# 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship

The 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship was the 11th FIBA Africa U-18 championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the world basketball sport governing body. The tournament was held from August 2 to August 9, 2002 at the Indoor Sport Hall of the Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, contested by 9 national teams and won by Nigeria.
The tournament qualified the winner and the runner-up for the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

## Format

* The teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round.
* Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals.
* From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Angola  Ivory Coast  Nigeria  Senegal | Algeria  Egypt  Madagascar  Mali  South Africa |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

* Qualified for the semi-finals
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts. |
| Mali | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Egypt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| South Africa | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Madagascar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Egypt | 105–72 | Madagascar |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
| Algeria | vs. | South Africa |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
| Mali | vs. | Madagascar |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
| South Africa | vs. | Egypt |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
| Mali | vs. | Algeria |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
| Madagascar | vs. | South Africa |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
| South Africa | vs. | Mali |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
| Algeria | vs. | Egypt |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
| Egypt | vs. | Mali |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
| Madagascar | vs. | Algeria |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

### Group B

* Qualified for the semi-finals
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts. |
| Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 241 | 164 | +77 | 8 |
| Angola | 2 | 1 | 208 | 216 | −8 | 7 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Senegal | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
* August 4, 2002
| Senegal | 59–87 | Nigeria |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
| Angola | 70–53 | Ivory Coast |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
* August 5, 2002
| Ivory Coast | 47–70 | Nigeria |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
| Senegal | 79–80 | Angola |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
* August 6, 2002
| Angola | 58–84 | Nigeria |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
| Ivory Coast | vs. | Senegal |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Thu 8 Aug 2002 | Thu 8 Aug 2002 |
| Nigeria | 107 |
| Nigeria | 107 | Fri 9 Aug 2002 | Fri 9 Aug 2002 |
| Algeria | 73 | Fri 9 Aug 2002 | Fri 9 Aug 2002 |
| Algeria | 73 | Nigeria | 80 |
| Thu 8 Aug 2002 | Thu 8 Aug 2002 | | Nigeria | 80 |
| Thu 8 Aug 2002 | Thu 8 Aug 2002 | Angola | 60 |
| Angola | 92 | Angola | 60 |
| Mali | 79 | | |
| Mali | 79 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | Fri 9 Aug 2002 | Fri 9 Aug 2002 |
| | | Algeria | |
| | | Mali | |

### 7th place match

* August 8, 2002
| Madagascar | vs. | Senegal |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

### 5th place match

* August 8, 2002
| Egypt | vs. | Ivory Coast |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

### Semifinals

* August 8, 2002
| Angola | 92–79 | Mali |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
| Nigeria | 107–73 | Algeria |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

### Bronze medal game

* August 9, 2002
| Algeria | vs. | Mali |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

### Gold medal game

* August 9, 2002
| Nigeria | 80–60 | Angola |
* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2003 FIBA U19 World Championship
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Nigeria | 5–0 |
| | Angola | 3–2 |
| 4. | | – |
| 5. | | – |
| 6. | | – |
| 7. | | – |
| 8. | | – |
| 9. | | – |

## Awards

* 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship winner
* Nigeria Fifth title
* Most Valuable Player