# 2010 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship

The 2010 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U18) was the 14th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Men, organized by FIBA Africa and played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and the African zone thereof. The tournament was held from October 8–17 in Rwanda and won by Egypt.
The tournament qualified both the winner and the runner-up for the 2011 Under-19 World Cup.

## Format

* The 11 teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round.
* Round robin for the preliminary round; the top four teams advanced to the quarterfinals.
* From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Algeria  Congo  Mali  Mozambique  Nigeria  Rwanda | Angola  Ivory Coast  Egypt  Gabon  Tunisia |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

* Qualified for the Quarter-finals
* Points forfeited due to age fraud
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Mali | 5 | 5 | 0 | 278 | 177 | +101 | 10 |
| Mozambique | 5 | 3 | 2 | 233 | 218 | +15 | 8 |
| Rwanda | 5 | 2 | 3 | 283 | 275 | +8 | 6 |
| Algeria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 305 | 315 | -10 | 7 |
| Congo | 5 | 2 | 3 | 283 | 375 | -92 | 4 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 80 | -80 | 5 |
* 8 October 2010 11:00
| Mozambique | 62–80 | Nigeria |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 8 October 2010 13:00
| Congo | 72–67 | Mali |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 8 October 2010 18:30
| Rwanda | 66–63 | Algeria |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 9 October 2010 12:00
| Mozambique | 50–81 | Congo |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 9 October 2010 16:00
| Algeria | 62–94 | Mali |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 9 October 2010 18:00
* Report
| Nigeria | 83–65 | Rwanda |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 10 October 2010 12:00
* Report
| Nigeria | 67–79 | Congo |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 10 October 2010 16:00
* Report
| Algeria | 73–65 | Mozambique |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 10 October 2010 18:00
* Report
| Rwanda | 57–68 | Mali |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 12 October 2010 14:30
* Report
| Mali | 76–58 | Mozambique |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 12 October 2010 18:00
* Report
| Rwanda | 71–74 | Congo |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 12 October 2010 20:00
* Report
| Nigeria | 83–70 | Algeria |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 13 October 2010 16:30
* Report
| Congo | 90–87 | Algeria |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 13 October 2010 18:00
* Report
| Mozambique | 70–69 | Rwanda |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 13 October 2010 20:00
* Report
| Mali | 48–53 | Nigeria |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Egypt | 4 | 4 | 0 | 366 | 213 | +153 | 8 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 287 | 243 | +44 | 7 |
| Gabon | 4 | 2 | 2 | 255 | 241 | +14 | 6 |
| Angola | 4 | 1 | 3 | 210 | 261 | -51 | 5 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 0 | 4 | 174 | 334 | -170 | 4 |
* 8 October 2010 15:00
| Egypt | 76–62 | Gabon |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 8 October 2010 20:30
| Ivory Coast | 41–61 | Angola |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 9 October 2010 14:00
| Gabon | 60–55 | Angola |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 9 October 2010 20:00
| Tunisia | 62–98 | Egypt |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 10 October 2010 14:00
| Tunisia | 88–45 | Ivory Coast |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 10 October 2010 20:00
| Egypt | 87–47 | Angola |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 12 October 2010 12:00
| Egypt | 105–42 | Ivory Coast |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 12 October 2010 16:30
| Tunisia | 64–53 | Gabon |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 13 October 2010 14:30
| Ivory Coast | 46–80 | Gabon |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 13 October 2010 16:00
| Angola | 47–73 | Tunisia |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Fri 15 Oct 2010 – 14:00 | Fri 15 Oct 2010 – 14:00 | | | |
| Algeria | 66 | | | |
| Algeria | 66 | Sat 16 Oct 2010 – 20:00 | Sat 16 Oct 2010 – 20:00 | | |
| Egypt | 87 | Sat 16 Oct 2010 – 20:00 | Sat 16 Oct 2010 – 20:00 | |
| Egypt | 87 | Egypt | 82 | |
| Fri 15 Oct 2010 – 16:00 | Fri 15 Oct 2010 – 16:00 | | Egypt | 82 | |
| Fri 15 Oct 2010 – 16:00 | Fri 15 Oct 2010 – 16:00 | Mozambique | 40 | |
| Gabon | 58 | Mozambique | 40 | |
| Gabon | 58 | | | | Sun 17 Oct 2010 – 18:00 | Sun 17 Oct 2010 – 18:00 |
| Mozambique | 67 | | | | Sun 17 Oct 2010 – 18:00 | Sun 17 Oct 2010 – 18:00 |
| Mozambique | 67 | | | | Egypt | 67 |
| Fri 15 Oct 2010 – 18:00 | Fri 15 Oct 2010 – 18:00 | | | | | Egypt | 67 |
| Fri 15 Oct 2010 – 18:00 | Fri 15 Oct 2010 – 18:00 | | | | Tunisia | 54 |
| Rwanda | 47 | | | | Tunisia | 54 |
| Rwanda | 47 | Sat 16 Oct 2010 – 18:00 | Sat 16 Oct 2010 – 18:00 | | | |
| Tunisia | 86 | Sat 16 Oct 2010 – 18:00 | Sat 16 Oct 2010 – 18:00 | | | |
| Tunisia | 86 | Mali | 58 | | | |
| Fri 15 Oct 2010 – 20:00 | Fri 15 Oct 2010 – 20:00 | | Mali | 58 | | | |
| Fri 15 Oct 2010 – 20:00 | Fri 15 Oct 2010 – 20:00 | Tunisia | 69 | | Third place | Third place |
| Angola | 40 | Tunisia | 69 | | Third place | Third place |
| Angola | 40 | | | | Sun 17 Oct 2010 – 15:30 | Sun 17 Oct 2010 – 15:30 |
| Mali | 65 | | | | Sun 17 Oct 2010 – 15:30 | Sun 17 Oct 2010 – 15:30 |
| Mali | 65 | | | | Mozambique | 56 |
| | | | | | Mali | 72 |

### 5-8th bracket

| 5th-8th place | 5th-8th place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Sat 16 Oct 2010 – 16:00 | Sat 16 Oct 2010 – 16:00 |
| Algeria | 61 |
| Algeria | 61 | Sun 17 Oct 2010 – 13:30 | Sun 17 Oct 2010 – 13:30 |
| Gabon | 75 | Sun 17 Oct 2010 – 13:30 | Sun 17 Oct 2010 – 13:30 |
| Gabon | 75 | Gabon | 73 |
| Sat 16 Oct 2010 – 14:00 | Sat 16 Oct 2010 – 14:00 | | Gabon | 73 |
| Sat 16 Oct 2010 – 14:00 | Sat 16 Oct 2010 – 14:00 | Rwanda | 71 |
| Rwanda | 68 | Rwanda | 71 |
| Angola | 44 | | |
| Angola | 44 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Sun 17 Oct 2010 – 11:30 | Sun 17 Oct 2010 – 11:30 |
| | | Algeria | 59 |
| | | Angola | 65 |

### 9th place

* 15 October 2010 12:00
| Nigeria | 97–59 | Ivory Coast |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 16 October 2010 12:00
| Congo | 53–76 | Nigeria |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

### Quarterfinals

* 15 October 2010 14:00
| Algeria | 66–87 | Egypt |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 15 October 2010 16:00
| Gabon | 58–67 | Mozambique |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 15 October 2010 18:00
| Rwanda | 47–86 | Tunisia |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 15 October 2010 20:00
| Angola | 40–65 | Mali |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

### Classification 5–8

* 16 October 2010 14:00
| Angola | 44–68 | Rwanda |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 16 October 2010 16:00
| Algeria | 61–75 | Gabon |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

### Semifinals

* 16 October 2010 18:00
| Mali | 58–69 | Tunisia |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
* 16 October 2010 20:00
| Egypt | 82–40 | Mozambique |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

### Seventh place game

* 17 October 2010 11:30
| Angola | 65–59 | Algeria |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

### Fifth place game

* 17 October 2010 13:30
| Rwanda | 71–73 | Gabon |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

### Bronze medal game

* 17 October 2010 15:30
| Mali | 72–56 | Mozambique |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

### Gold medal game

* 17 October 2010 18:00
| Tunisia | 54–67 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-15, 9-14, 17-13, 11-25 |||
| Pts: n/a | | Pts: Mohammad 30 |
* Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Egypt | 6–1 |
| | Tunisia | 6–1 |
| | Mali | 5–1 |
| 4. | Mozambique | 3–3 |
| 5. | Gabon | 2–5 |
| 6. | Rwanda | 2–5 |
| 7. | Angola | 2–5 |
| 8. | Algeria | 1–5 |
| 9. | Nigeria | 0–4 |
| 10. | Congo | 0–4 |
| 11. | Ivory Coast | 0–4 |

## Awards

* 2010 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship winner
* Egypt Fourth title
* Most Valuable Player
* Aly Mohamed Ahmed