2008_FIBA_Africa_Under-18_Championship
The 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U18) was the 16th edition, 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. The tournament was held from October 17–26 in Alexandria, Egypt and won by Egypt.
For the women's tournament, see 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women.
Quick Facts 16th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, Tournament details ...
| 16th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Egypt |
| Dates | October 17–26 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Egypt (3rd title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Amr Gendy |
| Top scorer | Gendy 21.8 |
| Top rebounds |  Djimrabaye 12.9 |
| Top assists | Gendy 3.6 |
| Official website | |
| 2008 FIBA Africa U18 Championship | |
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The tournament qualified both the winner and the runner-up for the 2009 Under-19 World Cup.
- The 12 teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round.
- Round robin for the preliminary round; the top four teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinals.
- From there on a knockout system was used until the final.
Main article: 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship squads
More information Group A, Group B ...
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Group A
| Qualified for the quarter-finals |
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| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| Egypt |
5 | 5 | 0 | 412 | 309 | +103 | 10 |
 Mali |
5 | 4 | 1 | 349 | 280 | +69 | 9 |
 Senegal |
5 | 3 | 2 | 305 | 310 | -5 | 8 |
 Morocco |
5 | 2 | 3 | 282 | 305 | -23 | 7 |
| Central African Rep. |
5 | 1 | 4 | 319 | 325 | -6 | 6 |
 Mozambique |
5 | 0 | 5 | 292 | 430 | -138 | 5 |
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17 October 2008 10:00 |
| Mali |
91–37 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 24-13, 24-8, 17-12, 26-4 | ||
| Pts: Soumaoro 18 Rebs: Soumaoro 13 Asts: A.Maïga 5 |
Pts: Honwana 15 Rebs: O.Novela 5 Asts: five players 1 | |
17 October 2008 12:00 |
| Senegal |
66–65 | Central African Rep. |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-17, 16-8, 16-21, 19-19 | ||
| Pts: Ndao 16 Rebs: Mbaye 8 Asts: Niang 4 |
Pts: Ngassio 20 Rebs: Djimrabaye 12 Asts: Malikode 4 | |
17 October 2008 18:00 |
| Egypt |
72–52 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter: 24-5, 21-10, 12-19, 15-18 | ||
| Pts: Desouky 12 Rebs: Mohamed 6 Asts: Mohamed 5 |
Pts: Boulaakoul, Srhir 11 Rebs: Boulaakoul, Joulal 6 Asts: five players 1 | |
18 October 2008 16:00 |
| Mali |
56–42 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-8, 16-12, 13-9, 16-13 | ||
| Pts: Haidara 17 Rebs: Niambele 8 Asts: A.Maïga 3 |
Pts: three players 8 Rebs: Mbaye 7 Asts: Niang 2 | |
18 October 2008 18:00 |
| Morocco |
vs. | Central African Rep. |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-11, 21-5, 12-15, 9-11 | ||
| Pts: Boulaakoul 20 Rebs: Zehouani 8 Asts: Zariat 4 |
Pts: Baker 13 Rebs: Djimrabaye 10 Asts: five players 1 | |
18 October 2008 20:00 |
| Mozambique |
67–105 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-21, 10-32, 14-31, 23-21 | ||
| Pts: E.Novela 17 Rebs: Mariote 7 Asts: O.Novela 2 |
Pts: Gendy 20 Rebs: Oraby 9 Asts: Okasha 6 | |
19 October 2008 16:00 |
| Morocco |
51–62 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-17, 14-14, 4-18, 15-13 | ||
| Pts: Boulaakoul 20 Rebs: Joulal 7 Asts: Zehouani 2 |
Pts: Haidara 21 Rebs: Niambele 10 Asts: Niane 3 | |
19 October 2008 18:00 |
| Mozambique |
58–76 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-17, 19-19, 17-16, 10-24 | ||
| Pts: E.Novela 16 Rebs: E.Novela 8 Asts: five players 1 |
Pts: Adams 20 Rebs: Mbaye 15 Asts: Niang 6 | |
19 October 2008 20:00 |
| Egypt |
67–62 | Central African Rep. |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-18, 19-16, 9-13, 17-15 | ||
| Pts: Gendy 18 Rebs: Oraby 6 Asts: Gendy, Okasha 5 |
Pts: Baker 24 Rebs: Djimrabaye 12 Asts: Djimrabaye, Malikode 3 | |
21 October 2008 16:00 |
| Central African Rep. |
66–77 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-28, 15-23, 26-19, 9-7 | ||
| Pts: Ngassio 21 Rebs: Djimrabaye, Baker 12 Asts: four players 2 |
Pts: Niane 21 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: Niane 6 | |
21 October 2008 18:00 |
| Mozambique |
73–74 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-15, 26-20, 6-21, 20-11 | ||
| Pts: E.Novela 18 Rebs: Uamusse 7 Asts: E.Novela 1 |
Pts: Boulaakoul 23 Rebs: Joulal 21 Asts: Zehouani 4 | |
21 October 2008 20:00 |
| Senegal |
65–84 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-24, 8-22, 16-19, 20-19 | ||
| Pts: Niang 20 Rebs: Adams 6 Asts: Ndao 3 |
Pts: Gendy 19 Rebs: Gendy 9 Asts: Gendy, Okasha 4 | |
22 October 2008 16:00 |
| Central African Rep. |
84–57 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-13, 20-17, 22-18, 30-9 | ||
| Pts: Djimrabaye 19 Rebs: Djimrabaye 22 Asts: Baker, Naguidengar 2 |
Pts: O.Novela 17 Rebs: O.Novela 6 Asts: three players 2 | |
Group B
| Qualified for the quarter-finals |
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| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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 Nigeria |
5 | 5 | 0 | 344 | 263 | +81 | 10 |
 Ivory Coast |
5 | 3 | 2 | 323 | 275 | +48 | 8 |
 Angola |
5 | 3 | 2 | 308 | 268 | +40 | 8 |
 Algeria |
5 | 3 | 2 | 306 | 304 | +2 | 8 |
 Congo |
5 | 1 | 4 | 282 | 342 | -60 | 6 |
 Kenya |
5 | 0 | 5 | 238 | 349 | -111 | 5 |
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17 October 2008 10:00 |
| Congo |
67–73 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-23, 23-15, 13-18, 16-17 | ||
| Pts: Bopaka 16 Rebs: Mpandzou 8 Asts: Nguia 3 |
Pts: Fedala, Zerouali 15 Rebs: Moulinou 10 Asts: Fedala, Cherif 5 | |
17 October 2008 12:00 |
| Nigeria |
66–53 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-13, 12-7, 22-13, 10-20 | ||
| Pts: Sule 17 Rebs: Achiuwa 9 Asts: Sule 3 |
Pts: Coulibaly 16 Rebs: Coulibaly 10 Asts: Kouzia 4 | |
20 October 2008 16:00 |
| Angola |
62–43 | Kenya |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-7, 14-11, 8-13, 26-12 | ||
| Pts: E.Ferreira 14 Rebs: Josemar 7 Asts: Emanuel 6 |
Pts: Opingo 14 Rebs: Nyamai 8 Asts: Nyamai 2 | |
18 October 2008 16:00 |
| Ivory Coast |
49–58 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 6-15, 10-10, 14-18, 19-15 | ||
| Pts: Allui 17 Rebs: Coulibaly, N'Guessan 9 Asts: Touré 2 |
Pts: Harat, Fedala 13 Rebs: Harat 12 Asts: Fedala 4 | |
18 October 2008 18:00 |
| Angola |
67–42 | Congo |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-8, 14-13, 25-10, 10-11 | ||
| Pts: Ndoniema 20 Rebs: Josemar 9 Asts: Emanuel 6 |
Pts: Nguia, Matembili 10 Rebs: Mpandzou 8 Asts: three players 1 | |
18 October 2008 20:00 |
| Kenya |
49–81 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-21, 11-21, 11-21, 16-18 | ||
| Pts: Wasula 12 Rebs: Nyamai 9 Asts: Nyamai 4 |
Pts: Sule 23 Rebs: Oyeniyi 10 Asts: Igben 3 | |
19 October 2008 16:00 |
| Nigeria |
69–63 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-16, 14-7, 15-20, 20-20 | ||
| Pts: Sule 20 Rebs: Achiuwa 15 Asts: Edwin 5 |
Pts: Fedala 17 Rebs: Harat 6 Asts: Fedala 5 | |
19 October 2008 18:00 |
| Ivory Coast |
79–65 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-14, 21-13, 19-15, 28-23 | ||
| Pts: Camara 28 Rebs: Coulibaly 9 Asts: Kouzia 4 |
Pts: Emanuel 14 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Emanuel 5 | |
19 October 2008 20:00 |
| Kenya |
58–72 | Congo |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-13, 8-21, 16-20, 18-18 | ||
| Pts: Khaemba 16 Rebs: Opingo 12 Asts: Wasula 5 |
Pts: Nguia 16 Rebs: Kandza 8 Asts: Nguia 3 | |
21 October 2008 16:00 |
| Congo |
54–77 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-20, 12-19, 11-12, 14-26 | ||
| Pts: Mpandzou 15 Rebs: four players 4 Asts: four players 1 |
Pts: Sule 17 Rebs: Oyeniyi 11 Asts: Sule 5 | |
21 October 2008 18:00 |
| Algeria |
53–70 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 15-19, 8-18, 17-19 | ||
| Pts: Harat, Fedala 16 Rebs: Harat 13 Asts: Fedala 4 |
Pts: Emanuel 18 Rebs: Emanuel, Ndoniema 8 Asts: Ndoniema, E.Ferreira 3 | |
21 October 2008 20:00 |
| Kenya |
39–75 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 13-19, 7-19, 9-20, 10-17 | ||
| Pts: Opingo 11 Rebs: Nyamai 14 Asts: Opingo, Khaemba 2 |
Pts: Camara 22 Rebs: N'Guessan 10 Asts: Allui 3 | |
22 October 2008 16:00 |
| Congo |
47–67 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-20, 17-18, 6-14, 12-15 | ||
| Pts: Ganogo 10 Rebs: Mpandzou 13 Asts: three players 2 |
Pts: Traoré 16 Rebs: Camara 11 Asts: Camara 3 | |
- Championship bracket
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| Fri 24 Oct 2008 - 20:00 | ||||||||||
| Algeria | 65 | |||||||||
| Sat 25 Oct 2008 – 18:00 | ||||||||||
| Egypt | 70 | |||||||||
| Egypt | 75 | |||||||||
| Fri 24 Oct 2008 - 16:00 | ||||||||||
| Senegal | 62 | |||||||||
| Senegal | 58 | |||||||||
| Sun 26 Oct 2008 – 20:00 | ||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 45 | |||||||||
| Egypt | 85 | |||||||||
| Fri 24 Oct 2008 - 14:00 | ||||||||||
| Angola | 84 | |||||||||
| Morocco | 41 | |||||||||
| Sat 25 Oct 2008 – 20:00 | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 64 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 65 | |||||||||
| Fri 24 Oct 2008 - 18:00 | ||||||||||
| Angola | 71 | Third place | ||||||||
| Angola | 69 | |||||||||
| Sun 26 Oct 2008 – 18:00 | ||||||||||
| Mali | 51 | |||||||||
| Senegal | 57 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 68 | |||||||||
- 5-8th bracket
| 5th-8th place | Fifth place | |||||
| Sat 25 Oct 2008 – 18:00 | ||||||
| Algeria | 40 | |||||
| Sun 26 Oct 2008 – 16:00 | ||||||
| Ivory Coast | 41 | |||||
| Ivory Coast | 36 | |||||
| Sat 25 Oct 2008 – 20:00 | ||||||
| Mali | 54 | |||||
| Morocco | 48 | |||||
| Mali | 53 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| Sun 26 Oct 2008 – 14:00 | ||||||
| Algeria | 65 | |||||
| Morocco | 34 | |||||
- 9-12th bracket
| 9-12th place | 9th place | |||||
| Fri 24 Oct 2008 - 14:00 | ||||||
| Central African R. | 79 | |||||
| Sat 25 Oct 2008 – 16:00 | ||||||
| Congo | 58 | |||||
| Central African R. | 80 | |||||
| Fri 24 Oct 2008 - 16:00 | ||||||
| Mozambique | 59' | |||||
| Kenya | 67 | |||||
| Mozambique | 69 | |||||
| 11th place | ||||||
| Sat 25 Oct 2008 – 14:00 | ||||||
| Congo | 83 | |||||
| Kenya | 68 | |||||
9–12th classification
24 October 2008 14:00 |
| Central African Rep. |
79–58 | Congo |
| Scoring by quarter: 23-5, 14-13, 19-20, 23-20 | ||
| Pts: Baker 25 Rebs: Djimrabaye 10 Asts: Malikode, Sokambi 3 |
Pts: Ganga 14 Rebs: Matembili 9 Asts: four players 1 | |
Quarterfinals
24 October 2008 14:00 |
| Morocco |
41–64 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 8-17, 10-19, 10-17, 13-11 | ||
| Pts: Fatah 10 Rebs: Fatah 4 Asts: Zariat, Boulaakoul 2 |
Pts: Sule 15 Rebs: Achiuwa 12 Asts: Sule, Edwin 4 | |
24 October 2008 16:00 |
| Senegal |
58–45 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 8-10, 17-12, 17-16, 16-7 | ||
| Pts: Niang 15 Rebs: Mbaye 14 Asts: Adams 3 |
Pts: Camara 15 Rebs: Dialo 10 Asts: Touré 4 | |
11th place
9th place
25 October 2008 16:00 |
| Central African Rep. |
80–59 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 24-17, 20-15, 17-12, 19-15 | ||
| Pts: Baker 16 Rebs: Djimrabaye 12 Asts: Arafat 3 |
Pts: Honwana 12 Rebs: Mariote 6 Asts: E.Novela 5 | |
Classification 5–8
25 October 2008 18:00 |
| Algeria |
40–41 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 9-8, 8-7, 11-21, 12-5 | ||
| Pts: Zerouali 11 Rebs: Moulinou 10 Asts: Fedala 3 |
Pts: Camara 16 Rebs: Kesse 9 Asts: Kouzia 3 | |
Semifinals
7th place
5th place
26 October 2008 16:00 |
| Ivory Coast |
36–54 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-13, 8-15, 6-17, 11-9 | ||
| Pts: Camara 14 Rebs: N'Guessan 5 Asts: Kesse 2 |
Pts: Samake 12 Rebs: Samake 9 Asts: A.Maïga 5 | |
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
| Qualified for the 2009 World U19 Championship |
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| G | | Amr Gendy |
| F | | Moamen Mobarak |
| F | | Daouda Camara |
| C | | Miguel Kiala |
| C | | Jimmy Djimrabaye |
| 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship winner |
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 Egypt Third title |
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| Points | Amr Gendy | 39 | Mali |
| Rebounds | Jimmy Djimrabaye | 22 | Mozambique |
| Assists | Hady Elbeltagy | 9 | Senegal |
| Steals | Hanna Amani | 11 |  Botswana |
| Blocks | Papa Mbaye | 6 | Mozambique |
| 2-point field goal percentage | Negueba Samake | 100% (6/6) | Ivory Coast |
| 3-point field goal percentage | Kenny Naguidengar | 100% (3/3) | Mozambique |
| Free throw percentage | Orlando Novela Opeyemi Oyeniyi | 100% (8/8) | Central African Republic Congo |
| Turnovers | Anthony Opingo Romanov Wasula | 11 | Mozambique Nigeria |
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| Points | Egypt | 105 | Mozambique |
| Rebounds | Kenya | 56 | Mozambique |
| Assists | Egypt | 22 | Mozambique |
| Steals | Mozambique | 32 | Kenya |
| Blocks | Senegal | 8 | Mozambique |
| 2-point field goal percentage | Egypt | 75% (33/44) | Mozambique |
| 3-point field goal percentage | Central African Republic | 47.1% (8/17) | Mozambique |
| Free throw percentage | Ivory Coast Mali | 77.8% (7/9) | Kenya Senegal |
| Turnovers | Kenya | 46 | Mozambique |
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- "Schedule & results". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- "Group standings". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- "Statistics". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.