AfroBasket 2017 qualification
AfroBasket 2017 qualification occurred on various dates on 2017. It determined which African national basketball teams qualified for the 2017 FIBA Africa Championship. Teams competed with other teams in their respective "zones" for a spot in the Championship tournament.[1][2]
Qualified Teams
Two teams qualified for the tournament before the qualification round will take place. Fourteen more teams claimed spots in the tournament through Zonal Qualifying.
Zones
Zone 1
Zone 1 was played from March 16 to April 1, 2017, in Algeria and Tunisia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 311 | 257 | +54 | 8 | Advance to AfroBasket 2017 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco | 4 | 2 | 2 | 277 | 292 | −15 | 6 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria | 4 | 0 | 4 | 275 | 314 | −39 | 4 |
First leg
Second leg
Zone 2
The qualifiers were played in a tournament played over two legs with the two top teams qualified. The first leg of the qualifier was played in Bamako on 19 March with the return game following in Dakar a week later.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 392 | 401 | −9 | 10 | Advance to AfroBasket 2017 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali | 6 | 3 | 3 | 395 | 339 | +56 | 9 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 345 | 366 | −21 | 9 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde | 6 | 2 | 4 | 370 | 396 | −26 | 8 |
First leg
Second leg
Zone 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast | 4 | 4 | 0 | 273 | 212 | +61 | 8 | Advance to AfroBasket 2017 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso | 4 | 1 | 3 | 222 | 254 | −32 | 5 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin | 4 | 1 | 3 | 219 | 248 | −29 | 5 |
First leg
March 17
|
| Burkina Faso File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg | 48–71 | File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast |
Second leg
March 26
|
| Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg | 71–57 | File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso |
Zone 4
Group 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon | 4 | 4 | 0 | 290 | 229 | +61 | 8 | Advance to AfroBasket 2017 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad | 4 | 2 | 2 | 273 | 247 | +26 | 6 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon | 4 | 0 | 4 | 210 | 297 | −87 | 4 |
Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 161 | 144 | +17 | 3 | Advance to AfroBasket 2017 |
| 2 | File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 144 | 161 | −17 | 3 |
March 19
|
| Central African Republic File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg | 64–85 | File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo |
March 20
|
| DR Congo File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg | 76–80 | File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic |
Zone 5
Eight teams will play a round-robin format tournament - from 12 to 18 March in Cairo, Egypt - to secure the two places for the Final Round.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 256 | 194 | +62 | 6 | Advance to Semi Final |
| 2 | File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda | 3 | 2 | 1 | 237 | 223 | +14 | 5 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 224 | 243 | −19 | 4 | Advance to Classification Game |
| 4 | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | 3 | 0 | 3 | 173 | 230 | −57 | 3 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 193 | 126 | +67 | 4 | Advance to Semi Final |
| 2 | File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 150 | 172 | −22 | 3 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 155 | 190 | −35 | 2 | Advance to Classification Game |
Classification Games
Semi-final
Third-place game
Final
Zone 6 and Zone 7
The winner of each group will secure automatic qualification for Africa's flagship competition taking place in Brazzaville, while the teams that finish second in Groups G and H will face each other for the remaining qualification spot.
Group 1
Group 1 will be played from 25 to 30 March in Lusaka, Zambia to secure one place for the Final Round.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola | 4 | 4 | 0 | 340 | 207 | +133 | 8 | Advance to AfroBasket 2017 |
| 2 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 4 | 1 | 3 | 271 | 315 | −44 | 5 | Advance to Playoff Game |
| 3 | File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 236 | 325 | −89 | 5 |
| Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg | 55–92 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 12–20, 26–18, 0–30 | ||
| Pts: Chona 13 Rebs: Mwansa 7 Asts: Lubinda 4 |
Pts: Mothiba 20 Rebs: Mothiba 9 Asts: Ngobeni, Sithole 3 | |
| South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg | 51–87 | File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 4–20, 11–25, 24–19 | ||
| Pts: Van Der Bijl 11 Rebs: Van Der Bijl 4 Asts: Ngobeni 3 |
Pts: Leonel 14 Rebs: Vander 10 Asts: Armando 5 | |
| Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg | 54–79 | File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–32, 10–17, 14–19, 20–11 | ||
| Pts: Zulu 13 Rebs: Mwansa 7 Asts: Mwansa 5 |
Pts: Miller 15 Rebs: Vander, Lukeny 4 Asts: Olímpio 6 | |
| South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg | 71–82 | File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–20, 20–9, 14–22, 27–31 | ||
| Pts: Van Der Bijl 17 Rebs: Mothiba 10 Asts: Mothiba, Ngoetjana 2 |
Pts: Chona 20 Rebs: Chona, Mwansa 8 Asts: Zulu, Hamudulu 5 | |
| Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg | 91–57 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 25–6, 27–18, 19–16 | ||
| Pts: Mingas 15 Rebs: Moore 7 Asts: Lukeny 7 |
Pts: Ngoetjana 14 Rebs: Ngoetjana, MacLean 5 Asts: MacLean 3 | |
| Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg | 83–45 | File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–2, 14–12, 24–12, 17–19 | ||
| Pts: Olímpio 20 Rebs: Moore, Mingas 7 Asts: Olímpio, Armando 4 |
Pts: Chipili, Daka 8 Rebs: Kashishi 8 Asts: Lubinda 3 | |
Group 2
Group 2 will be played from 19 to 25 March in Harare, Zimbabwe to secure one place for the Final Round.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique | 1 | 1 | 0 | 165 | 133 | +32 | 2 | Advance to AfroBasket 2017 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 165 | −32 | 1 | Advance to Playoff Game |
Playoff game
Wildcard
FIBA Africa's executive committee on Tuesday, 18 April awarded the two wild cards for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 to Guinea and Rwanda.[3]
Qualifying tournament
Chad, the Central African Republic and Zimbabwe faced off in Bamako, Mali from 19 to 21 May, with the winner of this additional qualifier filling the void left by the Republic of Congo.[4]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 146 | 119 | +27 | 4 | Advance to AfroBasket 2017 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad | 2 | 1 | 1 | 121 | 112 | +9 | 3 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 136 | −36 | 2 |
19 May 2017
|
| Zimbabwe File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg | 55–79 | File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic |
21 May 2017
|
| Central African Republic File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg | 67–64 | File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad |
References
- ↑ "Draws results in for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Qualifiers Zones 2 and 4". FIBA. 28 January 2017. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Zimbabwe and Zambia to host FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Zone 6 Qualifiers". FIBA. 9 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022.
- ↑ "Guinea and Rwanda awarded wild cards for FIBA AfroBasket 2017". FIBA. 18 April 2017. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017.
- ↑ "Chad, Central African Republic and Zimbabwe set to compete for last qualifying slot for FIBA AfroBasket 2017". FIBA. 18 May 2017. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018.