FIBA U18 AfroBasket 2024

    Draw complete for the FIBA U18 AfroBasket 2024

    Press Release

    The three groups of four teams are now known.

    KIGALI (Rwanda) - The groups for the FIBA U18 AfroBasket 2024 were confirmed at Sunday's draw ceremony in Kigali, Rwanda, with participating countries discovering their opponents.

    The 12-nation tournament will be staged in Pretoria, South Africa, from September 2-14.

    Teams were divided into three groups of four teams each and the tournament hosts were drawn in Group C alongside Rwanda, Morocco and Zambia.

    FIBA Africa attributed wildcards to Côte d'Ivoire and Rwanda to complete the 12-team line-up.

    The finalists of the FIBA U18 AfroBasket 2024 will represent Africa at next year's FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup in Switzerland.

    The full schedule of the tournament will be confirmed at a later date.

    The results of the draw are as follows:

    Group A: 1. Mali, 2. Côte d'Ivoire, 3. Cameroon, 4.Senegal. Group B: 1. Egypt, 2. Angola, 3. Angola, 4. Nigeria. Group C: 1. South Africa, 2. Morocco, 3. Zambia, 4. Rwanda.

    COMPETITION SYSTEM

    In the Group Phase, teams will face off in a round-robin system.

    The teams that finish first and second in each group will advance to the Quarter-Finals and will be joined by the two best third-placed teams.

    FINAL PHASE

    The winners of the Quarter-Final advance to Semi-Finals, while the losers will play the classification games for the 5th to 8th Places.

    The classification game for Third-Place and the Final will be played on the last day of competition (September 14).

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