AfroBasket 2015 qualification

AfroBasket 2015 Qualification occurred on various dates between 21 September 2014 and 8 March 2015. It was used to determine which African national basketball teams would qualify for the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship. Teams competed with other teams in their respective "zones" for a spot in the Championship tournament.

Qualified Teams

Four teams qualified for the tournament before the qualification round took place. Twelve more teams claimed spots in the tournament through Zonal Qualifying.

Qualified as the host nation:

•  Tunisia

From qualification:

•  Angola
•  Cameroon
•  Cape Verde
•  Egypt
•  Gabon
•  Ivory Coast
•  Mali
•  Morocco
•  Mozambique
•  Nigeria
•  Uganda
•  Zimbabwe

Selected as wild cards:

•  Algeria
•  Central African Republic
•  Senegal

Zones

Zone 1

Zone 1 was played from January 6 to February 15 2015 in Algiers, Algeria and Salé, Morocco.^[1]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Morocco	4	3	1	260	208	+52	7
Algeria	4	3	1	242	227	+15	7
Libya[Note 1]	4	0	4	119	186	−67	4

6 January 2015 16:00 (GMT +1)

Algeria	88–63	Libya
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 25–10, 27–21, 17–16

Algiers

7 January 2015 16:00 (GMT +1)

Morocco	94–56	Libya
Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 19–11, 32–12, 20–17

Algiers

8 January 2015 16:00 (GMT +1)

Algeria	81–80	Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 16–10, 23–30, 16–16

Algiers

13 February 2015

Morocco

2–0

Libya

Salé

14 February 2015

Algeria

2–0

Libya

Salé

15 February 2015

Morocco	84–71	Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 18–14, 26–16, 13–24

Salé

Zone 2

Zone 2 was played from February 12 to February 25 2015 in Bamako, Mali and Dakar, Senegal from 1 group and Praia, Cape Verde from group 2.^[2][3]

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Mali	2	2	0	115	90	+25	4
Senegal	2	0	2	90	115	−25	2

21 February 2015 20:00 (GMT +1)

Report

Mali	65–43	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 16–6, 14–14, 24–10
Pts: Tangara 16 Rebs: Tangara 10 Asts: Mounkoro 7		Pts: Diop 11 Rebs: two players 5 Asts: Niang 3

Bamako Referees: M. Kouadio Mathurin N'Guessan (CIV), M. Kaddour Hamid (ALG), M. Abassi Abdelaziz (TUN)

28 February 2015 17:00 (GMT +1)

Report

Senegal	47–50	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 9–9, 11–10, 11–19, 16–12
Pts: Diop 15 Rebs: Abdoul Ba 8 Asts: Moˇse Diame 4		Pts: Coulibaly 14 Rebs: Coulibaly 10 Asts: Coulibaly 7

Dakar Referees: Hassane Kamate (CIV), Paulo Renato Martinho (CIV), Samir Abaakil (MAR)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Cape Verde	2	2	0	141	102	+39	4
Guinea	2	0	2	102	141	−39	2

12 February 2015 19:30 (GMT +1)

Cape Verde	71–60	Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 9–11, 21–20, 24–10, 17–19

Praia

13 February 2015 19:30 (GMT +1)

Guinea	42–70	Cape Verde
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 9–24, 17–14, 6–19

Praia

Zone 3

Zone 3 was played from February 7 to February 8 2015 in Cotonou, Benin.^[4]

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Ivory Coast	2	2	0	131	106	+25	4
Benin	2	0	2	106	131	−25	2

7 January 2015 16:00 (GMT +1)

Benin

57–69

Ivory Coast

Cotonou

8 January 2015 16:00 (GMT +1)

Ivory Coast

62–49

Benin

Cotonou

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Nigeria	2	2	0	150	114	+36	4
Burkina Faso	2	0	2	114	150	−36	2

16 March 2015 19:00 (GMT +1)

Burkina Faso	64–87	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 9–24, 23–19, 13–22

Ouagadougou

25 March 2015 17:00 (GMT +1)

Nigeria	63–50	Burkina Faso
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 14–7, 14–15, 17–18

Lagos

Zone 4

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Cameroon	2	2	0	161	137	+24	4
Congo	2	0	2	137	161	−24	2
DR Congo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

20 February 2015 16:00 (GMT +1)

Cameroon	81–69	Congo
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 16–23, 28–17, 17–10

Yaoundé

22 February 2015 16:00 (GMT +1)

Cameroon	80–68	Congo
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 13–20, 26–17, 17–15

Yaoundé

Group G

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Gabon	4	3	1	280	267	+13	7
Central African Republic	4	2	2	270	267	+3	6
Chad	4	1	3	241	257	−16	5

3 March 2015 19:00 (GMT +1)

Gabon	79–75 (OT)	Central African Republic
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 20–18, 9–8, 25–26, Overtime: 14–10

Libreville

4 March 2015 19:00 (GMT +1)

Chad

61–65

Gabon

Libreville

5 March 2015 19:00 (GMT +1)

Chad	61–54	Central African Republic
Scoring by quarter: 15-11, 9-11, 15-17, 22-15

Libreville

6 March 2015 19:00 (GMT +1)

Central African Republic	75–64	Gabon
Scoring by quarter: 8–20, 21–10, 26–15, 20–19

Libreville

7 March 2015 19:00 (GMT +1)

Gabon	72–56	Chad
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 24–3, 16–15, 20–19

Libreville

8 March 2015 19:00 (GMT +1)

Central African Republic	66–63 (OT)	Chad
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 17–14, 11–10, 14–17, Overtime: 8–5

Libreville

Zone 5

Zone 5 was played from September 21 to September 28 2014 in Kampala, Uganda.^[5]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Egypt	4	4	0	340	262	+78	8
Uganda	4	3	1	314	291	+23	7
Rwanda	4	2	2	291	296	−5	6
Kenya	4	1	3	298	329	−31	5
Somalia	4	0	4	293	358	−65	4

21 September 2014 15:00 (GMT +1)

Egypt	79–63	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 8–17, 24–17, 22–12

Kampala

21 September 2014 19:00 (GMT +1)

Uganda	85–74	Somalia
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 27–16, 18–19, 19–16

Kampala

22 September 2014 19:00 (GMT +1)

Somalia	79–97	Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 16–25, 18–28, 24–22

Kampala

23 September 2014 17:00 (GMT +1)

Kenya	77–82	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 22–24, 16–19, 26–17

Kampala

23 September 2014 19:00 (GMT +1)

Uganda	77–85	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 8–21, 28–21, 14–21, 27–22

Kampala

24 September 2014 19:00 (GMT +1)

Rwanda	85–71	Somalia
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 23–11, 19–19, 22–29

Kampala

26 September 2014 19:00 (GMT +1)

Egypt	85–53	Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 25–7, 17–13, 24–13, 19–20

Kampala

27 September 2014 17:00 (GMT +1)

Somalia	69–91	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 23–21, 11–25, 17–25

Kampala

27 September 2014 19:00 (GMT +1)

Kenya	71–83	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 18–21, 25–20, 14–19

Kampala

28 September 2014 19:00 (GMT +1)

Rwanda	61–69	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 19–13, 15–25, 16–16

Kampala

Zone 6

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Zimbabwe	4	3	1	258	241	+17	7
South Africa	4	2	2	243	250	−7	6
Seychelles	4	1	3	237	247	−10	5

21 February 2015 18:00 (GMT +1)

Zimbabwe	60–64	South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 10–11, 17–16, 16–23, 17–14

Bulawayo

22 February 2015 14:00 (GMT +1)

South Africa

60–52

Seychelles

Bulawayo

24 February 2015 18:00 (GMT +1)

Seychelles	61–69	Zimbabwe
Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 16–11, 11–24, 24–18

Bulawayo

25 February 2015 14:00 (GMT +1)

Zimbabwe	63–52	Seychelles
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 10–8, 18–19, 21–11

Bulawayo

27 February 2015 14:00 (GMT +1)

Seychelles	72–55	South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 13–14, 29–18, 17–10

Bulawayo

28 February 2015 18:00 (GMT +1)

South Africa	64–66 (OT)	Zimbabwe
Scoring by quarter: 7–15, 13–17, 25–13, 13–13, Overtime: 6–8

Bulawayo

Group J

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Mozambique	2	2	0	130	108	+22	4
Botswana	2	0	2	108	130	−22	2

14 February 2015 19:00 (GMT +1)

Mozambique	61–40	Botswana
Scoring by quarter: 14–4, 11–11, 24–8, 12–17

Maputo

28 February 2015 20:00 (GMT +1)

Botswana

68–69

Mozambique

Gaborone

Wild cards

Seven countries applied for three wild card berths. These include South Africa, Algeria, Central African Republic, Congo, Guinea, Rwanda and Senegal.^[6] After its meeting in March, the FIBA Africa Central Board announced that the announcement of the wild cards was postponed up to the end of April.^[7]

On early May, it was announced that Algeria, Central African Republic and Senegal were chosen by the Africa Board as the wild cards.^[8]

Note

1. Libya withdrew from the competition after two matches due to the political situation in the country.

References

1. Zone 1
2. Group B
3. Zone 2 Group C
4. Zone 3 Group D
5. Zone 5
6. "Nigeria bound for AfroBasket 2015, bid for wild-cards revealed". FIBA.com. 2015-03-26. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
7. "Central Board 2015: The choice of the Wild Cards postponed to end of April". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
8. "Algeria, Central Africa Republic and Senegal awarded wild cards for AfroBasket 2015". FIBA.com. 2015-05-06. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-10.