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2002 FIBA U18 AfroBasket
11th FIBA Under-18 African
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
DatesAugust 2–9, 2002
Teams9
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (5th title)
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The 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship was the 11th FIBA Africa U-18 championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the world basketball sport governing body. The tournament was held from August 2 to August 9, 2002 at the Indoor Sport Hall of the Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, contested by 9 national teams and won by Nigeria.[1]

The tournament qualified the winner and the runner-up for the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Format

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  • The teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round.
  • Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals.
  • From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

Squads

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Main article: 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship squads

Draw

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Group A Group B

 Angola
 Ivory Coast
 Nigeria
 Senegal

 Algeria
 Egypt
 Madagascar
 Mali
 South Africa

Preliminary round

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[2][3]

Group A

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Qualified for the semi-finals
Team W L PF PA Diff Pts.
 Mali 4 0 0 0 0 8
 Algeria 3 1 0 0 0 7
 Egypt 2 2 0 0 0 6
 South Africa 1 3 0 0 0 5
 Madagascar 0 4 0 0 0 4

Group B

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Qualified for the semi-finals
Team W L PF PA Diff Pts.
 Nigeria 3 0 241 164 +77 8
 Angola 2 1 208 216 −8 7
 Ivory Coast 1 2 0 0 0 6
 Senegal 0 3 0 0 0 5
August 4, 2002
Senegal  59–87  Nigeria
August 5, 2002
Ivory Coast  47–70  Nigeria
August 6, 2002
Angola  58–84  Nigeria

Knockout stage

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Championship bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
Thu 8 Aug 2002
 
 
  Nigeria 107
 
Fri 9 Aug 2002
 
  Algeria 73
 
  Nigeria 80
 
Thu 8 Aug 2002
 
  Angola 60
 
  Angola 92
 
 
  Mali 79
 
3rd place
 
 
Fri 9 Aug 2002
 
 
  Algeria
 
 
  Mali

7th place match

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August 8, 2002
Madagascar  vs.  Senegal

5th place match

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August 8, 2002
Egypt  vs.  Ivory Coast

Semifinals

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August 8, 2002
Angola  92–79  Mali

Bronze medal game

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August 9, 2002
Algeria  vs.  Mali

Gold medal game

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August 9, 2002
Nigeria  80–60  Angola

Final standings

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Qualified for the 2003 FIBA U19 World Championship
Rank Team Record
 Nigeria 5–0
 Angola 3–2
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4. –
5. –
6. –
7. –
8. –
9. –

Awards

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 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship winner 

Nigeria
Fifth title
Most Valuable Player

References

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  1. ^ "Nigeria beats Angola in junior basketball championship". PANAPRESS.com. 2002-08-10. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
  2. ^ "Schedule & results". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  3. ^ "Group standings". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
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