 3		 Pts: Lourenço 16
Rebs: Dizeko, Caetano 5
Asts: Antonio 3
Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
11 August
18:00
 Mali 63–39  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 15–8, 16–13, 15–5, 17–13
Pts: Coulibaly 17
Rebs: S. Kone 7
Asts: F. Kone 4		 Pts: Sigauque 11
Rebs: Rijal 12
Asts: Machava, Massingue, McDonald 2
Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira

Bronze medal match
12 August
14:00
 Mozambique 38–56  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 9–10, 9–20, 10–13
Pts: Magoliço 9
Rebs: Rijal 7
Asts: McDonald 3		 Pts: Abdullah 16
Rebs: Abdullah 6
Asts: Badawy, Elgizawy 2
Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira

Final
12 August
16:00
 Mali 68–29  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 17–4, 21–7, 14–7
Pts: Coulibaly 25
Rebs: S. Kone 9
Asts: F. Kone 6		 Pts: Dizeko 13
Rebs: Dizeko 7
Asts: Lourenço 3
Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira

Statistical Leaders

Final statistics at the end of the tournament:[12]

Players

Awards
 2017 Under-16 African Champions 

Mali
Fifth title
  • Most Valuable Player: Aissetou Coulibaly[13]

The All-Star Five:[13]

PositionPlayerCountry Origin
PGNoemia Alexandre Massingue Mozambique
SGHabiba Elgizawy Egypt
SFAissetou Coulibaly Mali
PFCacia Antonio Angola
CSika Kone Mali

Final ranking
Qualified to the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup.
Rank Team Record
 Mali 6–0
 Angola 5–1
 Egypt 4–2
4  Mozambique 1–5
5  Zimbabwe 0–4

Notes
  1. Four countries will participate: hosts Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The qualifier will be played in a round-robin format.[4]
  2. Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Mali was added later.[5]
  3. Four countries will participate: hosts Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast. The qualifier will be played in a round-robin format. Nigeria was added later.[6]
  4. Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament.[7]
  5. Four countries participated: hosts Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and the eventual zone winner Egypt. The tournament was played in round-robin format.[8]
  6. Two teams will participate: hosts Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Mozambique already qualified as the tournament hosts. The tournament will be played over two games. Angola and Zimbabwe were added later.[9]
  7. Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament.[10]
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References
  1. FIBA Calendar
  2. "Mali claim fifth straight FIBA U16 Women's African Championship title". FIBA Africa. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  3. "Mozambique to host FIBA U16 Women's African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  4. "Zone I Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  5. "Zone II Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  6. "Zone III Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  7. "Zone IV Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  8. "Zone V Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  9. "Zone VI Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  10. "Zone VII Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  11. "Competition System". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  12. "Player Statistics". FIBA.com. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  13. "Coulibaly named MVP, headlines All-Star Five". FIBA.basketball. FIBA.com. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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