African championship basketball 2015

AfroBasket 2015
28th African Basketball Championship
Number of nations	16  (of 53 applicants)
FIBA African Champion	Nigeria (1st title)
venue	Radès
Opening game	19th August 2015
Endgame	August 30, 2015
Most basket points	Gorgui Dieng (⌀ 22.9 PpS)
Most valuable player	Chamberlain Oguchi
← African Championship 2013 Africa Cup of Nations 2017 →

The afrobasket 2015 ( shortly : Afrobasket 2015 ) was the 28th edition of this tournament and found from 19 to 30 August 2015 in the Tunisian port city of Radès on the outskirts of the capital Tunis instead. After the attack in Port El-Kantaoui in 2015 , the planned venue in Nabeul was abandoned. In Tunisia, the tournament is taking place for the third time after 1965 and 1987 .

The new Africa champion Nigeria with MVP Chamberlain Oguchi defeated defending champion Angola in the final and qualified for the second time in a row with the first title win, and this time directly for the 2016 Olympic basketball tournament . Host Tunisia , who had defeated the Nigerians in the preliminary round, secured the bronze medal against the Senegalese , who, with NBA professional Gorgui Dieng, were the most successful scorer of the tournament and who in turn narrowly defeated the defending champions in the preliminary round. Apart from title holder Nigeria, all other semi-finalists have to go to an additional qualifying tournament for participation in the Olympic Games in the following year.

Attendees

The hosts and the defending champions of the African Cup of Nations 2013 qualified directly :

•  Tunisia - host
•  Angola - African Champion 2013

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

•  Morocco - Zone 1
•  Mali - Zone 2 (Group B)
•  Cape Verde - Zone 2 (Group C)
•  Ivory Coast - Zone 3 (Group D)
•  Nigeria - Zone 3 (Group E)
•  Cameroon - Zone 4 (Group F)
•  Gabon - Zone 4 (Group G)
•  Egypt - Zone 5
•  Zimbabwe - Zone 6 (Group I)
•  Mozambique - Zone 6 (Group J)
• Zone 7 has no participant

Furthermore, the following team were able to qualify as runners-up in the group:

•  Uganda - Second Zone 5

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

•  Algeria
•  Senegal
•  Central African Republic

mode

At the tournament, a preliminary round in four groups of four teams each was held as a round-robin tournament. The placements in the preliminary round groups result in a seeding list for the final knockout rounds , in which in the round of 16 the first knockout round, the four best in the group initially played against one of the four bottom groups and the four runners-up against one of the four Third party. According to the preliminary round results, a quotient was formed after the losers of the round of 16 played another placement game. The losers of the quarterfinals played from five to eight in a placement round. The losers in the semi-finals played for the bronze medal in the "small final". The title winner qualified directly for the 2016 Olympic Games, while the other three semi-finalists reached another Olympic qualifying tournament in 2016.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round games took place between August 19 and 24, 2015.

Group A

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Tunisia	3	3	0	215	166		*	70 : 59	68 : 52	77 : 55
2. Nigeria	3	2	1	245	192		59: 70	*	88 : 63	98 : 59
3. Central African Rep.	3	1	2	175	212		52: 68	63: 88	*	60 : 56
4. Uganda	3	0	3	170	235		55: 77	59: 98	56: 60	*

Group B

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Senegal	3	3	0	237	220		*	74 : 73	86 : 76	77 : 71
2. Angola	3	2	1	225	213		73: 74	*	84 : 72	68 : 67
3. Mozambique	3	1	2	233	252		76: 86	72: 84	*	85 : 82
4. Morocco	3	0	3	220	230		71: 77	72: 84	82: 85	*

Group C

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Egypt	3	3	0	234	175		*	83 : 77	55 : 49	96 : 49
2. Cameroon	3	2	1	240	206		77: 83	*	70 : 56	93 : 67
3. Mali	3	1	2	183	179		49: 55	56: 70	*	78 : 54
4. Gabon	3	0	3	170	267		49: 96	67: 93	54: 78	*

Group D

nation	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Cape Verde	3	3	0	230	190		*	76 : 56	78 : 69	76 : 65
2. Ivory Coast	3	2	1	201	202		56: 76	*	81 : 74	64 : 52
3. Algeria	3	1	2	230	226		69: 78	74: 81	*	87 : 67
4. Zimbabwe	3	0	3	184	227		65: 76	52: 64	67: 87	*

Final round

The games of the final round took place between August 25 and 30, 2015.

Round of 16 25/26 August

Quarterfinals August 27th

Semi-finals August 29th

Final August 30th

A1

Tunisia

69

B4

Morocco

68

A1

Tunisia

67

C3

Mali

60

D2

Ivory Coast

57

C3

Mali

76

A1

Tunisia

51

B2

Angola

58

C1

Egypt

102

D4

Zimbabwe

62

C1

Egypt

63

B2

Angola

68

B2

Angola

62

A3

Central Afr. Rep.

61

B2

Angola

65

A2

Nigeria

74

B1

Senegal

79

A4

Uganda

48

B1

Senegal

75

D3

Algeria

58

C2

Cameroon

71

D3

Algeria

73

B1

Senegal

79

A2

Nigeria

88

D1

Cape Verde

67

C4

Gabon

77

C4

Gabon

64

3rd place match

A2

Nigeria

88

A2

Nigeria

83

A1

Tunisia

82

B3

Mozambique

47

B1

Senegal

73

Placement round

Play for 15th place A4 Zimbabwe 64 D4 Uganda 72

Play for 13th place Central Afr. Rep. 74 Morocco 86

Play for 5th to 12th place

	Placement 9-12				Rank 5–8				Play for 5th place
	Play for 9th place
					August 28th
					Mali	51
	August 27
					Egypt	74
	Cape Verde	66
									29th August
	Cameroon	88
									Egypt	69
									Algeria	63
	Game for 11th place
					August 28th
					Algeria	84			Game for 7th place
	August 27
					Gabon	76
	Ivory Coast	63							Mali	94
	Mozambique	70							Gabon	82
									29th August

Web links

• FIBAAFRICA.COM - Website of the continental association FIBA ​​Africa ( French / English )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mohamed Ali Sghaier: AfroBasket 2015: Seule la salle de Rades accueillera la compétition. Webdo.tn, July 18, 2015, accessed on August 24, 2015 (French). 
2. ↑ Afrobasket championship starts in Tunisia. BBC , August 19, 2015, accessed August 24, 2015 .