AfroBasket 2011 explained

Country:Madagascar
Dates:August 17–28
Num Teams:16
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion:TUN
Count:1
Second:ANG
Third:NGR
Fourth:CIV
Mvp: Salah Mejri
Top Scorer: Mouhammad Faye
(21.7 points per game)
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason:2013

AfroBasket 2011 was the 26th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake is the berth allocated to Africa in the 2012 Summer Olympics basketball tournament. The tournament was scheduled to be hosted by Côte d'Ivoire, with games to be played in Abidjan.[1] However, in 2011 Madagascar was chosen as host replacement due to a political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire.

Tunisia won the title for the first time after defeating Angola 67–56 in the final.[2]

Host Selection Process

Côte d'Ivoire's selection as the host country was decided by the Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) Executive Committee, approved by the Central Board of FIBA Africa, and officially announced in Abidjan on March 23, 2010.[1] Côte d'Ivoire's bid was selected over bids from Madagascar and Nigeria. Madagascar was on hold as a backup host should Côte d'Ivoire not be able to host the championships.[3] This would have been the second time that Côte d'Ivoire has hosted the FIBA Africa Championship, after they won the tournament as hosts in 1985.[4] On April 26, 2011, it was announced that Madagascar would host the tournament in its capital Antananarivo after the political unrest in Côte d'Ivoire put them irreparably behind schedule in outfitting their arenas.[5]

Venue

Antananarivo
width=150pxUniversity of Antananarivo
Capacity: 2,000

Qualification

See main article: FIBA Africa Championship 2011 qualification. Participants were sixteen national basketball teams among the 53 FIBA Africa members, determined through qualification processes before the final tournament. These teams included the host nation, the top four sides at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009 in Libya (including Côte d'Ivoire, which finished second at the 2009 tournament) and the top twelve sides at the 2009 Zone preliminary basketball competitions. Because the qualification process doubles as qualification for the 2010 All-Africa Games, all African nations competed in qualifying, including those that have previously qualified for the tournament. The following national teams have secured qualification:

NumberTeamQualified asFinals AppearanceLast Appearance
1Host3rd2003
21st place FIBA Africa Championship 200917th2009
33rd place FIBA Africa Championship 200919th2009
44th place FIBA Africa Championship 20096th2009
5Zone 3 Winner15th2009
6Zone 3 Third Place4th1978
7Zone 2 Winner25th2009
8Zone 2 Runner-Up16th2009
9Zone 1 Winner17th2009
10Zone 4 Winner16th2009
11Zone 4 Runner-Up1st-
12Zone 6 Winner11th2009
13Zone 5 Winner3rd2009
142nd place FIBA Africa Championship 200920th2009
15Wild Card20th2009
16Wild Card8th2009

Squads

See main article: 2011 FIBA Africa Championship squads.

Format

FIBA Africa debuted a revised format at the 2009 championship. As of August 2010, FIBA Africa has given no indication that this formation will change for the 2011 event:

Group stage

All Times are UTC+3

Group A

width=200Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=30PFwidth=30PAwidth=30PDwidth=20Pts
3 3 0 274 203 +71 6
3 2 1 205 216 −11 5
3 1 2 209 217 −8 4
3 0 3 211 263 −52 3
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Group B

width=200Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=30PFwidth=30PAwidth=30PDwidth=20Pts
3 3 0 256 197 +59 6
3 2 1 268 202 +68 5
3 1 2 215 211 +4 4
3 0 3 167 296 −129 3
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Group C

width=200Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=30PFwidth=30PAwidth=30PDwidth=20Ptswidth=30Tiebreaker
3 3 0 259 216 +43 6
3 1 2 250 211 +39 4 1–1, +45
3 1 2 231 242 −11 4 1–1, +4
3 1 2 189 260 −71 4 1–1, −49

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Group D

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3 3 0 237 145 +92 6
3 2 1 223 183 +40 5
3 1 2 185 225 −40 4
3 0 3 180 272 −92 3

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Knockout stage

Championship bracket

All Times are in Local Time UTC+3

Eighth Finals

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

5–8th place bracket

Semifinals

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Fifth place game

Placement games

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Awards

All-Tournament Team

Final standings

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics
width=10px bgcolor="#ffffcc"Qualified for the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
RankTeam
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Statistical leaders

Points

Name PPG
21.7
17.7
16.6
16.4

Rebounds

Name RPG
11.0
9.0
8.8
8.6
8.4

Assists

Name APG
5.3
5.0
4.3
4.0

Blocks

Name BPG
2.4
1.5
1.4
1.2
1.1

Steals

Name SPG
2.4
2.3
2.2

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fiba-afrique.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=146:civ-kore-moise-q-lafrobasket-2011-sera-une-fete-du-basket-ball-africainq&catid=27:afrobasket-hommes&Itemid=73&lang=en Moise Kore: 'The Afrobasket 2011 will be a celebration of African basketball'.
  2. Web site: 26th Afrobasket: Tunisia is Africa of the court, bag olympic ticket. 2011-08-28. fiba.com. 2011-08-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007065148/http://madagascar2011.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/11/fafcm/news/p/eid/7915/nid/49020/sid/7915/article.html. 2011-10-07. dead.
  3. http://www.fiba-afrique.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=147:mad-l-organisation-de-lafrobasket-homme-echappe-a-madagascar&catid=27:afrobasket-hommes&Itemid=73&lang=en The Afrobasket 2011 escapes to Madagascar
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20121009161656/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/39018/arti.html CIV - FIBA Africa name Ivory Coast as host of 2011 FIBA Africa Championship for Men
  5. https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=ArKgiiE9qVlKLsAbJJv9J6HTjdIF?slug=ap-africanchampionship-newhost Madagascar stepped in to host African championship