2018 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship

2018 FIBA U18
Women's AfroBasket
14th FIBA Under-18 Women's African; Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Mozambique
City	Maputo
Dates	10–19 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mali (7th title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Assetou Sissoko
Top scorer	Assetou Sissoko 22.0
Top rebounds	Grace Basiki 14.2
Top assists	Awa Haidara 3.7
PPG (Team)	Mali 99.8
RPG (Team)	Mali 59.0
APG (Team)	Mali 20.7
Official website
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The 2018 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship was the 14th edition, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Mozambique from August 10 to 19, 2018 in Maputo.

Hosts selection

On 23 March 2018, FIBA Africa Central Board announced that Maputo, Mozambique as the host city for the tournament.^[1]

Venue

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Pavilhão do Maxaquene (Capacity: ?)
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Draw

The draw for this tournament took place on 9 August 2018 at the Resotel Hotel in Maputo.^[2]

Qualification

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
2018 AfroBasket U18 Women Preliminaries Zone 1	Unknown^[3]	Unknown	1
2018 AfroBasket U18 Women Preliminaries Zone 2	Cancelled^{[notes 1]}	NA	1	Mali
2018 AfroBasket U18 Women Preliminaries Zone 3	Unknown^[5]	Unknown	1	NA
2018 AfroBasket U18 Women Preliminaries Zone 4	Unknown^[6]	Unknown	1	NA
2018 AfroBasket U18 Women Preliminaries Zone 5	17–22 June 2018^{[notes 2]}	Dar es Salaam	1+1+1	Rwanda Egypt Uganda^[8]
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 6	Unknown^{[notes 3]}	Unknown	1+1	Mozambique Angola
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 7	Unknown^[10]	Unknown	1
Total			8

Qualified teams

Mozambique − Tournament hosts
Rwanda − Zone V Winner
Egypt − Zone V
Mali − Zone II
Angola − Zone VI
Uganda − Zone V Runners-Up/Wild Card
Cape Verde
DR Congo

Preliminary round

The draw was held in Maputo, Mozambique on 9 August 2018.^[11]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Mozambique (H)	3	3	0	171	123	+48	6
2	Rwanda	3	2	1	149	122	+27	5
3	Egypt	3	1	2	138	134	+4	4
4	Cape Verde	3	0	3	95	174	−79	3

Source: FIBA Africa
(H) Hosts

10 August 2018
15:45

Boxscore

Rwanda	46–37	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 16–7, 4–6, 12–12, 14–12
Pts: Bella Murekatete 13 Rebs: Bella Murekatete 21 Asts: Faustine Mwizerwa 5		Pts: Maya Abdelfattah 17 Rebs: Maya Abdelfattah 11 Asts: Samaa Omar 2

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Dorothy Judy Okatch (BWA), Osvaldo Antonio Fernandes Quaresma Neto (AGO), Mohamed Lamline Diawara (MLI)

10 August 2018
18:00

Boxscore

Cape Verde	32–61	Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 5–18, 9–13, 4–13, 14–17
Pts: Joseana Vaz 19 Rebs: Joseana Vaz 9 Asts: Ashley Lima 2		Pts: Suraya Rijal 17 Rebs: Ester Gomes 11 Asts: Filipa Calisto 3

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (ZAF), Monicca Nassuuna (UGA)

12 August 2018
15:45

Boxscore

Egypt	56–31	Cape Verde
Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 12–3, 19–14, 11–4
Pts: Nouran Ibrahim 13 Rebs: Reim Abdelalim 9 Asts: Hana Ismail 3		Pts: Joseana Vaz 18 Rebs: Joseana Vaz 12 Asts: Joseana Vaz 2

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Dorothy Judy Okatch (BWA), NTELA, Mbayi Christian Ntela (COD), Vinsencia Dyanda (ZWE)

12 August 2018
18:00

Boxscore

Mozambique	53–46	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 13–1, 4–18, 10–18, 26–9
Pts: Ester Gomes 16 Rebs: Suraya Rijal 13 Asts: Ester Gomes 4		Pts: Bella Murekatete 14 Rebs: Bella Murekatete 13 Asts: Faustine Mwizerwa, Ineza Sifa 2

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (ZAF), Monicca Nassuuna (UGA), Mohamed Lamline Diawara (MLI)

14 August 2018
15:45

Boxscore

Cape Verde	32–57	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 6–22, 11–11, 4–12, 11–12
Pts: Joseana Vaz 11 Rebs: Joseana Vaz 11 Asts: Joseana Vaz 4		Pts: Bella Murekatete 34 Rebs: Bella Murekatete, Hope Butera 22 Asts: Hope Butera 5

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (ZAF), Osvaldo Antonio Fernandes Quaresma Neto (AGO), Mbayi Christian Ntela (COD)

14 August 2018
18:00

Boxscore

Mozambique	57–45	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 18–16, 11–9, 12–9
Pts: Filipa Calisto 21 Rebs: Suraya Rijal 12 Asts: Ester Gomes 3		Pts: Reim Abdelalim 11 Rebs: Reim Abdelalim 7 Asts: six players 1

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Monicca Nassuuna (UGA), Mohamed Lamline Diawara (MLI)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Mali	3	3	0	311	116	+195	6
2	Angola	3	2	1	163	136	+27	5
3	DR Congo	3	1	2	108	197	−89	4
4	Uganda	3	0	3	110	243	−133	3

Source: FIBA Africa

11 August 2018
15:45

Boxscore

Uganda	29–63	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 7–21, 3–0, 12–29, 7–13
Pts: Fildauce Namulema 13 Rebs: four players 4 Asts: Ramurah Nakato 1		Pts: Antonia Luis Miguel 15 Rebs: Julia Francisco, Isabel Fernando 3 Asts: Marioneth Silva 1

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), OKATCH, Dorothy Judy Okatch (BWA), Vinsencia Dyanda (ZWE)

11 August 2018
18:00

Boxscore

DR Congo	33–99	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 7–15, 8–27, 7–33, 11–24
Pts: Naomie Bonga 19 Rebs: Tania Longomo Kokolo 6 Asts: Tania Longomo Kokolo 4		Pts: Assetou Sissoko 22 Rebs: Sika Kone, Aminata Traore 11 Asts: three players 4

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira De Castro (MOZ), Aya Khaled Abdelmohsed Ahmed (EGY), Didier Gaga (RWA)

13 August 2018
15:45

Boxscore

Mali	132–39	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 31–4, 33–6, 27–12, 41–17
Pts: Gnere Alima Dembele 23 Rebs: Gnere Alima Dembele 6 Asts: Fatoumata Traore 5		Pts: Martha Nandutu 10 Rebs: Ramurah Nakato 5 Asts: Ramurah Nakato 2

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira De Castro (MOZ), Didier Gaga (RWA), Vinsencia Dyanda (ZWE)

13 August 2018
18:00

Boxscore

Angola	56–27	DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 13–7, 19–6, 13–7, 11–7
Pts: Alexia Shanice dos Santos Dizeko 14 Rebs: Julia Francisco, Antonieta da Silva Vidal 11 Asts: Alexia Shanice dos Santos Dizeko 4		Pts: Marceline Mwakekesa, Naomie Bonga 8 Rebs: three players 8 Asts: Ketia Mbelu, Naomie Bonga 2

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Dorothy Judy Okatch (BWA), Aya Khaled Abdelmohsed Ahmed (EGY)

15 August 2018
15:45

Boxscore

DR Congo	48–42	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 7–15, 14–14, 11–11, 16–2
Pts: Deborah Mayimona Kaba 14 Rebs: Grace Basiki 11 Asts: Ketia Mbelu 3		Pts: Alice Winnie Isoto 16 Rebs: Ramurah Nakato 13 Asts: Fildauce Namulema 3

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Dorothy Judy Okatch (BWA), Didier Gaga (RWA), Vinsencia Dyanda (ZWE)

15 August 2018
18:00

Boxscore

Mali	80–44	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 28–12, 16–9, 20–10
Pts: Assetou Sissoko 20 Rebs: Assetou Sissoko 11 Asts: Awa Haidara, Gnere Alima Dembele 4		Pts: Antonia Luis Miguel 8 Rebs: Julia Francisco, Antonieta da Silva Vidal 6 Asts: three players 1

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Aya Khaled Abdelmohsed Ahmed (EGY)

Final round

Bracket

Fifth place

5–8th place semifinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Uganda

31

B4

Mozambique

86

A1

Uganda

43

B4

Mozambique

53

A3

Egypt

69

B2

Angola

49

A3

Egypt

38

B2

Angola

54

A3

Egypt

43

B4

Mozambique

33

A2

Cape Verde

38

B3

Mali

86

A2

Cape Verde

21

B3

Mali

78

Seventh place

A2

Cape Verde

61

B3

Mali

124

Bronze medal match

A4

DR Congo

56

B1

Rwanda

27

A1

Uganda

38

A4

DR Congo

44

B2

Angola

59

A4

DR Congo

48

B1

Rwanda

49

B1

Rwanda

46

Quarterfinals

17 August
12:15

Boxscore

Cape Verde	21–78	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 5–14, 4–11, 5–25, 7–28
Pts: Joseana Vaz 15 Rebs: Joseana Vaz, Camilla Nascimiento 7 Asts: Camilla Nascimiento 3		Pts: Gnere Alima Dembele 25 Rebs: Aminata Brahima Sangare 10 Asts: Assetou Sissoko 4

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Monicca Nassuuna (UGA), Didier Gaga (RWA), Mbayi Christian Ntela (COD)

17 August
14:30

Boxscore

DR Congo	44–49	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 10–9, 9–9, 14–16
Pts: Naomie Bonga 18 Rebs: Grace Basiki 16 Asts: Ketia Mbelu 3		Pts: Bella Murekatete 14 Rebs: Bella Murekatete 11 Asts: Faustine Mwizerwa 5

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Aya Khaled Abdelmohsed Ahmed (EGY), Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Vinsencia Dyanda (ZWE)

17 August
16:45

Boxscore

Egypt	38–54	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 7–13, 9–17, 10–14, 12–10
Pts: Reim Abdelalim 7 Rebs: Hoda Harb, Maya Abdelfattah 5 Asts: four players 1		Pts: Alexia Shanice dos Santos Dizeko 16 Rebs: Julia Francisco 9 Asts: Tatiana Miguel 5

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Dorothy Judy Okatch (BWA), Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (ZAF)

17 August
19:00

Boxscore

Uganda	31–86	Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 5–21, 4–19, 8–22
Pts: Alice Winnie Isoto 8 Rebs: Ramurah Nakato 10 Asts: Bridget Aber 3		Pts: Filipa Calisto 18 Rebs: Raida Luisa 12 Asts: Filipa Calisto 6

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Mohamed Lamline Diawara (MLI), Didier Gaga (RWA), Osvaldo Antonio Fernandes Quaresma Neto (AGO)

5–8th place semifinals

18 August
12:15

Boxscore

Cape Verde	61–56 (2OT)	DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 8–8, 13–12, 13–7, 13–20, Overtime: 6–6, 8–3
Pts: Joseana Vaz 34 Rebs: Joseana Vaz 23 Asts: Edmira Monteiro 4		Pts: Deborah Mayimona Kaba 17 Rebs: Grace Basiki 29 Asts: Ketia Mbelu 5

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Vinsencia Dyanda (ZWE), Osvaldo Antonio Fernandes Quaresma Neto (AGO), Mohamed Lamline Diawara (MLI)

18 August
14:30

Boxscore

Uganda	43–69	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 4–18, 16–17, 6–23, 17–11
Pts: Fildauce Namulema 10 Rebs: Ramurah Nakato 12 Asts: three players 3		Pts: Maya Abdelfattah 11 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Rania Mohamed, Maya Abdelfattah 3

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Didier Gaga (RWA), Mbayi Christian Ntela (COD)

Semifinals

18 August
16:45

Boxscore

Mali	124–27	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 33–2, 41–6, 25–10
Pts: Assetou Sissoko 25 Rebs: Aminata Traore 16 Asts: Aminata Brahima Sangare 6		Pts: Ineza Sifa 9 Rebs: Bella Murekatete 8 Asts: Faustine Mwizerwa 3

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Monicca Nassuuna (UGA), Dorothy Judy Okatch (BWA), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (ZAF)

18 August
19:00

Boxscore

Mozambique	53–49	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 11–6, 22–16, 8–12
Pts: Hulda Joaquim 11 Rebs: Hulda Joaquim 11 Asts: Ester Gomes 5		Pts: Alexia Shanice dos Santos Dizeko 21 Rebs: Marioneth Silva, Alexia Shanice dos Santos Dizeko 5 Asts: Tatiana Miguel 3

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Aya Khaled Abdelmohsed Ahmed (EGY), Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Mohamed Lamline Diawara (MLI)

Seventh place match

19 August
12:15

Boxscore

Uganda	38–48	DR Congo
Scoring by quarter: 7–15, 13–9, 10–11, 8–13
Pts: Azidah Nabayunga 8 Rebs: Ramurah Nakato 10 Asts: Ramurah Nakato 4		Pts: Deborah Mayimona Kaba 15 Rebs: Tania Longomo Kokolo 15 Asts: Ketia Mbelu 5

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo

Fifth place match

19 August
14:30

Boxscore

Egypt	43–38	Cape Verde
Scoring by quarter: 9–7, 13–9, 12–8, 9–14
Pts: Maya Abdelfattah 13 Rebs: Reem Khalaf 9 Asts: Maya Abdelfattah, Nouran Ibrahim 3		Pts: Joseana Vaz 24 Rebs: Joseana Vaz 11 Asts: Zidania Ribeiro 2

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Mohamed Lamline Diawara (MLI), Osvaldo Antonio Fernandes Quaresma Neto (AGO), Mbayi Christian Ntela (COD)

Bronze medal match

19 August
16:45

Boxscore

Angola	59–46	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 12–13, 15–10, 14–11
Pts: Alexia Shanice dos Santos Dizeko 18 Rebs: Alexia Shanice dos Santos Dizeko 7 Asts: Marioneth Silva, Alexia Shanice dos Santos Dizeko 4		Pts: Bella Murekatete 20 Rebs: Bella Murekatete 7 Asts: Faustine Mwizerwa, Deborah Iryimanivuze 3

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Artur Cesar Bandeira de Castro (MOZ), Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Zophila Emmanuel Mthembu (ZAF)

Final

19 August
19:00

Boxscore

Mozambique	33–86	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 7–22, 11–28, 5–19, 10–17
Pts: Ester Gomes 11 Rebs: Hulda Joaquim 9 Asts: Suze Cipriano 2		Pts: Sika Kone, Assetou Sissoko 25 Rebs: Sika Kone 17 Asts: Sika Kone 7

Pavilhão do Maxaquene, Maputo
Referees: Aya Khaled Abdelmohsed Ahmed (EGY), Dorothy Judy Okatch (BWA), Monicca Nassuuna (UGA)

Awards

2018 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship winner
Mali Seventh title

Most Valuable Player
Assetou Sissoko

^[12]

All-Tournament Team

^[13]

Final standings

	Qualified for the 2019 FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup

Rank	Team	Record
	Mali	6-0
	Mozambique	5-1
	Angola	4-2
4.	Rwanda	3-3
5.	Egypt	3-3
6.	Cape Verde	1-5
7.	DR Congo	2-4
8.	Uganda	0-6

Notes

^ No competition as there is no team registered.^[4]
^ Three countries participated: hosts Tanzania, Uganda and the eventual zone winner Rwanda. The tournament was played in round-robin format. Uganda later received a wild card.^[7]
^ Mozambique qualified as the tournament hosts.^[9]

References

^ "Bamako and Maputo confirmed as host cities for 2018 Africa U18 Championships". FIBA Africa. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
^ "Draw results in for FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018". FIBA. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
^ "Zone I Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "Zone II Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "Zone III Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "Zone IV Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "Zone V Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "Uganda granted wild card for FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018". FIBA Africa. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
^ "Zone VI Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
^ "Zone VII Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
^ "Draw results in for FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018". FIBA. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
^ "Mali's Assetou Sissoko clinches U18 Africa Women's MVP trophy". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
^ "All-Star Five light it up at FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-03-06.

[Zone_2-5] No competition as there is no team registered.^[4]

[Zone_5-9] Three countries participated: hosts Tanzania, Uganda and the eventual zone winner Rwanda. The tournament was played in round-robin format. Uganda later received a wild card.^[7]

[Zone_6-12] Mozambique qualified as the tournament hosts.^[9]

[1] "Bamako and Maputo confirmed as host cities for 2018 Africa U18 Championships". FIBA Africa. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.

[2] "Draw results in for FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018". FIBA. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[3] "Zone I Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[4] "Zone II Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[6] "Zone III Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[7] "Zone IV Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[8] "Zone V Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[10] "Uganda granted wild card for FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018". FIBA Africa. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[11] "Zone VI Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[13] "Zone VII Preliminaries". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[14] "Draw results in for FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018". FIBA. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

[15] "Mali's Assetou Sissoko clinches U18 Africa Women's MVP trophy". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-03-06.

[16] "All-Star Five light it up at FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-03-06.

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