2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's African Championship

2017 FIBA Africa U-16 Championship
for Women
5th FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host country	Mozambique
Dates	August 5–12
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mali (5th title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Aissetou Coulibaly
Top scorer	Coulibaly (21.8)
Top rebounds	Mabika (10.3)
Top assists	F. Kone (4.0)
Official website
	http://www.fiba.com/africa/u16women/2017
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The 2017 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women was the 5th FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Women, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Mozambique from August 5 to 12, with the games played in Beira.^[1]

Mali claimed their record fifth straight continental title by trouncing Angola in the Finals, 68–29. Both teams will represent FIBA Africa to the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup.^[2]

Hosts Selection[edit]

On 25 March 2016, FIBA Africa announced that Mozambique will host the tournament.^[3]

Venue[edit]

Beira	Beira

Qualification[edit]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 1	12–16 June 2017^{[notes 1]}	NA	1	—
2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 2	Cancelled^{[notes 2]}	NA	1	Mali
2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 3	9–14 June 2017^{[notes 3]}	Lomé	1	—
2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 4	Cancelled^{[notes 4]}	NA	1	—
2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 5	1–6 June 2017^{[notes 5]}	Mombasa	1	Egypt
2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 6	TBD^{[notes 6]}	Harare	3	Mozambique Angola Zimbabwe
2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 7	Cancelled^{[notes 7]}	NA	1	—
Total			5

Squads[edit]

Participating teams[edit]

Format[edit]

The first round will be played in a round-robin format. The top four teams will advance to the Final Phase which will be played in a knockout format (Semi-Finals, Final). The Third-Place Game and the Final will be played on the last day of the tournament (August 12).^[11]

Group phase[edit]

All times are in Central Africa Time (UTC+2:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	4	4	0	314	131	+183	8	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Egypt	4	3	1	208	216	−8	7
3	Angola	4	2	2	202	202	0	6
4	Mozambique (H)	4	1	3	199	243	−44	5
5	Zimbabwe	4	0	4	136	267	−131	4	Eliminated

Source: FIBA Africa
(H) Hosts

5 August
15:00

Box Scores

Egypt	33–66	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 4–14, 9–13, 6–24
Pts: Elgizawy 12 Rebs: Elgizawy 5 Asts: Mohamed 3		Pts: S. Kone 23 Rebs: S. Kone 11 Asts: F. Kone 4

Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Francisco Tando (ANG)

5 August
18:00

Box Scores

Zimbabwe	39–48	Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 3–10, 10–16, 11–10, 15–12
Pts: Mutengo 12 Rebs: Mutsahuni 7 Asts: Mutengo 2		Pts: Massingue 20 Rebs: Sumbane, Rijal 7 Asts: Massingue 3

Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
Referees: Aya Khaled Abdelmohsed Ahmed (EGY), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Dorothy Judy Okatch (BOT)

6 August
16:00

Box Scores

Egypt	55–46	Zimbabwe
Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 10–14, 17–10, 16–13
Pts: Kabil 11 Rebs: Abouelkhair, Abdelalim, Abdullah 5 Asts: Badawy 4		Pts: Mabika 16 Rebs: Mabika 19 Asts: Zwinake 2

Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
Referees: Dorothy Judy Okatch (BOT), Francisco Tando (ANG), Buyiswa Tshemese (RSA)

6 August
18:00

Box Scores

Angola	64–57	Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 12–13, 25–9, 14–17
Pts: Lourenço, Caetano 14 Rebs: Pululo, Dizeko, André 4 Asts: Dizeko 1		Pts: Massingue 18 Rebs: Massingue, Paxixe, Rijal 6 Asts: Magoliço, Sigauque, Paxixe 1

Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM)

7 August
16:00

Box Scores

Mali	112–22	Zimbabwe
Scoring by quarter: 23–7, 39–3, 23–9, 27–3
Pts: Coulibaly 26 Rebs: S. Kone 8 Asts: F. Kone, Sangare 6		Pts: Mabika 10 Rebs: Zwinake 7 Asts: Mutengo 1

Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
Referees: Aya Khaled Abdelmohsed Ahmed (EGY), Francisco Tando (ANG), Buyiswa Tshemese (RSA)

7 August
18:00

Box Scores

Angola	43–56	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 8–23, 16–8, 8–12
Pts: Caetano 15 Rebs: Dizeko, Antonio 5 Asts: Antonio, Caetano 2		Pts: Elgizawy 22 Rebs: Abdullah 9 Asts: Elgizawy 3

Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
Referees: Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Dorothy Judy Okatch (BOT)

8 August
16:00

Box Scores

Zimbabwe	29–52	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 9–10, 6–16, 6–13
Pts: Mutengo 8 Rebs: Mabika 12 Asts: Mutengo 2		Pts: Antonio 14 Rebs: Quipaca 8 Asts: Lourenço 3

Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira

8 August
18:00

Box Scores

Mozambique	33–76	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 6–19, 7–9, 14–19, 6–29
Pts: Sigauque 8 Rebs: Rijal 12 Asts: Massingue 4		Pts: Coulibaly 27 Rebs: S. Kone 8 Asts: F. Kone, Sissoko 4

Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira

9 August
16:00

Box Scores

Mali	60–43	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 15–6, 14–8, 15–16, 16–13
Pts: Coulibaly 19 Rebs: S. Kone 9 Asts: Coulibaly 6		Pts: Lourenço 10 Rebs: Antonio 5 Asts: Antonio 3

Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira

9 August
18:00

Box Scores

Mozambique	61–64	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 14–13, 14–16, 13–26
Pts: McDonald 18 Rebs: Rijal 10 Asts: Sigauque 5		Pts: Elshishiny 15 Rebs: Abdelalim 5 Asts: Abouelkhair, Badawy, Mohamed 1

Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira

Final round[edit]

Finalists qualified for the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup.

Semifinals		Final

11 August

Mali	63
		12 August
Mozambique	39
		Mali	68
11 August
		Angola	29
Egypt	42

Angola	59
		Third place

		12 August

		Mozambique	38

		Egypt	56

Semi-finals[edit]

11 August
16:00

Boxscore

Egypt	42–59	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 7–11, 10–25, 14–15, 11–8
Pts: Elgizawy 15 Rebs: Abouelkhair 4 Asts: Abdelalim 3		Pts: Lourenço 16 Rebs: Dizeko, Caetano 5 Asts: Antonio 3

Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira

11 August
18:00

Boxscore

Mali	63–39	Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 15–8, 16–13, 15–5, 17–13
Pts: Coulibaly 17 Rebs: S. Kone 7 Asts: F. Kone 4		Pts: Sigauque 11 Rebs: Rijal 12 Asts: Machava, Massingue, McDonald 2

Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira

Bronze medal match[edit]

12 August
14:00

Boxscore

Mozambique	38–56	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 9–10, 9–20, 10–13
Pts: Magoliço 9 Rebs: Rijal 7 Asts: McDonald 3		Pts: Abdullah 16 Rebs: Abdullah 6 Asts: Badawy, Elgizawy 2

Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira

Final[edit]

12 August
16:00

Boxscore

Mali	68–29	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 17–4, 21–7, 14–7
Pts: Coulibaly 25 Rebs: S. Kone 9 Asts: F. Kone 6		Pts: Dizeko 13 Rebs: Dizeko 7 Asts: Lourenço 3

Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira

Statistical Leaders[edit]

Final statistics at the end of the tournament:^[12]

Players[edit]

Points

Rank	Player	Points
1	Aissetou Coulibaly	21.8
2	Habiba Hatem Ibrahim Mahmous Elgizawy	13.7
Sika Kone
4	Noémia Alexandre Massingue	10.8
5	Cristina João Laurenço	10.5

Rebounds

Rank	Player	Rebounds
1	Tadiwa Mabika	10.3
2	Suraya Rijal	9.0
3	Sika Kone	8.7
4	Aminata Brahima Sangare	5.3
5	Maria Mutengo	4.8

Assists

Rank	Player	Assists
1	Fanta Kone	4.0
2	Aissetou Coulibaly	2.7
3	Noémia Alexandre Massingue	2.2
4	Cacia Antonio	1.8
5	Ingy Salaheldin Farag Aly Badawy	1.7

Blocks

Rank	Player

Steals

Rank	Player

Other statistical leaders

Rank	Player	Averages
Field Goal

Awards[edit]

2017 Under-16 African champions
Mali Fifth title

Most Valuable Player: Aissetou Coulibaly^[13]

The All-Star Five:^[13]

Position	Player	Country Origin
PG	Noemia Alexandre Massingue	Mozambique
SG	Habiba Elgizawy	Egypt
SF	Aissetou Coulibaly	Mali
PF	Cacia Antonio	Angola
C	Sika Kone	Mali

Final ranking[edit]

	Qualified to the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup.

Rank	Team	Record
	Mali	6–0
	Angola	5–1
	Egypt	4–2
4	Mozambique	1–5
5	Zimbabwe	0–4

Notes[edit]

^ Four countries will participate: hosts Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The qualifier will be played in a round-robin format.^[4]
^ Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Mali was added later.^[5]
^ Four countries will participate: hosts Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast. The qualifier will be played in a round-robin format. Nigeria was added later.^[6]
^ Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament.^[7]
^ Four countries participated: hosts Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and the eventual zone winner Egypt. The tournament was played in round-robin format.^[8]
^ Two teams will participate: hosts Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Mozambique already qualified as the tournament hosts. The tournament will be played over two games. Angola and Zimbabwe were added later.^[9]
^ Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament.^[10]

References[edit]

^ FIBA Calendar
^ "Mali claim fifth straight FIBA U16 Women's African Championship title". FIBA Africa. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
^ "Mozambique to host FIBA U16 Women's African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
^ "Zone I Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
^ "Zone II Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
^ "Zone III Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
^ "Zone IV Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
^ "Zone V Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
^ "Zone VI Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
^ "Zone VII Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
^ "Competition System". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
^ "Player Statistics". FIBA.com. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Coulibaly named MVP, headlines All-Star Five". FIBA.basketball. FIBA.com. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

External links[edit]

Official Website

[Zone_1-5] Four countries will participate: hosts Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The qualifier will be played in a round-robin format.^[4]

[Zone_2-7] Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Mali was added later.^[5]

[Zone_3-9] Four countries will participate: hosts Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast. The qualifier will be played in a round-robin format. Nigeria was added later.^[6]

[Zone_4-11] Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament.^[7]

[Zone_5-13] Four countries participated: hosts Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and the eventual zone winner Egypt. The tournament was played in round-robin format.^[8]

[Zone_6-15] Two teams will participate: hosts Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Mozambique already qualified as the tournament hosts. The tournament will be played over two games. Angola and Zimbabwe were added later.^[9]

[Zone_7-17] Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament.^[10]

[1] FIBA Calendar

[2] "Mali claim fifth straight FIBA U16 Women's African Championship title". FIBA Africa. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[3] "Mozambique to host FIBA U16 Women's African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[4] "Zone I Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

[6] "Zone II Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

[8] "Zone III Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

[10] "Zone IV Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

[12] "Zone V Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

[14] "Zone VI Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

[16] "Zone VII Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

[18] "Competition System". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.

[19] "Player Statistics". FIBA.com. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

[:0-20] "Coulibaly named MVP, headlines All-Star Five". FIBA.basketball. FIBA.com. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

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