# 2009 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship

The 2009 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U16) was the 1st U-16 FIBA Africa championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and qualified for the 2010 World Cup. The tournament was held from September 19–26 in Maputo, Mozambique, contested by 9 national teams and won by Egypt.
The tournament qualified the winner for the 2010 U17 World Championship.

## Format

* The 9 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 |
| Egypt  Mali  Mozambique  South Africa | Algeria  Angola  Central African Rep.  Guinea  Nigeria |

## Preliminary round

    Times given below are in UTC+2.

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Mali | 3 | 3 | 0 | 237 | 142 | +95 | 6 |
| Egypt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 241 | 164 | +77 | 5 |
| Mozambique | 3 | 1 | 2 | 149 | 203 | -59 | 4 |
| South Africa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 131 | 249 | -118 | 3 |
* 18 September 2009 18:00
* Report
| Egypt | 59–71 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-28, 18-12, 12-24, 17-7 |||
| Pts: Mostafa 22 Rebs: Moftan 5 Asts: Mostafa 2 | | Pts: Traoré 18 Rebs: Keita 4 Asts: Sangaré 5 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 18 September 2009 20:00
* Report
| Mozambique | 54–50 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 9-13, 13-8, 17-11, 15-18 |||
| Pts: Chirindza 19 Rebs: Cotela 5 Asts: Mondlane 2 | | Pts: Festile 17 Rebs: Mahlinza 6 Asts: Sithole 1 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 19 September 2009 14:00
* Report
| South Africa | 44–111 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-34, 13-21, 14-29, 5-27 |||
| Pts: Paton 13 Rebs: Mahlinza 6 Asts: Festile 2 | | Pts: Hamdy 19 Rebs: Samir 10 Asts: Shousha 5 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 19 September 2009 20:00
* Report
| Mali | 82–46 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-11, 18-7, 25-19, 22-9 |||
| Pts: Moungoro 22 Rebs: Konaté 9 Asts: Sangaré 5 | | Pts: Manusse 16 Rebs: Biasse 4 Asts: Mondlane 1 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 20 September 2009 20:00
* Report
| Mozambique | 49–71 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 7-19, 13-20, 14-22, 15-13 |||
| Pts: Chirindza 17 Rebs: Inhamussua 5 Asts: Chirindza 1 | | Pts: Mostafa 22 Rebs: Hamdy 10 Asts: Gindy 2 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 20 September 2009 16:00
* Report
| Mali | 84–37 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-5, 21-11, 22-8, 20-13 |||
| Pts: Moungoro 25 Rebs: D.Konaté 9 Asts: Sangaré 4 | | Pts: Paton 10 Rebs: Touré 6 Asts: Festile 2 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo

### Group B

Guinea was disqualified due to age fraud
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Nigeria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 284 | 248 | +36 | 8 |
| Algeria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 209 | 155 | +54 | 6 |
| Angola | 4 | 2 | 2 | 235 | 228 | +7 | 5 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 195 | 354 | -159 | 4 |
| Guinea | 4 | 0 | 4 | 205 | 143 | +62 | 0 |
* 18 September 2009 14:00
* Report
| C.A.R. | 34–85 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 1-25, 13-18, 11-21, 9-21 |||
| Pts: Fanamby 14 Rebs: Kongho 6 Asts: Baïgo-Dari 2 | | Pts: Zenadi 19 Rebs: Zenadi 6 Asts: Guermat 3 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 18 September 2009 16:00
* Report
| Angola | 50–57 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 6-9, 17-13, 15-16, 12-19 |||
| Pts: Xaussuale 11 Rebs: Celestino 4 Asts: Kavungo 2 | | Pts: Odia 17 Rebs: Odia 3 Asts: Ikima 1 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 19 September 2009
| Guinea | 61–68 | Nigeria |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 19 September 2009 18:00
* Report
| C.A.R. | 54–95 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-19, 11-25, 18-22, 7-19 |||
| Pts: Fanamby 18 Rebs: Fanamby 5 Asts: Baïgo-Dari 3 | | Pts: Kavungo 21 Rebs: Délvio 8 Asts: P.Bastos 3 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 20 September 2009
| Guinea | 85–36 | C.A.R. |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 20 September 2009 18:00
* Report
| Algeria | 58–51 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-16, 13-11, 12-11, 14-13 |||
| Pts: Guermat 9 Rebs: Zenadi 10 Asts: Berremila 5 | | Pts: Maconda 24 Rebs: Délvio 7 Asts: Kavungo 3 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 21 September 2009 16:00
* Report
| Nigeria | 89–71 | C.A.R. |
| Scoring by quarter: 25-19, 16-20, 20-14, 28-18 |||
| Pts: Obekpa 22 Rebs: Obekpa 7 Asts: Odia 4 | | Pts: Sekou-Cheik 15 Rebs: Fanamby 7 Asts: Baïgo-Dari 7 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 21 September 2009 18:00
* Report
| Algeria | 47–63 | Guinea |
| Scoring by quarter: 9-14, 13-19, 12-12, 13-18 |||
| Pts: Guermat 14 Rebs: Guermat 4 Asts: Safer 2 | | Pts: Kasse 13 Rebs: Barry 8 Asts: Kasse 3 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 22 September 2009 18:00
* Report
| Nigeria | 70–66 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-13, 17-22, 15-15, 21-16 |||
| Pts: Obekpa 25 Rebs: Obekpa 14 Asts: Yarkwan 3 | | Pts: Berremila 21 Rebs: Berremila 9 Asts: Guermat 4 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 22 September 2009 14:00
* Report
| Angola | 39–59 | Guinea |
| Scoring by quarter: 9-17, 3-20, 7-5, 20-17 |||
| Pts: P.Bastos 11 Rebs: Silva 8 Asts: Quimbamba 2 | | Pts: Mara 12 Rebs: Sidibe 6 Asts: Mara 3 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo

## Knockout stage

    All matches were played in: Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 24 September | 24 September | | | |
| C.A.R. | 57 | | | |
| C.A.R. | 57 | 25 September | 25 September | | |
| Mali | 83 | 25 September | 25 September | |
| Mali | 83 | Mali | 83 | |
| 24 September | 24 September | | Mali | 83 | |
| 24 September | 24 September | Algeria | 53 | |
| Mozambique | 55 | Algeria | 53 | |
| Mozambique | 55 | | | | 26 September | 26 September |
| Algeria | 67 | | | | 26 September | 26 September |
| Algeria | 67 | | | | Mali | 82 |
| 24 September | 24 September | | | | | Mali | 82 |
| 24 September | 24 September | | | | Egypt | 84 |
| Nigeria | 79 | | | | Egypt | 84 |
| Nigeria | 79 | 25 September | 25 September | | | |
| South Africa | 50 | 25 September | 25 September | | | |
| South Africa | 50 | Nigeria | 71 | | | |
| 24 September | 24 September | | Nigeria | 71 | | | |
| 24 September | 24 September | Egypt | 74 | | Third place | Third place |
| Angola | 49 | Egypt | 74 | | Third place | Third place |
| Angola | 49 | | | | 26 September | 26 September |
| Egypt | 64 | | | | 26 September | 26 September |
| Egypt | 64 | | | | Nigeria | 65 |
| | | | | | Algeria | 56 |

### 5th place bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 25 September | 25 September |
| Mozambique | 63 |
| Mozambique | 63 | 26 September | 26 September |
| C.A.R. | 57 | 26 September | 26 September |
| C.A.R. | 57 | Mozambique | 61 |
| 25 September | 25 September | | Mozambique | 61 |
| 25 September | 25 September | Angola | 60 |
| Angola | 75 | Angola | 60 |
| South Africa | 58 | | |
| South Africa | 58 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 26 September | 26 September |
| | | South Africa | 52 |
| | | C.A.R. | 70 |

### Quarterfinals

* 24 September 2009 11:00
* Report
| C.A.R. | 57–83 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-24, 20-17, 18-19, 8-23 |||
| Pts: Fanamby 28 Rebs: Sekou-Cheik 4 Asts: Sekou-Cheik 2 | | Pts: Moungoro 27 Rebs: D.Konaté 7 Asts: Sangaré 4 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 24 September 2009 13:00
* Report
| South Africa | 50–79 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-18, 15-9, 8-35, 13-17 |||
| Pts: Festile 16 Rebs: Clark 5 Asts: Nondzaba 3 | | Pts: Yarkwan 21 Rebs: Obekpa 8 Asts: Garga 6 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 24 September 2009 15:00
* Report
| Angola | 49–64 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 10-14, 8-14, 11-19, 20-17 |||
| Pts: Maconda 9 Rebs: Xaussuale 6 Asts: P.Bastos 2 | | Pts: Mostafa 21 Rebs: Hamdy 6 Asts: Mostafa 2 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 24 September 2009 17:00
* Report
| Mozambique | 55–67 | Algeria |
| Pts: Cotela 13 Rebs: Manusse 14 Asts: Biasse 2 | | Pts: Safer 18 Rebs: Guermat 5 Asts: Ben Tayeb 6 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo

### Seventh place game

* 25 September 2009 14:00
* Report
| South Africa | 52–70 | C.A.R. |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-7, 18-12, 13-12, 24-21 |||
| Pts: Sissoko 13 Rebs: Sekou-Cheik 3 Asts: Baïgo-Dari 3 | | Pts: Paton 19 Rebs: Clark 4 Asts: Nondzaba 4 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo

### Fifth place game

* 25 September 2009 16:00
* Report
| Mozambique | 61–60 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-11, 6-9, 21-22, 17-18 |||
| Pts: Chirindza 20 Rebs: Mula 6 Asts: Mondlane 4 | | Pts: Maconda 12 Rebs: Xaussuale 9 Asts: P.Bastos 2 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo

### Semifinals

* 25 September 2009 18:00
* Report
| Mali | 83–53 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-13, 21-11, 24-10, 23-19 |||
| Pts: Moungoro 21 Rebs: Konaté 12 Asts: Sangaré 5 | | Pts: Terai 23 Rebs: Terai 6 Asts: Guermat 3 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
* 25 September 2009 20:00
* Report
| Nigeria | 71–74 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 10-22, 16-12, 22-21, 23-19 |||
| Pts: Obekpa 16 Rebs: Obekpa 10 Asts: Odia 3 | | Pts: Mohamed 19 Rebs: Hamdy 15 Asts: Mostafa 4 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo

### Bronze medal game

* 26 September 2009 18:00
* Report
| Algeria | 56–65 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-12, 6-16, 22-20, 16-17 |||
| Pts: Guermat 16 Rebs: Guermat 5 Asts: Guermat 4 | | Pts: Odia 18 Rebs: Obekpa 10 Asts: Yamsat 3 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo

### Gold medal game

* 26 September 2009 20:00
* Report
| Mali | 82–84 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-26, 15-18, 18-18, 30-22 |||
| Pts: F.Konaté 19 Rebs: D.Konaté 11 Asts: Sangaré 5 | | Pts: Mostafa 28 Rebs: Hamdy 7 Asts: Mostafa 2 |
* Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2010 U17 World Championship
* Disqualified due to age fraud

## Awards

* 2009 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship winner
* Egypt First title
* Most Valuable Player
* Ahmed Mostafa
All-Tournament Team
* G Mohamed Guermat
* PG Ahmed Mostafa MVP
* F Boubacar Moungoro
* PF René Manusse
* C Khaled Moftan

## Statistical Leaders
### Individual Tournament Highs

| Rank | Name | G | Pts | PPG |
| 1 | Ahmed Mostafa | 6 | 147 | 24.5 |
| 2 | Boubacar Moungoro | 7 | 163 | 23.3 |
| 3 | Freddy Fanamby | 7 | 137 | 19.6 |
| 4 | Christopher Obekpa | 7 | 125 | 17.9 |
| 4 | Ahmed Hamdy | 7 | 125 | 17.9 |
| 6 | Peter Odia | 7 | 110 | 15.7 |
| 7 | Délio Chirindza | 4 | 55 | 13.8 |
| 8 | Nkosinathi Festile | 6 | 81 | 13.5 |
| 9 | Mohamed Guermat | 6 | 70 | 11.7 |
| 9 | Omar Mohamed | 6 | 70 | 11.7 |
| Rank | Name | G | Rbs | RPG |
| 1 | Christopher Obekpa | 7 | 119 | 17 |
| 2 | Ahmed Hamdy | 7 | 89 | 12.7 |
| 3 | Demba Konaté | 5 | 55 | 11 |
| 4 | René Manusse | 7 | 72 | 10.3 |
| 5 | Bachir Diallo | 6 | 57 | 9.5 |
| 5 | Joaquim Xaussuale | 6 | 57 | 9.5 |
| 7 | Mohamed Zenadi | 4 | 38 | 9.5 |
| 8 | Amadou Barry | 7 | 66 | 9.4 |
| 9 | Ibrahima Diallo | 6 | 50 | 8.3 |
| 10 | Siyabonga Mahlinza | 7 | 54 | 7.7 |
| Rank | Name | G | Ast | APG |
| 1 | Amadou Sangaré | 7 | 25 | 3.6 |
| 2 | Mohamed Guermat | 7 | 20 | 2.9 |
| 2 | Dann Baïgo-Dari | 7 | 20 | 2.9 |
| 4 | Daniel Garga | 7 | 17 | 2.4 |
| 4 | Mehdi Berremila | 7 | 17 | 2.4 |
| 6 | Peter Odia | 7 | 16 | 2.3 |
| 7 | Yaya Kasse | 6 | 14 | 2.3 |
| 8 | Diomba Mara | 6 | 13 | 2.2 |
| 9 | Ahmed Mostafa | 7 | 13 | 1.9 |
| 10 | Lwando Nondzaba | 6 | 11 | 1.8 |
| Rank | Name | G | Sts | SPG |
| 1 | Ahmed Mostafa | 6 | 28 | 4.7 |
| 2 | Christopher Obekpa | 6 | 23 | 3.8 |
| 2 | Donacien Camará | 6 | 23 | 3.8 |
| 4 | Mehdi Berremila | 7 | 25 | 3.6 |
| 5 | Peter Odia | 7 | 23 | 3.3 |
| 6 | Délio Chirindza | 6 | 20 | 3.3 |
| 7 | Nkosinathi Festile | 6 | 19 | 3.2 |
| 8 | Boubacar Moungoro | 7 | 21 | 3 |
| 9 | Amadou Sangaré | 6 | 17 | 2.8 |
| 10 | Fousseini Konaté | 7 | 19 | 2.7 |
| Rank | G | Bks | BPG |
| 1 | 7 | 31 | 4.4 |
| 2 | 7 | 14 | 2 |
| 3 | 6 | 9 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 7 | 10 | 1.4 |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | 1.2 |
| 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | 5 | 0.8 |
| 9 | 5 | 4 | 0.8 |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Rank | Name | G | Min | MPG |
| 1 | Christopher Obekpa | 7 | 274 | 39.1 |
| 2 | Peter Odia | 4 | 156 | 39 |
| 3 | Freddy Fanamby | 7 | 272 | 38.9 |
| 4 | Mohamed Guermat | 7 | 265 | 37.9 |
| 5 | Justin Paton | 4 | 148 | 37 |
| 6 | Délio Chirindza | 7 | 248 | 35.4 |
| 7 | Oumar Condé | 6 | 207 | 34.5 |
| 8 | Azzedine Terai | 4 | 138 | 34.5 |
| 9 | Ahmed Mostafa | 7 | 228 | 32.6 |
| 10 | Amadou Sangaré | 5 | 158 | 31.6 |

### Individual Game Highs

| Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
| Points | Freddy Fanamby | 28 | Mali |
| Rebounds | Ahmed Hamdy | 15 | Nigeria |
| Assists | Dann Baïgo-Dari | 7 | Nigeria |
| Steals | Christopher Obekpa | 7 | South Africa |
| 2-point field goal percentage | Ahmed Hamdy | 87.5% (7/8) | Mozambique |
| 3-point field goal percentage | Dann Baïgo-Dari Pedro Bastos Omar Mohamed Boubacar Moungoro Seif Samir Amadou Sangare | 100% (2/2) | Angola Mozambique |
| Free throw percentage | René Manusse Lucílio Mondlane Salif Traoré | 100% (6/6) | Madagascar |
| Turnovers | Délio Chirindza Miguel Maconda Justin Paton Justin Paton | 9 | Gabon Egypt Egypt Egypt |

### Team Tournament Highs

| Pos. | Name | PPG |
| 1 | Mali | 92.3 |
| 2 | Egypt | 76.3 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 68.7 |
| 4 | Algeria | 61.8 |
| 5 | Guinea | 61.4 |
| 6 | Angola | 57.3 |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 44.3 |
| 8 | Mozambique | 44 |
| 9 | South Africa | 33.3 |
| Pos. | Name | PPG |
| 1 | Mali | 646 |
| 2 | Egypt | 534 |
| 3 | Algeria | 430 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 412 |
| 5 | Angola | 401 |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 371 |
| 7 | Mozambique | 266 |
| 8 | South Africa | 264 |
| 9 | Guinea | 133 |
| Pos. | Name | RPG |
| 1 | Mali | 58.3 |
| 2 | Egypt | 52.3 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 50.4 |
| 4 | Guinea | 50.4 |
| 5 | Angola | 48.8 |
| 6 | Algeria | 45.7 |
| 7 | Mozambique | 45 |
| 8 | South Africa | 42.1 |
| 9 | Central African Republic | 34.2 |
| Pos. | Name | APG |
| 1 | Mali | 15.4 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 11.3 |
| 3 | Algeria | 10.8 |
| 4 | Egypt | 10.3 |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 9.9 |
| 6 | Angola | 7.1 |
| 7 | Mozambique | 5.5 |
| 8 | Guinea | 4.8 |
| 9 | South Africa | 3.8 |
| Pos. | Name | SPG |
| 1 | Mali | 19.1 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 16.3 |
| 3 | Guinea | 14.2 |
| 4 | Algeria | 12.2 |
| 5 | Egypt | 11.8 |
| 6 | Mozambique | 10.6 |
| 7 | Angola | 9.3 |
| 8 | South Africa | 8 |
| 9 | Central African Republic | 7.4 |
| Pos. | Name | BPG |
| 1 | Nigeria | 5.9 |
| 2 | Mali | 5.4 |
| 3 | Mozambique | 4.5 |
| 4 | Angola | 4 |
| Pos. | Name | % |
| 1 | Mali | 54.4 |
| 2 | Egypt | 46.4 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 45.9 |
| 4 | Guinea | 39.1 |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 38.4 |
| 6 | Angola | 37.7 |
| 7 | Mozambique | 30.1 |
| 8 | Algeria | 25 |
| 9 | South Africa | 19.8 |
| Pos. | Name | % |
| 1 | Central African Republic | 25 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 21.6 |
| 3 | Angola | 17.9 |
| 4 | Egypt | 17.6 |
| 5 | Mali | 17.4 |
| 6 | Algeria | 17 |
| 7 | Guinea | 15.2 |
| 8 | South Africa | 13.1 |
| 9 | Mozambique | 10.1 |
| Pos. | Name | % |
| 1 | Guinea | 59.7 |
| 2 | Mali | 57.6 |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 53.2 |
| 4 | Egypt | 52.3 |
| 5 | Mozambique | 52.2 |
| 6 | Algeria | 50.8 |
| 7 | Angola | 45.3 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 44.9 |
| 9 | South Africa | 37.7 |

### Team Game highs

| Department | Name | Total | Opponent |
| Points | Egypt | 111 | South Africa |
| Rebounds | Egypt | 55 | South Africa |
| Assists | Egypt | 17 | South Africa |
| Steals | Mali | 26 | South Africa |
| 2-point field goal percentage | Central African Republic | 85.7% (18/21) | South Africa |
| 3-point field goal percentage | Guinea | 60% (3/5) | Angola |
| Free throw percentage | Guinea | 87.5% (7/8) | Algeria |
| Turnovers | Central African Republic | 40 | Mozambique |