# 2017 FIBA U16 Women's African Championship

The 2017 FIBA U16 Women's African Championship was the 5th FIBA U16 Women's African 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 5 to 12 August 2017, with the games played in Beira.
Mali claimed their record fifth straight continental title by trouncing Angola in the Finals, 68–29. Both teams will represent FIBA Africa at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup.

## Hosts Selection

On 25 March 2016, FIBA Africa announced that Mozambique will host the tournament.

## Venue

| Beira | Beira |

## Qualification

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| 2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 1 | 12–16 June 2017 | NA | 1 | — |
| 2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 2 | Cancelled | NA | 1 | Mali |
| 2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 3 | 9–14 June 2017 | Lomé | 1 | — |
| 2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 4 | Cancelled | NA | 1 | — |
| 2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 5 | 1–6 June 2017 | Mombasa | 1 | Egypt |
| 2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 6 | TBD | Harare | 3 | Mozambique Angola Zimbabwe |
| 2017 AfroBasket U16 Women Preliminaries Zone 7 | Cancelled | NA | 1 | — |
| Total | | | 5 | |

## Participating teams

* Angola
* Egypt
* Mali
* Mozambique
* Zimbabwe

## Format

The first round will be played in a round-robin format. The top four teams will advance to the Final Phase which will be played in a knockout format (Semi-Finals, Final). The Third-Place Game and the Final will be played on the last day of the tournament (August 12).

## Group phase

All times are in Central Africa Time (UTC+2:00)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mali | 4 | 4 | 0 | 314 | 131 | +183 | 8 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Egypt | 4 | 3 | 1 | 208 | 216 | −8 | 7 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Angola | 4 | 2 | 2 | 202 | 202 | 0 | 6 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 4 | Mozambique (H) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 199 | 243 | −44 | 5 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 4 | 0 | 4 | 136 | 267 | −131 | 4 | Eliminated |
* 5 August 15:00
* Box Scores
| Egypt | 33–66 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 4–14, 9–13, 6–24 |||
| Pts: Elgizawy 12 Rebs: Elgizawy 5 Asts: Mohamed 3 | | Pts: S. Kone 23 Rebs: S. Kone 11 Asts: F. Kone 4 |
* Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Francisco Tando (ANG)
* 5 August 18:00
* Box Scores
| Zimbabwe | 39–48 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 3–10, 10–16, 11–10, 15–12 |||
| Pts: Mutengo 12 Rebs: Mutsahuni 7 Asts: Mutengo 2 | | Pts: Massingue 20 Rebs: Sumbane, Rijal 7 Asts: Massingue 3 |
* Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira Referees: Aya Khaled Abdelmohsed Ahmed (EGY), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Dorothy Judy Okatch (BOT)
* 6 August 16:00
* Box Scores
| Egypt | 55–46 | Zimbabwe |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 10–14, 17–10, 16–13 |||
| Pts: Kabil 11 Rebs: Abouelkhair, Abdelalim, Abdullah 5 Asts: Badawy 4 | | Pts: Mabika 16 Rebs: Mabika 19 Asts: Zwinake 2 |
* Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira Referees: Dorothy Judy Okatch (BOT), Francisco Tando (ANG), Buyiswa Tshemese (RSA)
* 6 August 18:00
* Box Scores
| Angola | 64–57 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 12–13, 25–9, 14–17 |||
| Pts: Lourenço, Caetano 14 Rebs: Pululo, Dizeko, André 4 Asts: Dizeko 1 | | Pts: Massingue 18 Rebs: Massingue, Paxixe, Rijal 6 Asts: Magoliço, Sigauque, Paxixe 1 |
* Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM)
* 7 August 16:00
* Box Scores
| Mali | 112–22 | Zimbabwe |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–7, 39–3, 23–9, 27–3 |||
| Pts: Coulibaly 26 Rebs: S. Kone 8 Asts: F. Kone, Sangare 6 | | Pts: Mabika 10 Rebs: Zwinake 7 Asts: Mutengo 1 |
* Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira Referees: Aya Khaled Abdelmohsed Ahmed (EGY), Francisco Tando (ANG), Buyiswa Tshemese (RSA)
* 7 August 18:00
* Box Scores
| Angola | 43–56 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 8–23, 16–8, 8–12 |||
| Pts: Caetano 15 Rebs: Dizeko, Antonio 5 Asts: Antonio, Caetano 2 | | Pts: Elgizawy 22 Rebs: Abdullah 9 Asts: Elgizawy 3 |
* Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira Referees: Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Dorothy Judy Okatch (BOT)
* 8 August 16:00
* Box Scores
| Zimbabwe | 29–52 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 9–10, 6–16, 6–13 |||
| Pts: Mutengo 8 Rebs: Mabika 12 Asts: Mutengo 2 | | Pts: Antonio 14 Rebs: Quipaca 8 Asts: Lourenço 3 |
* Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
* 8 August 18:00
* Box Scores
| Mozambique | 33–76 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–19, 7–9, 14–19, 6–29 |||
| Pts: Sigauque 8 Rebs: Rijal 12 Asts: Massingue 4 | | Pts: Coulibaly 27 Rebs: S. Kone 8 Asts: F. Kone, Sissoko 4 |
* Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
* 9 August 16:00
* Box Scores
| Mali | 60–43 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–6, 14–8, 15–16, 16–13 |||
| Pts: Coulibaly 19 Rebs: S. Kone 9 Asts: Coulibaly 6 | | Pts: Lourenço 10 Rebs: Antonio 5 Asts: Antonio 3 |
* Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
* 9 August 18:00
* Box Scores
| Mozambique | 61–64 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 14–13, 14–16, 13–26 |||
| Pts: McDonald 18 Rebs: Rijal 10 Asts: Sigauque 5 | | Pts: Elshishiny 15 Rebs: Abdelalim 5 Asts: Abouelkhair, Badawy, Mohamed 1 |
* Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira

## Final round

Finalists qualified for the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 11 August | 11 August |
| Mali | 63 |
| Mali | 63 | 12 August | 12 August |
| Mozambique | 39 | 12 August | 12 August |
| Mozambique | 39 | Mali | 68 |
| 11 August | 11 August | | Mali | 68 |
| 11 August | 11 August | Angola | 29 |
| Egypt | 42 | Angola | 29 |
| Angola | 59 | | |
| Angola | 59 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 12 August | 12 August |
| | | Mozambique | 38 |
| | | Egypt | 56 |

### Semi-finals

* 11 August 16:00
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 42–59 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–11, 10–25, 14–15, 11–8 |||
| Pts: Elgizawy 15 Rebs: Abouelkhair 4 Asts: Abdelalim 3 | | Pts: Lourenço 16 Rebs: Dizeko, Caetano 5 Asts: Antonio 3 |
* Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira
* 11 August 18:00
* Boxscore
| Mali | 63–39 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–8, 16–13, 15–5, 17–13 |||
| Pts: Coulibaly 17 Rebs: S. Kone 7 Asts: F. Kone 4 | | Pts: Sigauque 11 Rebs: Rijal 12 Asts: Machava, Massingue, McDonald 2 |
* Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira

### Bronze medal match

* 12 August 14:00
* Boxscore
| Mozambique | 38–56 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 9–10, 9–20, 10–13 |||
| Pts: Magoliço 9 Rebs: Rijal 7 Asts: McDonald 3 | | Pts: Abdullah 16 Rebs: Abdullah 6 Asts: Badawy, Elgizawy 2 |
* Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira

### Final

* 12 August 16:00
* Boxscore
| Mali | 68–29 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 17–4, 21–7, 14–7 |||
| Pts: Coulibaly 25 Rebs: S. Kone 9 Asts: F. Kone 6 | | Pts: Dizeko 13 Rebs: Dizeko 7 Asts: Lourenço 3 |
* Ferroviario da Beira Stadium, Beira

## Statistical Leaders

Final statistics at the end of the tournament:

### Players

| Rank | Player | Points |
| 1 | Aissetou Coulibaly | 21.8 |
| 2 | Habiba Hatem Ibrahim Mahmous Elgizawy | 13.7 |
| Sika Kone |
| 4 | Noémia Alexandre Massingue | 10.8 |
| 5 | Cristina João Laurenço | 10.5 |
| Rank | Player | Rebounds |
| 1 | Tadiwa Mabika | 10.3 |
| 2 | Suraya Rijal | 9.0 |
| 3 | Sika Kone | 8.7 |
| 4 | Aminata Brahima Sangare | 5.3 |
| 5 | Maria Mutengo | 4.8 |
| Rank | Player | Assists |
| 1 | Fanta Kone | 4.0 |
| 2 | Aissetou Coulibaly | 2.7 |
| 3 | Noémia Alexandre Massingue | 2.2 |
| 4 | Cacia Antonio | 1.8 |
| 5 | Ingy Salaheldin Farag Aly Badawy | 1.7 |
| Rank | Player |
| Rank | Player |
| Rank | Player | Averages |
| Field Goal | | |

## Awards

* 2017 Under-16 African champions
* Mali Fifth title
* Most Valuable Player: Aissetou Coulibaly
The All-Star Five:
| Position | Player | Country Origin |
| PG | Noemia Alexandre Massingue | Mozambique |
| SG | Habiba Elgizawy | Egypt |
| SF | Aissetou Coulibaly | Mali |
| PF | Cacia Antonio | Angola |
| C | Sika Kone | Mali |

## Final ranking

* Qualified to the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup.
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Mali | 6–0 |
| | Angola | 5–1 |
| | Egypt | 4–2 |
| 4 | Mozambique | 1–5 |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 0–4 |