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:
From qualification:
Selected as wild cards:
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 |
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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
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 |
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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
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
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 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 131 | 106 | +25 | 4 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 131 | −25 | 2 |
Group E
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
Group F
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
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
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
Group I
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
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
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
- ^ Libya withdrew from the competition after two matches due to the political situation in the country.
References
- ^ 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.