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

2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
City	Lagos
Dates	14–20 August 2023
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Uchenna Iroegbu (25.0 ppg)
Top rebounds	Ousmane N'Diaye (9.0 rpg)
Top assists	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

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
	4th	2	Tunisia
	5th	2	Guinea
	5th	2	~~DR Congo~~^[a]
	6th	2	~~Uganda~~^[b]
	6th	2	Cameroon
FIBA World Rankings – Africa (November 2022)		1	Mali
Total		8

^ The Democratic Republic of the Congo withdrew before the tournament.^[5]
^ Uganda withdrew before the tournament.^[5]

Draw

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

Seeding

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

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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	Semi-finals
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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Eko Convention Center, Lagos

17 August 2023
18:00

Boxscore

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

Eko Convention Center, Lagos

Group B

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	Semi-finals
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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Semi-finals		Final

19 August

Guinea	60
		20 August
Senegal	100
		Senegal	74
19 August
		Cameroon	80
Cameroon	87

Mali	70

Semi-finals

19 August 2023
15:00

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

20 August 2023
16:00

Boxscore

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

Rank	Team	Record
	Cameroon	4–0
	Senegal	3–1
	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

^ "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 field set". FIBA. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "Host countries for the 2023 FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments announced". eurohoops.net. 29 April 2023.
^ "Cameroon remain on the Road to Paris 2024 after claiming OQT ticket in Lagos". eurohoops.net. 20 August 2023.
^ "FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments: 40 teams to fight for Paris 2024 spots in August 2023". olympics.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^ ^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.
^ "Road to Paris 2024 still open for 40 teams missing out on FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023". FIBA. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^ "Lineups for FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments confirmed". FIBA. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
^ "FIBA announce host countries for FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments". FIBA. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

External links

[6] The Democratic Republic of the Congo withdrew before the tournament.^[5]

[7] Uganda withdrew before the tournament.^[5]

[Teams-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.

[CODUGA-5] "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.

[8] "Road to Paris 2024 still open for 40 teams missing out on FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023". FIBA. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

[9] "Lineups for FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments confirmed". FIBA. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

[10] "FIBA announce host countries for FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments". FIBA. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

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