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2009 FIBA Africa Under 16 Championship for Women

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Host nation
  
Mali

Teams
  
8

Champions
  
Mali (2nd title)

Dates
  
August 30–September 5

Venues
  
1 (in 1 host city)

MVP
  
Farima Touré

The 2009 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women (alternatively the Afrobasket U16) was the 1st U-16 FIBA Africa championship for women, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and qualified for the 2010 World Cup. The tournament was held from August 30–September 5 in Bamako, Mali, contested by 8 national teams and won by Mali.

Contents

The tournament qualified the winner for the 2010 U17 World Women's Championship.

Teams

  •  Algeria
  •  Angola
  •  Egypt
  •  Guinea
  •  Mali
  •  Mozambique
  •  Nigeria
  •  Tunisia

    • Format

  • The 8 teams played a round robin system for the preliminary round.
  • From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

    • Preliminary round

    Times given below are in UTC.

    All-Tournament Team

  • G Artemis Afonso
  • G Farima Touré
  • F N'Dèye N'Diaye
  • F Hagar Amer
  • C Reem Moussa

    • References

    2009 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women Wikipedia
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