African championship basketball 2009

AfroBasket 2009
25th African Basketball Championship
Number of nations	16  (of 53 applicants)
FIBA African Champion	Angola (10th title)
venue	Libya ( Tripoli , Benghazi )
Opening game	August 5, 2009
Endgame	August 15, 2009
Games	62
Most basket points	Jeff Xavier (⌀ 27.2)
Most valuable player	Joaquim Gomes

The AfroBasket 2009 ( shortly : Afrobasket 2009 ) is the 25th edition of this tournament and found in from 5 to 15 August 2009 Libyan capital Tripoli and in Benghazi instead. Half of the preliminary rounds took place in the African Union Arena and half in the Suliman Ad-Dharrath Arena . The knockout games of the final round took place with the exception of the placement round for places nine to twelve, with the participation of the Libyan teamwas held in Benghazi, entirely in the arena of the capital. The medal winners of the tournament qualified directly for the 2010 World Cup in Turkey.

Host Libya last took part in a continental finals in 1978 and could no longer qualify in sport. At least the national selection reached the second group stage in the home title fights and was able to defeat the North African-Arab "brothers" Egypt and Morocco and take eleventh place in addition to a victory over South Africa . Angola won its sixth title win in a row with no loss in the tournament. In addition to silver medal winners Ivory Coast , Tunisia also qualified for the 2010 World Cup. This was the first medal win in this competition for the team from the neighboring Libyan state since the 1970s and meant the first qualification of the Tunisian selection for a global final.

Attendees

The hosts and the three medal winners of the African Cup of Nations 2007 qualified directly :

•  Libya - hosts
•  Angola - African Champion 2007
•  Cameroon - silver medal 2007
•  Cape Verde - bronze medal 2007

The following teams took part as winners of the qualifications within the six different zones of FIBA ​​Africa:

•  Tunisia - Zone 1
•  Mali - Zone 2
•  Nigeria - Zone 3
•  Central African Republic - Zone 4
•  Egypt - Zone 5
•  Mozambique - Zone 6

The following teams were also able to qualify:

•  Morocco - Second Zone 1
•  Ivory Coast - Second Zone 3
•  Republic of the Congo - Second Zone 4
•  Rwanda - Second Zone 5

In addition, FIBA ​​Africa issued two wildcards to:

•  Senegal
•  South Africa

mode

At the tournament, a preliminary round in four groups of four teams each was held as a round-robin tournament. The bottom of the group played from 13th to 16th in a placement round. The three best in the group qualified for an intermediate round with two groups of six teams each, taking with them all their preliminary round results, in which they played against the teams in the other preliminary round groups. The two worst teams in each of the two intermediate round groups played out places nine to twelve in a placement round. The four best teams of the two second round groups qualified for the final round, in which they in knockout system playing off the medals. The losers of the games of the quarterfinals played from places five to eight in a placement round, while the losers of the games of the semifinals in the "small final" not only for the bronze medal at this tournament, but also for the remaining starting place for the final round of the 2010 World Cup played. The winners of the semi-finals were qualified for the 2010 World Cup and played for the gold medal in the final.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round games took place between August 5th and 7th, 2009.

Group A

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Nigeria	3	3	0	287	214		*	93 : 84	97 : 81	97 : 49
2. Ivory Coast	3	2	1	251	214		84: 93	*	73 : 64	94 : 57
3. Libya	3	1	2	233	242		81: 97	64: 73	*	88 : 72
4. South Africa	3	0	3	178	279		49: 97	57: 94	72: 88	*

Group B

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Angola	3	3	0	251	193		*	79 : 74	79 : 69	93 : 50
2. Mali	3	2	1	208	180		74: 79	*	67 : 47	67 : 54
3. Egypt	3	1	2	188	208		69: 79	47: 67	*	72 : 62
4. Mozambique	3	0	3	166	232		50: 93	54: 67	62: 72	*

Group C

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Senegal	3	3	0	244	202		*	67 : 65	82 : 69	95 : 68
2. Cameroon	3	2	1	214	192		65: 67	*	79 : 69	70 : 56
3. Central African Republic	3	1	2	251	222		69: 82	69: 79	*	113 : 61
4. Republic of the Congo	3	0	3	185	278		68: 95	56: 70	61: 113	*

Group D

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Tunisia	3	2	1	224	207		*	98 : 79	74 : 57	52: 71
2. Morocco	3	2	1	250	265		79: 98	*	85 : 84	86 : 83
3. Rwanda	3	1	2	218	226		57: 74	84: 85	*	77 : 67
4. Cape Verde	3	1	2	221	215		71 : 52	83: 86	67: 77	*

Intermediate round

The intermediate round games took place between August 9th and 11th, 2009. The group E games were played in Benghazi and the group F games in Tripoli. The results of the preliminary round are shown in italics .

Group E

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-								V4
1. Angola	6th	6th	0	523	397		*	93 : 85	79 : 74	88 : 61	91 : 58	79 : 69	93 : 50
2. Nigeria	6th	5	1	533	454		85: 93	*	74 : 70	93 : 84	97 : 81	87 : 77	97 : 49
3. Mali	6th	4th	2	444	385		74: 79	70: 74	*	71 : 58	95 : 73	67 : 47	67 : 54
4. Ivory Coast	6th	3	3	450	337		61: 88	84: 93	58: 71	*	73 : 64	80 : 64	94 : 57
5. Libya	6th	2	4th	439	501		58: 91	81: 97	73: 95	64: 73	*	75 : 73	88 : 72
6. Egypt	6th	1	5	402	450		69: 79	77: 87	47: 67	64: 80	73: 75	*	72 : 62

Group F.

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-								V4
1. Senegal	6th	4th	2	449	414		*	73 : 65	67 : 65	82 : 69	73: 75	59: 72	95 : 68
2. Tunisia	6th	4th	2	433	421		65: 73	*	68 : 66	76 : 75	98 : 79	74 : 57	52: 71
3. Cameroon	6th	3	3	429	396		65: 67	66: 68	*	79 : 69	80 : 54	69: 82	70 : 56
4. Central Africa. republic	6th	3	3	492	435		69: 82	75: 76	69: 79	*	81 : 73	85 : 64	113 : 61
5. Morocco	6th	3	3	452	499		75 : 73	79: 98	54: 80	73: 81	*	85 : 84	86 : 83
6. Rwanda	6th	3	3	436	439		72 : 59	57: 74	82 : 69	64: 85	84: 85	*	77 : 67

Final round

The games of the final round took place between August 13th and 15th, 2009.

Quarterfinals August 13th

Semi-finals August 14th

Final August 15th

E1

Angola

84

F4

Central Africa. republic

63

E1

Angola

79

F2

Tunisia

69

E3

Mali

73

F2

Tunisia

74

Endgame

E1

Angola

82

E4

Ivory Coast

72

E2

Nigeria

80

F3

Cameroon

84

F3

Cameroon

61

E4

Ivory Coast

68

3rd place match

E4

Ivory Coast

84

F2

Tunisia

83

F1

Senegal

78

F3

Cameroon

68

Placement rounds

Play for 13th to 16th place

Semi-finals August 9th					Final August 10th
A4	South Africa	67
B4	Mozambique	69			Game for 13th place
					B4	Mozambique	61
					D4	Cape Verde	94
C4	Republic of the Congo	63
D4	Cape Verde	100
					Play for 15th place
					A4	South Africa	81
					C4	Republic of the Congo	65

Play for ninth to twelve

Semi-finals August 13th					Final August 14th
F5	Morocco	62
E6	Egypt	88			Play for 9th place
					E6	Egypt	75
					F6	Rwanda	78
E5	Libya	77
F6	Rwanda	80
					Game for 11th place
					F5	Morocco	76
					E5	Libya	80

Play for fifth to eighth

Semi-finals August 14th					Final August 15th
F4	Central Africa. republic	80
E3	Mali	74			Play for 5th place
					F4	Central Africa. republic	71
					E2	Nigeria	80
E2	Nigeria	76
F1	Senegal	58
					Game for 7th place
					E3	Mali	63
					F1	Senegal	74

See also

• Basketball World Cup 2010

Web links

• Official website of the tournament (English / French)
• Website of the tournament FIBA Archive (English)
• Website of the continental association FIBA ​​Africa (French / English)