Basketball at the 2007 All-Africa Games

The Basketball tournament at the 2007 All-Africa Games was held in Algeria from 12 July to 22 July. The winners were Angola who defeated Egypt in the finals 56-50.

Basketball at the 2007 All-Africa Games
League	All Africa Games
Sport	Basketball
Duration	July 12 – 22, 2007
Number of teams	11 / 11
Medallists	Angola (M)  Egypt  Nigeria  Senegal (W)  Nigeria  Angola

Group A played in Harcha. Group B played in Staoueli. The quarter-finals were held on 19 July, the semi-finals on 20 July and the final on 22 July. Senegal was drawn into Group A but withdrew before the start of the tournament.

Competition format

The teams with the four best records qualified for the knockout stage, which was a single-elimination tournament. The semifinal winners contested for the gold medal, while the losers played for the bronze medal.

Calendar

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Preliminaries

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Event↓/Date →	Thu 12	Fri 13	Sat 14	Mon 16	Tue 17	Thu 19	Fri 20	Sun 22
Men	P	P	P	P	P	¼	½	F
Women	P	P	P	P	P	¼	½	F

Men's competition Group A Group B  Algeria  Egypt  Ivory Coast  South Africa  Tunisia  Angola  Cameroon  DR Congo  Liberia  Mali  Nigeria

Women's competition Group A Group B  Angola  Algeria  DR Congo  Ivory Coast  Mozambique  Kenya  Mali  Nigeria  Senegal  Tunisia  Zimbabwe

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Angola (ANG)	1	0	1	2
2	Senegal (SEN)	1	0	0	1
3	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	1	2
4	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	0	1
Totals (4 nations)		2	2	2	6

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Angola Domingos Bonifácio Fernando Albano Gerson Monteiro Idelfonso Kiteculo Leonel Paulo Mayzer Alexandre Nivaldo Sumbo Simão Panzo Vicente Neto Victor Muzadi Vladimir Ricardino Walter Costa Coach: Jaime Covilhã	Egypt Ahmed Hussein Ashraf Rabie Haytham Sehrty Ibrahim El-Gammal Ismail Ahmed Kareem Shamseia Moamen El Einen Mohamed El-Garhi Mohamed Mahmoud Ramy Gunady Tarek El-Ghannam Wael El Sayed	Nigeria Abdullahi Kuso Abdulrahman Mohammed Abubakar Usman Chamberlain Oguchi Ejike Ugboaja Henry Uhegwu Jayson Obazuaye Jeleel Akindele Michael Umeh Olumide Oyedeji Orseer Ikyaator Stanley Gumut
Women	Senegal Adama Diakhaté Anta Sy Astou Traoré Awa Doumbia Bineta Diouf Fatou Dieng Jeanne Senghor Magatte Sarr Mame Diodio Diouf Mame Paye Ndèye Séne Salimata Diatta Coach: Maguette Diop	Nigeria Charity Egenti Enjoli Izidor Erdoo Angwe Joyce Ekworomadu Mfon Udoka Nwamaka Adibeli Olayinka Sanni Oluchi Okorie Priscilla Udeaja Tamunomiete Whyte Ugochukwu Oha Vivian Ewalefo Coach: [[]]	Angola Ângela Cardoso Astrida Vicente Bárbara Guimarães Catarina Camufal Domitila Ventura Irene Guerreiro Isabel Francisco Jaquelina Francisco Luísa Tomás Maria Afonso Nacissela Maurício Ngiendula Filipe Coach: [[]]

Final standings

Rank	Men				Women
	Team	Pld	W	L	Team	Pld	W	L
	Angola	8	8	0	Senegal	8	7	1
	Egypt	7	6	1	Nigeria	8	7	1
	Nigeria	8	6	2	Angola	7	5	2
4.	Mali	8	4	4	Mozambique	7	4	3
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5.	Algeria	7	4	3	Kenya	8	5	3
6.	Ivory Coast	7	4	3	Algeria	7	3	4
7.	South Africa	7	2	5	Tunisia	8	3	5
8.	Cameroon	8	2	6	DR Congo	7	2	5
Preliminary round 5th placers
9.	DR Congo	6	2	4	Ivory Coast	5	1	4
10.	Tunisia	5	0	5	Mali	6	1	5
Preliminary round 6th placers
11.	Liberia	5	0	5	Zimbabwe	5	0	5

External links

• Tough Draw For Liberia liberiansoccer.com, Julu M. Johnson, 22 April 2007
• All-Africa Games Men africabasket.com

References