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2020 FIBA U18 African Championship

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2020 FIBA U18 AfroBasket
19th FIBA Under-18 African
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Egypt
CityCairo
Dates3−9 December 2020
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mali (2nd title)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
2018
2022

The 2020 FIBA U18 African Championship was the 19th edition of the FIBA U18 African Championship, an international men's under-18 basketball tournament. It was played in Cairo, Egypt, from 3 to 9 December 2020.[1]

The top two teams qualified for the 2021 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Latvia as the FIBA Africa representatives.

Group phase

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In the group phase, the teams played a round-robin tournament. All teams advanced to the playoffs.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Egypt (H) 3 3 0 220 186 +34 6
2  Senegal 3 2 1 200 206 −6 5
3  Guinea 3 1 2 176 183 −7 4
4  Mali 3 0 3 199 220 −21 3
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

All times are local (Egypt Standard TimeUTC+2).

3 December 2020
20:00
Egypt  68–60  Guinea
Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 3
4 December 2020
17:30
Mali  78–80  Senegal
Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 3
5 December 2020
17:30
Guinea  63–60  Mali
Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 3
5 December 2020
20:00
Senegal  65–75  Egypt
Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 3
6 December 2020
17:30
Senegal  55–53  Guinea
Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 3
6 December 2020
20:00
Egypt  77–61  Mali
Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 3

Playoffs

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Bracket

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Semifinals Final
      
A2  Senegal 52
A3  Guinea 39
 Senegal 80
 Mali 82
A1  Egypt 70
A4  Mali 79 3rd place game
 Guinea 55
 Egypt 72

Semifinals

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8 December 2020
17:30
Senegal  52–39  Guinea
Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 3
8 December 2020
20:00
Egypt  70–79  Mali
Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 3

3rd place game

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9 December 2020
14:00
Guinea  55–72  Egypt
Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 3

Final

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9 December 2020
20:00
Senegal  80–82  Mali
Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall 3

Final standings

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Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mali
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Senegal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Egypt
4  Guinea
Qualified for the 2021 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup

References

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