AfroBasket 2017 qualification occurred on various dates on 2017. It determined which African national basketball teams qualified for the 2017 FIBA Africa Championship. Teams competed with other teams in their respective "zones" for a spot in the Championship tournament.[1][2]
Qualified Teams
editTwo teams qualified for the tournament before the qualification round will take place. Fourteen more teams claimed spots in the tournament through Zonal Qualifying.
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 | TBA | ||
| AfroBasket 2015 Champions |  Tunis
|
1 |  Nigeria
| |
| AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 1 | 16–18 March 2017 24–26 March 2017 |
 Algiers Tunis
|
2 | Tunisia Morocco
|
| AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 2 | 19 March 2017 26 March 2017 |
 Bamako Dakar
|
2 | Senegal Mali
|
| AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 3 | 14–18 March 2017 22–26 March 2017 |
 Cotonou Abidjan
|
1 | Ivory Coast
|
| AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 4 | 24–29 March 2017 19–20 March 2017 |
 Yaoundé Bangui
|
2 | Cameroon DR Congo
|
| AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 5 | 12–18 March 2017 |  Cairo
|
2 |  Uganda Egypt
|
| AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 6 and Zone 7 | 25–30 March 2017 19–25 March 2017 |
 Lusaka Harare
|
3 |  Angola Mozambique South Africa
|
| AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Wildcard | 18 April 2017 | 2 |  Rwanda Guinea
| |
| Qualifying tournament | 19–21 May 2017 | Bamako
|
1 | Central African Republic
|
| Total | 16 | |||
Zones
editZone 1
editZone 1 was played from March 16 to April 1, 2017, in Algeria and Tunisia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 311 | 257 | 54 | 8 | Advance to AfroBasket 2017 |
| 2 | Morocco
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 277 | 292 | −15 | 6 | |
| 3 | Algeria
|
4 | 0 | 4 | 275 | 314 | −39 | 4 |
First leg
editSecond leg
editZone 2
editThe qualifiers were played in a tournament played over two legs with the two top teams qualified. The first leg of the qualifier was played in Bamako on 19 March with the return game following in Dakar a week later.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal
|
6 | 4 | 2 | 392 | 401 | −9 | 10 | Advance to AfroBasket 2017 |
| 2 | Mali
|
6 | 3 | 3 | 395 | 339 | 56 | 9 | |
| 3 | Guinea
|
6 | 3 | 3 | 345 | 366 | −21 | 9 | |
| 4 |  Cape Verde
|
6 | 2 | 4 | 370 | 396 | −26 | 8 |
First leg
editSecond leg
editZone 3
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivory Coast
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 273 | 212 | 61 | 8 | Advance to AfroBasket 2017 |
| 2 |  Burkina Faso
|
4 | 1 | 3 | 222 | 254 | −32 | 5 | |
| 3 | Benin
|
4 | 1 | 3 | 219 | 248 | −29 | 5 |
First leg
editSecond leg
editZone 4
editGroup 1
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameroon
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 290 | 229 | 61 | 8 | Advance to AfroBasket 2017 |
| 2 |  Chad
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 273 | 247 | 26 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Gabon
|
4 | 0 | 4 | 210 | 297 | −87 | 4 |
Group 2
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DR Congo
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 161 | 144 | 17 | 3 | Advance to AfroBasket 2017 |
| 2 | Central African Republic
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 144 | 161 | −17 | 3 |
Zone 5
editEight teams will play a round-robin format tournament - from 12 to 18 March in Cairo, Egypt - to secure the two places for the Final Round.
Group A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 256 | 194 | 62 | 6 | Advance to Semi Final |
| 2 | Rwanda
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 237 | 223 | 14 | 5 | |
| 3 |  South Sudan
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 224 | 243 | −19 | 4 | Advance to Classification Game |
| 4 |  Kenya
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 173 | 230 | −57 | 3 |
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 193 | 126 | 67 | 4 | Advance to Semi Final |
| 2 |  Burundi
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 150 | 172 | −22 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Somalia
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 155 | 190 | −35 | 2 | Advance to Classification Game |
Classification Games
editSemi-final
editThird-place game
editFinal
editZone 6 and Zone 7
editThe winner of each group will secure automatic qualification for Africa's flagship competition taking place in Brazzaville, while the teams that finish second in Groups G and H will face each other for the remaining qualification spot.
Group 1
editGroup 1 will be played from 25 to 30 March in Lusaka, Zambia to secure one place for the Final Round.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 340 | 207 | 133 | 8 | Advance to AfroBasket 2017 |
| 2 | South Africa
|
4 | 1 | 3 | 271 | 315 | −44 | 5 | Advance to Playoff Game |
| 3 | Zambia
|
4 | 1 | 3 | 236 | 325 | −89 | 5 |
| Zambia |
55–92 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 12–20, 26–18, 0–30 | ||
| Pts: Chona 13 Rebs: Mwansa 7 Asts: Lubinda 4 |
Pts: Mothiba 20 Rebs: Mothiba 9 Asts: Ngobeni, Sithole 3 | |
| South Africa |
51–87 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 4–20, 11–25, 24–19 | ||
| Pts: Van Der Bijl 11 Rebs: Van Der Bijl 4 Asts: Ngobeni 3 |
Pts: Leonel 14 Rebs: Vander 10 Asts: Armando 5 | |
| Zambia |
54–79 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–32, 10–17, 14–19, 20–11 | ||
| Pts: Zulu 13 Rebs: Mwansa 7 Asts: Mwansa 5 |
Pts: Miller 15 Rebs: Vander, Lukeny 4 Asts: Olímpio 6 | |
| South Africa |
71–82 | Zambia |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–20, 20–9, 14–22, 27–31 | ||
| Pts: Van Der Bijl 17 Rebs: Mothiba 10 Asts: Mothiba, Ngoetjana 2 |
Pts: Chona 20 Rebs: Chona, Mwansa 8 Asts: Zulu, Hamudulu 5 | |
| Angola |
91–57 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 25–6, 27–18, 19–16 | ||
| Pts: Mingas 15 Rebs: Moore 7 Asts: Lukeny 7 |
Pts: Ngoetjana 14 Rebs: Ngoetjana, MacLean 5 Asts: MacLean 3 | |
| Angola |
83–45 | Zambia |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–2, 14–12, 24–12, 17–19 | ||
| Pts: Olímpio 20 Rebs: Moore, Mingas 7 Asts: Olímpio, Armando 4 |
Pts: Chipili, Daka 8 Rebs: Kashishi 8 Asts: Lubinda 3 | |
Group 2
editGroup 2 will be played from 19 to 25 March in Harare, Zimbabwe to secure one place for the Final Round.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 165 | 133 | 32 | 2 | Advance to AfroBasket 2017 |
| 2 | Zimbabwe
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 165 | −32 | 1 | Advance to Playoff Game |
Playoff game
editWildcard
editFIBA Africa's executive committee on Tuesday, 18 April awarded the two wild cards for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 to Guinea and Rwanda.[3]
Qualifying tournament
editChad, the Central African Republic and Zimbabwe faced off in Bamako, Mali from 19 to 21 May, with the winner of this additional qualifier filling the void left by the Republic of Congo.[4]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 146 | 119 | 27 | 4 | Advance to AfroBasket 2017 |
| 2 | Chad
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 121 | 112 | 9 | 3 | |
| 3 | Zimbabwe
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 136 | −36 | 2 |
References
edit- ^ "Draws results in for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Qualifiers Zones 2 and 4". FIBA. 28 January 2017. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018.
- ^ "Zimbabwe and Zambia to host FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Zone 6 Qualifiers". FIBA. 9 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Guinea and Rwanda awarded wild cards for FIBA AfroBasket 2017". FIBA. 18 April 2017. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017.
- ^ "Chad, Central African Republic and Zimbabwe set to compete for last qualifying slot for FIBA AfroBasket 2017". FIBA. 18 May 2017. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018.