2010 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship explained

Continent:	Africa U-18
Year:	2010
Host:	Rwanda
Dates:	October 8–17
Teams:	11
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	EGY
Title Number:	4
Mvp:	Aly Mohamed Ahmed
Ppg P:	Lionel Hakizimana
Website:	2010 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
Prevseason:	2008
Nextseason:	2012

The 2010 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U18) was the 17th 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

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

Preliminary round

Group A

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Qualified for the Quarter-finals
width=10px bgcolor="#ffcccc"		Points forfeited due to age fraud ^[1]

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=20	Pts
	5	5	0	278	177	+101	10
	5	3	2	233	218	+15	8
	5	2	3	283	275	+8	6
	5	2	3	305	315	-10	7
	5	2	3	283	375	-92	4
	5	0	5	0	80	-80	5

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Group B

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=20	Pts
	4	4	0	366	213	+153	8
	4	3	1	287	243	+44	7
	4	2	2	255	241	+14	6
	4	1	3	210	261	-51	5
	4	0	4	174	334	-170	4

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Knockout stage

Championship bracket

5-8th bracket

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Gold medal game

^[4]

Final standings

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Rank	width=170	Team !	Record
		6–1
		6–1
		5–1
4.		3–3
5.		2–5
6.		2–5
7.		2–5
8.		1–5
9.		0–4
10.		0–4
11.		0–4

See also

• 2009 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: [Rwanda 2010] - Fraud : Decision concerning sanctions of players ]. FIBAAfrica.com . 2010-10-14 . 2014-01-03.
2. Web site: [Rwanda 2010] - Quarter-final: The four Aces revealed ]. FIBAAfrica.com . 2014-01-03.
3. Web site: [Rwanda 2010] - Semi-finals : Group B in the spotlight ]. FIBAAfrica.com . 2014-01-03.
4. Web site: [Rwanda 2010] - Final : Egypt retain his title! ]. FIBAAfrica.com . 2014-01-03.