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2008 FIBA Africa Under 18 Championship for Women

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Host nation
  
Tunisia

Teams
  
11

Champions
  
Mali (4th title)

Dates
  
October 8–17

Venues
  
2 (in 2 host cities)

MVP
  
Laoudy Maiga

The 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U18) was the 10th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women, 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 and qualified for the 2009 World Cup. The tournament was held from October 3–12 in Rades and Ezzahra, Tunisia and won by Mali.

Contents

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

Format

  • The 11 teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round.
  • Round robin for the preliminary round; the top four teams advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

    • Knockout stage

    Championship bracket
    5-8th bracket

    References

    2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women Wikipedia
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