# 2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship

The 2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship was the 12th U-18 FIBA Africa championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the world basketball sport governing body. The tournament was held from 28 July – 6 August 2006 in Durban, South Africa, contested by 9 national teams and won by Nigeria.
The tournament qualified the winner and the runner-up for the 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

## Format

* 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.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Congo  Mali  Mozambique  South Africa | Angola  Guinea  Ivory Coast  Kenya  Nigeria |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

* Qualified for the semi-finals
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts. |
| Mali | 3 | 0 | 186 | 127 | +59 | 6 |
| Congo | 2 | 1 | 187 | 143 | +44 | 5 |
| South Africa | 1 | 2 | 155 | 191 | -36 | 4 |
| Mozambique | 0 | 3 | 138 | 205 | -67 | 3 |
* 28 July 19:00
* Boxscore
| South Africa | 46–71 | Congo |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-23, 2-23, 17-13, 13-12 |||
| Pts: Sithole 17 Rebs: Sithole, Acutt 9 Asts: Manqele 4 | | Pts: Ibaka 23 Rebs: Ibaka 19 Asts: Sow 7 |
* Durban
* 30 July 17:00
* Boxscore
| Mozambique | 34–73 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 6-18, 14-13, 10-18, 4-24 |||
| Pts: Xerinda 11 Rebs: Canivete 8 Asts: Xerinda 2 | | Pts: Coulibaly 17 Rebs: Kone 10 Asts: Tangara 4 |
* Durban
* 31 July 15:00
* Boxscore
| Congo | 66–44 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 24-8, 11-17, 9-9, 22-10 |||
| Pts: Ibaka 17 Rebs: Ibaka 20 Asts: N'Gampo 4 | | Pts: Mazive 15 Rebs: Canivete 10 Asts: three players 2 |
* Durban
* 31 July 19:00
* Boxscore
| Mali | 60–43 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-10, 15-15, 9-8, 19-10 |||
| Pts: Coulibaly 22 Rebs: Kone 10 Asts: Toure 5 | | Pts: Sithole 15 Rebs: Sithole 7 Asts: Khumalo 2 |
* Durban
* 1 August 19:00
* Boxscore
| Mozambique | 60–66 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-19, 15-15, 10-13, 19-19 |||
| Pts: Mazive 18 Rebs: Mazive 22 Asts: Ivaldo 7 | | Pts: Sithole 24 Rebs: Acutt 14 Asts: Manqele 4 |
* Durban
* 2 August 19:00
* Boxscore
| Mali | 53–50 | Congo |
| Scoring by quarter: 13-12, 14-12, 16-10, 10-16 |||
| Pts: Coulibaly 23 Rebs: Samake 9 Asts: three players 3 | | Pts: Djio 12 Rebs: Wamba 11 Asts: Sow 3 |
* Durban

### Group B

* Qualified for the semi-finals
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts. |
| Nigeria | 4 | 0 | 344 | 225 | +119 | 8 |
| Angola | 3 | 1 | 257 | 202 | +55 | 7 |
| Guinea | 2 | 2 | 248 | 260 | -12 | 6 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 3 | 246 | 283 | -37 | 5 |
| Kenya | 0 | 4 | 231 | 356 | -125 | 4 |
* 29 July 17:00
* Boxscore
| Kenya | 72–103 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-19, 16-25, 13-37, 27-22 |||
| Pts: Oduor 20 Rebs: Nyadaro 10 Asts: Menya 4 | | Pts: Omorogbe 20 Rebs: Omori 15 Asts: Oyalade 9 |
* Durban
* 3 August 16:00
* Boxscore
| Ivory Coast | 60–66 | Guinea |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-7, 15-19, 15-16, 15-24 |||
| Pts: Dembele, Dja 14 Rebs: Dembele 8 Asts: Kouzia 3 | | Pts: Tounkara 21 Rebs: Camara 9 Asts: Camara 7 |
* Durban
* 30 July 15:00
* Boxscore
| Kenya | 42–86 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 7-24, 9-13, 14-24, 12-25 |||
| Pts: Menya 13 Rebs: Munica 8 Asts: Oluoch 2 | | Pts: E.Ferreira 20 Rebs: Vander, P.Barros 8 Asts: E.Ferreira 3 |
* Durban
* 30 July 19:00
* Boxscore
| Guinea | 51–85 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-22, 16-23, 16-18, 8-22 |||
| Pts: Sangaré 10 Rebs: Sangaré 9 Asts: three players 2 | | Pts: Ikyaator Rebs: Alabi Asts: Yusuf |
* Durban
* 31 July 11:00
* Boxscore
| Ivory Coast | 83–53 | Kenya |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-19, 22-12, 20-11, 27-11 |||
| Pts: Dja 15 Rebs: Dja 15 Asts: Kouakou 3 | | Pts: Oduor 13 Rebs: Oduor 8 Asts: Menya, Wanjara 2 |
* Durban
* 31 July 17:00
* Boxscore
| Angola | 48–64 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 9-18, 10-12, 15-19, 14-15 |||
| Pts: A.Simões 13 Rebs: A.Simões 14 Asts: H.Gonçalves, S.João 1 | | Pts: Alabi 14 Rebs: Alabi, Yusuf 11 Asts: four players 2 |
* Durban
* 1 August 15:00
* Boxscore
| Guinea | 47–51 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-12, 8-10, 17-12, 11-17 |||
| Pts: A.Conde 10 Rebs: Sangaré 11 Asts: Camara 4 | | Pts: F.Luano 13 Rebs: A.Simões 8 Asts: A.Simões 2 |
* Durban
* 1 August 17:00
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 92–54 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 24-14, 23-17, 20-9, 25-14 |||
| Pts: Alabi 23 Rebs: Alabi 18 Asts: Daudu 6 | | Pts: Akasson 10 Rebs: Kouakou 11 Asts: Akasson 2 |
* Durban
* 2 August 15:00
* Boxscore
| Guinea | 84–64 | Kenya |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 22-13, 25-14, 22-17 |||
| Pts: Tounkara 28 Rebs: Sangaré 11 Asts: Camara 7 | | Pts: Oduor 23 Rebs: Nyadaro 12 Asts: Menya 7 |
* Durban
* 2 August 17:00
* Boxscore
| Angola | 72–49 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-13, 20-11, 15-19, 20-6 |||
| Pts: A.Simões 27 Rebs: A.Simões 12 Asts: H.Gonçalves 3 | | Pts: Dja 15 Rebs: Barou 9 Asts: Kouzia, Toh 2 |
* Durban

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Sat 5 Aug 2006 – 12:00 | Sat 5 Aug 2006 – 12:00 |
| Angola | 60 |
| Angola | 60 | Sun 6 Aug 2006 – 14:30 | Sun 6 Aug 2006 – 14:30 |
| Mali | 68 | Sun 6 Aug 2006 – 14:30 | Sun 6 Aug 2006 – 14:30 |
| Mali | 68 | Mali | 41 |
| Sat 5 Aug 2006 – 14:00 | Sat 5 Aug 2006 – 14:00 | | Mali | 41 |
| Sat 5 Aug 2006 – 14:00 | Sat 5 Aug 2006 – 14:00 | Nigeria | 69 |
| Congo | 57 | Nigeria | 69 |
| Nigeria | 87 | | |
| Nigeria | 87 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | Sun 6 Aug 2006 – 12:00 | Sun 6 Aug 2006 – 12:00 |
| | | Angola | 74 |
| | | Congo | 70 |

### 7th place match

* 4 August 15:00
* Boxscore
| Mozambique | 48–62 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-16, 10-20, 8-19, 11-7 |||
| Pts: Monjane 14 Rebs: Mazive 16 Asts: three players 2 | | Pts: four players 10 Rebs: Barou 7 Asts: Toh 6 |
* Durban

### 5th place match

* 4 August 17:00
* Boxscore
| South Africa | 45–62 | Guinea |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-15, 8-23, 14-11, 12-13 |||
| Pts: Khumalo 13 Rebs: Khumalo 9 Asts: four players 2 | | Pts: Tounkara 21 Rebs: Sanoh 17 Asts: Camara 7 |
* Durban

### Semifinals

* 5 August 12:00
* Boxscore
| Angola | 60–68 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 9-21, 13-15, 23-15, 15-17 |||
| Pts: E.Ferreira 18 Rebs: A.Simões 8 Asts: F.Luano 3 | | Pts: Coulibaly 26 Rebs: Kone 13 Asts: Tangara 7 |
* Durban
* 5 August 14:00
* Boxscore
| Congo | 57–87 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-21, 18-28, 9-24, 8-14 |||
| Pts: Nkakou 11 Rebs: Ibaka 7 Asts: five players 1 | | Pts: Ikyaator 22 Rebs: Baraya 18 Asts: Daudu 6 |
* Durban

### Bronze medal game

* 6 August 12:00
* Boxscore
| Angola | 74–70 | Congo |
| Scoring by quarter: 8-13, 18-17, 26-20, 22-20 |||
| Pts: Ad.Ramos 18 Rebs: F.Luano 10 Asts: H.Gonçalves 6 | | Pts: Ibaka 37 Rebs: Ibaka 14 Asts: N'Gampo 7 |
* Durban

### Gold medal game

* 6 August 14:30
* Boxscore
| Mali | 41–69 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-19, 6-11, 7-24, 17-15 |||
| Pts: Toure 12 Rebs: Kone 13 Asts: Tangara 4 | | Pts: Alabi 17 Rebs: Alabi, Omori 9 Asts: Ikyaator 6 |
* Durban

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship

## Awards

* 2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship winner
* Nigeria Seventh title
* Most Valuable Player
* Waly Coulibaly