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2015 FIBA Africa Under 16 Championship

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Host nation
  
Mali

Teams
  
12

Champions
  
Egypt (3rd title)

Dates
  
July 30–August 8

Venues
  
1 (in 1 host city)

MVP
  
Ahmed Khalaf

The 2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U16) was the 4th U-16 FIBA Africa championship, organized by FIBA Africa and played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and qualified for the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship. The tournament was held from July 30 to August 8 at the Palais des sports à l’ACI 2000 in Bamako, Mali, contested by 11 national teams and won by Egypt.

Contents

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.

    • Preliminary round

    Times given below are in UTC.

    Knockout stage

    All matches were played in: Palais des Sports à l’ACI 2000, Bamako
    5th place bracket

    All-Tournament Team

  • Sami Al Uariachi
  • Ahmed Khalaf MVP
  • Mostefa Braik
  • Abdoulkarim Coulibaly
  • Esam Mostafa

    • References

    2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA