2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Africa

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The 2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Africa was one of five 2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The tournament was held from 14 to 20 August 2023 in Lagos, Nigeria.^[1][2] Cameroon, as the winner, qualified for the 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.^[3]

2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
City	Lagos
Dates	14–20 August 2023
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Uchenna Iroegbu (25.0 ppg)
Top rebounds	Ousmane N'Diaye (9.0 rpg)
Top assists	Jeremiah Hill (9.3 apg)
Official website
OPQT Nigeria

Teams

Teams that missed out on the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the next best-ranked team will participate.^[4]

Qualification method		Places	Qualified team
2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers – Africa	3rd (worst-ranked)	1	Senegal
	4th	2	Nigeria
			Tunisia
	5th	2	Guinea
			DR Congo[a]
	6th	2	Uganda[b]
			Cameroon
FIBA World Rankings – Africa (November 2022)		1	Mali
Total		8

1. The Democratic Republic of the Congo withdrew before the tournament.^[5]
2. Uganda withdrew before the tournament.^[5]

Draw

The draw took place on 1 May 2023.^[6][7]

Seeding

The seedings were announced on 29 April 2023.^[8]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Nigeria  Tunisia	Senegal  Cameroon	DR Congo  Uganda	Mali  Guinea

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	2	2	0	167	158	+9	4	Semi-finals
2	Mali	2	1	1	148	142	+6	3
3	Nigeria (H)	2	0	2	155	170	−15	2

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts

14 August 2023 18:00

Boxscore

Senegal	93–87	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 21–18, 21–24, 26–19
Pts: Ndoye 15 Rebs: Diop 8 Asts: Badio 5		Pts: Iroegbu 24 Rebs: Metu 10 Asts: Iroegbu 5

Eko Convention Center, Lagos Referees: Amr Aboollo (EGY), Cherubin Leslie (MRI), Tonton Banza (COD)

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15 August 2023 18:00

Boxscore

Nigeria	68–77	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 26–23, 18–15, 7–24
Pts: Iroegbu 26 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Ndugba 6		Pts: F. Drame, H. Drame 14 Rebs: F. Drame 10 Asts: Kanté, Konaté 2

Eko Convention Center, Lagos

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17 August 2023 18:00

Boxscore

Senegal	74–71	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 14–22, 16–16, 25–17
Pts: Badio 19 Rebs: N'Diaye 13 Asts: Sambe 5		Pts: F. Drame 19 Rebs: Diarra 14 Asts: Kante 10

Eko Convention Center, Lagos

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	2	2	0	187	144	+43	4	Semi-finals
2	Guinea	2	1	1	169	190	−21	3
3	Tunisia	2	0	2	156	178	−22	2

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

15 August 2023 15:00

Boxscore

Cameroon	104–74	Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 26–20, 33–19, 26–15
Pts: Ateba 27 Rebs: Bayehe, Nyama 5 Asts: Hill 11		Pts: Diallo 25 Rebs: Diallo 9 Asts: Diallo 9

Eko Convention Center, Lagos Referees: Antonio Bernando (ANG), Hassane Kamaté (CIV), Walelign Gebeto (ETH)

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16 August 2023 18:00

Boxscore

Tunisia	70–83	Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 18–18, 23–23, 8–23
Pts: Abada 22 Rebs: Lahyani 7 Asts: Abada, Jawadi 6		Pts: Hill 19 Rebs: Bayehe 13 Asts: Hill 5

Eko Convention Center, Lagos Referees: Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Babacar Gueye (SEN), Diallo Mahamadou (MLI)

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18 August 2023 18:00

Boxscore

Guinea	95–86	Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 29–20, 25–18, 21–27
Pts: Kaba 22 Rebs: Condé, Kaba 8 Asts: Diallo 10		Pts: Abada 26 Rebs: Lahiani 8 Asts: Abada 9

Eko Convention Center, Lagos Referees: Tonton Banza (COD), Didier Gaga (RWA), Haytham Ihawaf (LBA)

Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 August
	Guinea	60
					20 August
	Senegal	100
					Senegal	74
	19 August
					Cameroon	80
	Cameroon	87
	Mali	70

Semi-finals

19 August 2023 15:00

Boxscore

Cameroon	87–70	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 22–19, 22–11, 16–23
Pts: Hill 21 Rebs: Bayehe 8 Asts: Hill 7		Pts: F. Drame 16 Rebs: F. Drame, Sissoko 7 Asts: H. Drame 6

Eko Convention Center, Lagos Referees: Amr Aboollo (EGY), Amir Taboubi (TUN), Cherubin Leslie (MRI)

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19 August 2023 18:00

Boxscore

Guinea	60–100	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 12–25, 13–29, 15–26
Pts: Diallo 18 Rebs: Dramé 11 Asts: Doumbia 5		Pts: Badio 20 Rebs: N'Diaye 10 Asts: Badio, Boissy 8

Eko Convention Center, Lagos Referees: Hassane Kamaté (CIV), Walelign Gebeto (ETH), Haytham Ihawaf (LBA)

Final

20 August 2023 16:00

Boxscore

Senegal	74–80	Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 8–22, 21–15, 20–18
Pts: Ndoye 18 Rebs: Ndoye 10 Asts: Badio 6		Pts: Gbetkom 19 Rebs: Eboua 7 Asts: Hill 14

Eko Convention Center, Lagos Referees: Amr Aboollo (EGY), Antonio Bernando (ANG), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGA)

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Cameroon	4–0
	Senegal	3–1
	Mali	1–2
4	Guinea	1–2
5	Nigeria	0–2
6	Tunisia	0–2

Qualified for the FIBA Men's Olympic qualifying tournaments