2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship explained

Continent:	Africa U-18
Year:	2006
Host:	South Africa
Dates:	28 July – 6 August 2006
Teams:	9
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	NGR
Title Number:	7
Mvp:	Waly Coulibaly
Ppg P:	Ibaka 18.6
Ppg T:	83.3
Rpg P:	Ibaka 13.8
Rpg T:	60.8
Apg P:	Camara 5.4
Apg T:	16.7
Website:	2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
Prevseason:	2004
Nextseason:	2008

The 2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship was the 15th 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 28 July – 6 August 2006 in Durban, South Africa, contested by 9 national teams and won by Nigeria.^[1]

The tournament qualified the winner and the runner-up for the 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Format

• The 12 teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round.
• Round robin for the preliminary round; the top four teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinals.
• From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

Squads

See main article: 2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship squads.

Draw

width=25%	Group A	width=25%	Group B

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Qualified for the semi-finals

width=150px	Team !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	width=40px	PF !	width=40px	PA !	width=40px	Diff !	width=30px	Pts.
	3	0	186	127	+59	6
	2	1	187	143	+44	5
	1	2	155	191	-36	4
	0	3	138	205	-67	3

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Group B

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Qualified for the semi-finals

width=150px	Team !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	width=40px	PF !	width=40px	PA !	width=40px	Diff !	width=30px	Pts.
	4	0	344	225	+119	8
	3	1	257	202	+55	7
	2	2	248	260	-12	6
	1	3	246	283	-37	5
	0	4	231	356	-125	4

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Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Gold medal game

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Final standings

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Rank	width=170	Team !	Record
		6–0
		4–1
		4–2
4.		2–3
5.		3–2
6.		1–3
7.		2–3
8.		0–4
9.		0–4

Nigeria roster
Abel Baraya, Ahmed Ayodele, Daniel Daudu, Faruk Oyalade, Franck Eze, George Ehiagwina, Ibrahim Yusuf, Mbaram Omori, Nosa Omorogbe, Oluwaseyi Ayodele, Orseer Ikyaator, Solomon Alabi, Coach: Adeka Dauda

Awards

All-Tournament Team

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: "2006 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Men Final Round . FIBA.com . 2014-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120713041317/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/8547/_/2011_FIBA_Africa_U16_Championship_for_Men/index.html . 2012-07-13 . live .
2. Web site: Schedule & results . FIBA.com. 2014-01-08.
3. Web site: Group standings . FIBA.com. 2014-01-08.
4. Web site: Nigeria Retains African Trophy . AllAfrica.com . 2006-08-06 . 2014-01-09.