The 2017 FIBA U16 African Championship, alternatively the 5th Afrobasket U16, was an international basketball competition held in Vacoas-Phoenix, MauritiusFIBA Calendar from 13–22 July 2017. It served as the qualifier for the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.
Mali claimed their first-ever under-16 continental title by dethroning the defending champions Egypt in the final, 76–65. Both teams will represent FIBA Africa to the Under-17 Basketball World Cup next year.
Hosts selection On 25 March 2016, FIBA Africa announced that Mauritius will be the organising country of the tournament.
Venue
Vacoas-Phoenix
Qualification EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 1CancelledNA22017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 2CancelledNA12017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 3CancelledNA1NA2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 4CancelledNA1NA2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 51–6 June 2017 Mombasa22017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 6CancelledNA12017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 7CancelledNA1 Total 8
Participating teams On the eve of the tournament, rosters were finalized for the following participating teams:
Format The eight teams will be divided into two groups. The Group Phase consists of two legs: for each of the teams per group, they will face each other twice. The top two teams of each group will advance to the Semifinals, and the bottom two teams of each group will move on to the Classification Round, both will be played in a knockout format.
Draw The draw for the main tournament was held on 12 July 2017 at Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius.
Group phase All times are in Mauritius Time (UTC+4:00)
Group A
Group B
Classification round
Classification 5–8
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Final round
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Final ranking Qualified to the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. RankTeamRecord 8–0 7–1 3–5 44–4 54–4 63–5 73–5 80–8
Awards
Most Valuable Player Siriman Kanouté
All-Tournament Team Siriman Kanouté (MVP) Faiez Ghomrassi Aly Khalifa Thierry Nkundwa Oumar Ballo
Statistical leaders
Individual tournament highs
Points Rank Name G Pts 1 Siriman Kanouté 8 198 24.8 2 Thierry Nkundwa 8 163 20.4 3 Marco Rakotovao 8 138 17.3 4 Momen Hassan 8 125 15.6 5 Amir Bouzidi 6 87 14.5 6 Oumar Ballo 8 115 14.4 7 Sitraka Raharimanantoanina 8 114 14.3 8 Ouail Gadaoui 8 111 13.9 9 Edito Tsarafeno 8 109 13.6 10 Aly Khalifa 8 106 13.3
Rebounds Rank Name G Rebs 1 Oumar Ballo 8 102 12.2 2 Thierry Nkundwa 8 93 11.6 3 Brown Murengezi 8 86 10.8 4 Elias Ngoga 8 84 10.5 5 Youssef Elmadawy 8 70 8.8 6 Sitraka Raharimanantoanina 8 69 8.6 7 Bryan Ricotso 8 66 8.3 8 Adama Sanogo 8 64 8.0 9 N'Tio Diarra 8 63 7.9 10 Aly Khalifa 8 61 7.6
Assists Rank Name G Asts 1 Edito Tsarafeno 8 44 5.5 2 Siriman Kanouté 8 34 4.3 3 Omar Morsy 7 26 3.7 4 Youssef Elmadawy 8 27 3.4 5 Ouail Gadaoui 8 21 2.6 6 Fousseny Dieng 8 20 2.5 7 Wajih Chebbi 8 19 2.48 Abdelmalek Benzidoun 8 18 2.3 Marco Rakotovao 8 18 2.3 Jean Umuhoza 8 18 2.3 Samuel Raheriarison 4 9 2.3
External links Official Website
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