AfroBasket 2017 qualification

AfroBasket 2017 Qualification will occur on various dates on 2017. It will determine which African national basketball teams will qualify for the 2017 FIBA Africa Championship. Teams will compete with other teams in their respective "zones" for a spot in the Championship tournament.[1][2]

Qualified Teams

Two teams qualified for the tournament before the qualification round will take place. Fourteen more teams will claim 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

Zone 1

Zone 1 will be 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	Advance to AfroBasket 2017
3	Algeria	4	0	4	275	314	−39	4

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings

First Leg

March 16

71–76

Morocco

Algiers, Algeria

March 17

67–79

Tunisia

Algiers, Algeria

March 18

77–87

Tunisia

Algiers, Algeria

Second Leg

March 24

Tunisia

71–57

March 25

Morocco

77–71

March 26

Tunisia

74–56

Zone 2

The qualifiers will be played in a tournament played over two legs with the two top teams qualified. The first leg of the qualifier will be played in Bamako on 19 March with the return game to follow 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	Advance to AfroBasket 2017
3	Guinea	6	3	3	345	366	−21	9
4	Cape Verde	6	2	4	370	396	−26	8

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings

First leg

March 17

Senegal

78–64

March 17

58–62

Guinea

March 18

Guinea

68–55

March 18

54–61

Mali

March 19

Cape Verde

62–56

March 19

Mali

82–37

Second Leg

March 24

58–64

Cape Verde

March 24

Senegal

67–49

March 25

66–76

March 25

43–64

Mali

March 26

67–60

March 26

79–72 (OT)

Zone 3

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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings

First Leg

March 16

Benin

69–61

March 17

48–71

Ivory Coast

March 18

55–69

Ivory Coast

Second leg

March 24

Ivory Coast

62–52

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

March 25

56–43

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

March 26

71–57

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Group 1

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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings

March 25

Cameroon

75–62

Yaoundé, Cameroon

March 26

Chad

71–42

Yaoundé, Cameroon

March 27

68–65

Yaoundé, Cameroon

March 28

60–81

Yaoundé, Cameroon

March 29

43–77

Yaoundé, Cameroon

March 30

59–70

Yaoundé, Cameroon

Group 2

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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings

March 19

Central African Republic

64–85

DR Congo

Bangui, Central African Republic

March 20

76–80

Central African Republic

Bangui, Central African Republic

Zone 5

Eight teams will play a round-robin format tournament - from 12–18 March in Cairo, Egypt - to secure the two places for the Final Round.

Group A

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	Advance to Semi Final
3	South Sudan	3	1	2	224	243	−19	4	Advance to Classification Game
4	Kenya	3	0	3	173	230	−57	3	Advance to Classification Game

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings

March 12

Egypt

87–76

March 13

Rwanda

76–60

March 14

South Sudan

68–66

March 14

Egypt

83–71

March 15

80–90

Rwanda

March 15

47–89

Egypt

Group B

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	Advance to Semi Final
3	Somalia	2	0	2	155	190	−35	2	Advance to Classification Game

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings

March 13

Uganda

94–72

March 14

83–96

Burundi

March 15

54–99

Uganda

Classification Games

March 16

Kenya

90–87

March 17

84–89 (OT)

South Sudan

Semi Final

March 17

Uganda

77–63

March 17

Egypt

135–71

Third Place Game

March 18

Rwanda

89–75

Final

March 18

72–95

Egypt

Zone 6 and Zone 7

The 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

Group 1 will be played from 25-30 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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings

Sat, 25 Mar 2017
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)

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

Sun, 26 Mar 2017
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)

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

Mon, 27 Mar 2017
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)

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

Tue, 28 Mar 2017
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)

[ Boxscore]

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

Wed, 29 Mar 2017
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)

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

Thu, 30 Mar 2017
18:00 CAT (UTC+2)

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

Group 2 will be played from 19-25 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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings

March 18

68–80

Mozambique

Harare, Zimbabwe

March 19

Mozambique

85–65

Harare, Zimbabwe

Playoff Game

April 14

South Africa

74–67

Johannesburg, South Africa

April 15

Zimbabwe

70–68

Johannesburg, South Africa

Wildcard

FIBA Africa's Executive Committee on Tuesday, 18th April awarded the two wild cards for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 to Guinea and Rwanda.[3]

Qualifying tournament

Chad, the Central African Republic and Zimbabwe will face off in Bamako, Mali from 19-21 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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Standings

19 May 2017

55–79

Central African Republic

20 May 2017

Chad

57–45

21 May 2017

Central African Republic

67–64

References

"Draws results in for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Qualifiers Zones 2 and 4". FIBA. January 28, 2017.
"Zimbabwe and Zambia to host FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Zone 6 Qualifiers". FIBA. February 9, 2017.
"Guinea and Rwanda awarded wild cards for FIBA AfroBasket 2017". FIBA. 18 April 2017.
"Chad, Central African Republic and Zimbabwe set to compete for last qualifying slot for FIBA AfroBasket 2017". FIBA. 18 May 2017.

External links

AfroBasket 2017 Qualifiers

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