FIBA AfroBasket 2017 was the 29th edition of the AfroBasket, a men's basketball continental championship of Africa. The tournament was jointly hosted by Tunisia and Senegal. Angola was proposed by FIBA Africa to host the tournament, an offer declined as the country is holding general elections in the same period.

Tunisia won their second title after defeating Nigeria 77–65 in the final, while Senegal caught the third place by beating Morocco 73–62.

Qualification

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedAfroBasket 2015 Champions Tunis1AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 116–18 March 201724–26 March 2017 Algiers Tunis2AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 219 March 201726 March 2017 Bamako Dakar2AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 314–18 March 201722–26 March 2017 Cotonou Abidjan1AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 424–29 March 201719–20 March 2017 Yaoundé Bangui2AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 512–18 March 2017 Cairo2AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 6 and Zone 725–30 March 201719–25 March 2017 Lusaka Harare2AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Wildcard18 April 20172Qualifying tournament19–21 May 2017 Bamako1 Total 16

Host selection On 30 June 2017 FIBA Africa confirmed that Tunisia and Senegal will jointly host FIBA AfroBasket.

Venues TunisRadès Sports HallCapacity: 17,000 Dakar Marius Ndiaye Stadium Capacity: 5,000

Draw The draw was held on 16 July 2017 in Mauritius.

Squads

Preliminary round All times in Radès are UTC+1 and in Dakar are UTC±0.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standings

RankTeamRecord 6–0 4–2 5–14 4–25 2–26 2–27 2–28 2–29 2–110 1–211 1–212 1–213 0–314 0–315 0–316 0–3

Statistical leaders Players Source

Points Pos. Name PPG1 Ike Diogu 22.02 Ben Mbala 21.83 Ibrahim Djambo 17.0 4 Mahamdaou Kante 15.3 Robinson Opong

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG1 Makram Ben Romdhane 10.52 Ben Mbala 9.33 Ike Diogu 8.74 Boubacar Sidibe 8.35 Jimmy Djimrabaye 7.3

Assists Pos. Name APG1 Ikenna Iroegbu 5.02 Myck Kabongo 4.83 Mickaël Toti 4.74 Clevin Hannah 4.35 Kenny Gasana 4.0

Steals Pos. Name SPG1 Mahamadou Kante 3.32 Kenny Gasana 3.03 Myck Kabongo 2.84 Olímpio Cipriano 2.3 Ben Mbala Boubacar Sidibe

Blocks Pos. Name BPG1 Herve Kabasele 2.82 Pitchou Kambuy 2.53 Hamady N'Diaye 1.0 Alfa Ntiallo Boubacar Sidibe

Other statistical leaders Stat Name Avg.Field goal percentage Daouda Vinson Conde 72.0%3-point FG percentage Robert Songolo Ngijol 61.5%Free throw percentage Helton Sergio Ubisse 92.9%Turnovers Cedric Mansare 5.0Fouls Jimmy Enabu 4.7

Teams Source

Points Pos. Name PPG1 82.03 79.84 76.75 76.5

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG1 44.52 40.53 40.34 39.85 39.7 Assists Pos. Name APG1 17.52 16.33 15.35 14.3

Steals Pos. Name SPG1 12.32 11.73 9.04 8.05 7.8

Blocks Pos. Name BPG1 6.02 3.03 2.84 2.35 2.2

Other statistical leaders Stat Name Avg.Field goal percentage 46.0%3-point FG percentage 35.1%Free throw percentage 68.7%Turnovers 19.5Fouls 27.0

Tournament game highs CategoryPlayer game highTotalOpponent (date)Team game highTotalOpponent (date)Points Ben Mbala32 (14 September)106 (14 September)Rebounds Mohammed Choua Ben Mbala15 (14 September) (10 September)51 (9 September)Assists Thierno Niang9 (8 September)24 (8 September)Steals Bryant Mbamalou7 (9 September)26 (8 September)Blocks Mohammed Choua Herve Kabasele Pitchou Kambuy Pitchou Kambuy4 (14 September) (8 September) (9 September) (10 September)7 (9 September) (10 September)

Awards

Most Valuable Player Ike Diogu

All Tournament Team Mohamed Hadidane Ikenna Iroegbu Ike Diogu Mourad El Mabrouk Gorgui Dieng

References

External links Official website