2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Africa

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2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
CityLagos
Dates14–20 August 2023
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Top scorerNigeria Uchenna Iroegbu (25.0 ppg)
Top reboundsSenegal Ousmane N'Diaye (9.0 rpg)
Top assistsCameroon Jeremiah Hill (9.3 apg)
Official website
OPQT Nigeria

The 2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Africa was one of five 2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The tournament was held from 14 to 20 August 2023 in Lagos, Nigeria.[1][2] Cameroon, as the winner, qualified for the 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.[3]

Teams[edit]

Teams that missed out on the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the next best-ranked team will participate.[4]

Qualification method Places Qualified team
2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers – Africa 3rd (worst-ranked) 1  Senegal
4th 2  Nigeria
 Tunisia
5th 2  Guinea
 DR Congo[a]
6th 2  Uganda[b]
 Cameroon
FIBA World Rankings – Africa (November 2022) 1  Mali
Total 8
  1. ^ The Democratic Republic of the Congo withdrew before the tournament.[5]
  2. ^ Uganda withdrew before the tournament.[5]

Draw[edit]

The draw took place on 1 May 2023.[6][7]

Seeding[edit]

The seedings were announced on 29 April 2023.[8]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Nigeria
 Tunisia
 Senegal
 Cameroon
 DR Congo
 Uganda
 Mali
 Guinea

Preliminary round[edit]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 2 2 0 167 158 +9 4 Semi-finals
2  Mali 2 1 1 148 142 +6 3
3  Nigeria (H) 2 0 2 155 170 −15 2
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
14 August 2023
18:00
Senegal  93–87  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 21–18, 21–24, 26–19
Pts: Ndoye 15
Rebs: Diop 8
Asts: Badio 5
Pts: Iroegbu 24
Rebs: Metu 10
Asts: Iroegbu 5
Eko Convention Center, Lagos
Referees: Amr Aboollo (EGY), Cherubin Leslie (MRI), Tonton Banza (COD)

15 August 2023
18:00
Nigeria  68–77  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 26–23, 18–15, 7–24
Pts: Iroegbu 26
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Ndugba 6
Pts: F. Drame, H. Drame 14
Rebs: F. Drame 10
Asts: Kanté, Konaté 2

17 August 2023
18:00
Senegal  74–71  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 14–22, 16–16, 25–17
Pts: Badio 19
Rebs: N'Diaye 13
Asts: Sambe 5
Pts: F. Drame 19
Rebs: Diarra 14
Asts: Kante 10

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon 2 2 0 187 144 +43 4 Semi-finals
2  Guinea 2 1 1 169 190 −21 3
3  Tunisia 2 0 2 156 178 −22 2
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
15 August 2023
15:00
Cameroon  104–74  Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 26–20, 33–19, 26–15
Pts: Ateba 27
Rebs: Bayehe, Nyama 5
Asts: Hill 11
Pts: Diallo 25
Rebs: Diallo 9
Asts: Diallo 9
Eko Convention Center, Lagos
Referees: Antonio Bernando (ANG), Hassane Kamaté (CIV), Walelign Gebeto (ETH)

16 August 2023
18:00
Tunisia  70–83  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 18–18, 23–23, 8–23
Pts: Abada 22
Rebs: Lahyani 7
Asts: Abada, Jawadi 6
Pts: Hill 19
Rebs: Bayehe 13
Asts: Hill 5
Eko Convention Center, Lagos
Referees: Youssouf Maiga (MLI), Babacar Gueye (SEN), Diallo Mahamadou (MLI)

18 August 2023
18:00
Guinea  95–86  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 29–20, 25–18, 21–27
Pts: Kaba 22
Rebs: Condé, Kaba 8
Asts: Diallo 10
Pts: Abada 26
Rebs: Lahiani 8
Asts: Abada 9
Eko Convention Center, Lagos
Referees: Tonton Banza (COD), Didier Gaga (RWA), Haytham Ihawaf (LBA)

Final round[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 August
 
 
 Guinea60
 
20 August
 
 Senegal100
 
 Senegal74
 
19 August
 
 Cameroon80
 
 Cameroon87
 
 
 Mali70
 

Semi-finals[edit]

19 August 2023
15:00
Cameroon  87–70  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 22–19, 22–11, 16–23
Pts: Hill 21
Rebs: Bayehe 8
Asts: Hill 7
Pts: F. Drame 16
Rebs: F. Drame, Sissoko 7
Asts: H. Drame 6
Eko Convention Center, Lagos
Referees: Amr Aboollo (EGY), Amir Taboubi (TUN), Cherubin Leslie (MRI)

19 August 2023
18:00
Guinea  60–100  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 12–25, 13–29, 15–26
Pts: Diallo 18
Rebs: Dramé 11
Asts: Doumbia 5
Pts: Badio 20
Rebs: N'Diaye 10
Asts: Badio, Boissy 8
Eko Convention Center, Lagos
Referees: Hassane Kamaté (CIV), Walelign Gebeto (ETH), Haytham Ihawaf (LBA)

Final[edit]

20 August 2023
18:00
Senegal  74–80  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 8–22, 21–15, 20–18
Pts: Ndoye 18
Rebs: Ndoye 10
Asts: Badio 6
Pts: Gbetkom 19
Rebs: Eboua 7
Asts: Hill 14
Eko Convention Center, Lagos
Referees: Amr Aboollo (EGY), Antonio Bernando (ANG), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGA)

Final standings[edit]

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cameroon 4–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Senegal 3–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mali 1–2
4  Guinea 1–2
5  Nigeria 0–2
6  Tunisia 0–2
Qualified for the FIBA Men's Olympic qualifying tournaments

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 field set". FIBA. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Host countries for the 2023 FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments announced". eurohoops.net. 29 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Cameroon remain on the Road to Paris 2024 after claiming OQT ticket in Lagos". eurohoops.net. 20 August 2023.
  4. ^ "FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments: 40 teams to fight for Paris 2024 spots in August 2023". olympics.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b "FIBA statement on Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda participation to the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2023 Nigeria". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Road to Paris 2024 still open for 40 teams missing out on FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023". FIBA. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Lineups for FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments confirmed". FIBA. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  8. ^ "FIBA announce host countries for FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments". FIBA. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

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