2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship

2002 FIBA U18 AfroBasket
11th FIBA Under-18 African
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
DatesAugust 2–9, 2002
Teams9
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (5th title)
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The 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship was the 11th FIBA Africa U-18 championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the world basketball sport governing body. The tournament was held from August 2 to August 9, 2002 at the Indoor Sport Hall of the Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, contested by 9 national teams and won by Nigeria.[1]

The tournament qualified the winner and the runner-up for the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Format

  • The teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round.
  • Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals.
  • From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

Squads

Main article: 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship squads

Draw

Group A Group B

 Angola
 Ivory Coast
 Nigeria
 Senegal

 Algeria
 Egypt
 Madagascar
 Mali
 South Africa

Preliminary round

[2][3]

Group A

Qualified for the semi-finals
Team W L PF PA Diff Pts.
 Mali 4 0 0 0 0 8
 Algeria 3 1 0 0 0 7
 Egypt 2 2 0 0 0 6
 South Africa 1 3 0 0 0 5
 Madagascar 0 4 0 0 0 4

Group B

Qualified for the semi-finals
Team W L PF PA Diff Pts.
 Nigeria 3 0 241 164 +77 8
 Angola 2 1 208 216 −8 7
 Ivory Coast 1 2 0 0 0 6
 Senegal 0 3 0 0 0 5
August 4, 2002
Senegal  59–87  Nigeria
August 5, 2002
Ivory Coast  47–70  Nigeria
August 6, 2002
Angola  58–84  Nigeria

Knockout stage

Championship bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
Thu 8 Aug 2002
 
 
  Nigeria 107
 
Fri 9 Aug 2002
 
  Algeria 73
 
  Nigeria 80
 
Thu 8 Aug 2002
 
  Angola 60
 
  Angola 92
 
 
  Mali 79
 
3rd place
 
 
Fri 9 Aug 2002
 
 
  Algeria
 
 
  Mali

7th place match

August 8, 2002
Madagascar  vs.  Senegal

5th place match

August 8, 2002
Egypt  vs.  Ivory Coast

Semifinals

August 8, 2002
Angola  92–79  Mali

Bronze medal game

August 9, 2002
Algeria  vs.  Mali

Gold medal game

August 9, 2002
Nigeria  80–60  Angola

Final standings

Qualified for the 2003 FIBA U19 World Championship
Rank Team Record
 Nigeria 5–0
 Angola 3–2
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4. –
5. –
6. –
7. –
8. –
9. –

Awards

 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship winner 

Nigeria
Fifth title
Most Valuable Player

References

  1. ^ "Nigeria beats Angola in junior basketball championship". PANAPRESS.com. 2002-08-10. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
  2. ^ "Schedule & results". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  3. ^ "Group standings". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-08.