The 2018 FIBA U18 African Championship was the 18th edition, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Mali from 24 August to 2 September 2018 in Bamako. The finalists of this championship earned the right to represent the continent at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Greece.
Hosts selection On 23 March 2018, FIBA Africa Central Board announced that Bamako, Mali as the host city for the tournament.
Qualification EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 1Unknown Unknown1+12018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 210−12 July 2018 Conakry1+1+12018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 3Unknown UnknownNANA2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 4UnknownUnknown12018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 517–22 June 2018 Dar es Salaam1+12018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 6Unknown Unknown12018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 7Unknown Unknown1 Total 10
Qualified teams − Tournament hosts − Zone VI − Zone V − Zone I − Zone V Winner − Zone VII − Zone II Winner − Zone I − Zone IV − Zone II
– withdrew
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A Qualified for the quarter-finals Team W L PF PA Diff Pts. 5 0 563 256 +307 10 4 1 424 324 +100 9 3 2 364 369 -5 8 2 3 281 419 −138 7 1 4 293 381 −88 6 0 5 291 467 −176 5
Group B Qualified for the quarter-finals Team W L PF PA Diff Pts. 4 0 327 234 +93 8 3 1 315 274 +41 7 2 2 292 300 -8 6 1 3 248 294 -46 5 0 4 241 321 −80 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Knockout stage All times are local (UTC+2). Championship bracket
5th–8th place bracket
9th–11th place bracket
Quarterfinals
9th−11th place classification
9th place match
5th–8th place classification
Semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Bronze medal match
Final
Final standings Qualified for the 2019 Under-19 Basketball World Cup
RankTeam Record 8–0 6–1 6–24 4–35 5–36 3–47 2–58 2–69 2–510 1–511 0–5
Awards
2018 FIBA U18 African Championship Winner MaliFirst title
Most Valuable Player Siriman Kanouté
All-Tournament Team PG – Selton Ricardo Fernandes Miguel SG — Siriman Kanouté (MVP) SF – Biram Faye PF – Abdoul Karim Coulibaly SF – Youssef Ossama Elmadawy
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