AfroBasket 2007 was the 24th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body of the African zone. The tournament was hosted by Angola, in the cities of Benguela, Cabinda, Huambo and Lubango.

Angola won its fifth consecutive African championship and ninth overall by beating Cameroon 86–72 in the championship game. Cape Verde won the bronze medal game over Egypt. Angola qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, whereas Cameroon and Cape Verde qualified for the 2008 Olympic qualifying tournament. Angola's Joaquim Gomes was awarded as the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

Venues City Arena Capacity Luanda Pavilhão da Cidadela 6,873 Benguela Pavilhão Acácias Rubras 2,100 Huambo Pavilhão Serra Van-Dúnem 2,010 Lubango Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte 2,000 Cabinda Pavilhão do Tafe 2,000

Qualification

Squads

Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals Relegated to classification matchesAll times are in local time UTC+1

Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 3 0 317 168 +149 6 3 2 1 200 242 -42 5 3 1 2 212 261 -49 4 3 0 3 196 254 -85 3

Group B Qualified for the quarterfinals Relegated to classification matches TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 2 1 205 201 +4 5 3 2 1 195 199 +4 5 3 1 2 211 201 +10 4 3 1 2 206 216 -10 4

Group C Qualified for the quarterfinals Relegated to classification matches TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 3 0 276 163 +113 6 3 2 1 216 194 +22 5 3 1 2 212 225 -13 4 3 0 3 163 285 -122 3

Group D Qualified for the quarterfinals Relegated to classification matches TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 3 3 0 230 183 +47 5 3 2 1 215 202 +13 5 3 1 2 174 197 -23 4 3 0 3 183 220 -37 4

Classification round

9th-16th classification

13th-16th classification

9th-12th classification

15th place

13th place

11th place

9th place

Knockout round

Quarterfinals

5th-8th classification

Semifinals

7th place

5th place

Bronze-medal match

Final

Final standings Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics Qualified for the 2008 Olympic qualifying tournament RankTeam Record 6–0 5–1 4–24 3-35 5-16 3-37 3-38 2–49 4-210 3-311 3-312 1–513 2-414 2-415 2-416 0-6

Armando Costa Carlos Almeida Carlos Morais Eduardo Mingas Felizardo Ambrósio Joaquim Gomes Luis Costa Miguel Lutonda Mílton Barros Olímpio Cipriano Victor de Carvalho Victor Muzadi Coach: Alberto de Carvalho Alexandre N'Kembe Brice Nanfah Christian Bayang Franck Ndongo Gaston Essengué Jean Pierre Ebongue Joachim Ekanga Joseph Owona Luc Mbah Parfait Bitee Patrick Bouli Romeo Tatchoum Coach: Lazare Adingono Agildo Cabral António Moreira Aquiles Semedo Felix Monteiro Mário Correia Mário Neves Marques Houtman Odair Sanches Rodrigo Mascarenhas Tony Barros Vitor Fortes Waldir Soares Coach: Emanuel Trovoada

Awards

Most Valuable Player Joaquim Gomes "Kikas"

All-Tournament Team Marques Houtman Olímpio Cipriano Luc Mbah a Moute Joaquim Gomes Rodrigo Mascarenhas

Statistical leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points Rank Name G Pts 1 Modibo Niakate 6 131 21.82 Lifetu Selengue 6 111 18.5 Manix Auriantal 6 111 18.54 Robert Thomson 6 108 185 Octávio Magoliço 6 107 17.8 Mark Smith 6 107 17.8 7 Neo Mothiba 6 106 17.7 8 Maleye Ndoye 6 91 15.29 Nouha Diakité 6 89 14.8 10 Amine Rzig 6 86 14.3

Rebounds Rank Name G Rbs 1 Tarek El-Ghannam 5 59 11.5 2 Manix Auriantal 6 57 9.5 3 Rodrigo Mascarenhas 6 49 8.2 4 Malick Badiane 6 47 7.8 5 Lifetu Selengue 6 46 7.7 6 Olumide Oyedeji 3 22 7.37 Octávio Magoliço 6 42 7 Brice Nanfah 6 42 7 9 Luc Mbah 5 34 6.8 10 Olivier Vivies 6 39 6.5

Assists Rank Name G Ast1 Mustapha Khalfi 6 24 4 Churchill Odia 6 24 4 3 Patrick Engelbrecht 6 23 3.8 4 Raphael Quaye 6 21 3.5 5 Mabilama Samuna 5 17 3.4 6 Hamza Ruhezamihigo 6 20 3.37 Luc Mbah 5 16 3.28 Tunji Awojobi 5 15 3 Abe Badmus 5 15 3 10 El Kabir Pene 6 17 2.8

Steals Rank Name G Stl 1 Ramy Gunady 6 23 3.8 2 olímpio Cipriano 6 20 3.3 3 Modibo Niakate 6 18 3 4 Luc Mbah 5 15 3 5 Ricardo Alípio 6 17 2.8 6 Manix Auriantal 6 16 2.7 7 Mabilama Samuna 5 13 2.68 Gaston Essengué 6 15 2.5 Rodrigo Mascarenhas 6 15 2.5 10 Wael Khedr 6 14 2.3

Blocks Rank Name G Blk 1 Jeleel Akindele 6 10 1.72 Gaston Essengué 6 7 1.2 Joseph Owona 6 7 1.24 Lifetu Selengue 6 6 1 Ejike Ugboaja 6 6 1 6 Souleymane Asrangue 6 5 0.8 7 Luc Mbah 5 4 0.88 Joaquim Gomes 6 4 0.7 Issa Konare 6 4 0.7 Djo Yele 6 4 0.7

Minutes Rank Name G Min 1 Robert Thomson 6 210 35 2 Amine Rzig 6 208 34.7 3 Modibo Niakate 6 205 34.2 4 Octávio Magoliço 6 201 33.5 5 Manix Auriantal 6 195 32.5 6 Matthew Miller 6 193 32.2 7 Lifetu Selengue 6 189 31.5 8 Mário Correia 6 188 31.3 9 Rodrigo Mascarenhas 6 187 31.2 10 Churchill Odia 6 184 30.7

Individual Game Highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints Octávio Magoliço 37 Rebounds Tarek El-Ghannam 15 Assists three players 7 Steals Manix Auriantal Olímpio Cipriano 7 Blocks Joseph Owona Ejike Ugboaja 4 2-point field goal percentage Gege Kizubanata 100% (9/9) 3-point field goal percentage Guy Touali 100% (5/5) Free throw percentage three players 100% (9/9) Turnovers Patrick Engelbrecht Mark Smith 10

Team Tournament Highs

Points per Game Pos. Name PPG 1 95.7 2 82 3 80.3 4 77.5 5 76.5 6 72.7 7 72.2 8 71.3 9 71.2 10 69.5

Total Points Pos. Name PPG 1 574 2 492 3 482 4 465 5 459 6 436 7 433 8 428 9 427 10 417

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG 1 40.3 2 37.7 3 37.5 4 35.2 5 34.8 6 33.8 7 32.8 8 32.3 9 31.5 10 30.7

Assists Pos. Name APG 1 17.8 2 17 3 16.7 4 16.3 5 12.8 6 12.5 7 12.3 8 12.3 9 12.2 10 11.8

Steals Pos. Name SPG 1 14 2 13.5 3 12.8 4 12 5 12 6 11.7 7 11.2 8 10.8 9 10.3 10 9.8

Blocks Pos. Name BPG 1 3.8 2 3.5 3 3.5 4 3.2 5 3 6 2.8 7 2 8 1.7 9 1.7 10 1.2

2-point field goal percentage Pos. Name % 1 69.3 2 61.4 3 59 4 57.8 5 56.9 6 56.1 7 55.7 8 52.4 9 50.2 10 49.7

3-point field goal percentage Pos. Name % 1 40.6 2 33.9 3 33.7 4 33.6 5 33 6 32.6 7 31.7 8 31.5 9 30.5 10 30.2

Free throw percentage Pos. Name % 1 75.9 2 72.8 3 71.3 4 70.6 5 67.3 6 66.5 7 65.6 8 65.5 9 65.5 10 64.8

Team Game highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints 109 Rebounds 51 Assists 27 Steals 26 Blocks 9 2-point field goal percentage 78.9% (30/38) 3-point field goal percentage 52.6% (12/23) Free throw percentage 90.9% (20/22) Turnovers 37

See also 2007 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup

References

External links Official website Afrobasket Forum Interbasket Afrobasket coverage