FIBA AfroBasket 2017

For the women's tournament, see 2017 Women's Afrobasket.

FIBA AfroBasket 2017 was the 29th edition of the AfroBasket, a men's basketball continental championship of Africa.^[1] The tournament was jointly hosted by Tunisia and Senegal.^[2] Angola was proposed by FIBA Africa to host the tournament, an offer declined as the country is holding general elections in the same period.^[3]

AfroBasket 2017

Tournament details
Host country	Senegal Tunisia
Dates	8–16 September
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Senegal
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
MVP	Ike Diogu
Top scorer	Ike Diogu (22.0 points per game)
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Tunisia won their second title after defeating Nigeria 77–65 in the final, while Senegal caught the third place by beating Morocco 73–62.^[4]

Qualification

Main article: AfroBasket 2017 qualification

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
AfroBasket 2015 Champions		Tunis	1	Nigeria
AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 1	16–18 March 2017 24–26 March 2017	Algiers Tunis	2	Tunisia  Morocco
AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 2	19 March 2017 26 March 2017	Bamako Dakar	2	Senegal  Mali
AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 3	14–18 March 2017 22–26 March 2017	Cotonou Abidjan	1	Ivory Coast
AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 4	24–29 March 2017 19–20 March 2017	Yaoundé Bangui	2	Cameroon  DR Congo
AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 5	12–18 March 2017	Cairo	2	Egypt  Uganda
AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 6 and Zone 7	25–30 March 2017 19–25 March 2017	Lusaka Harare	2	Angola  Mozambique  South Africa
AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Wildcard	18 April 2017		2	Rwanda  Guinea
Qualifying tournament	19–21 May 2017	Bamako	1	Central African Republic
Total			16

Host selection

On 30 June 2017 FIBA Africa confirmed that Tunisia and Senegal will jointly host FIBA AfroBasket.^[2]

Venues

Tunis Dakar FIBA AfroBasket 2017 (Africa)	Tunis
	Radès Sports Hall
	Capacity: 17,000
	Dakar
	Marius Ndiaye Stadium
	Capacity: 5,000

Draw

The draw was held on 16 July 2017 in Mauritius.^[5]

Squads

Main article: AfroBasket 2017 squads

Preliminary round

All times in Radès are UTC+1 and in Dakar are UTC±0.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	1	245	227	+18	5[a]	Quarterfinals
2	DR Congo	3	2	1	246	224	+22	5[a]
3	Mali	3	2	1	246	235	+11	5[a]
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	3	200	251	−51	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

1. Nigeria 3 Pts, +17; DR Congo 3 Pts, +1; Mali 3 Pts, –18

8 September 2017 12:00

Boxscore

DR Congo	82–87 (OT)	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 9–15, 14–19, 19–15, 29–22, Overtime: 11–16
Pts: Kabasele 25 Rebs: Kabasele, Shonganya 8 Asts: three players 4		Pts: Kanté 22 Rebs: Sidibe 8 Asts: Moungoro 4

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

8 September 2017 20:30

Boxscore

Nigeria	78–77	Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 25–22, 11–17, 25–27
Pts: Diogu 31 Rebs: Akindele, Diogu 8 Asts: Iroegbu 7		Pts: Koné, Tapé 12 Rebs: Bamba, Koné 8 Asts: Diabate, Toti 4

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

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9 September 2017 15:30

Boxscore

Ivory Coast	60–81	DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 21–15, 16–26, 13–22
Pts: Tapé 19 Rebs: Bamba, Hima 7 Asts: Toti 5		Pts: Kabongo 16 Rebs: Kabongo, Mohamed 8 Asts: Kabongo 5

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

9 September 2017 20:30

Boxscore

Mali	67–90	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 17–19, 18–27, 16–24
Pts: Djambo 24 Rebs: Sidibe 9 Asts: Drame 4		Pts: Nwamu 22 Rebs: Akindele 10 Asts: Iroegbu, Mbamalu 5

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

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10 September 2017 15:30

Boxscore

Nigeria	77–83	DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 17–15, 18–18, 22–31
Pts: Diogu 21 Rebs: Akindele 11 Asts: Iroegbu 7		Pts: Shonganya 20 Rebs: Kabasele 8 Asts: Kabongo 8

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

10 September 2017 20:30

Boxscore

Mali	92–63	Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 30–12, 21–16, 26–21, 15–14
Pts: Drame 21 Rebs: Sidibe 8 Asts: Kanté 3		Pts: Bamba 13 Rebs: Koné 8 Asts: Toti 5

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	3	0	215	189	+26	6	Quarterfinals
2	Angola	3	2	1	213	191	+22	5
3	Central African Republic	3	1	2	165	196	−31	4
4	Uganda	3	0	3	213	230	−17	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

8 September 2017 15:00

Boxscore

Central African Republic	66–76	Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 15–16, 12–24, 21–22
Pts: Kouguere 12 Rebs: Djimrabaye 7 Asts: three players 1		Pts: Wilkins 15 Rebs: Najah 6 Asts: Lahrichi 4

Marius Ndiaye Stadium, Dakar Attendance: 4,000

8 September 2017 21:00

Boxscore

Angola	94–89 (OT)	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 19–22, 27–19, 28–21, Overtime: 10–5
Pts: Morais 21 Rebs: Moreira 7 Asts: Costa, Mingas 3		Pts: Opong 23 Rebs: Pegues 9 Asts: Enabu 6

Marius Ndiaye Stadium, Dakar Attendance: 4,000

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9 September 2017 16:00

Boxscore

Uganda	54–57	Central African Republic
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 16–12, 13–11, 13–16
Pts: Opong 13 Rebs: Kiviiri 4 Asts: Enabu 2		Pts: Grebongo 8 Rebs: Grebongo, Kouguere 5 Asts: Kossangue 2

Marius Ndiaye Stadium, Dakar Attendance: 4,000

9 September 2017 21:00

Boxscore

Morocco	60–53	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 8–10, 17–12, 15–16, 20–15
Pts: Najah 18 Rebs: El Makssoud 9 Asts: El Makssoud, Wilkins 2		Pts: Moore 13 Rebs: Cipriano 7 Asts: Conceição, Morais 2

Marius Ndiaye Stadium, Dakar Attendance: 4,000

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10 September 2017 15:30

Boxscore

Morocco	79–70	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 11–15, 20–16, 26–18
Pts: Choua, Lahrichi 15 Rebs: three players 4 Asts: Khalfi 5		Pts: Ocitti, Pegues 11 Rebs: Opong 7 Asts: three players 3

Marius Ndiaye Stadium, Dakar Attendance: 4,000

10 September 2017 20:30

Boxscore

Angola	66–44	Central African Republic
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 18–4, 17–12, 15–12
Pts: Morais 17 Rebs: Mingas 9 Asts: Conceição, Morais 2		Pts: Kouguere 14 Rebs: Djimrabaye 6 Asts: Kossangue 2

Marius Ndiaye Stadium, Dakar Attendance: 4,000

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia (H)	3	3	0	210	170	+40	6	Quarterfinals
2	Cameroon	3	2	1	228	199	+29	5
3	Rwanda	3	1	2	212	214	−2	4
4	Guinea	3	0	3	168	235	−67	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

8 September 2017 14:30

Boxscore

Guinea	55–75	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 11–7, 13–16, 17–20, 14–21
Pts: Mansare 18 Rebs: Mansare 8 Asts: Mansare, Sy 3		Pts: Kabangu 20 Rebs: Ruhezamihigo 10 Asts: Gasana 4

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

8 September 2017 18:00

Boxscore

Tunisia	68–51	Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 16–11, 13–10, 27–10
Pts: Chennoufi 16 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 13 Asts: Abada, Knioua 2		Pts: Mbala 15 Rebs: Adala 9 Asts: Njoya 3

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

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9 September 2017 13:00

Boxscore

Cameroon	96–54	Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 28–15, 23–11, 24–11, 21–17
Pts: Mbala 24 Rebs: Mbala 6 Asts: Adala, Bogmis 4		Pts: D. Condé 15 Rebs: D. Condé 9 Asts: three players 1

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

9 September 2017 18:00

Boxscore

Rwanda	60–78	Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 13–12, 19–22, 16–26
Pts: Shyaka 17 Rebs: Gasana 7 Asts: Ruhezamihigo 3		Pts: M. Hadidane 20 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 13 Asts: four players 4

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

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10 September 2017 13:00

Boxscore

Rwanda	77–81	Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 14–23, 17–16, 24–24
Pts: Gasana 18 Rebs: Manzi 7 Asts: Gasana 7		Pts: Adala 17 Rebs: Mbala 15 Asts: Njoya 4

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

10 September 2017 18:00

Boxscore

Tunisia	64–59	Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 17–16, 19–9, 12–15
Pts: Ben Romdhane 12 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 6 Asts: three players 3		Pts: D. Condé 14 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Mansare 6

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal (H)	3	3	0	250	145	+105	6	Quarterfinals
2	Egypt	3	2	1	197	185	+12	5
3	Mozambique	3	1	2	163	216	−53	4
4	South Africa	3	0	3	156	220	−64	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

8 September 2017 11:30

Boxscore

Mozambique	47–75	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 8–17, 10–18, 15–24
Pts: Ubisse 9 Rebs: Muchate 13 Asts: three players 2		Pts: Kamal 14 Rebs: Kamal 8 Asts: Gendy 5

Marius Ndiaye Stadium, Dakar Attendance: 4,000

8 September 2017 18:30

Boxscore

Senegal	83–44	South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 24–6, 25–17, 16–9
Pts: Dieng 16 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: Niang 9		Pts: Prinsloo 11 Rebs: Gabriel 9 Asts: five players 1

Marius Ndiaye Stadium, Dakar Attendance: 4,000

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9 September 2017 13:30

Boxscore

South Africa	61–67	Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 13–15, 14–12, 18–21
Pts: Prinsloo 15 Rebs: Mothiba 9 Asts: Prinsloo 3		Pts: Ubisse 13 Rebs: Canivete, Magoliço 6 Asts: Canivete, Chimonzo 4

Marius Ndiaye Stadium, Dakar Attendance: 4,000

9 September 2017 18:30

Boxscore

Egypt	52–87	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 14–28, 6–19, 15–19, 17–21
Pts: Bakr, El-Gammal 8 Rebs: Bakr, Mohamed 4 Asts: El-Gammal 4		Pts: Dieng, Mboji 14 Rebs: Dieng 7 Asts: Faye, Hannah 3

Marius Ndiaye Stadium, Dakar Attendance: 4,000

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10 September 2017 13:00

Boxscore

Egypt	70–51	South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 14–2, 12–12, 22–19, 22–18
Pts: Gendy 13 Rebs: Gendy 6 Asts: Gunady 4		Pts: Prinsloo 11 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Ngobeni, Tholo 3

Marius Ndiaye Stadium, Dakar Attendance: 4,000

10 September 2017 18:00

Boxscore

Senegal	80–49	Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 19–6, 12–17, 30–14
Pts: Dieng, Thiam 14 Rebs: Mbodj, Ndoye 8 Asts: Hannah 6		Pts: Ubisse 9 Rebs: Ubisse 6 Asts: Novela 5

Marius Ndiaye Stadium, Dakar Attendance: 4,000

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	14 September
	Nigeria	106
					15 September
	Cameroon	91
					Nigeria	76
	14 September
					Senegal	71
	Senegal	66
									16 September
	Angola	57
									Nigeria	65
	14 September
									Tunisia	77
	Morocco	66
					15 September
	Egypt	62
					Morocco	52
	14 September
					Tunisia	60			Third place
	Tunisia	81
									16 September
	DR Congo	60
									Senegal	73
									Morocco	62

Quarterfinals

14 September 2017 13:00

Boxscore

Morocco	66–62	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 22–16, 16–18, 15–12
Pts: El Masbahi 17 Rebs: Choua 15 Asts: Khalfi, Lahrichi 3		Pts: El-Gammal 22 Rebs: Gendy 7 Asts: Gunady 5

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

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14 September 2017 15:30

Boxscore

Nigeria	106–91	Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 27–25, 23–27, 31–21
Pts: Diogu 28 Rebs: Ochefu 10 Asts: Iroegbu, Nwamu 7		Pts: Mbala 32 Rebs: Mbala 10 Asts: Njoya, Songolo 3

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

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14 September 2017 18:00

Boxscore

Tunisia	81–60	DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 17–15, 27–12, 19–15
Pts: Ben Romdhane 22 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 14 Asts: El Mabrouk 6		Pts: Shonganya 19 Rebs: Shonganya 9 Asts: Buzangu 3

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

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14 September 2017 20:30

Boxscore

Senegal	66–57	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 15–21, 17–8, 15–12
Pts: Adams 11 Rebs: Dieng 8 Asts: Hannah 5		Pts: Paulo 17 Rebs: Moreira 6 Asts: Moreira 4

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

Semifinals

15 September 2017 18:00

Boxscore

Morocco	52–60	Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 9–18, 18–12, 17–17, 8–13
Pts: Najah 12 Rebs: Najah 9 Asts: four players 2		Pts: M. Hadidane 22 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 8 Asts: Abada 5

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis Attendance: 12,000

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15 September 2017 20:30

Boxscore

Nigeria	76–71	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 19–17, 18–16, 24–26
Pts: Mbamalu 19 Rebs: Diogu 14 Asts: Iroegbu 2		Pts: Dieng, Ndour 14 Rebs: Dieng 9 Asts: Niang 5

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

Third place game

16 September 2017 15:30

Boxscore

Senegal	73–62	Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 21–15, 23–15, 19–14
Pts: Faye 22 Rebs: Dieng 10 Asts: Hannah 5		Pts: Najah 17 Rebs: Choua 7 Asts: four players 2

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis

Final

16 September 2017 18:00

Boxscore

Nigeria	65–77	Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 10–17, 16–27, 25–25
Pts: Diogu 20 Rebs: Diogu 10 Asts: Iroegbu 2		Pts: Chennoufi 19 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 9 Asts: El Mabrouk 6

Radès Sports Hall, Tunis Attendance: 12,000

Final standings

Scene of the final game in Radès on 16 September

Rank	Team	Record
	Tunisia	6–0
	Nigeria	4–2
	Senegal	5–1
4	Morocco	4–2
5	Cameroon	2–2
6	DR Congo	2–2
7	Angola	2–2
8	Egypt	2–2
9	Mali	2–1
10	Rwanda	1–2
11	Central African Republic	1–2
12	Mozambique	1–2
13	Uganda	0–3
14	Ivory Coast	0–3
15	South Africa	0–3
16	Guinea	0–3

Statistical leaders

Players

Source^[6]

Points Pos. Name PPG 1 Ike Diogu 22.0 2 Ben Mbala 21.8 3 Ibrahim Djambo 17.0 4 Mahamdaou Kante 15.3 Robinson Opong

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG 1 Makram Ben Romdhane 10.5 2 Ben Mbala 9.3 3 Ike Diogu 8.7 4 Boubacar Sidibe 8.3 5 Jimmy Djimrabaye 7.3

Assists Pos. Name APG 1 Ikenna Iroegbu 5.0 2 Myck Kabongo 4.8 3 Mickaël Toti 4.7 4 Clevin Hannah 4.3 5 Kenny Gasana 4.0

Steals Pos. Name SPG 1 Mahamadou Kante 3.3 2 Kenny Gasana 3.0 3 Myck Kabongo 2.8 4 Olímpio Cipriano 2.3 Ben Mbala Boubacar Sidibe

Blocks Pos. Name BPG 1 Herve Kabasele 2.8 2 Pitchou Kambuy 2.5 3 Hamady N'Diaye 1.0 Alfa Ntiallo Boubacar Sidibe

Other statistical leaders Stat Name Avg. Field goal percentage Daouda Vinson Conde 72.0% 3-point FG percentage Robert Songolo Ngijol 61.5% Free throw percentage Helton Sergio Ubisse 92.9% Turnovers Cedric Mansare 5.0 Fouls Jimmy Enabu 4.7

Teams

Source^[7]

Points Pos. Name PPG 1  Nigeria 82.0  Mali 3  Cameroon 79.8 4  Senegal 76.7 5  DR Congo 76.5

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG 1  DR Congo 44.5 2  Nigeria 40.5 3  Angola 40.3 4  Cameroon 39.8 5  Ivory Coast 39.7  Uganda

Assists Pos. Name APG 1  Tunisia 17.5 2  Senegal 16.3 3  DR Congo 15.3  Egypt 5  Ivory Coast 14.3

Steals Pos. Name SPG 1  Mali 12.3 2  South Africa 11.7 3  Uganda 9.0 4  Angola 8.0 5  DR Congo 7.8

Blocks Pos. Name BPG 1  DR Congo 6.0 2  Guinea 3.0 3  Senegal 2.8 4  Morocco 2.3 5  Nigeria 2.2  Tunisia

Other statistical leaders Stat Name Avg. Field goal percentage  Senegal 46.0% 3-point FG percentage  Nigeria 35.1% Free throw percentage  Cameroon 68.7% Turnovers  DR Congo 19.5 Fouls  Ivory Coast 27.0

Tournament game highs

Category	Player game high	Total	Opponent (date)	Team game high	Total	Opponent (date)
Points	Ben Mbala	32	Nigeria (14 September)	Nigeria	106	Cameroon (14 September)
Rebounds	Mohammed Choua Ben Mbala	15	Egypt (14 September)  Rwanda (10 September)	DR Congo	51	Ivory Coast (9 September)
Assists	Thierno Niang	9	South Africa (8 September)	Senegal	24	South Africa (8 September)
Steals	Bryant Mbamalou	7	Mali (9 September)	South Africa	26	Senegal (8 September)
Blocks	Mohammed Choua Herve Kabasele Pitchou Kambuy Pitchou Kambuy	4	Egypt (14 September)  Mali (8 September)  Ivory Coast (9 September)  Nigeria (10 September)	DR Congo  Senegal	7	Ivory Coast (9 September)  Mozambique (10 September)

Awards

2017 FIBA Africa Championship winners
Tunisia Second title

Most Valuable Player
Ike Diogu[8]

All Tournament Team

• Mohamed Hadidane^[9]
• Ikenna Iroegbu
• Ike Diogu
• Mourad El Mabrouk
• Gorgui Dieng