2018 FIBA U18 African Championship explained

Continent:	Africa U-18
Year:	2018
Size:	270px
City:	Bamako
Dates:	24 August – 2 September
Teams:	11
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	MLI
Title Number:	1
Website:	www.fiba.basketball
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2020

The 2018 FIBA U18 African Championship was the 19th edition, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Mali from 24 August to 2 September 2018 in Bamako. The finalists of this championship earned the right to represent the continent at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Greece.

Hosts selection

On 23 March 2018, FIBA Africa Central Board announced that Bamako, Mali as the host city for the tournament.^[1]

Qualification

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 1	Unknown^[2]	Unknown	1+1
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 2	10−12 July 2018	Conakry	1+1+1	^[3]
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 3	Unknown^[4]	Unknown	NA	NA
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 4	Unknown^[5]	Unknown	1
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 5	17–22 June 2018	Dar es Salaam	1+1	^[6]
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 6	Unknown^[7]	Unknown	1
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 7	Unknown^[8]	Unknown	1
Total			10

Qualified teams

• − Tournament hosts
• − Zone VI
• − Zone V
• − Zone I
• − Zone V Winner
• − Zone VII
• − Zone II Winner
• − Zone I
• − Zone IV
• − Zone II
  • – withdrew

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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Qualified for the quarter-finals

width=150px	Team !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	width=40px	PF !	width=40px	PA !	width=40px	Diff !	width=30px
	5	0	563	256	+307	10
	4	1	424	324	+100	9
	3	2	364	369	-5	8
	2	3	281	419	−138	7
	1	4	293	381	−88	6
	0	5	291	467	−176	5

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Group B

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Qualified for the quarter-finals

width=150px	Team !	width=20px	W !	width=20px	L !	width=40px	PF !	width=40px	PA !	width=40px	Diff !	width=30px
	4	0	327	234	+93	8
	3	1	315	274	+41	7
	2	2	292	300	-8	6
	1	3	248	294	-46	5
	0	4	241	321	−80	4
	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Knockout stage

All times are local (UTC+2).

Championship bracket

5th–8th place bracket

9th–11th place bracket

Quarterfinals

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9th−11th place classification

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9th place match

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5th–8th place classification

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Semifinals

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7th place match

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5th place match

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Bronze medal match

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Final

Final standings

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Qualified for the 2019 Under-19 Basketball World Cup

Rank	width=150px	Team	Record
		8–0
		6–1
		6–2
4		4–3
5		5–3
6		3–4
7		2–5
8		2–6
9		2–5
10		1–5
11		0–5

Awards

^[9]

All-Tournament Team

PG – Selton Ricardo Fernandes Miguel SG — Siriman Kanouté (MVP) SF – Biram Faye PF – Abdoul Karim Coulibaly SF – Youssef Ossama Elmadawy

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bamako and Maputo confirmed as host cities for 2018 Africa U18 Championships. 23 March 2018. FIBA Africa. 24 March 2018.
2. Web site: Zone I Preliminaries. 15 July 2018. FIBA Africa.
3. Web site: Senegal through to FIBA U18 African Championship 2018. 13 July 2018. FIBA Africa. 15 July 2018.
4. Web site: Zone III Preliminaries. 15 July 2018. FIBA Africa.
5. Web site: Zone IV Preliminaries. 15 July 2018. FIBA Africa.
6. Web site: Rwanda secure FIBA Africa U18 Championship slot. 21 June 2018. FIBA Africa. 15 July 2018.
7. Web site: Zone VI Preliminaries. 15 July 2018. FIBA Africa.
8. Web site: Zone VII Preliminaries. 15 July 2018. FIBA Africa.
9. Web site: Hugely talented quintet highlights FIBA U18 African Championship All-Star team . FIBA . 2 September 2018.