The 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women was the 9th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women, organized by FIBA Africa and played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and the African zone thereof and qualified for the 2009 World Cup. The tournament was held from October 3–12 in Rades and Ezzahra, Tunisia and won by Mali.

The tournament qualified both the winner and the runner-up for the 2009 Under-19 Women's World Cup.

Format The 11 teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round. Round robin for the preliminary round; the top four teams advanced to the quarterfinals. From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

Squads

Draw Group AGroup B DR Congo

Preliminary round

Group A Qualified for the quarter-finals TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 4 4 0 251 174 +77 8 4 3 1 280 169 +111 7 4 2 2 208 163 +45 6 4 1 3 161 239 -78 5 4 0 4 136 291 -155 4

Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 5 5 0 251 174 +77 10 5 3 2 315 317 -2 8 5 3 2 241 284 -43 8 5 2 3 240 282 -42 7 DR Congo 5 1 4 259 286 -27 6 5 1 4 212 318 -106 6

Knockout stage Championship bracket

5-8th bracket

9–12th classification

Quarterfinals

9th place

Classification 5–8

Semifinals

7th place

5th place

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standings Qualified for the 2009 Women's World U19 Championship

Rank Team Record8–06–15–24.4–45.4–36.4–47.3–58.1–69. DR Congo2–410.2–511.0–5

Mali rosterAdama Sissoko, Aissata Djibo, Aissata Traoré, Aminata Mariko, Astan Dabo, Djenebou Sacko, Fatoumata Traoré, Kankou Coulibaly, Laoudy Maiga, Nassira Traore, Ouleymatou Coulibaly, Sega Bah Coach:

All Tournament Team GNkechi AkashiliFLaoudy MaigaFZbeyda AramiCMildred OlumasiCKani Kouyate

Most Valuable Player Laoudy Maiga

Statistical Leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points Rank Name G Pts 1 Nkechi Akashili 6 137 22.8 2 Laoudy Maiga 5 85 17 3 Elisabete Pascoal 5 83 16.6 4 Mireille Nyota 4 6215.5 5 Kani Kouyate 6 92 15.3 6 Fineza Eusébio 5 72 14.4 7 Mildred Olumasi 6 84 14 8 Leia Dongue 6 83 13.8 9 Djenebou Sacko 5 69 13.8 10 Mariama Touré 6 82 13.7

Rebounds Rank Name G Rbs 1 Leia Dongue 6 81 13.5 2 Mireille Nyota 4 48 12 3 Zbeyda Arami 4 45 11.2 4 Khouloud Mefteh 4 37 9.2 5 Purity Odhiambo 6 52 8.76 Temitope Oladele 6 50 8.3 Mildred Olumasi 6 50 8.3 8 Cecília Henriques 6 49 8.2 9 Fanta Sidimé 6 48 8 10 Moussougbe Sidibe 6 47 7.8

Assists Rank Name G Ast 1 Fatoumata Traoré 5 14 2.8 2 Everline Adhiambo 6 13 2.2 3 Laoudy Maiga 5 10 2 4 Theresa Samuel 6 10 1.7 5 Aissatou Bangoura 6 9 1.56 Dhouha Abdelghani 4 6 1.5 Monia Mechlia 4 6 1.58 Maimonatou Kolga 5 7 1.49 Djenebou Sacko 5 6 1.210 Aissata Djibo 5 5 1

Steals Rank Name G Sts 1 Djenebou Sacko 5 35 7 2 Kani Kouyate 6 36 6 3 Dhouha Abdelghani 4 21 5.3 4 Moussogbe Sidibe 6 26 4.3 5 Ojoma Ewaoche 6 25 4.2 6 Laoudy Maiga 5 21 4.2 7 Helen Oketch 6 24 4 8 Everline Adhiambo 6 23 3.89 Joyce Misita 6 22 3.7 Mariama Touré 6 22 3.7

Blocks Rank Name G Bks 1 Moussougbe Sidibe 6 11 1.8 2 Mireille Nyota 4 7 1.8 3 Kani Kouyate 6 7 1.2 4 Ahissa Kassi 6 6 15 Astan Dabo 5 5 1 Djenebou Sacko 5 5 17 Mamiky Cisse 6 5 0.8 Korotoum Diarawa 6 5 0.8 9 Chantal Aching 5 4 0.8 10 Zbeyda Arami 4 3 0.8

Turnovers Rank Name G Tos 1 Angela Namirimu 5 44 8.8 2 Patricia Adjai 5 32 6.4 3 Nkechi Akashili 6 35 5.84 Theresa Samuel 6 33 5.5 Fineza Eusébio 5 26 5.26 Ojoma Ewaoche 6 28 4.7 Aishatou Kondoh 5 23 4.6 8 Monia Mechlia 4 18 4.5 9 Mireille Nyota 4 18 4.5 10 Chantal Aching 5 22 4.4

2-point field goal percentage Pos Name A M % 1 Lilia Inoubli 26 18 69.2 2 Djenebou Sacko 43 29 67.4 3 Laoudy Maiga 53 32 60.4 4 Elisabete Pascoal 55 33 60 5 Leia Dongue 59 31 52.5 6 Dhouha Abdelghani 42 22 52.4 7 Mildred Olumasi 76 36 47.4 8 Patricia Adjai 43 20 46.5 9 Kani Kouyate 69 32 46.4 10 Nkechi Akashili 95 43 45.3

3-point field goal percentage Pos Name A M % 1 Aissata Djibo 12 6 502 Cecília Henriques 15 5 33.3 3 Fatoumata Traoré 21 6 28.6 4 Nkechi Akashili 14 4 28.6 5 Habibou Karikoe 22 6 27.36 Yvonne Byanjeru 16 4 25 7 Lilia Inoubli 12 3 25 8 Elisabete Pascoal 12 3 25 9 Ojoma Ewaoche 22 5 22.7 10 Djenebou Sacko 14 3 21.4

Free throw percentage Pos Name A M % 1 Nkechi Akashili 49 39 79.62 Kani Kouyate 28 22 78.6 3 Purity Odhiambo 28 19 67.9 4 Diana Odonge 20 13 65 5 Ojoma Ewaoche 22 14 63.66 Fineza Eusébio 35 22 62.9 7 Mireille Nyota 33 20 60.6 8 Laoudy Maiga 30 18 60 9 Mariama Touré 25 15 60 10 Tobiloba Abiodun 22 13 59.1

Individual Game Highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints Nkechi Akashili 38 Rebounds Leia Dongue 18 Assists Theresa Samuel 7 Steals Everline Adhiambo Kani Kouyate 14 Blocks Ahissa Kassi 6 2-point field goal percentage Djenebou Sacko 87.5% (7/8) 3-point field goal percentage Aissata Djibo 100% (3/3) Free throw percentage Nkechi Akashili 100% (6/6) Turnovers Angela Namirimu 13

Team Tournament Highs

Points Rank Name G Pts 1 5 390 78 2 6 395 65.8 3 4 258 64.5 4 6 386 64.3 5 4 220 55 6 6 306 51 7 5 254 50.8 8 6 274 45.7 9 6 258 43 10 5 186 37.2

Rebounds Rank Name G Rbs 1 4 175 43.82 6 233 38.8 4 152 38 4 5 174 34.8 5 6 200 33.3 6 6 198 33 7 6 191 31.8 8 5 145 29 9 6 162 27 10 5 132 26.4

Assists Rank Name G Ast 1 5 49 9.8 2 4 22 5.5 3 4 21 5.3 4 6 31 5.2 5 6 25 4.2 6 6 21 3.5 7 6 20 3.3 8 6 19 3.2 9 5 10 2 10 5 7 1.4

Steals Rank Name G Sts 1 5 125 25 2 6 146 24.3 3 4 82 20.5 4 6 120 20 5 6 117 19.5 6 6 109 18.2 7 6 93 15.5 8 5 68 13.6 9 5 52 10.4 10 4 38 9.5

Blocks Rank Name G Bks 1 6 35 5.8 2 4 15 3.8 3 6 16 2.7 4 4 10 2.5 5 5 12 2.4 6 5 10 2 7 5 8 1.6 8 6 8 1.39 6 5 0.8 6 5 0.8

Turnovers Rank Name G Tos 1 5 143 28.6 2 5 138 27.6 3 4 108 27 4 4 107 26.8 5 6 157 26.2 6 6 148 24.7 7 6 137 22.8 8 5 112 22.4 9 6 132 22 10 5 106 21.2

2-point field goal percentage Pos Name A M % 1 252 127 50.42 195 88 45.1 3 285 121 42.5 4 301 124 41.2 5 212 84 39.66 269 101 37.57 205 72 35.18 276 96 34.89 196 60 30.610 310 94 30.3

3-point field goal percentage Pos Name A M % 1 79 23 29.12 103 21 20.4 3 37 7 18.9 4 43 8 18.6 5 50 9 18 6 67 11 16.47 120 19 15.88 65 10 15.49 52 8 15.410 50 5 10

Free throw percentage Pos Name A M % 1 39 25 64.12 184 114 62 3 94 57 60.6 4 117 65 55.6 5 112 57 50.96 132 67 50.87 105 52 49.58 104 49 47.19 115 52 45.210 195 81 41.5

Team Game highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints 97 Rebounds 59 Assists 15 Steals 41 Blocks 23 2-point field goal percentage 57.8% (26/45) 3-point field goal percentage 52.9% (2/5) Free throw percentage 82.4% (14/17) Turnovers 44

See also 2009 FIBA Africa Championship for Women

External links Official Website

References