Basketball at the 2014 African Youth Games

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Basketball at the 2014 African Youth Games
Basketball pictogram.svg
Start date24 May
End date30 May
VenueBotswana National Youth Centre (BNYC)
EventsBasketball
2010

2014 African Youth Games in Gaborone was held between 28 and 31 May at the Botswana National Stadium. The competition served as the qualification for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics which took place in August in Nanjing, China. [1] [2]

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Format

The boys' and girls' tournament will adopt a round robin group stage and a single-elimination medal round, where the 10 participating teams are split into 2 pools of 10. Each team will play once against the other teams in its pool, and the top 8 teams from each pool will qualify for the knock-out stages.

Boys

Pool APool B
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria

Girls

Note: Guam entered a girls' basketball team into Group B of the competition; there was no Guam boys' team at the tournament

Pool APool B
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Botswana)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)1102
2Flag of Angola.svg  Angola  (ANG)1001
3Flag of Mali.svg  Mali  (MLI)0101
4Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)0011
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo  (COD)0011
Totals (5 nations)2226

Results

EventGoldSilverBronze
Boys' tournament
details
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Girls' tournament
details
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria

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