# 2019 FIBA U16 African Championship

The 2019 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship, alternatively the 6th Afrobasket U16, was an international basketball competition held in Praia, Cape Verde from 5–14 July 2019. It served as a qualifier for the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Bulgaria.

## Venue

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| Praia | Praia |
| Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte (Capacity: 8,000) | Praia |

## Participating teams

On the eve of the tournament, rosters were finalized for the following participating teams:
* Cape Verde
* Algeria
* Ivory Coast
* Egypt
* Guinea
* Mali
* Tunisia

## Group phase

All times are local Cape Verde Time (UTC-1:00).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt | 4 | 4 | 0 | 323 | 232 | +91 | 8 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Nigeria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 306 | 246 | +60 | 7 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Angola | 4 | 2 | 2 | 260 | 285 | −25 | 6 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Cape Verde (H) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 191 | 257 | −66 | 5 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Algeria | 4 | 0 | 4 | 216 | 276 | −60 | 4 | Advance to Classification 9–10 |
* 5 July 19:30
* Box Score
| Algeria | 48–53 | Cape Verde |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 16–15, 12–13, 3–15 |||
| Pts: Nessaibia 12 Rebs: Aouana 12 Asts: Yahya 3 | | Pts: Silva, Buccilli 17 Rebs: Silva 12 Asts: Monteiro 4 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 6 July 19:30
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| Nigeria | 77–86 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 13–24, 21–30, 22–19 |||
| Pts: Isah 23 Rebs: Chinyelu 11 Asts: Dennis, Chinyelu 3 | | Pts: Abouzeid 30 Rebs: Elshakery 12 Asts: three players 2 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 7 July 17:15
* Box Score
| Egypt | 86–61 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 15–21, 28–16, 24–9 |||
| Pts: Abouzeid 23 Rebs: Ahmed 22 Asts: Abouzeid 4 | | Pts: Andrade 12 Rebs: Andrade, Texeira 6 Asts: Antonio 3 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 7 July 19:30
* Box Score
| Cape Verde | 39–64 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 7–20, 11–16, 8–17 |||
| Pts: Martins, Silva 10 Rebs: Silva 10 Asts: Buccilli 2 | | Pts: Chinyelu 20 Rebs: Chinyelu 21 Asts: Okpara 3 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 8 July 15:00
* Box Score
| Algeria | 53–73 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 14–29, 13–14, 10–20 |||
| Pts: Ammad, Yahya 15 Rebs: Aouana 13 Asts: four players 1 | | Pts: Antonio 20 Rebs: Texeira 16 Asts: Antonio, Avelino 3 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 8 July 19:30
* Box Score
| Cape Verde | 43–76 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 4–22, 14–13, 18–16, 7–25 |||
| Pts: Delgado, Buccilli 8 Rebs: Monteiro 7 Asts: Silva 2 | | Pts: Rehan 23 Rebs: three players 8 Asts: Mohamed 2 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 9 July 17:15
* Box Score
| Egypt | 75–51 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–7, 24–16, 18–11, 22–17 |||
| Pts: Abouzeid 13 Rebs: Abouseria, Elshakery 11 Asts: three players 2 | | Pts: Ammad 17 Rebs: Aouana 11 Asts: Zidouni 6 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 9 July 19:30
* Box Score
| Angola | 57–90 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 12–26, 19–22, 15–22 |||
| Pts: Avelino 14 Rebs: Antonio 8 Asts: Antonio, Andrade 1 | | Pts: Isah 27 Rebs: Chinyelu 24 Asts: Dennis 5 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 10 July 15:00
* Box Score
| Nigeria | 75–64 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 15–11, 16–19, 20–22 |||
| Pts: Okemirie 19 Rebs: Okemirie 18 Asts: Okpara, Dennis 5 | | Pts: Nessaibia 18 Rebs: Aouana 11 Asts: Ammad 3 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 10 July 19:30
* Box Score
| Angola | 69–56 | Cape Verde |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 21–18, 15–13, 14–9 |||
| Pts: Antonio 22 Rebs: Texeira 16 Asts: Soares 4 | | Pts: Silva 25 Rebs: Cabral 10 Asts: Delgado 6 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mali | 4 | 4 | 0 | 250 | 202 | +48 | 8 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Guinea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 229 | 211 | +18 | 7 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 261 | 255 | +6 | 6 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Rwanda | 4 | 1 | 3 | 224 | 281 | −57 | 5 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Ivory Coast | 4 | 0 | 4 | 226 | 241 | −15 | 4 | Advance to Classification 9–10 |
* 5 July 17:15
* Box Score
| Mali | 61–57 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 22–7, 13–13, 14–21 |||
| Pts: Singare 13 Rebs: Dembélé 9 Asts: Singare, Sinayoko 3 | | Pts: Mahjoubi 24 Rebs: Mahjoubi 8 Asts: Mahjoubi, Lejmi 2 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 6 July 17:15
* Box Score
| Ivory Coast | 53–55 | Guinea |
| Scoring by quarter: 5–14, 12–15, 20–11, 16–15 |||
| Pts: Moulare 19 Rebs: Lath 10 Asts: Moulare, Coulibaly 2 | | Pts: Sylla 17 Rebs: Diallo, Camara 8 Asts: Soufane, Camara 2 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 7 July 12:45
* Box Score
| Guinea | 63–57 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 12–14, 16–14, 21–10 |||
| Pts: Soufane, Kaba 10 Rebs: Sylla 5 Asts: three players 1 | | Pts: Mahjoubi 9 Rebs: Mahjoubi 7 Asts: Abbassi 1 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 7 July 15:00
* Box Score
| Ivory Coast | 60–62 | Rwanda |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–14, 14–11, 17–15, 19–22 |||
| Pts: Moulare 27 Rebs: Lath 16 Asts: Zunon, Moulare 2 | | Pts: Sano 16 Rebs: Sano 14 Asts: Mutabazi 5 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 8 July 12:45
* Box Score
| Rwanda | 47–63 | Guinea |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 8–16, 10–19, 17–9 |||
| Pts: Ishema 17 Rebs: Sano 10 Asts: Mutabazi 2 | | Pts: Kaba 16 Rebs: Sylla 13 Asts: Soufane 4 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 8 July 17:15
* Box Score
| Mali | 65–57 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 24–11, 12–18, 18–14 |||
| Pts: Traore 14 Rebs: Singare, Traore 13 Asts: Kanoute 4 | | Pts: Moulare 16 Rebs: Lath 7 Asts: Moulare, Coulibaly 3 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 9 July 12:45
* Box Score
| Tunisia | 59–56 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 9–19, 14–13, 17–14 |||
| Pts: Mahjoubi 23 Rebs: Abbassi 12 Asts: Tarhouni, Sahnoun 2 | | Pts: Moulare 23 Rebs: Lath 14 Asts: Zunon 2 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 9 July 15:00
* Box Score
| Rwanda | 40–70 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 4–13, 13–19, 15–14, 8–24 |||
| Pts: Sano 10 Rebs: Sano 7 Asts: Kizito 5 | | Pts: Traore 19 Rebs: Singare 13 Asts: three players 3 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 10 July 12:45
* Box Score
| Guinea | 48–54 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 12–10, 17–18, 9–13 |||
| Pts: Diallo 15 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Soufane 2 | | Pts: Keita 13 Rebs: Singare 11 Asts: none |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 10 July 17:15
* Box Score
| Tunisia | 88–75 | Rwanda |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 25–17, 14–20, 25–25 |||
| Pts: Tarhouni 24 Rebs: Tarhouni 10 Asts: Tarhouni 6 | | Pts: Sano 20 Rebs: Kevin 16 Asts: Kizito, Niyomugabo 3 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia

## Knockout phase

All times are local Cape Verde Time (UTC-1:00).

### Ninth place game

| Ninth place game | Ninth place game | Ninth place game |
| A5 | Algeria | 51 |
| B5 | Ivory Coast | 63 |
* 12 July 10:30
* Box Score
| Algeria | 51–63 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 16–14, 12–21, 10–10 |||
| Pts: Yahya 21 Rebs: Rehaim 8 Asts: Zidouni 3 | | Pts: Lath 21 Rebs: Lath 17 Asts: Moulare 7 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia

### Bracket

| Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place | 5–8 classification | 5–8 classification | 5–8 classification | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | A1 | Egypt | 78 | | | | |
| | | | | | | B4 | Rwanda | 51 | | | | | | |
| | | | B4 | Rwanda | 72 | | | | A1 | Egypt | 71 | |
| | | | A3 | Angola | 70 | | | | B2 | Guinea | 67 | |
| | | | | | | B2 | Guinea | 77 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | A3 | Angola | 54 | | | | | |
| B4 | Rwanda | 78 | | | | | | | | | A1 | Egypt | 66 |
| B3 | Tunisia | 53 | | | | | | | | | A1 | B1 | Mali | 57 |
| | | | | | | B1 | Mali | 61 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | A4 | Cape Verde | 41 | | | | | | |
| Seventh place | Seventh place | Seventh place | A4 | Cape Verde | 58 | | | | B1 | Mali | 54 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | B3 | Tunisia | 64 | | | | A2 | Nigeria | 45 | | | |
| A3 | Angola | 80 | | | | A2 | | | Nigeria | 86 | | B2 | Guinea | 53 |
| A4 | Cape Verde | 54 | | | | B3 | Tunisia | 36 | | | | A2 | Nigeria | 54 |

### Quarterfinals

* 12 July 12:45
* Box Score
| Rwanda | 51–78 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 9–17, 16–22, 13–22 |||
| Pts: Kizito, Ishema 11 Rebs: Ishema 14 Asts: Kizito, Ishema 3 | | Pts: Ahmed 22 Rebs: Ahmed 11 Asts: four players 2 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 12 July 15:00
* Box Score
| Tunisia | 36–86 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–24, 10–17, 8–27, 9–18 |||
| Pts: Tarhouni 12 Rebs: Khalifa 5 Asts: Rouini, Tarhouni 1 | | Pts: Ighovodjia 22 Rebs: Chinyelu 15 Asts: Dennis 6 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 12 July 17:15
* Box Score
| Angola | 54–77 | Guinea |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 7–18, 19–20, 15–15 |||
| Pts: Soares 11 Rebs: Soares 9 Asts: three players 1 | | Pts: Donzo 21 Rebs: Sylla 14 Asts: Soufane 4 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 12 July 19:30
* Box Score
| Cape Verde | 41–61 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–20, 10–18, 8–7, 16–16 |||
| Pts: Silva 13 Rebs: Silva 13 Asts: Silva 2 | | Pts: Keita 10 Rebs: Dembele 11 Asts: Kanoute 4 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia

### 5–8 classification

* 13 July 12:45
* Box Score
| Rwanda | 72–70 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 19–12, 19–22, 22–21 |||
| Pts: Sano 19 Rebs: Sano 9 Asts: Sano 2 | | Pts: Avelino 21 Rebs: Soares 10 Asts: Avelino 4 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 13 July 15:00
* Box Score
| Cape Verde | 58–64 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 11–16, 5–16, 24–18 |||
| Pts: Silva 26 Rebs: Caetano 15 Asts: Monteiro, Silva 3 | | Pts: Tarhouni 17 Rebs: Tarhouni, Khalifa 7 Asts: Rouini, Bengabsia 2 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia

### Semifinals

* 13 July 17:15
* Box Score
| Egypt | 71–67 | Guinea |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–8, 19–17, 16–26, 23–16 |||
| Pts: Ahmed 15 Rebs: Ahmed 16 Asts: Eldiasty, Abouzeid 3 | | Pts: Donzo 20 Rebs: Sylla 17 Asts: Soufane 4 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 13 July 19:30
* Box Score
| Mali | 54–45 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 11–12, 17–11, 12–11 |||
| Pts: Toure 12 Rebs: Dembele 13 Asts: Sinayoko 3 | | Pts: Chinyelu 12 Rebs: Chinyelu 17 Asts: Okpara, Isah 2 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia

### Seventh place game

* 14 July 12:45
* Box Score
| Angola | 80–54 | Cape Verde |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 22–10, 19–13, 19–16 |||
| Pts: Avelino 17 Rebs: Avelino 9 Asts: Neto 3 | | Pts: Caetano 15 Rebs: Silva 12 Asts: Buccilli 4 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia

### Fifth place game

* 14 July 15:00
* Box Score
| Rwanda | 78–53 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–8, 10–11, 19–14, 32–20 |||
| Pts: Ishema 25 Rebs: Ishema 14 Asts: Niyomugabo 8 | | Pts: Tarhouni 21 Rebs: Morjane 9 Asts: four players 1 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia

### Third place game

* 14 July 17:15
* Box Score
| Guinea | 53–54 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–20, 13–3, 14–11, 16–20 |||
| Pts: Donzo 14 Rebs: Donzo 10 Asts: Diallo 3 | | Pts: Dennis 14 Rebs: Chinyelu 20 Asts: Okpara 3 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia

### Final

* 14 July 19:30
* Box Score
| Egypt | 66–57 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 20–9, 22–13, 14–17 |||
| Pts: Abouzeid 19 Rebs: Mohamed 11 Asts: Rehan 3 | | Pts: Toure 13 Rebs: Dembele 14 Asts: Kanoute 4 |
* Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte, Praia
* 2019 FIBA Under-16 African champions
* Egypt 4th title

## Final ranking

* Qualified to the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | Points | Points |
| Rank | Team | Record | For | Against | Diff. |
| | Egypt | 7–0 | 538 | 407 | +131 |
| | Mali | 6–1 | 422 | 354 | +68 |
| | Nigeria | 5–2 | 491 | 389 | +102 |
| 4 | Guinea | 4–3 | 426 | 390 | +36 |
| 5 | Rwanda | 3–4 | 425 | 482 | –57 |
| 6 | Tunisia | 3–4 | 414 | 477 | –63 |
| 7 | Angola | 3–4 | 464 | 488 | –24 |
| 8 | Cape Verde | 1–6 | 344 | 462 | –118 |
| 9 | Ivory Coast | 1–4 | 289 | 292 | –3 |
| 10 | Algeria | 0–5 | 267 | 339 | –72 |