2008 African U18 Championship

[Khalid80]

Congrats for Egypt! With this Championship, they now have a team that they can build on for the near future to bring back the glory days of Egyptian bball in the 90's when they were the first Arab team to qualify to the World Championships.

[rikhardur]

Final

Congrats Egypt!

Egypt 85 Angola 84


Player awards:




Final standings:

1. Egypt (qualified for the U19 World Championship)
2. Angola (qualified for the U19 World Championship)
3. Nigeria (qualified for the U18 African Championship)
4. Senegal (qualified for the U18 African Championship)
5. Mali
6. Côte d'Ivoire
7. Algeria
8. Marocco
9. Central African Republic
10. Mozambique
11. Congo
12. Kenya

http://www.fiba-afrique.org/lect_actu.php?titre=actu&id=3798

[Kings]

[rikhardur]

Semi-finals

Nigeria 65 Angola 71
Egypt 75 Senegal 72


Photos of the tournament here.

[rikhardur]

angola is much better than us but the important thing that we are on the right way (as a federation)

Yeah, it really seems like it. I remember some years ago Egypt was an important club in Africa and in the international scene. Let's hope you guys can comeback.

[soliman]

egypt vs angola in the final and in the wc

senegalian players sucks !!!

angola is much better than us but the important thing that we are on the wright way (as a federation)

[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)

[rikhardur]

Quarter-finals results

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

[krikit]

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

[rikhardur]

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).

[rikhardur]

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

[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

[daniab]

Egypt objected considering some overraged players in the Nigerian team.

[rikhardur]

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

[rikhardur]

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