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2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women.

The 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship was the 13th U-18 FIBA Africa championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the world basketball sport governing body. The tournament was held from August 2–9, 2002 at the Indoor Sport Hall of the Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, contested by 9 national teams and won by Nigeria.[1]

2002 FIBA Africa U-18 Championship 
13th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
DatesAugust 2–9, 2002
Teams9
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (5th title)
← 2000
2004 →

The tournament qualified the winner and the runner-up for the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Format edit

  • The 12 teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round.
  • Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals.
  • From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

Squads edit

Main article: 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship squads

Draw edit

Group A Group B

  Angola
  Ivory Coast
  Nigeria
  Senegal

  Algeria
  Egypt
  Madagascar
  Mali
  South Africa

Preliminary round edit

[2][3]

Group A edit

Qualified for the semi-finals
Team W L PF PA Diff Pts.
  Mali 4 0 0 0 0 8
  Algeria 3 1 0 0 0 7
  Egypt 2 2 0 0 0 6
  South Africa 1 3 0 0 0 5
  Madagascar 0 4 0 0 0 4

Group B edit

Qualified for the semi-finals
Team W L PF PA Diff Pts.
  Nigeria 3 0 241 164 +77 8
  Angola 2 1 208 216 −8 7
  Ivory Coast 1 2 0 0 0 6
  Senegal 0 3 0 0 0 5
August 4, 2002
Senegal   59–87   Nigeria
August 5, 2002
Ivory Coast   47–70   Nigeria
August 6, 2002
Angola   58–84   Nigeria

Knockout stage edit

Championship bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
Thu 8 Aug 2002
 
 
   Nigeria 107
 
Fri 9 Aug 2002
 
   Algeria 73
 
   Nigeria 80
 
Thu 8 Aug 2002
 
   Angola 60
 
   Angola 92
 
 
   Mali 79
 
3rd place
 
 
Fri 9 Aug 2002
 
 
   Algeria
 
 
   Mali

7th place match edit

August 8, 2002
Madagascar   vs.   Senegal

5th place match edit

August 8, 2002
Egypt   vs.   Ivory Coast

Semifinals edit

August 8, 2002
Angola   92–79   Mali

Bronze medal game edit

August 9, 2002
Algeria   vs.   Mali

Gold medal game edit

August 9, 2002
Nigeria   80–60   Angola

Final standings edit

Qualified for the 2003 FIBA U19 World Championship
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