AfroBasket 2015 qualification

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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
 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
7 January 2015
16:00 (GMT +1)
Morocco  94–56  Libya
Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 19–11, 32–12, 20–17
8 January 2015
16:00 (GMT +1)
Algeria  81–80  Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 16–10, 23–30, 16–16
13 February 2015
Morocco  2–0  Libya
14 February 2015
Algeria  2–0  Libya
15 February 2015
Morocco  84–71  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 18–14, 26–16, 13–24

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
 Mali 2 2 0 115 90 +25 4
 Senegal 2 0 2 90 115 −25 2
21 February 2015
20:00 (GMT +1)
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)
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[edit]

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
13 February 2015
19:30 (GMT +1)
Guinea  42–70  Cape Verde
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
 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
8 January 2015
16:00 (GMT +1)
Ivory Coast  62–49  Benin

Group E[edit]

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
25 March 2015
17:00 (GMT +1)
Nigeria  63–50  Burkina Faso
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
 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
22 February 2015
16:00 (GMT +1)
Cameroon  80–68  Congo
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 13–20, 26–17, 17–15

Group G[edit]

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
4 March 2015
19:00 (GMT +1)
Chad  61–65  Gabon
5 March 2015
19:00 (GMT +1)
Chad  61–54  Central African Republic
Scoring by quarter: 15-11, 9-11, 15-17, 22-15
6 March 2015
19:00 (GMT +1)
Central African Republic  75–64  Gabon
Scoring by quarter: 8–20, 21–10, 26–15, 20–19
7 March 2015
19:00 (GMT +1)
Gabon  72–56  Chad
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 24–3, 16–15, 20–19
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

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
 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
21 September 2014
19:00 (GMT +1)
Uganda  85–74  Somalia
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 27–16, 18–19, 19–16
22 September 2014
19:00 (GMT +1)
Somalia  79–97  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 16–25, 18–28, 24–22
23 September 2014
17:00 (GMT +1)
Kenya  77–82  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 22–24, 16–19, 26–17
23 September 2014
19:00 (GMT +1)
Uganda  77–85  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 8–21, 28–21, 14–21, 27–22
24 September 2014
19:00 (GMT +1)
Rwanda  85–71  Somalia
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 23–11, 19–19, 22–29
26 September 2014
19:00 (GMT +1)
Egypt  85–53  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 25–7, 17–13, 24–13, 19–20
27 September 2014
17:00 (GMT +1)
Somalia  69–91  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 23–21, 11–25, 17–25
27 September 2014
19:00 (GMT +1)
Kenya  71–83  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 18–21, 25–20, 14–19
28 September 2014
19:00 (GMT +1)
Rwanda  61–69  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 19–13, 15–25, 16–16

Zone 6[edit]

Group I[edit]

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
22 February 2015
14:00 (GMT +1)
South Africa  60–52  Seychelles
24 February 2015
18:00 (GMT +1)
Seychelles  61–69  Zimbabwe
Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 16–11, 11–24, 24–18
25 February 2015
14:00 (GMT +1)
Zimbabwe  63–52  Seychelles
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 10–8, 18–19, 21–11
27 February 2015
14:00 (GMT +1)
Seychelles  72–55  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 13–14, 29–18, 17–10
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

Group J[edit]

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
28 February 2015
20:00 (GMT +1)
Botswana  68–69  Mozambique

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]

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

References[edit]

  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.
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