AfroBasket 2007 explained

Country:Angola
Dates:15–25 August
Num Teams:16
Venues:5
Cities:5
Champion:ANG
Count:9
Second:CMR
Third:Cape Verde
Fourth:EGY
Mvp: Joaquim Gomes
Top Scorer: Modibo Niakaté
(21.8 points per game)
Prevseason:2005
Nextseason:2009

AfroBasket 2007 was the 24th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. The tournament was hosted by Angola, in the cities of Benguela, Cabinda, Huambo and Lubango.

Angola won its fifth consecutive African championship and ninth overall by beating Cameroon 86-72 in the championship game.[1] Cape Verde won the bronze medal game over Egypt. Angola qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing whereas Cameroon and Cape Verde qualified for the 2008 Olympic qualifying tournament. Angola's Joaquim Gomes claimed the tournament's Most Valuable Player award.[2]

Venues

CityArenaCapacity
LuandaPavilhão da Cidadela6,873
BenguelaPavilhão Acácias Rubras2,100
HuamboPavilhão Serra Van-Dúnem2,010
LubangoPavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte2,000
CabindaPavilhão do Tafe2,000

Squads

See main article: 2007 FIBA Africa Championship squads.

Preliminary round

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Qualified for the quarterfinals
width=10px bgcolor=#ffccccRelegated to classification matches
All times are in local time UTC+1

Group A

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3 3 0 317 168 +149 6
3 2 1 200 242 -42 5
3 1 2 212 261 -49 4
3 0 3 196 254 -85 3

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Group B

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Qualified for the quarterfinals
width=10px bgcolor=#ffccccRelegated to classification matches
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3 2 1 205 201 +4 5
3 2 1 195 199 +4 5
3 1 2 211 201 +10 4
3 1 2 206 216 -10 4

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Group C

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Qualified for the quarterfinals
width=10px bgcolor=#ffccccRelegated to classification matches
width=200Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=30PFwidth=30PAwidth=30PDwidth=20Pts
3 3 0 276 163 +113 6
3 2 1 216 194 +22 5
3 1 2 212 225 -13 4
3 0 3 163 285 -122 3

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Group D

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Qualified for the quarterfinals
width=10px bgcolor=#ffccccRelegated to classification matches
width=200Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=30PFwidth=30PAwidth=30PDwidth=20Pts
3 3 0 230 183 +47 5
3 2 1 215 202 +13 5
3 1 2 174 197 -23 4
3 0 3 183 220 -37 4

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Classification round

9th place

Knockout round

Quarterfinals

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Final

Final standings

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
width=10px bgcolor="#ffffcc"Qualified for the 2008 Olympic qualifying tournament
Rankwidth=150pxTeamRecord
6–0
5–1
4–2
43-3
55-1
63-3
73-3
82–4
94-2
103-3
113-3
121–5
132-4
142-4
152-4
160-6

Awards

All-Tournament Team

Statistical Leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points

Rank Name G Pts
1 Modibo Niakate6 13121.8
2 Lifetu Selengue6 11118.5
Manix Auriantal6 11118.5
4 Robert Thomson6 10818
5 Octávio Magoliço6 10717.8
Mark Smith6 10717.8
7 Neo Mothiba6 10617.7
8 Maleye Ndoye6 9115.2
9 Nouha Diakité6 8914.8
10 Amine Rzig6 8614.3

Rebounds

Rank Name G Rbs
1 Tarek El-Ghannam5 5911.5
2 Manix Auriantal6 579.5
3 Rodrigo Mascarenhas6 498.2
4 Malick Badiane6 477.8
5 Lifetu Selengue6 467.7
6 Olumide Oyedeji3 227.3
7 Octávio Magoliço6 427
Brice Nanfah6 427
9 Luc Mbah5 346.8
10 Olivier Vivies6 396.5

Assists

Rank Name G Ast
1 Mustapha Khalfi6 244
Churchill Odia6 244
3 Patrick Engelbrecht6 233.8
4 Raphael Quaye6 213.5
5 Mabilama Samuna5 173.4
6 Hamza Ruhezamihigo6 203.3
7 Luc Mbah5 163.2
8 Tunji Awojobi5 153
Abe Badmus5 153
10 El Kabir Pene6 172.8

Steals

Rank Name G Stl
1 Ramy Gunady6 233.8
2 olímpio Cipriano6 203.3
3 Modibo Niakate6 183
4 Luc Mbah5 153
5 Ricardo Alípio6 172.8
6 Manix Auriantal6 162.7
7 Mabilama Samuna5 132.6
8 Gaston Essengué6 152.5
Rodrigo Mascarenhas6 152.5
10 Wael Khedr6 142.3

Blocks

Rank Name G Blk
1 Jeleel Akindele6 101.7
2 Gaston Essengué6 71.2
Joseph Owona6 71.2
4 Lifetu Selengue6 61
Ejike Ugboaja6 61
6 Souleymane Asrangue6 50.8
7 Luc Mbah5 40.8
8 Joaquim Gomes6 40.7
Issa Konare6 40.7
Djo Yele6 40.7

Minutes

Rank Name G Min
1 Robert Thomson6 21035
2 Amine Rzig6 20834.7
3 Modibo Niakate6 20534.2
4 Octávio Magoliço6 20133.5
5 Manix Auriantal6 19532.5
6 Matthew Miller6 19332.2
7 Lifetu Selengue6 18931.5
8 Mário Correia6 18831.3
9 Rodrigo Mascarenhas6 18731.2
10 Churchill Odia6 18430.7

Individual Game Highs

Department Name Total Opponent
Points 37
Rebounds 15
Assists three players 7
Steals 7
Blocks 4
2-point field goal percentage 100% (9/9)
3-point field goal percentage 100% (5/5)
Free throw percentage three players 100% (9/9)
Turnovers 10

Team Tournament Highs

Points per Game

Pos. Name PPG
1 95.7
2 82
3 80.3
4 77.5
5 76.5
6 72.7
7 72.2
8 71.3
9 71.2
10 69.5

Total Points

Pos. Name PPG
1 574
2 492
3 482
4 465
5 459
6 436
7 433
8 428
9 427
10 417

Rebounds

Pos. Name RPG
1 40.3
2 37.7
3 37.5
4 35.2
5 34.8
6 33.8
7 32.8
8 32.3
9 31.5
10 30.7

Assists

Pos. Name APG
1 17.8
2 17
3 16.7
4 16.3
5 12.8
6 12.5
7 12.3
8 12.3
9 12.2
10 11.8

Steals

Pos. Name SPG
1 14
2 13.5
3 12.8
4 12
5 12
6 11.7
7 11.2
8 10.8
9 10.3
10 9.8

Blocks

Pos. Name BPG
1 3.8
2 3.5
3 3.5
4 3.2
5 3
6 2.8
7 2
8 1.7
9 1.7
10 1.2

2-point field goal percentage

Pos. Name %
1 69.3
2 61.4
3 59
4 57.8
5 56.9
6 56.1
7 55.7
8 52.4
9 50.2
10 49.7

3-point field goal percentage

Pos. Name %
1 40.6
2 33.9
3 33.7
4 33.6
5 33
6 32.6
7 31.7
8 31.5
9 30.5
10 30.2

Free throw percentage

Pos. Name %
1 75.9
2 72.8
3 71.3
4 70.6
5 67.3
6 66.5
7 65.6
8 65.5
9 65.5
10 64.8

Team Game highs

Department Name Total Opponent
Points
109
Rebounds
51
Assists 27
Steals 26
Blocks 9
2-point field goal percentage 78.9% (30/38)
3-point field goal percentage 52.6% (12/23)
Free throw percentage 90.9% (20/22)
Turnovers 37

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Angola wins Africa Basketball Championships (again). 2009-08-15. Interbasket.net. 2009-08-17.
  2. Web site: LBA - Gomes Leads All-Star Team. https://archive.today/20121203013902/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/fibaEven/fibaAfriCham/p/newsid/31702/arti.html. dead. December 3, 2012. 2009-08-15.

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