2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship

The 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U18) was the 13th edition, organized by FIBA Africa and played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and the African zone thereof. The tournament was held from October 17–26 in Alexandria, Egypt and won by Egypt.

The tournament qualified both the winner and the runner-up for the 2009 Under-19 World Cup.

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

Squads

Draw Group AGroup B

Preliminary round

Group A Qualified for the quarter-finals TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 5 5 0 412 309 +103 10 5 4 1 349 280 +69 9 5 3 2 305 310 -5 8 5 2 3 282 305 -23 7 5 1 4 319 325 -6 6 5 0 5 292 430 -138 5

Group B Qualified for the quarter-finals TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts 5 5 0 344 263 +81 10 5 3 2 323 275 +48 8 5 3 2 308 268 +40 8 5 3 2 306 304 +2 8 5 1 4 282 342 -60 6 5 0 5 238 349 -111 5

Knockout stage Championship bracket

5-8th bracket

9-12th bracket

9–12th classification

Quarterfinals

11th place

9th place

Classification 5–8

Semifinals

7th place

5th place

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standings Qualified for the 2009 World U19 Championship

Rank Team Record8–05–37–14.4–45.6–26.4–47.4–48.2–69.3–410.1–611.2–512.0–7

Egypt rosterAdham Elsayed, Aly Mohamed, Amr Abdelkader, Amr Gendy, Hady Elbeltagy, Moamen Mobarak, Mohamed Desouky, Motaz Okasha, Moustafa Hany, Omar Oraby, Ramy Hosny, Zyad Mohamed Coach:

All Tournament Team GAmr GendyFMoamen MobarakFDaouda CamaraCMiguel KialaCJimmy Djimrabaye

Most Valuable Player Amr Gendy

Statistical Leaders

Individual Tournament Highs

Points Rank Name G Pts 1 Amr Gendy 8 174 21.8 2 Haruna Sule 8 145 18.1 3 Emanuel António 8 130 16.3 4 Clovis Baker 7 106 15.1 5 Daouda Camara 8 114 14.3 6 Hamet Niane 8 111 13.9 7 Jihad Boulaakoul 8 110 13.8 8 Anthony Opingo 7 95 13.6 9 Mohamed Harat 8 106 13.3 10 Jimmy Djimrabaye 7 92 13.1

Rebounds Rank Name G Rbs 1 Jimmy Djimrabaye 7 90 12.9 2 Erick Nyamai 6 75 12.5 3 Godsgift Achiuwa 8 76 9.5 4 Papa Mbaye 8 74 9.2 5 Mohamed Harat 8 73 9.1 6 Miguel Kiala 8 70 8.8 7 El Mehdi Joulal 8 66 8.2 8 Joshua Orwe 7 55 7.99 Amr Gendy 8 62 7.8 Josemar de Carvalho 8 62 7.8

Assists Rank Name G Ast 1 Amr Gendy 8 29 3.6 2 Anis Fedala 8 28 3.53 Moamen Mobarak 8 28 3.5 Motaz Okasha 8 26 3.35 Emanuel António 8 25 3.1 Hady Elbeltagy 8 23 2.97 Abdrahamane Maïga 8 22 2.88 Haruna Sule 8 21 2.69 Hamet Niane 8 20 2.510 Thierno Niang 8 18 2.3

Steals Rank Name G Sts 1 Orlando Novela 7 34 4.9 2 Daouda Camara 8 28 3.5 3 Thierno Niang 8 27 3.4 4 Wilfried Malikode 7 24 3.4 5 Emanuel António 8 26 3.36 Ermelindo Novela 7 23 3.37 Erick Nyamai 6 19 3.2 8 Hamet Niane 8 22 2.89 Amr Gendy 8 21 2.6 Motaz Okasha 8 21 2.6

Blocks Rank Name G Bks 1 Miguel Kiala 8 18 2.2 2 Papa Mbaye 8 14 1.8 3 Omar Oraby 8 13 1.6 4 Cheick Soumaoro 8 11 1.45 Ibrahima Djimbe 8 10 1.2 Opeyemi Oyeniyi 8 10 1.27 Godsgift Achiuwa 8 8 1 Mohamed Desouky 8 8 19 Darraul Badzioka 7 7 1 Jimmy Djimrabaye 7 7 1

Turnovers Rank Name G Tos 1 Anthony Opingo 7 44 6.3 2 Joshua Orwe 7 39 5.6 3 Anis Fedala 8 42 5.3 4 Romanov Wasula 7 37 5.35 Situma Khaemba 7 35 56 Orlando Novela 7 34 4.97 Erick Nyamai 6 27 4.58 Jihad Boulaakoul 8 35 4.4 Eduardo Ferreira 8 35 4.4 10 Hamza Zehouani 8 34 4.3

2-point field goal percentage Pos Name A M % 1 Thierno Niang 56 35 62.5 2 Amr Gendy 84 52 61.9 3 Mohamed Harat 75 44 58.7 4 Clovis Baker 78 44 56.4 5 Louis Adams 57 32 56.1 6 God'sPower Igben 59 30 50.8 7 Emanuel António 65 33 50.8 8 Erick Nyamai 52 26 50 9 Abdeldjabar Moulinou 50 24 48 10 Josemar de Carvalho 65 31 47.7

3-point field goal percentage Pos Name A M % 1 Hermenegildo Santos 19 8 42.1 Mohamed Zerouali 19 8 42.1 3 Seun Olanrewaju 18 7 38.9 4 Haruna Sule 69 25 36.2 5 Jerry Edwin 17 6 35.36 Ermelindo Novela 17 6 35.3 Manuel Uamusse 32 11 34.4 8 Motaz Okasha 36 12 33.3 9 Jihad Boulaakoul 64 21 32.8 10 Tom Ngassio 43 14 32.6

Free throw percentage Pos Name A M % 1 Jerry Edwin 25 20 802 Mohamed Zerouali 28 21 75 3 Hamet Niane 26 19 73.1 4 Ramy Hosny 22 16 72.7 5 Jimmy Djimrabaye 48 34 70.86 Ibrahima Djimbe 27 19 70.4 Opeyemi Oyeniyi 27 19 70.4 8 Ghetty Allui 39 27 69.2 9 Amr Gendy 54 37 68.5 10 Orlando Novela 44 30 68.2

Individual Game Highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints Amr Gendy 39 Rebounds Jimmy Djimrabaye 22 Assists Hady Elbeltagy 9 Steals Hanna Amani 11 Blocks Papa Mbaye 6 2-point field goal percentage Negueba Samake 100% (6/6) 3-point field goal percentage Kenny Naguidengar 100% (3/3) Free throw percentage Orlando Novela Opeyemi Oyeniyi 100% (8/8) Turnovers Anthony Opingo Romanov Wasula 11

Team Tournament Highs

Points Rank Name G Pts 1 8 642 80.3 2 7 478 68.3 3 8 541 67.6 4 8 532 66.5 5 8 507 63.4 6 7 423 60.4 7 8 482 60.3 8 7 420 60 9 8 476 59.5 10 8 445 55.6

Rebounds Rank Name G Rbs 1 7 327 40.9 2 7 272 38.9 3 7 305 38.1 4 7 267 38.1 5 7 289 36.1 6 7 253 36.1 7 7 287 35.9 8 7 284 35.5 9 266 33.2 10 252 31.5

Assists Rank Name G Ast 1 8 128 16 2 8 88 11 3 8 80 10 4 7 68 9.7 5 7 56 8 6 8 63 7.97 8 61 7.68 8 60 7.5 9 8 49 6.1 10 7 43 6.1

Steals Rank Name G Sts 1 7 104 14.9 2 8 115 14.4 3 7 95 13.6 4 8 108 13.5 5 8 105 13.1 6 8 102 12.8 7 8 100 12.5 8 7 73 10.4 9 8 81 10.1 10 8 79 9.9

Blocks Rank Name G Bks 1 8 32 4 2 8 31 3.9 3 8 30 3.8 4 8 29 3.6 5 7 21 3 6 8 23 2.9 7 8 17 2.1 8 8 15 1.99 7 13 1.9 7 13 1.9

Turnovers Rank Name G Tos 1 7 210 30 2 8 182 22.8 3 7 158 22.6 4 7 155 22.1 5 8 172 21.5 6 8 166 20.8 7 8 162 20.3 8 8 157 19.69 8 155 19.4 8 155 19.4

2-point field goal percentage Pos Name A M % 1 325 191 58.82 311 151 48.6 3 342 151 44.2 4 370 163 44.1 5 346 152 43.96 353 154 43.6 7 317 138 43.5 8 352 140 39.8 9 321 127 39.6 10 269 106 39.4

3-point field goal percentage Pos Name A M % 1 125 41 32.82 129 35 27.1 3 161 41 25.5 4 103 26 25.2 5 134 31 23.1 6 153 34 22.2 7 159 33 20.8 8 153 31 20.3 9 130 25 19.2 10 152 29 19.1

Free throw percentage Pos Name A M % 1 156 101 64.72 214 137 64 3 189 116 61.4 4 154 92 59.7 5 206 119 57.86 164 94 57.3 7 217 124 57.1 8 184 105 57.1 9 99 50 50.5 10 185 93 50.3

Team Game highs Department Name Total OpponentPoints 105 Rebounds 56 Assists 22 Steals 32 Blocks 8 2-point field goal percentage 75% (33/44) 3-point field goal percentage 47.1% (8/17) Free throw percentage 77.8% (7/9) Turnovers 46

See also 2009 FIBA Africa Championship

External links Official Website

References