Tournament details | |
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Host country | Angola |
City | Luanda |
Dates | 8–16 July 2023 |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Morocco (1st title) |
Runners-up | Ivory Coast |
Third place | Rwanda |
Fourth place | DR Congo |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | Kevin Franceschi |
Top scorer | Evariste Shonganya (19.8 points per game) |
Official website | |
Link | |
The 2023 FIBA AfroCan was the 2nd edition of the FIBA AfroCan. The tournament was held from 8 July to 16 July 2023 and was hosted in Angola. [1] DR Congo are the defending champions, having won the 2019 title. The second tournament was supposed to be held in 2021, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Morocco won their first AfroCan title after defeating Ivory Coast in the final. [2]
The four highest ranked teams from the AfroCan 2019 were automatically qualified. [3] Eight other teams qualified through the qualification rounds, which are held from February to June 2023. [4] Nigeria received the only wild card for the tournament.
Qualification method | Dates | Host city | Qualified teams |
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Best four teams from AfroCan 2019 | Bamako | DR Congo Kenya Angola Morocco | |
Zone 1 | 23–25 June | Algiers | Tunisia |
Zone 2 and 3 | 30 June – 2 July | Abidjan | Ivory Coast |
Zone 4 | 19–25 March 2023 | Yaoundé | Cameroon Gabon |
Zone 5 | 17–21 June 2023 | Dar es Salaam | Rwanda |
Zone 6 | 21–28 February 2023 | Bulawayo | Mozambique |
Zone 7 | Not held | ||
Wild card | - | – | Nigeria |
The draw was held on 10 June in Maputo, Mozambique. At the time, eight out of twelve teams were known, with four still having to qualify. [5]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Kenya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 125 | 118 | +7 | 3 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | Ivory Coast | 2 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 114 | +4 | 3 | Advance to qualification games for quarter-finals |
3 | Gabon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 129 | −11 | 3 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Angola (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 129 | 103 | +26 | 4 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 110 | 113 | −3 | 3 | Advance to qualification games for quarter-finals |
3 | Mali | 2 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 134 | −23 | 2 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tunisia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 134 | 113 | +21 | 4 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | Morocco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 111 | 125 | −14 | 3 | Advance to qualification games for quarter-finals |
3 | Rwanda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 119 | 126 | −7 | 2 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | DR Congo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 147 | 121 | +26 | 4 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | Mozambique | 2 | 1 | 1 | 129 | 142 | −13 | 3 | Advance to qualification games for quarter-finals |
3 | Cameroon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 141 | −13 | 2 |
Qualification to quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
Morocco | 78 | |||||||||||||
Cameroon | 50 | |||||||||||||
Kenya | 46 | |||||||||||||
Morocco | 55 | |||||||||||||
Morocco | 76 | |||||||||||||
DR Congo | 69 | |||||||||||||
Nigeria | 71 | |||||||||||||
Gabon | 55 | |||||||||||||
DR Congo | 74 | |||||||||||||
Nigeria | 72 | |||||||||||||
Morocco | 78 | |||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | 76 | |||||||||||||
Mozambique | 62 | |||||||||||||
Rwanda | 73 | |||||||||||||
Angola | 63 | |||||||||||||
Rwanda | 73 | |||||||||||||
Rwanda | 71 | |||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | 74 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | 72 | |||||||||||||
Mali | 58 | |||||||||||||
Tunisia | 66 | DR Congo | 73 | |||||||||||
Ivory Coast | 69 | Rwanda | 82 | |||||||||||
5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
Kenya | 61 | |||||
Nigeria | 59 | |||||
Kenya | 59 | |||||
Tunisia | 67 | |||||
Angola | 65 | |||||
Tunisia | 68 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
Nigeria | 69 | |||||
Angola | 72 |
Rank | Team | Record |
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Morocco | 5-1 | |
Ivory Coast | 4-2 | |
Rwanda | 3-3 | |
4 | DR Congo | 3-2 |
5 | Tunisia | 4–1 |
6 | Kenya | 2–2 |
7 | Angola | 3–3 |
8 | Nigeria | 3–3 |
9 | Gabon | 1–2 |
10 | Mozambique | 1–2 |
11 | Cameroon | 0–3 |
12 | Mali | 0–3 |
The awards were announced after the final. [6]
All-Star Team | ||
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Guards | Forwards | Center |
Jihad Benchlikha Kevin Franceschi | Evariste Shonganya Dieudonné Ndizeye | Mike Fofana |
MVP: Kevin Franceschi |
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