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2008 FIBA Africa Under 18 Championship

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Host nation
  
Egypt

Teams
  
12

Champions
  
Egypt (3rd title)

Dates
  
October 17–26

Venues
  
1 (in 1 host city)

MVP
  
Amr Gendy

The 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U18) was the 15th edition, organized by FIBA Africa and played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and the African zone thereof. The tournament was held from October 17–26 in Alexandria, Egypt and won by Egypt.

Contents

The tournament qualified both the winner and the runner-up for the 2009 Under-19 World Cup.

Format

  • The 12 teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round.
  • Round robin for the preliminary round; the top four teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

    • Knockout stage

    Championship bracket
    5-8th bracket
    9-12th bracket

    References

    2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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