AfroBasket 2017

FIBA Africa Championship 2017
29th FIBA Africa Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Tunisia
 Senegal
Dates 8–16 September
Teams 16
Venues 2 (in 2 host cities)
Official website
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AfroBasket 2017 will be the 29th edition of the AfroBasket, a men's basketball continental championship of Africa. The tournament will be jointly hosted by Tunisia and Senegal.[1] Angola was proposed by FIBA Africa to host the tournament, an offer declined as the country is holding general elections in the same period.[2]

Qualification

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

Venues

Rades
Rades
AfroBasket 2017 (Tunisia)
Salle Omnisport de Rades
Capacity: 17,000
Dakar
Dakar
AfroBasket 2017 (Senegal)
Marius Ndiaye Stadium
Capacity: 5,000

Draw

The draw was held on 16 July 2017 in Mauritius.[3]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2  DR Congo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 8 September 2017. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
8 September 2017
Nigeria   vs.  Ivory Coast
8 September 2017
DR Congo   vs.  Mali
9 September 2017
Mali   vs.  Nigeria
9 September 2017
Ivory Coast   vs.  DR Congo
10 September 2017
Nigeria   vs.  DR Congo
10 September 2017
Mali   vs.  Ivory Coast

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2  Central African Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Uganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 8 September 2017. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
8 September 2017
Angola   vs.  Uganda
8 September 2017
Central African Republic   vs.  Morocco
9 September 2017
Morocco   vs.  Angola
9 September 2017
Uganda   vs.  Central African Republic
10 September 2017
Angola   vs.  Central African Republic
10 September 2017
Morocco   vs.  Uganda

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2  Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Rwanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 8 September 2017. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
8 September 2017
Tunisia   vs.  Cameroon
8 September 2017
Guinea   vs.  Rwanda
9 September 2017
Rwanda   vs.  Tunisia
9 September 2017
Cameroon   vs.  Guinea
10 September 2017
Tunisia   vs.  Guinea
10 September 2017
Rwanda   vs.  Cameroon

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2  Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 8 September 2017. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
8 September 2017
Senegal   vs.  South Africa
8 September 2017
Mozambique   vs.  Egypt
9 September 2017
Egypt   vs.  Senegal
9 September 2017
South Africa   vs.  Mozambique
10 September 2017
Senegal   vs.  Mozambique
10 September 2017
Egypt   vs.  South Africa

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinalFinal
 
          
 
14 September
 
 
A1
 
15 September
 
C2
 
 
 
14 September
 
 
 
B1
 
16 September
 
D2
 
 
 
14 September
 
 
 
C1
 
15 September
 
A2
 
 
 
14 September
 
 Third place
 
D1
 
16 September
 
B2
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarterfinals

14 September 2017
A1  vs. C2
14 September 2017
B1  vs. D2
14 September 2017
C1  vs. A2
14 September 2017
D1  vs. B2

Semifinals

15 September 2017
WQF1  vs. WQF4
15 September 2017
WQF2  vs. WQF3

Third place game

16 September 2017
LSF1  vs. LSF2

Final

16 September 2017
WSF1  vs. WSF2

Final standing

Rank Team Record
1st, gold medalist(s)
2nd, silver medalist(s)
3rd, bronze medalist(s)
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16

References

  1. 1 2 "Tunisia and Senegal to co-host FIBA AfroBasket 2017". FIBA. 1 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Basketball: Angola refuses to host Afrobasket2017". ANGOP Angolan News Agency. 28 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Draw results in for FIBA AfroBasket 2017". fiba.com. 16 July 2017.
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