AfroBasket 2015 - Wikipedia
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Tunisia |
| City | Tunis |
| Dates | 19–30 August |
| Teams | 16 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Nigeria (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Angola |
| Third place |  Tunisia |
| Fourth place |  Senegal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Chamberlain Oguchi |
| Top scorer | Gorgui Dieng (22.9 points per game) |
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AfroBasket 2015 was the 28th edition of the AfroBasket, a men's basketball continental championship of Africa. It also served as the qualifying tournament for FIBA Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament in Brazil. The tournament was held in Tunis, Tunisia.[1] The winner qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament.
Nigeria won their first ever AfroBasket, beating Angola in the final 74–65. Chamberlain Oguchi was named tourney MVP.
By winning the title, Nigeria automatically qualified for the 2016 Olympics. The next three best-placed teams, Angola, Tunisia, and Senegal, each secured a spot in the final FIBA World Olympic qualifying tournament.
Already qualified:
AfroBasket 2015 was supposed to have been held in the tourist cities of Nabeul and Hammamet.[2] However, due to the attacks in Sousse in June 2015, the venue was moved to Radès, just outside Tunis.[3]
| Tunis | AfroBasket 2015 (Tunisia) |
|---|---|
| Radès Sports Hall | |
| Capacity: 17,000 | |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia (H)
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3 | 3 | 0 | 215 | 166 | +49 | 6 |
| 2 | Nigeria
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3 | 2 | 1 | 245 | 192 | +53 | 5 |
| 3 |  Central African Republic
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3 | 1 | 2 | 175 | 212 | −37 | 4 |
| 4 |  Uganda
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3 | 0 | 3 | 170 | 235 | −65 | 3 |
First match(es) will be played: 19 August 2015. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: (1) Tournament points, (2) Head-to-head tournament points, (3) Head-to-head goal average, (4) Overall goal average, (5) Drawing of lots
(H) Hosts
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal
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3 | 3 | 0 | 238 | 220 | +18 | 6 |
| 2 | Angola
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3 | 2 | 1 | 225 | 213 | +12 | 5 |
| 3 |  Mozambique
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3 | 1 | 2 | 233 | 252 | −19 | 4 |
| 4 |  Morocco
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3 | 0 | 3 | 220 | 230 | −10 | 3 |
First match(es) will be played: 20 August 2015. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: (1) Tournament points, (2) Head-to-head tournament points, (3) Head-to-head goal average, (4) Overall goal average, (5) Drawing of lots
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Egypt
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3 | 3 | 0 | 234 | 175 | +59 | 6 |
| 2 |  Cameroon
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3 | 2 | 1 | 240 | 206 | +34 | 5 |
| 3 |  Mali
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3 | 1 | 2 | 183 | 179 | +4 | 4 |
| 4 |  Gabon
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3 | 0 | 3 | 170 | 267 | −97 | 3 |
First match(es) will be played: 19 August 2015. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: (1) Tournament points, (2) Head-to-head tournament points, (3) Head-to-head goal average, (4) Overall goal average, (5) Drawing of lots
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cape Verde
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3 | 3 | 0 | 230 | 190 | +40 | 6 |
| 2 |  Ivory Coast
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3 | 2 | 1 | 201 | 202 | −1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Algeria
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3 | 1 | 2 | 230 | 226 | +4 | 4 |
| 4 |  Zimbabwe
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3 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 227 | −43 | 3 |
First match(es) will be played: 20 August 2015. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: (1) Tournament points, (2) Head-to-head tournament points, (3) Head-to-head goal average, (4) Overall goal average, (5) Drawing of lots
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 25 August | ||||||||||||||
| Tunisia (OT) | 69 | |||||||||||||
| 27 August | ||||||||||||||
| Morocco | 68 | |||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 67 | |||||||||||||
| 25 August | ||||||||||||||
| Mali | 60 | |||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 57 | |||||||||||||
| 29 August | ||||||||||||||
| Mali | 76 | |||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 51 | |||||||||||||
| 25 August | ||||||||||||||
| Angola | 58 | |||||||||||||
| Egypt | 102 | |||||||||||||
| 27 August | ||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 62 | |||||||||||||
| Egypt | 63 | |||||||||||||
| 25 August | ||||||||||||||
| Angola | 83 | |||||||||||||
| Angola | 62 | |||||||||||||
| 30 August | ||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 61 | |||||||||||||
| Angola | 65 | |||||||||||||
| 26 August | ||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 74 | |||||||||||||
| Senegal | 79 | |||||||||||||
| 27 August | ||||||||||||||
| Uganda | 48 | |||||||||||||
| Senegal | 75 | |||||||||||||
| 26 August | ||||||||||||||
| Algeria | 58 | |||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 71 | |||||||||||||
| 29 August | ||||||||||||||
| Algeria | 73 | |||||||||||||
| Senegal | 79 | |||||||||||||
| 26 August | ||||||||||||||
| Nigeria (OT) | 88 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Cape Verde | 67 | |||||||||||||
| 27 August | 30 August | |||||||||||||
| Gabon | 77 | |||||||||||||
| Gabon | 64 | Tunisia | 82 | |||||||||||
| 26 August | ||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 88 | Senegal | 73 | |||||||||||
| Nigeria | 83 | |||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 47 | |||||||||||||
| 5th–8th place | 5th place | |||||
| 28 August | ||||||
| Mali | 51 | |||||
| 29 August | ||||||
| Egypt | 74 | |||||
| Egypt | 69 | |||||
| 28 August | ||||||
| Algeria | 63 | |||||
| Algeria | 84 | |||||
| Gabon | 76 | |||||
| 7th place | ||||||
| 29 August | ||||||
| Mali | 94 | |||||
| Gabon | 82 |
5th–8th-place semifinals
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Fifteenth-place match
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Thirteenth-place match
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Eleventh-place match
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Seventh-place match
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| Rank | Team | Record | FIBA World Rankings | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Change | |||
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Nigeria |
6–1 | 24 | 25 | -1 |
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Angola |
5–2 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
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Tunisia |
6–1 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 4 | Senegal |
5–2 | 30 | 31 | -1 |
| 5 | Egypt |
6–1 | 41 | 41 | 0 |
| 6 | Algeria |
3–4 | 80 | 68 | 12 |
| 7 | Mali |
3–4 | T-62 | T-57 | 5 |
| 8 | Gabon |
1–6 | NR | 76 | 12 |
| 9 | Cameroon |
3–2 | 43 | 52 | -9 |
| 10 | Cape Verde |
3–2 | 55 | 63 | -8 |
| 11 | Mozambique |
2–3 | T-66 | T-61 | 5 |
| 12 | Ivory Coast |
2–3 | 37 | 40 | -3 |
| 13 | Morocco |
1–4 | 60 | 60 | 0 |
| 14 | Central African Republic |
1–4 | T-56 | T-57 | -1 |
| 15 | Uganda |
1–4 | NR | T-89 | -1 |
| 16 | Zimbabwe |
0–5 | NR | T-91 | -3 |
| 2015 FIBA Africa Championship winners |
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 Nigeria First title |
| Most Valuable Player |
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| Chamberlain Oguchi
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All Tournament Team
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- ^ "CALENDRIER : AfroBasket 2015". Tunisian Basketball Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-08-22.
- ^ "Draw for AfroBasket 2015 set to take place on 4 April". FIBA. 2015-03-05. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015.
- ^ "Afrobasket championship starts in Tunisia". BBC News. 2015-08-19.
- ^ "Oguchi named MVP of AfroBasket 2015, headlines All-Star Five". FIBA. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on August 31, 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.