2017 FIBA U16 African Championship

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2017 FIBA U16 AfroBasket
5th FIBA Under-16 African
Basketball Championship
2017 FIBA U16 African Championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
City Vacoas-Phoenix
Dates13–22 July
Teams 8  (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1  (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Mali.svg  Mali (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP Flag of Mali.svg Siriman Kanouté
Top scorer Flag of Mali.svg Kanouté (24.8)
Top rebounds Flag of Egypt.svg Elmadawy (8.8)
Top assists Flag of Madagascar.svg Tsarafeno (5.5)
PPG (Team)Flag of Mali.svg  Mali (95.4)
RPG (Team)Flag of Mali.svg  Mali (64.5)
APG (Team)Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (17.3)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
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The 2017 FIBA U16 African Championship , alternatively the 5th Afrobasket U16, was an international basketball competition held in Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius [1] [2] from 13–22 July 2017. It served as the qualifier for the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.

Contents

Mali claimed their first-ever under-16 continental title by dethroning the defending champions Egypt in the final, 76–65. Both teams will represent FIBA Africa to the Under-17 Basketball World Cup next year. [3]

Hosts selection

On 25 March 2016, FIBA Africa announced that Mauritius will be the organising country of the tournament. [4]

Venue

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Vacoas-Phoenix

Qualification

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 1Cancelled [notes 1] NA2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 2Cancelled [notes 2] NA1Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 3Cancelled [notes 3] NA1NA
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 4Cancelled [notes 4] NA1NA
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 51–6 June 2017 [notes 5] Flag of Kenya.svg Mombasa 2Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 6Cancelled [notes 6] NA1Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
2017 AfroBasket U16 Preliminaries Zone 7Cancelled [notes 7] NA1Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
Total8

Participating teams

On the eve of the tournament, rosters were finalized for the following participating teams: [12]

Format

The eight teams will be divided into two groups. The Group Phase consists of two legs: for each of the teams per group, they will face each other twice. The top two teams of each group will advance to the Semifinals, and the bottom two teams of each group will move on to the Classification Round, both will be played in a knockout format. [13]

Draw

The draw for the main tournament was held on 12 July 2017 at Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius. [14]

Group phase

All times are in Mauritius Time (UTC+4:00)

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 660615238+37712Advance to Semifinals
2Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 642381265+11610
3Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 624358383−258Advance to Classification 5-8
4Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius (H)606164632−4686
Source: FIBA Africa
(H) Hosts
13 July
11:15
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg40–61Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 14–17, 9–7, 3–17
Pts: Ghomrassi 14
Rebs: Tebai 7
Asts: Ghomrassi 2		Pts: Kanouté 21
Rebs: Ballo 16
Asts: A. Traore 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Mohamed Elmenshawy (EGY), Didier Gaga (RWA), Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH)
13 July
20:00
Mauritius  Flag of Mauritius.svg28–94Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 3–20, 7–29, 8–23, 10–22
Pts: Camal Boudou, Doorghen 8
Rebs: Camal Boudou 6
Asts: Wong Moi Sang 2		Pts: Ricotso 15
Rebs: Nhamussua 10
Asts: Chauque, Nhamussua 4
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Haja Maminiaini Ranaivoson (MAD)
14 July
17:45
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg108–51Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter:36–6, 22–10, 19–17, 31–18
Pts: Dieng 19
Rebs: F. Traore 10
Asts: Dieng 6		Pts: Macie 9
Rebs: Buvana 8
Asts:5 players 1
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Didier Gaga (RWA), Cherubin Leslie (MRI), Haja Maminiaini Ranaivoson (MAD)
14 July
20:00
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg83–20Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Scoring by quarter:16–2, 19–4, 19–7, 29–7
Pts: Mnafedh 18
Rebs: Mehrez 8
Asts: Chebbi 4		Pts: Doorghen 10
Rebs: Perrine 9
Asts: Crudo 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Mohamed Elmenshawy (EGY), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (RSA)
15 July
17:45
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg60–67 (3OT)Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 9–13, 13–15, 13–7, 6–6,  Overtime: 6–6, 6–6, 7–14
Pts: Buvana 16
Rebs: Ricotso 16
Asts:6 players 1		Pts: Chebbi 15
Rebs: Rebai 14
Asts: Chebbi 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
15 July
20:00
Mauritius  Flag of Mauritius.svg23–165Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 2–49, 13–36, 6–31, 2–49
Pts: Sandian 5
Rebs: Perrine 7
Asts:4 players 1		Pts: Kanouté 50
Rebs: Diarra 19
Asts: Kanouté 4
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
17 July
15:30
Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg46–30Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter:14–7, 13–7, 10–10, 9–6
Pts: Mehrez 10
Rebs: Mehrez 10
Asts: Chebbi 4		Pts: Buvana 10
Rebs: Buvana 11
Asts: Macie 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN), Haja Maminiaini Ranaivoson (MAD)
17 July
20:00
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg108–38Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Scoring by quarter:36–4, 27–0, 27–21, 18–13
Pts: Kanouté 27
Rebs: Sidibe 17
Asts: Kanouté, A. Traore, B. Coulibaly 4		Pts: Camal Boudou 11
Rebs: Armand 5
Asts: Wong Moi Sang 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Mohamed Elmenshawy (EGY), Didier Gaga (RWA)
18 July
15:30
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg40–103Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 7–25, 11–25, 17–26, 5–27
Pts: Buvana 12
Rebs: Buvana 5
Asts: Ussivane 3		Pts: Kanouté 26
Rebs: Ballo, Diarra 10
Asts: Kanouté 5
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Mohamed Elmenshawy (EGY), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (RSA)
18 July
20:00
Mauritius  Flag of Mauritius.svg24–99Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 1–20, 6–23, 10–26, 7–30
Pts: Crudo 10
Rebs: Coopen 5
Asts: Camal Boudou 2		Pts: Ben Amor 18
Rebs: Kacem, Chebbi 12
Asts: Gara, Chebbi, Tebai 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Didier Gaga (RWA), Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Haja Maminiaini Ranaivoson (MAD)
20 July
17:45
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg70–46Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter:19–10, 26–12, 11–9, 14–15
Pts: Kanouté 23
Rebs: Sanogo 11
Asts: Dieng 2		Pts: Rebai 12
Rebs: Zaghouani 8
Asts: Rebai, Ghomrassi 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
20 July
20:00
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg83–31Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Scoring by quarter:19–11, 18–5, 27–6, 19–9
Pts: Ricotso 22
Rebs: Macie 12
Asts:4 players 2		Pts: Wong Moi Sang, Doorghen 8
Rebs: Wong Moi Sang, Doorghen 6
Asts: Crudo 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 660547335+21212Advance to Semifinals
2Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 624357382−258
3Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 624440506−668Advance to Classification 5-8
4Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 624343464−1218
Source: FIBA Africa
13 July
13:30
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg39–61Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 2–20, 9–11, 15–12, 13–18
Pts: Nkundwa 19
Rebs: Nkundwa 9
Asts: Umuhoza, Mudenge 1		Pts: Bouzidi 16
Rebs: Gadaoui 8
Asts: Hifi, Gadaoui, Zitouni 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (RSA), Bennon Soobiah (MRI)
13 July
15:45
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg117–63Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
Scoring by quarter:25–16, 31–9, 22–17, 39–21
Pts: Hassan 19
Rebs: Elmadawy 9
Asts: Sakr 5		Pts: Rakotovao 18
Rebs: Rakotovao 7
Asts: Andrilova 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Cherubin Leslie (MRI), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN)
14 July
13:15
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg45–101Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 9–31, 15–20, 6–25, 15–25
Pts: Umuhoza 13
Rebs: Nkundwa 9
Asts:4 players 1		Pts: Hassan 17
Rebs: Elmadawy 11
Asts: Elmadawy, Mohamed, Khalifa 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN), Bennon Soobiah (MRI)
14 July
15:30
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg60–59Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 16–9, 14–17, 17–20
Pts: Bouzidi 14
Rebs: Bouzidi 9
Asts: Benzidoun 3		Pts: Jaoravo, Rakotovao 12
Rebs: Raharimanantoanina 17
Asts: Tsarafeno 4
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Youssouf Maiga (MLI)
15 July
13:15
Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg95–87Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 24–26, 18–21, 26–13, 27–27
Pts: Rakotovao 34
Rebs: Raharimanantoanina 7
Asts: Tsarafeno 8		Pts: Nkundwa 30
Rebs: Nkundwa 15
Asts: Nkundwa 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
15 July
17:45
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg84–61Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Scoring by quarter:22–14, 14–14, 21–16, 27–17
Pts: Ibrahim 24
Rebs: Elmadawy 12
Asts: Morsy 6		Pts: Gadaoui 17
Rebs: Bouzidi 8
Asts: Gadaoui, Bouzidi 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
17 July
13:15
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg73–70Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
Scoring by quarter:20–17, 16–9, 20–19, 17–25
Pts: Ngoga 24
Rebs: Murengezi 19
Asts: Murengezi 4		Pts: Jaoravo 19
Rebs: Raharimanantoanina 9
Asts: Tsarafeno 7
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Cherubin Leslie (MRI), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (RSA)
17 July
17:45
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg49–65Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 10–32, 13–11, 16–11, 10–21
Pts: Bouzidi 14
Rebs: Gadaoui, Hadji 7
Asts: Zitouni 3		Pts: Hassan 19
Rebs: Khalifa 9
Asts: Morsy 6
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Bennon Soobiah (MRI)
18 July
13:15
Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg78–71Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 12–11, 17–17, 33–21
Pts: Raharimanantoanina 23
Rebs: Raharimanantoanina 15
Asts: Rakotovao 4		Pts: Bouzidi 24
Rebs: Chenieff 8
Asts: Gadaoui 5
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN)
18 July
17:45
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg82–42Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter:32–13, 10–11, 17–10, 23–8
Pts: Elmadawy 18
Rebs: Khalifa 12
Asts: Elmadawy, Mohamed 4		Pts: Nkundwa 22
Rebs: Murengezi 10
Asts: Murengezi 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Riadh Khalladi (TUN), Bennon Soobiah (MRI)
20 July
13:15
Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg75–98Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Scoring by quarter:24–23, 15–21, 14–21, 22–33
Pts: Tsarafeno 18
Rebs: Tsarafeno 10
Asts: Andrilova, Tsarafeno 4		Pts: Khalifa 18
Rebs: Elmadawy 9
Asts: Elmadawy 6
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
20 July
15:30
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg55–57Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter:13–10, 17–11, 13–19, 12–17
Pts: Gadaoui 15
Rebs: Chenieff 14
Asts: Gadaoui, Benzidoun 3		Pts: Umuhoza 16
Rebs: Nkundwa 16
Asts: Umuhoza 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Classification round

 
Classification 5th–8thFifth place
 
      
 
21 July
 
 
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 13
 
22 July
 
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 125
 
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 80
 
21 July
 
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 74
 
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 67
 
 
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 33
 
Seventh place
 
 
22 July
 
 
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 56
 
 
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 121

Classification 5–8

21 July
13:15
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg67–33Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter:13–8, 16–7, 23–15, 15–3
Pts: Nkundwa 22
Rebs: Nkundwa, Ngoga 15
Asts: Umuhoza, Nkundwa 5		Pts: Buvana 8
Rebs: Macie 6
Asts: Ussivane 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Fethi Chaib (ALG), Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN)
21 July
15:30
Mauritius  Flag of Mauritius.svg13–125Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
Scoring by quarter: 0–31, 5–32, 8–33, 0–29
Pts: Perrine 4
Rebs: Camal Boudou 5
Asts: Wong Moi Sang 1		Pts: Rakotovao 33
Rebs: Andrilova, Andrianjafinoarivony 11
Asts: Raheriarison 8
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Mohamed Elmenshawy (EGY), Didier Gaga (RWA), Riadh Khalladi (TUN)

Seventh place game

22 July
13:00
Mauritius  Flag of Mauritius.svg56–121Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 11–28, 12–42, 15–24
Pts: Crudo 18
Rebs: Jhungur 6
Asts: Wong Moi Sang 4		Pts: Ricotso 36
Rebs: Ricotso 13
Asts: Clemente 4
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Fifth place game

22 July
15:15
Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg80–74Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter:17–15, 16–20, 20–22, 27–17
Pts: Tsarafeno 20
Rebs: Raharimanantoanina 9
Asts: Tsarafeno 8		Pts: Nkundwa 24
Rebs: Ngoga 18
Asts: Umuhoza 6
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
21 July
 
 
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 72
 
22 July
 
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 62
 
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 76
 
21 July
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 65
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 86
 
 
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 45
 
Third place
 
 
22 July
 
 
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 57
 
 
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 54

Semifinals

21 July
17:45
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg72–62Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Scoring by quarter:18–12, 16–13, 18–10, 20–27
Pts: Kanouté 19
Rebs: Ballo 19
Asts: Kanouté 4		Pts: Gadaoui 17
Rebs: Dahman 7
Asts: Benzidoun 6
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (RSA), Haja Maminiaini Ranaivoson (MAD)
21 July
20:00
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg86–45Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter:24–7, 19–11, 27–6, 16–21
Pts: Morsy 18
Rebs: Elmadawy, Noureldin 8
Asts: Elmadawy 5		Pts: Zaghouani 18
Rebs: Zaghouani 10
Asts: Gara, Chebbi 2
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Erick Omondi Otieno (KEN), Bennon Soobiah (MRI)

Third place game

22 July
17:30
Algeria  Flag of Algeria.svg57–54Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter:15–5, 18–0, 13–16, 11–33
Pts: Hifi, Gadaoui 15
Rebs: Chenieff 17
Asts: Gadaoui, Benzidoun 3		Pts: Rebai, Ghomrassi 15
Rebs: Ghomrassi 8
Asts: Mnafedh 3
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Final

22 July
20:00
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg76–65Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Scoring by quarter:22–19, 17–16, 21–15, 16–15
Pts: Kanouté 17
Rebs: Ballo 22
Asts: Kanouté 9		Pts: Hassan 22
Rebs: Elmadawy 9
Asts: Morsy 6
Phoenix Gymnasium, Vacoas-Phoenix

Final ranking

Qualified to the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.
RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Mali.svg  Mali 8–0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 7–1
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 3–5
4Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 4–4
5Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 4–4
6Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 3–5
7Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 3–5
8Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 0–8

Awards

 2017 FIBA Under-16 African champions 
Flag of Mali.svg
Mali
1st title
Most Valuable Player
Flag of Mali.svg Siriman Kanouté

All-Tournament Team

Statistical leaders

Individual tournament highs

Notes

  1. ↑ Competition was cancelled. Tunisia was the only team registered for the preliminaries, Algeria was added later. [5]
  2. ↑ Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Mali was added later. [6]
  3. ↑ Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Ghana initially qualified as the sole representative but later withdrew. [7]
  4. ↑ Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. [8]
  5. ↑ Three countries participated: hosts Kenya, Tanzania and the eventual zone winner Rwanda. The tournament was played in round-robin format. Egypt was added later. [9]
  6. ↑ Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Zimbabwe initially qualified as the sole representative but later withdrew. [10]
  7. ↑ Competition was cancelled. The qualifiers of this zone are cancelled as no team registered for the regional tournament. Mauritius qualified as the tournament hosts. Madagascar was added later. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mauritius to stage FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on November 6, 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. ↑ FIBA Calendar
  3. ↑ "History made as Mali win their first-ever FIBA U16 African Championship title". FIBA Africa. 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Mauritius to stage FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on November 6, 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Zone I Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Zone II Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Zone III Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Zone IV Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Zone V Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
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  11. ↑ "Zone VII Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
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  13. ↑ "Draw results in for FIBA U16 African Championship 2017". FIBA Africa. 12 July 2017. Archived from the original on April 22, 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
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