2016 FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship explained

Gender:women
Continent:Africa U-18
Year:2016
Size:270px
Dates:26 August – 4 September
Teams:8
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champions:MLI
Title Number:6
Mvp: Abdelgawad
Ppg P: Veloso 16.3
Ppg T: 89.0
Rpg P: Akullu 12.3
Rpg T: 59.0
Apg P: Doumbia 3.2
Apg T: 20.2
Website:2016 FIBA Africa Championship for Women U-18
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2018

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.[1]

The tournament qualified the winner and the runner-up for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup.

Venue

Draw

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Squads

See main article: article and 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women squads.

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).[2]

Preliminary round

The draw for the tournament was held on 25 August 2016 at the Le Passage Hotel in Cairo, Egypt.[3] All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Group B

Note: Ivory Coast withdrew form the 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women.[4]

Knockout stage

Final classification games

Final

Awards

All-Tournament Team

Final standings

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Rank width=170Team !Record
6-0
5-1
4-2
4.3-3
5.2-4
6.2-4
7.1-5
8.0-6

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIBA Calendar. https://web.archive.org/web/20170621102326/http://www.fiba.basketball/calendar . live . June 21, 2017 .
  2. Web site: Draw result in for the 2016 FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship. https://web.archive.org/web/20160830115825/http://www.fiba.com/africa/u18women/2016/news/draw-result-in-for-the-2016-fiba-africa-u18-women-s-championship. dead. August 30, 2016.
  3. News: Draw result in for 2016 FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship . https://web.archive.org/web/20160830115825/http://www.fiba.com/africa/u18women/2016/news/draw-result-in-for-the-2016-fiba-africa-u18-women-s-championship . dead . August 30, 2016 . 26 August 2016 . FIBA . 26 August 2016.
  4. Web site: Cote d'Ivoire withdraw from FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship. https://web.archive.org/web/20160910220937/http://www.fiba.com/africa/u18women/2016/news/cote-divoire-withdraw-from-fiba-africa-u18-womens-championship. dead. September 10, 2016.