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
[edit]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:
From qualification:
Selected as wild cards:
Zones
[edit]Zone 1
[edit]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 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 260 | 208 | +52 | 7 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 242 | 227 | +15 | 7 |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 119 | 186 | −67 | 4 |
Zone 2
[edit]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
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 115 | 90 | +25 | 4 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 115 | −25 | 2 |
21 February 2015
20:00 (GMT +1) |
Mali ![]() |
65–43 | ![]() |
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) |
Senegal ![]() |
47–50 | ![]() |
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
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 141 | 102 | +39 | 4 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 102 | 141 | −39 | 2 |
12 February 2015
19:30 (GMT +1) |
Cape Verde ![]() |
71–60 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 9–11, 21–20, 24–10, 17–19 |
13 February 2015
19:30 (GMT +1) |
Guinea ![]() |
42–70 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 9–24, 17–14, 6–19 |
Zone 3
[edit]Zone 3 was played from February 7 to February 8 2015 in Cotonou, Benin.[4]
Group D
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 131 | 106 | +25 | 4 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 131 | −25 | 2 |
Group E
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 150 | 114 | +36 | 4 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 150 | −36 | 2 |
16 March 2015
19:00 (GMT +1) |
Burkina Faso ![]() |
64–87 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 9–24, 23–19, 13–22 |
25 March 2015
17:00 (GMT +1) |
Nigeria ![]() |
63–50 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 14–7, 14–15, 17–18 |
Zone 4
[edit]Group F
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 161 | 137 | +24 | 4 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 137 | 161 | −24 | 2 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group G
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 280 | 267 | +13 | 7 |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 270 | 267 | +3 | 6 |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 241 | 257 | −16 | 5 |
3 March 2015
19:00 (GMT +1) |
Gabon ![]() |
79–75 (OT) | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 20–18, 9–8, 25–26, Overtime: 14–10 |
5 March 2015
19:00 (GMT +1) |
Chad ![]() |
61–54 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 15-11, 9-11, 15-17, 22-15 |
6 March 2015
19:00 (GMT +1) |
Central African Republic ![]() |
75–64 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 8–20, 21–10, 26–15, 20–19 |
8 March 2015
19:00 (GMT +1) |
Central African Republic ![]() |
66–63 (OT) | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 17–14, 11–10, 14–17, Overtime: 8–5 |
Zone 5
[edit]Zone 5 was played from September 21 to September 28 2014 in Kampala, Uganda.[5]
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 340 | 262 | +78 | 8 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 314 | 291 | +23 | 7 |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 291 | 296 | −5 | 6 |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 298 | 329 | −31 | 5 |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 293 | 358 | −65 | 4 |
21 September 2014
19:00 (GMT +1) |
Uganda ![]() |
85–74 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 27–16, 18–19, 19–16 |
24 September 2014
19:00 (GMT +1) |
Rwanda ![]() |
85–71 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 23–11, 19–19, 22–29 |
Zone 6
[edit]Group I
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 258 | 241 | +17 | 7 |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 243 | 250 | −7 | 6 |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 237 | 247 | −10 | 5 |
21 February 2015
18:00 (GMT +1) |
Zimbabwe ![]() |
60–64 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 10–11, 17–16, 16–23, 17–14 |
24 February 2015
18:00 (GMT +1) |
Seychelles ![]() |
61–69 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 16–11, 11–24, 24–18 |
25 February 2015
14:00 (GMT +1) |
Zimbabwe ![]() |
63–52 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 10–8, 18–19, 21–11 |
27 February 2015
14:00 (GMT +1) |
Seychelles ![]() |
72–55 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 13–14, 29–18, 17–10 |
28 February 2015
18:00 (GMT +1) |
South Africa ![]() |
64–66 (OT) | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 7–15, 13–17, 25–13, 13–13, Overtime: 6–8 |
Group J
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 108 | +22 | 4 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 130 | −22 | 2 |
14 February 2015
19:00 (GMT +1) |
Mozambique ![]() |
61–40 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 14–4, 11–11, 24–8, 12–17 |
Wild cards
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Libya withdrew from the competition after two matches due to the political situation in the country.
References
[edit]- ^ Zone 1
- ^ Group B
- ^ Zone 2 Group C
- ^ Zone 3 Group D
- ^ Zone 5
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Central Board 2015: The choice of the Wild Cards postponed to end of April". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ^ "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.