2008 African U18 Championship

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17th-26th October - Egypt

GROUP A
Egypt
Mali
Senegal
Central African Republic
Mozambique
Marocco

GROUP B
Nigeria
Angola
Congo
Algeria
Kenya
Côte d’Ivoire


Tournament schedule here.

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Mozambique preliminary squad:

Augusto Ferrão (Académica), Kevin Magane, Orlando Novela, Ermelindo Novela, Gregório Langa, Hélder Fernando (Ferroviário Maputo), Pedro Mourana, Ivódio Salvador, Mauro Ngoque, Manuel Uamusse (Maxaquene), João Manhiça, Augusto Pio Matos, Pio Matos Júnior, Edson Honwana (Desportivo Maputo) and Hert Mariote (Sport Club Chimoio).

[Khalid80]

I don't know much about the level of the U18 teams in Africa, but I believe that the following teams should be competing for the title:

Group 1:
Egypt, Senegal, and to a lesser extent Mali and Morrocco

Group 2:
Nigeria, Angola, and to a lesser extent Cote D'Ivoire and Algeria

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SEN – ANC for U 18 men: The 12 players of Senegal known


The Senegalese coach who carried out about three weeks of preparation with his team, lined up a group led by the MVP of the last basketball without borders (BWB) held last month in South Africa, the young playmaker, Thierno Ibrahima Niang.

In the group, we notice the come back of Pape Samba Ndao, from Seed Academy, who is studying in USA.

Added to the two players, the list contains the players who took part to the qualifiers and also registered the arrival of Mansour Kasse, a young player based in Spain and elected best player of his category in the Canaries Island team.

The Senegal will play in the Group A alongside the Mali, Egypt, Central Africa, Mozambique and Morocco.

The 12 selected players : Thierno Ibrahima Niang ; Louis Adams ; Mbaye Thiam ; Aboubacar Cassé ; Habib Ndoye ; Pape Samba Ndao ; Pape Abdoulaye Mbaye ; Sellé Diagne Hanne ; Cheikh Tidiane Sané ; Daniel Gomis ; Arfang Diouf ; Mansour Kassé

http://www.fiba-afrique.org/en/lect_actu.php?titre=actu&id=3719

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Day 1 results

GROUP A
Mali 91 Mozambique 37
Senegal 66 Central African Republic 65
Egypt 72 Morocco 52

GROUP B
Congo 67 Algeria 73
Nigeria 66 Côte d'Ivoire 53
Angola 62 Kenya 43

[soliman]

Egyptian Roster

Hady Osama (176-pg)
Moamen Saaid (180 -pg)
Almoataz Bellah (188 - Sg)
Adham Essam (187 -sg )
Ramy Gendy (192 - Sg)
Ramy Magdy (196-sg,sf)
Ziad Ashmawy (194 - Sg)
Mustafa Hany (197 -pf)
Mohamed Ibrahim (200-pf)
Aly Mohamed (203-c,pf)
Omar Abdel Kader (206-c,pf)
Amr Tarek (213-c)

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Day 2 results

GROUP A
Mali 56 Senegal 42
Morocco 58 Central African Republic 42
Mozambique 67 Egypt 105

GROUP B
Côte d'Ivoire 49 Algeria 58
Angola 67 Congo 42
Kenya 49 Nigeria 81

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Day 3 results

GROUP A
Marocco 51 Mali 62
Mozambique 58 Senegal 76
Egypt 67 Central African Republic 62

GROUP B
Nigeria 69 Algeria 63
Côte d'Ivoire 79 Angola 65
Kenya 58 Congo 72

[daniab]

Egypt objected considering some overraged players in the Nigerian team.

[Khalid80]

Egypt objected considering some overraged players in the Nigerian team.

So what did they do? Send a letter to FIBA to complain?
They definitely can't withdraw or threaten to withdraw from the tournament since they are the ones organizing it

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Day 4 results

GROUP A
Central African Republic 66 Mali 77
Mozambique 73 Morocco 74
Senegal 65 Egypt 84

GROUP B
Congo 54 Nigeria 77
Algeria 53 Angola 70
Kenya 39 Côte d'Ivoire 75


Standings

Group A


Group B

http://www.fiba-afrique.org/en/lect_actu.php?titre=comp&id=3757

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Day 5 results

GROUP A
Central African Republic 84 Mozambique 57
Senegal 56 Marocco 47
Egypt 84 Mali 63

GROUP B
Congo 47 Côte d'Ivoire 67
Nigeria 51 Angola 44
Algeria 59 Kenya 49


Egypt, Mali, Senegal, Marocco (Group A), Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Angola and Algeria (Group B) advance to the quarter-finals (24th Ocotber).

[krikit]

looks like it is Egypt's title to lose. Hoping that Mali or Senegal comes back and takes it though.

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Quarter-finals results

Algeria 65 Egypt 70
Morocco 41 Nigeria 64
Angola 69 Mali 51
Senegal 58 Côte d'Ivoire 45

[Khalid80]

I don't know much about the level of the U18 teams in Africa, but I believe that the following teams should be competing for the title:

Group 1:
Egypt, Senegal, and to a lesser extent Mali and Morrocco

Group 2:
Nigeria, Angola, and to a lesser extent Cote D'Ivoire and Algeria

I'm happy with my predictions so far (The 8 teams that I mentioned all made it to the quarterfinals, and the 4 teams that I said have a better chance all made it to the semis).
Now comes the hard part.
All 4 teams have played quite well but I still think that Egypt and Nigeria are the favorites for the title (I hope that Egypt is able to win on their turf in front of all their fans)