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For the women's tournament, see 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women.
2002 FIBA U18 AfroBasket
11th FIBA Under-18 African
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
DatesAugust 2–9 2002
Teams9
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (5th title)
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The 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship was the 13th U-18 FIBA Africa championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the world basketball sport governing body. The tournament was held from August 2-9, 2002 at the Indoor Sport Hall of the Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, contested by 9 national teams and won by Nigeria.[1]

The tournament qualified the winner and the runner-up for the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Format

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

Squads

Main article: 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship squads

Draw

Group A Group B

 Angola
 Ivory Coast
 Nigeria
 Senegal

 Algeria
 Egypt
 Madagascar
 Mali
 South Africa

Preliminary round [2][3]

Group A

Qualified for the semi-finals
Team W L PF PA Diff Pts.
 Mali 4 0 0 0 0 8
 Algeria 3 1 0 0 0 7
 Egypt 2 2 0 0 0 6
 South Africa 1 3 0 0 0 5
 Madagascar 0 4 0 0 0 4

Group B

Qualified for the semi-finals
Team W L PF PA Diff Pts.
 Nigeria 3 0 0 0 0 8
 Angola 2 1 0 0 0 7
 Ivory Coast 1 2 0 0 0 6
 Senegal 0 3 0 0 0 5
August 4 2002
Senegal  59–87  Nigeria
August 5 2002
Ivory Coast  47–70  Nigeria
August 6 2002
Angola  58–84  Nigeria

Knockout stage

 
Semi FinalsFinal
 
      
 
August 8 2002
 
 
  Nigeria 107
 
August 6 2002
 
  Algeria 73
 
  Nigeria 80
 
August 8 2002
 
  Angola 60
 
  Angola 92
 
 
  Mali 79
 
3rd place
 
 
August 6 2002
 
 
  Algeria
 
 
  Mali

7th place match

August 8 2002
Madagascar  vs.  Senegal

5th place match

August 8 2002
Egypt  vs.  Ivory Coast

Semifinals

August 8 2002
Angola  92–79  Mali

Bronze medal game

August 9 2002
Algeria  vs.  Mali

Gold medal game

August 9 2002
Nigeria  80–60  Angola

Final Standings

Qualified for the 2003 FIBA U19 World Championship
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