# 2016 FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship

The 2016 FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship (alternatively the Afrobasket U18) was the 13th 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 26 August to 4 September 2016 in Cairo, Egypt and contested by 8 national teams.
The tournament qualified the winner and the runner-up for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup.

## Venue

* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Egypt  Algeria  Madagascar  Angola | Mali  Mozambique  Tunisia  Ivory Coast  Uganda |

## Format

The Preliminary Phase of the tournament will be played in a round robin format with each team taking over its opponent respectively. The top four teams from each group will advance to the Final Phase, played in a knockout format from the Quarter-Finals onwards (Semi-Finals and Final).

## Preliminary round

The draw for the tournament was held on 25 August 2016 at the Le Passage Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. All times are local (UTC+2).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 226 | 131 | +95 | 6 |
| 2 | Angola | 3 | 2 | 1 | 141 | 109 | +32 | 5 |
| 3 | Madagascar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 136 | 158 | −22 | 4 |
| 4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 196 | −105 | 3 |
* 26 August 19:00
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 92–43 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–9, 22–3, 14–22, 26–9 |||
| Pts: Radwa Sherif 21 Rebs: Radwa Sherif 13 Asts: Radwa Oweis 9 | | Pts: Soulef Malkia 14 Rebs: Esma Bouhafs 8 Asts: Myriam Zaidi 6 |
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
* 27 August 15:30
* Boxscore
| Madagascar | 32–53 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 10–7, 7–21, 4–8 |||
| Pts: H. Muriel Hajanirina 8 Rebs: Jessica A. Vavisoa 7 Asts: three players 2 | | Pts: Neuma Vunge Ambriz Avelino 12 Rebs: Avelina Nene Ezequiel Peso 10 Asts: Irene Cavemba Cafumo 2 |
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
* 28 August 18:00
* Boxscore
| Madagascar | 49–78 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 9–21, 11–20, 17–20 |||
| Pts: M. Christiane Jaofera 14 Rebs: H. Muriel Hajarinina, Tokin'Iaina Sambatrarimiora 9 Asts: H. Muriel Hajarinina, Tokin'Iaina Sambatrarimiora 2 | | Pts: Meral Abdelgawad 20 Rebs: Nadine Rehan 12 Asts: Rana AbdelFattah, Nesma Khalifa 3 |
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
* 29 August 18:00
* Boxscore
| Angola | 49–21 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–4, 6–7, 11–4, 12–6 |||
| Pts: Avelina Nene Ezequiel Peso 18 Rebs: Avelina Nene Ezequiel Peso 7 Asts: Regina Maria Pequeno 5 | | Pts: Myriam Zaidi 9 Rebs: Soulef Malkia 8 Asts: Myriam Zaidi, Soulef Malkia 3 |
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
* 30 August 18:00
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 56–39 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–9, 21–7, 17–12, 10–11 |||
| Pts: Meral Abdelgawad 17 Rebs: Nadine Rehan 10 Asts: Meral Abdelgawad 4 | | Pts: Neusa Madalena Candido 11 Rebs: Avelina Nene Ezequiel Peso 12 Asts: Teresa Ngueve Sacato, Valeriana Cacolama Moxi 2 |
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
* 31 August 15:30
* Boxscore
| Algeria | 27–55 | Madagascar |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–16, 6–3, 7–14, 6–19 |||
| Pts: Souhila Kaci Chaouche, Esma Bouhafs 7 Rebs: Esma Bouhafs 10 Asts: Rym Arabdiou 2 | | Pts: M. Christiane Jaofera, Tokin'Iaina Sambatrarimiora 12 Rebs: H. Muriel Hajanirina 13 Asts: Tokin'Iaina Sambatrarimiora 4 |
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Mali | 3 | 3 | 0 | 302 | 85 | +217 | 6 |
| 2 | Mozambique | 3 | 2 | 1 | 173 | 149 | +24 | 5 |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 125 | 175 | −50 | 4 |
| 4 | Uganda | 3 | 0 | 3 | 93 | 284 | −191 | 3 |
* 27 August 13:15
* Boxscore
| Mali | 65–42 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–13, 15–8, 22–13, 19–8 |||
| Pts: Adama Coulibaly 19 Rebs: Adama Coulibaly, Salimatou Kourouma 14 Asts: Assetou Diakite 9 | | Pts: Silvia Amadeu Veloso 13 Rebs: Iolanda Pedro Francisco 10 Asts: Madina Camara 4 |
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
* 27 August 18:00
* Boxscore
| Uganda | 26–65 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–30, 12–16, 0–14, 7–5 |||
| Pts: Brenda Edith Ayere 10 Rebs: three players 8 Asts: Hajara Najjuko 2 | | Pts: Marwa Shili 32 Rebs: Amira Rebhi, Dorsf Tayaa 8 Asts: Eya Chbbouh 7 |
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
* 28 August 15:30
* Boxscore
| Mozambique | 55–36 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 13–9, 13–7, 20–6 |||
| Pts: Silvia Amadeu Veloso 28 Rebs: Veronica Luis Salifu, Iolanda Pedro Francisco 12 Asts: Bruna da Victoria Argelio 3 | | Pts: Fatma Aouinet 12 Rebs: Marwa Shili 7 Asts: Marwa Shili 3 |
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
* 29 August 15:30
* Boxscore
| Uganda | 19–143 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 2–46, 6–38, 2–37, 9–22 |||
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
* 30 August 13:15
* Boxscore
| Mozambique | 76–48 | Uganda |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–9, 21–6, 17–19, 6–14 |||
| Pts: Delma Estevao Zita 18 Rebs: Iolanda Pedro Francisco 7 Asts: Z. Gilberto Banquim 5 | | Pts: Brenda Edith Ayere 16 Rebs: Mellissa Akullu 14 Asts: Mellissa Akullu, Brenda Edith Ayere 4 |
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
* 31 August 18:00
* Boxscore
| Tunisia | 24–94 | Mali |
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
Note: Ivory Coast withdrew form the 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women.

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 2 September | 2 September | | | |
| Uganda | 25 | | | |
| Uganda | 25 | 3 September | 3 September | | |
| Egypt | 67 | 3 September | 3 September | |
| Egypt | 67 | Egypt | 66 | |
| 2 September | 2 September | | Egypt | 66 | |
| 2 September | 2 September | Mozambique | 33 | |
| Madagascar | 39 | Mozambique | 33 | |
| Madagascar | 39 | | | | 4 September | 4 September |
| Mozambique | 59 | | | | 4 September | 4 September |
| Mozambique | 59 | | | | Egypt | 61 |
| 2 September | 2 September | | | | | Egypt | 61 |
| 2 September | 2 September | | | | Mali | 84 |
| Algeria | 20 | | | | Mali | 84 |
| Algeria | 20 | 3 September | 3 September | | | |
| Mali | 83 | 3 September | 3 September | | | |
| Mali | 83 | Mali | 65 | | | |
| 2 September | 2 September | | Mali | 65 | | | |
| 2 September | 2 September | Angola | 46 | | Third place | Third place |
| Tunisia | 40 | Angola | 46 | | Third place | Third place |
| Tunisia | 40 | | | | 4 September | 4 September |
| Angola | 50 | | | | 4 September | 4 September |
| Angola | 50 | | | | Mozambique | 56 |
| | | | | | Angola | 43 |
| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 3 September | 3 September |
| Uganda | 38 |
| Uganda | 38 | 4 September | 4 September |
| Madagascar | 65 | 4 September | 4 September |
| Madagascar | 65 | Madagascar | 59 |
| 3 September | 3 September | | Madagascar | 59 |
| 3 September | 3 September | Tunisia | 45 |
| Algeria | 43 | Tunisia | 45 |
| Tunisia | 47 | | |
| Tunisia | 47 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 4 September | 4 September |
| | | Uganda | 43 |
| | | Algeria | 59 |

### Quarterfinals

* 2 September 13:30
* Boxscore
| Algeria | 20–83 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 10-19, 2-30, 0-20, 8-14 |||
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
* 2 September 15:45
* Boxscore
| Tunisia | 40–50 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-15, 7-11, 10-14, 11-10 |||
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
* 2 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Uganda | 25–67 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 1-27, 4-15, 10-19, 10-6 |||
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
* 2 September 20:15
* Boxscore
| Madagascar | 39–59 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 10-12, 7-11, 13-12, 9-24 |||
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo

### 5–8th place semifinals

* 3 September 13:30
* Boxscore
| Algeria | 43–47 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 8-15, 7-8, 13-14, 15-10 |||
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
* 3 September 15:45
* Boxscore
| Uganda | 38–65 | Madagascar |
| Scoring by quarter: 8-20, 4-14, 16-15, 10-16 |||
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo

### Semifinals

* 3 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 66–33 | Mozambique |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-12, 12-5, 18-10, 24-6 |||
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo
* 3 September 20:15
* Boxscore
| Mali | 65–46 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-11, 16-6, 12-14, 15-15 |||
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo

### Final classification games
#### Seventh place match

* 4 September 11:15
* Boxscore
| Uganda | 43–59 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 10-14, 5-16, 19-17, 9-12 |||
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo

#### Fifth place match

* 4 September 13:30
* Boxscore
| Madagascar | 59–45 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-9, 14-6, 18-14, 13-16 |||
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo

#### Third place match

* 4 September 15:45
* Boxscore
| Mozambique | 56–43 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 13-7, 14-9, 10-11, 19-16 |||
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo

#### Final

* 4 September 18:00
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 61–84 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 4-15, 19-20, 21-23, 17-26 |||
* Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo

## Awards

* 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women winner
* Mali Sixth title
* Most Valuable Player
* Meral Abdelgawad

### All-Tournament Team

* Silvia Veloso
* Nesma Khalifa
* Meral Abdelgawad
* Adama Coulibaly
* Aminata Diakite

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2017 FIBA U19 World Women's Championship
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Mali | 6-0 |
| | Egypt | 5-1 |
| | Mozambique | 4-2 |
| 4. | Angola | 3-3 |
| 5. | Madagascar | 2-4 |
| 6. | Tunisia | 2-4 |
| 7. | Algeria | 1-5 |
| 8. | Uganda | 0-6 |