# 2012 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship

The 2012 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship was the 15th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, 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 16 to 25, with the games played at the Pavilhão da Académica in Maputo.
Senegal defeated Ivory Coast 71–62 in the final to win their first title. The tournament qualified both the winner and the runner-up for the 2013 Under-19 World Cup.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Ghana  Mali  Mozambique  Rwanda  Tunisia | Angola  Egypt  Gabon  Ivory Coast  Morocco  Senegal |

## Preliminary round

    Times given below are in UTC+2.

### Group A

* Qualified for the quarter-finals
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Mali | 7 | 3 | 1 | 207 | 194 | +13 |
| Ghana | 7 | 3 | 1 | 204 | 181 | +23 |
| Mozambique | 6 | 2 | 2 | 208 | 236 | -28 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 193 | 205 | -12 |
| Rwanda | 5 | 1 | 3 | 176 | 172 | +4 |
* August 16 18:00
* Boxscore
| Mozambique | 34–62 | Rwanda |
| Scoring by quarter: 9-15, 11-17, 6-17, 8-13 |||
| Pts: Hugo 12 Rebs: Breaton 4 Asts: Yuri 1 | | Pts: Ngenzi 19 Rebs: Shyaka 11 Asts: Ngenzi, Manzi 3 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 18 12:00
* Boxscore
| Ghana | 47–44 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 10-12, 17-8, 11-13, 9-11 |||
| Pts: Alhassan 15 Rebs: three players 3 Asts: Alhassan, Gadu 1 | | Pts: Gara, Mahjoubi 8 Rebs: Debache 5 Asts: four players 1 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 17 14:00
* Boxscore
| Tunisia | 43–38 | Rwanda |
| Scoring by quarter: 9-13, 10-4, 10-11, 14-10 |||
| Pts: Ghrib 13 Rebs: Ghrib 6 Asts: Gmiha, Jaziri 1 | | Pts: Shyaka 10 Rebs: Shyaka, Manzi 5 Asts: Rafiki 2 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 17 18:00
* Boxscore
| Mozambique | 66–54 (OT) | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 7-12, 14-14, 14-17, 16-8, Overtime: 15-3 |||
| Pts: Hugo 21 Rebs: C.Chirindza 9 Asts: Faduco 6 | | Pts: Coulibaly 17 Rebs: Sidibe 10 Asts: Coulibaly, Sidibe 2 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 18 20:00
* Boxscore
| Mali | 47–33 | Rwanda |
| Scoring by quarter: 8-5, 17-15, 13-4, 8-9 |||
| Pts: Drame 13 Rebs: Sidibe 9 Asts: Drame 2 | | Pts: Ngenzi 9 Rebs: Rafiki 5 Asts: Shyaka 2 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 21 18:00
* Boxscore
| Ghana | 66–47 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-16, 13-7, 19-11, 18-13 |||
| Pts: Alhassan 17 Rebs: Gadu 9 Asts: Alhassan 2 | | Pts: Helton 16 Rebs: Helton 10 Asts: J.Tomé 2 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 19 16:00
* Boxscore
| Mali | 47–43 | Ghana |
| Scoring by quarter: 9-11, 11-15, 12-7, 15-10 |||
| Pts: M.Traore 12 Rebs: M.Traore 8 Asts: three players 1 | | Pts: Alhassan 12 Rebs: Ayarna 5 Asts: Alhassan, Morgan 2 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 20 18:00
* Boxscore
| Mozambique | 61–54 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-11, 16-9, 17-17, 10-17 |||
| Pts: J.Tomé 22 Rebs: C.Chirindza 16 Asts: Hugo 4 | | Pts: Jaziri 17 Rebs: Debache 5 Asts: Mahjoubi 2 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 20 12:00
* Boxscore
| Rwanda | 43–48 | Ghana |
| Scoring by quarter: 7-16, 10-7, 14-11, 12-14 |||
| Pts: Rafiki 11 Rebs: Shyaka 5 Asts: Rurangirwa 3 | | Pts: Alhassan 20 Rebs: Ayarna 6 Asts: Alhassan, Riyazudeen 1 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 21 20:00
* Boxscore
| Tunisia | 52–59 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-9, 6-21, 18-14, 12-15 |||
| Pts: Mahjoubi 20 Rebs: Ghrib 8 Asts: Gmiha 4 | | Pts: Sidibe 18 Rebs: Sidibe 10 Asts: Coulibaly 7 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo

### Group B

* Qualified for the quarter-finals
| Team | Pts. | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| Egypt | 10 | 5 | 0 | 331 | 231 | +100 |
| Senegal | 9 | 4 | 1 | 301 | 268 | +33 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 3 | 2 | 277 | 265 | +12 |
| Angola | 7 | 2 | 3 | 256 | 282 | -26 |
| Gabon | 6 | 1 | 4 | 252 | 302 | -50 |
| Morocco | 5 | 0 | 5 | 227 | 295 | -68 |
* August 16 14:00
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 73–69 | Gabon |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-18, 23-12, 16-19, 14-20 |||
| Pts: Ndoye 7 Rebs: Ndiaye 3 Asts: three players 1 | | Pts: Ossami 7 Rebs: three players 1 Asts: Junior Messi 2 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 16 16:00
* Boxscore
| Ivory Coast | 60–51 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 13-20, 15-8, 24-11, 16-12 |||
| Pts: Otto 17 Rebs: D.Traore 6 Asts: three players 1 | | Pts: Kanza 16 Rebs: Kanza 5 Asts: Ivanádio 4 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 19 18:00
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 65–47 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-16, 12-14, 19-14, 22-9 |||
| Pts: Amin 19 Rebs: Amin, M.Ahmed 3 Asts: Nadi, Farag 3 | | Pts: Shifi 13 Rebs: El Cunma 5 Asts: Hanine 2 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 17 12:00
* Boxscore
| Gabon | 45–57 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-11, 9-18, 12-13, 10-15 |||
| Pts: Ossami 27 Rebs: Sima, Messi 6 Asts: Messi | | Pts: Oulai 10 Rebs: Bah 6 Asts: Touré 2 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 17 17:00
* Boxscore
| Angola | 58–25 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-10, 14-8, 13-1, 19-6 |||
| Pts: Ivanádio 12 Rebs: Mieze 6 Asts: J.Kipanda, J.Francisco 3 | | Pts: Shifi 7 Rebs: three players 3 Asts: Shifi, Kannouwni 1 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 17 20:00
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 49–39 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-12, 7-8, 13-12, 14-7 |||
| Pts: Romeh, M.Ahmed 10 Rebs: A.Mahmoud 8 Asts: Romeh, Fakhry 1 | | Pts: Ndoye, Ndour 10 Rebs: Niang 7 Asts: three players 1 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 18 14:00
* Boxscore
| Gabon | 40–51 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 4-13, 9-13, 9-14, 18-11 |||
| Pts: Ossami 16 Rebs: Sima 7 Asts: Messi 2 | | Pts: Kanza 17 Rebs: Mieze 7 Asts: C.Cabral 5 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 18 16:00
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 61–52 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-14, 10-11, 19-17, 18-10 |||
| Pts: Ndour 17 Rebs: Ndoye 6 Asts: five players 1 | | Pts: Shifi 30 Rebs: Azouga 6 Asts: Shifi 3 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 18 18:00
* Boxscore
| Ivory Coast | 45–49 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 8-11, 10-18, 10-8, 17-12 |||
| Pts: Otto 17 Rebs: D.Traore 5 Asts: Otto 1 | | Pts: Romeh 13 Rebs: Elsayed 4 Asts: four players 1 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 20 14:00
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 90–49 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 27-10, 22-13, 21-11, 20-15 |||
| Pts: Amin 19 Rebs: Moatez 5 Asts: Moatez, Farag 2 | | Pts: Ivanádio 10 Rebs: J.Francisco, Dó 5 Asts: C.Cabral 2 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 20 16:00
* Boxscore
| Ivory Coast | 53–61 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-13, 12-16, 12-10, 9-22 |||
| Pts: Oulai 13 Rebs: three players 4 Asts: Touré 4 | | Pts: Ndoye, Ndour 19 Rebs: Ndoye 6 Asts: Ndour 2 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 20 20:00
* Boxscore
| Morocco | 44–47 | Gabon |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-14, 17-13, 6-16, 10-4 |||
| Pts: Shifi 18 Rebs: El Cunma 14 Asts: four players 1 | | Pts: Sima 14 Rebs: Sima 9 Asts: three players 2 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 21 12:00
* Boxscore
| Angola | 45–67 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 9-19, 6-21, 24-12, 6-15 |||
| Pts: Ivanádio 11 Rebs: Mieze 5 Asts: Ivanádio 2 | | Pts: Ndour 18 Rebs: Niang 6 Asts: Dione 3 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 21 14:00
* Boxscore
| Morocco | 59–62 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 9-16, 17-13, 13-23, 20-10 |||
| Pts: Shifi 21 Rebs: El Cunma 6 Asts: Kannouwni 3 | | Pts: Otto 20 Rebs: Otto 9 Asts: Touré 4 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 21 16:00
* Boxscore
| Gabon | 51–78 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 10-14, 11-20, 13-27, 17-17 |||
| Pts: Ossami 21 Rebs: Sima 5 Asts: Sima 4 | | Pts: Moatez 22 Rebs: Moatez 10 Asts: Fakhry 3 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Thu 23 Aug 2012 – 18:00 | Thu 23 Aug 2012 – 18:00 | | | |
| Mozambique | 37 | | | |
| Mozambique | 37 | Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 18:00 | Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 18:00 | | |
| Senegal | 62 | Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 18:00 | Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 18:00 | |
| Senegal | 62 | Mali | 47 | |
| Thu 23 Aug 2012 – 14:00 | Thu 23 Aug 2012 – 14:00 | | Mali | 47 | |
| Thu 23 Aug 2012 – 14:00 | Thu 23 Aug 2012 – 14:00 | Senegal | 64 | |
| Angola | 54 | Senegal | 64 | |
| Angola | 54 | | | | Sat 25 Aug 2012 – 18:00 | Sat 25 Aug 2012 – 18:00 |
| Mali | 62 | | | | Sat 25 Aug 2012 – 18:00 | Sat 25 Aug 2012 – 18:00 |
| Mali | 62 | | | | Senegal | 71 |
| Thu 23 Aug 2012 – 20:00 | Thu 23 Aug 2012 – 20:00 | | | | | Senegal | 71 |
| Thu 23 Aug 2012 – 20:00 | Thu 23 Aug 2012 – 20:00 | | | | Ivory Coast | 62 |
| Tunisia | 44 | | | | Ivory Coast | 62 |
| Tunisia | 44 | Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 20:00 | Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 20:00 | | | |
| Egypt | 68 | Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 20:00 | Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 20:00 | | | |
| Egypt | 68 | Egypt | 42 | | | |
| Thu 23 Aug 2012 – 16:00 | Thu 23 Aug 2012 – 16:00 | | Egypt | 42 | | | |
| Thu 23 Aug 2012 – 16:00 | Thu 23 Aug 2012 – 16:00 | Ivory Coast | 57 | | Third place | Third place |
| Ivory Coast | 64 | Ivory Coast | 57 | | Third place | Third place |
| Ivory Coast | 64 | | | | Sat 25 Aug 2012 – 15:30 | Sat 25 Aug 2012 – 15:30 |
| Ghana | 48 | | | | Sat 25 Aug 2012 – 15:30 | Sat 25 Aug 2012 – 15:30 |
| Ghana | 48 | | | | Mali | 54 |
| | | | | | Egypt | 78 |

### 5-8th bracket

| 5th-8th place | 5th-8th place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 16:00 | Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 16:00 |
| Angola | 54 |
| Angola | 54 | Sat 25 Aug 2012 – 13:30 | Sat 25 Aug 2012 – 13:30 |
| Mozambique | 49 | Sat 25 Aug 2012 – 13:30 | Sat 25 Aug 2012 – 13:30 |
| Mozambique | 49 | Angola | 61 |
| Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 14:00 | Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 14:00 | | Angola | 61 |
| Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 14:00 | Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 14:00 | Tunisia | 40 |
| Tunisia | 59 | Tunisia | 40 |
| Ghana | 55 | | |
| Ghana | 55 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Sat 25 Aug 2012 – 11:30 | Sat 25 Aug 2012 – 11:30 |
| | | Mozambique | 48 |
| | | Ghana | 45 |

### 9th place classification

| 9th-12th Place | 9th-12th Place | 9th place | 9th place |
| Thu 23 Aug 2012 – 12:00 | Thu 23 Aug 2012 – 12:00 |
| Morocco | 74 |
| Morocco | 74 | Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 12:00 | Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 12:00 |
| Rwanda | 66 | Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 12:00 | Fri 24 Aug 2012 – 12:00 |
| Rwanda | 66 | Morocco | 77 |
| | | Gabon | 71 |
| | | 11th place | 11th place |

### 9-11th place classification

* August 23 12:00
| Morocco | 74–66 | Rwanda |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-12, 13-7, 23-19, 21-18 |||
| Pts: n/a | | Pts: n/a |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo

### Quarter-finals

* August 23 14:00
| Angola | 54–62 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-12, 11-19, 15-15, 16-16 |||
| Pts: n/a | | Pts: n/a |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 23 16:00
| Ivory Coast | 64–48 | Ghana |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-11, 18-11, 15-16, 15-10 |||
| Pts: n/a | | Pts: n/a |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 23 18:00
| Mozambique | 37–62 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 7-15, 7-16, 11-12, 12-19 |||
| Pts: n/a | | Pts: n/a |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 23 20:00
| Tunisia | 44–68 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 9-20, 15-15, 15-16, 5-17 |||
| Pts: n/a | | Pts: n/a |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo

### 9th place match

* August 24 12:00
| Morocco | 77–71 (OT) | Gabon |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-11, 6-22, 17-14, 17-15, Overtime: 15-9 |||
| Pts: n/a | | Pts: n/a |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo

### 5–8th place classification

* August 24 14:00
| Tunisia | 59–55 | Ghana |
| Pts: n/a | | Pts: n/a |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 24 16:00
| Angola | 54–49 | Mozambique |
| Pts: n/a | | Pts: n/a |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo

### Semifinals

* August 24 18:00
| Mali | 47–64 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-17, 8-15, 16-16, 11-16 |||
| Pts: n/a | | Pts: n/a |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo
* August 24 20:00
| Egypt | 42–57 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 8-13, 13-9, 11-15, 10-20 |||
| Pts: n/a | | Pts: n/a |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo

### 7th place match

* August 25 11:30
| Mozambique | 48–45 | Ghana |
| Pts: n/a | | Pts: n/a |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo

### 5th place match

* August 25 13:30
* Boxscore
| Angola | 61–40 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 10-11, 12-9, 15-16, 24-4 |||
| Pts: Mieze 23 Rebs: Mieze 11 Asts: Kanza, J.Domingos 1 | | Pts: Mahjoubi, Gara 9 Rebs: Salah 7 Asts: Mahjoubi, Gmiha 2 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo

### Bronze medal match

* August 25 15:30
* Boxscore
| Mali | 54–78 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-25, 12-13, 13-25, 11-15 |||
| Pts: Doumbia 15 Rebs: Doumbia 4 Asts: Coulibaly 3 | | Pts: Amin 25 Rebs: M.Ahmed 5 Asts: Nadi 4 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo

### Final

* August 25 18:00
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 71–62 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-18, 11-15, 14-13, 28-16 |||
| Pts: Ndour 17 Rebs: Gueye 8 Asts: Ndour 5 | | Pts: Otto 18 Rebs: D.Traore 6 Asts: Touré, Oulai 2 |
* Pavilhão da Académica, Maputo

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2013 Under-19 World Cup

## Awards

* 2012 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship winners
* Senegal First title
* Most Valuable Player
* Ehab Amin

### All-Tournament Team

* Boubacar Coulibaly
* Ehab Amin
* Kehasson Oulai
* Aboulaye Ndoye
* Moatez Ali