AfroBasket 2015 qualification

AfroBasket 2015 Qualification occurred on various dates between 21 September 2014 and 8 March 2015. It was used to determine which African national basketball teams would qualify for the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship. Teams competed with other teams in their respective "zones" for a spot in the Championship tournament.

Qualified Teams

Four teams qualified for the tournament before the qualification round took place. Twelve more teams claimed spots in the tournament through Zonal Qualifying.

Qualified as the host nation:

From qualification:

Selected as wild cards:

Zones

Zone 1

Zone 1 was played from January 6 to February 15 2015 in Algiers, Algeria and Salé, Morocco.[1]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Morocco 3 2 1 258 208+50 5
 Algeria 3 2 1 240 221+19 5
 Libya[Note 1] 2 0 2 119 182−63 2
6 January 2015
16:00 (GMT +1)
Algeria  88–63  Libya
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 25–10, 27–21, 17–16
7 January 2015
16:00 (GMT +1)
Morocco  94–56  Libya
Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 19–11, 32–12, 20–17
8 January 2015
16:00 (GMT +1)
Algeria  81–80  Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 16–10, 23–30, 16–16
13 February 2015
Morocco  2–0  Libya
14 February 2015
Algeria  2–0  Libya
15 February 2015
Morocco  84–71  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 18–14, 26–16, 13–24

Zone 2

Zone 2 was played from February 12 to February 25 2015 in Bamako, Mali and Dakar, Senegal from 1 group and Praia, Cape Verde from group 2.[2][3]

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Mali 2 2 0 115 90+25 4
 Senegal 2 0 2 90 115−25 2
21 February 2015
20:00 (GMT +1)
Mali  65–43  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 16–6, 14–14, 24–10
Pts: Tangara 16
Rebs: Tangara 10
Asts: Mounkoro 7		 Pts: Diop 11
Rebs: two players 5
Asts: Niang 3
Bamako
Referees: M. Kouadio Mathurin N'Guessan (CIV), M. Kaddour Hamid (ALG), M. Abassi Abdelaziz (TUN)
28 February 2015
17:00 (GMT +1)
Senegal  47–50  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 9–9, 11–10, 11–19, 16–12
Pts: Diop 15
Rebs: Abdoul Ba 8
Asts: Moˇse Diame 4		 Pts: Coulibaly 14
Rebs: Coulibaly 10
Asts: Coulibaly 7
Dakar
Referees: Hassane Kamate (CIV), Paulo Renato Martinho (CIV), Samir Abaakil (MAR)

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Cape Verde 2 2 0 141 102+39 4
 Guinea 2 0 2 102 141−39 2
12 February 2015
19:30 (GMT +1)
Cape Verde  71–60  Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 9–11, 21–20, 24–10, 17–19
13 February 2015
19:30 (GMT +1)
Guinea  42–70  Cape Verde
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 9–24, 17–14, 6–19

Zone 3

Zone 3 was played from February 7 to February 8 2015 in Cotonou, Benin.[4]

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Ivory Coast 2 2 0 131 106+25 4
 Benin 2 0 2 106 131−25 2
7 January 2015
16:00 (GMT +1)
Benin  57–69  Ivory Coast
8 January 2015
16:00 (GMT +1)
Ivory Coast  62–49  Benin

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Nigeria 2 2 0 150 114+36 4
 Burkina Faso 2 0 2 114 150−36 2
16 March 2015
19:00 (GMT +1)
Burkina Faso  64–87  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 9–24, 23–19, 13–22
25 March 2015
17:00 (GMT +1)
Nigeria  63–50  Burkina Faso
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 14–7, 14–15, 17–18

Zone 4

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Cameroon 2 2 0 161 137+24 4
 Congo 2 0 2 137 161−24 2
 DR Congo 0 0 0 0 00 0
 Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 00 0
20 February 2015
16:00 (GMT +1)
Cameroon  81–69  Congo
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 16–23, 28–17, 17–10
22 February 2015
16:00 (GMT +1)
Cameroon  80–68  Congo
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 13–20, 26–17, 17–15

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Gabon 4 3 1 280 267+13 7
 Central African Republic 4 2 2 270 267+3 6
 Chad 4 1 3 241 257−16 5
3 March 2015
19:00 (GMT +1)
Gabon  79–75 (OT)  Central African Republic
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 20–18, 9–8, 25–26, Overtime: 14–10
4 March 2015
19:00 (GMT +1)
Chad  61–65  Gabon
5 March 2015
19:00 (GMT +1)
Chad  61–54  Central African Republic
Scoring by quarter: 15-11, 9-11, 15-17, 22-15
6 March 2015
19:00 (GMT +1)
Central African Republic  75–64  Gabon
Scoring by quarter: 8–20, 21–10, 26–15, 20–19
7 March 2015
19:00 (GMT +1)
Gabon  72–56  Chad
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 24–3, 16–15, 20–19
8 March 2015
19:00 (GMT +1)
Central African Republic  66–63 (OT)  Chad
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 17–14, 11–10, 14–17, Overtime: 8–5

Zone 5

Zone 5 was played from September 21 to September 28 2014 in Kampala, Uganda.[5]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Egypt 4 4 0 340 262+78 8
 Uganda 4 3 1 314 291+23 7
 Rwanda 4 2 2 291 296−5 6
 Kenya 4 1 3 298 329−31 5
 Somalia 4 0 4 293 358−65 4
21 September 2014
15:00 (GMT +1)
Egypt  79–63  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 8–17, 24–17, 22–12
21 September 2014
19:00 (GMT +1)
Uganda  85–74  Somalia
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 27–16, 18–19, 19–16
22 September 2014
19:00 (GMT +1)
Somalia  79–97  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 16–25, 18–28, 24–22
23 September 2014
17:00 (GMT +1)
Kenya  77–82  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 22–24, 16–19, 26–17
23 September 2014
19:00 (GMT +1)
Uganda  77–85  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 8–21, 28–21, 14–21, 27–22
24 September 2014
19:00 (GMT +1)
Rwanda  85–71  Somalia
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 23–11, 19–19, 22–29
26 September 2014
19:00 (GMT +1)
Egypt  85–53  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 25–7, 17–13, 24–13, 19–20
27 September 2014
17:00 (GMT +1)
Somalia  69–91  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 23–21, 11–25, 17–25
27 September 2014
19:00 (GMT +1)
Kenya  71–83  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 18–21, 25–20, 14–19
28 September 2014
19:00 (GMT +1)
Rwanda  61–69  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 19–13, 15–25, 16–16

Zone 6

Group I

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Zimbabwe 4 3 1 258 238+20 7
 South Africa 4 2 2 243 250−7 6
 Seychelles 4 1 3 237 247−10 5
21 February 2015
18:00 (GMT +1)
Zimbabwe  60–64  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 10–11, 17–16, 16–23, 17–14
22 February 2015
14:00 (GMT +1)
South Africa  60–52  Seychelles
24 February 2015
18:00 (GMT +1)
Seychelles  61–69  Zimbabwe
Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 16–11, 11–24, 24–18
25 February 2015
14:00 (GMT +1)
Zimbabwe  63–52  Seychelles
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 10–8, 18–19, 21–11
27 February 2015
14:00 (GMT +1)
Seychelles  72–55  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 13–14, 29–18, 17–10
28 February 2015
18:00 (GMT +1)
South Africa  64–66 (OT)  Zimbabwe
Scoring by quarter: 7–15, 13–17, 25–13, 13–13, Overtime: 6–8

Group J

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Mozambique 2 2 0 130 108+22 4
 Botswana 2 0 2 108 130−22 2
14 February 2015
19:00 (GMT +1)
Mozambique  61–40  Botswana
Scoring by quarter: 14–4, 11–11, 24–8, 12–17
28 February 2015
20:00 (GMT +1)
Botswana  68–69  Mozambique

Wild cards

Seven countries applied for three wild card berths. These include South Africa, Algeria, Central African Republic, Congo, Guinea, Rwanda and Senegal.[6] After its meeting in March, the FIBA Africa Central Board announced that the announcement of the wild cards was postponed up to the end of April.[7]

On early May, it was announced that Algeria, Central African Republic and Senegal were chosen by the Africa Board as the wild cards.[8]

Note

  1. ↑ Libya withdraw from the competition after two matches.

References

  1. ↑ Zone 1
  2. ↑ Group B
  3. ↑ Zone 2 Group C
  4. ↑ Zone 3 Group D
  5. ↑ Zone 5
  6. ↑ "Nigeria bound for AfroBasket 2015, bid for wild-cards revealed". FIBA.com. 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  7. ↑ "Central Board 2015: The choice of the Wild Cards postponed to end of April". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  8. ↑ "Algeria, Central Africa Republic and Senegal awarded wild cards for AfroBasket 2015". FIBA.com. 2015-05-06. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
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