2023 FIBA Under-16 African Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2023 FIBA U16 Women's African Championship.
2023 FIBA Africa U-16 Championship 
8th FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryTunisia
Dates13–23 July
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsGuinea (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP Nour Gassim Toure
Top scorer Rugette 26.6
Top rebounds Diane 17.3
Top assists Toure 8.1
Official website
www.fiba.basketball

The 2023 FIBA U16 African Championship was an international basketball competition held in Monastir and Jemmal, Tunisia from 13 to 23 July 2023. It served as a qualifier for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Turkey.

Venues

Monastir
Jemmal
Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall
(Capacity: 5000) 		Salle des Sports Jammel
(Capacity: 2000)

Participating teams

Group phase

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1:00).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Mali 4 4 0 292 206 +86 8 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Angola 4 3 1 229 229 0 7
3 Rwanda 4 2 2 283 264 +19 6
4 Ivory Coast 4 1 3 266 292 −26 5
5 Tunisia (H) 4 0 4 214 293 −79 4
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts
13 July 2023
13:00
Mali 72–49 Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 25-13, 18–11, 9-16, 20-9
13 July 2023
18:30
Tunisia 59–78 Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 10-21, 9–19, 23-16, 17-22
14 July 2023
13:00
Rwanda 72–76 Mali
Scoring by quarter: 12-17, 19-20, 16-20, 25-19
14 July 2023
18:00
Ivory Coast 58–78 Angola
Scoring by quarter: 13-20, 17-25, 20-18, 8-15
15 July 2023
15:30
Angola 43–67 Mali
Scoring by quarter: 11-22, 10-15, 5-21, 17-9
15 July 2023
18:00
Ivory Coast 90–68 Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 19-25, 24-12, 24-15, 23-16
16 July 2023
13:00
Rwanda 74–69 Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 15-15, 14-15, 21-8, 24-31
16 July 2023
18:00
Tunisia 45–48 Angola
Scoring by quarter: 10-14, 12-4, 17-12, 6-18
17 July 2023
13:00
Angola 60–59 Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 18-9, 15-17, 19-18, 8-15
17 July 2023
18:00
Mali 77–42 Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 25-16, 22-8, 17-9, 13-9

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Guinea 4 4 0 360 256 +104 8 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Egypt 4 3 1 377 280 +97 7
3 Chad 4 1 3 311 325 −14 5
4 Morocco 4 1 3 311 366 −55 5
5 Uganda 4 1 3 255 387 −132 5
Source: FIBA
13 July 2023
15:30
Egypt 100–79 Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 26-24, 28–11, 23-15, 23-29
14 July 2023
10:30
Morocco 62–95 Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 14-21, 13-21, 22-27, 13-26
15 July 2023
10:30
Chad 91–70 Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 26-26, 22-13, 16-19, 27-12
15 July 2023
13:00
Egypt 78–83 Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 22-17, 16-23, 20-22, 20-21
16 July 2023
10:30
Uganda 48–116 Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 11-28, 15-25, 12-30, 10-33
16 July 2023
15:30
Morocco 90–86 Chad
Scoring by quarter: 23-23, 18-18, 24-26, 25-19
17 July 2023
10:30
Guinea 82–64 Chad
Scoring by quarter: 27-15, 21-22, 12-21, 22-6
17 July 2023
15:30
Uganda 85–80 Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 20-21, 21-14, 20-28, 24-17
18 July 2023
13:00
Chad 70–83 Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 20-21, 9-16, 18-25, 27-27
18 July 2023
15:30
Guinea 100–52 Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 25-10, 19-7, 28-19, 28-16

Knockout phase

Main bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
19 July
 
 
Morocco74
 
22 July
 
Mali76
 
Mali58
 
20 July
 
Egypt66
 
Rwanda78
 
23 July
 
Egypt94
 
Egypt76
 
19 July
 
Guinea84
 
Ivory Coast43
 
22 July
 
Guinea106
 
Guinea71
 
20 July
 
Angola61 Third place match
 
Chad74
 
23 July
 
Angola86
 
Mali63
 
 
Angola56
 
5th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place match
 
      
 
21 July
 
 
Morocco76
 
23 July
 
Rwanda77
 
Rwanda74
 
21 July
 
Ivory Coast62
 
Ivory Coast85
 
 
Chad71
 
Seventh place match
 
 
23 July
 
 
Morocco74
 
 
Chad75

Quarterfinals

19 July 2023
15:30
Morocco 74–76 Mali
Scoring by quarter: 21-19, 19-18, 17-27, 17-12
19 July 2023
18:00
Ivory Coast 43–106 Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 15-28, 16-31, 5-25, 7-22
20 July 2023
15:30
Chad 74–86 Angola
Scoring by quarter: 14-21, 21-19, 19-27, 19-19
20 July 2023
18:00
Rwanda 78–94 Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 20-20, 12-27, 24-21, 20-26

Ninth place match

20 July 2023
13:00
Tunisia 68–65 Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 19-12, 14-20, 16-20, 19-13
Salle des Sports Jammel

5th-8th place semifinals

21 July 2023
13:00
Ivory Coast 85–71 Chad
Scoring by quarter: 16-17, 9-18, 30-18, 30-18
Salle des Sports Jammel
21 July 2023
15:30
Morocco 76–77 Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 24-18, 9-15, 20-19, 23-25
Salle des Sports Jammel

Semifinals

22 July 2023
10:30
Guinea 71–61 Angola
Scoring by quarter: 15-18, 23-20, 18-16, 15-7
22 July 2023
13:00
Mali 58–66 Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 11-17, 14-12, 18-19, 15-18

Seventh place match

23 July 2023
10:30
Morocco 74–75 Chad
Scoring by quarter: 12-21, 14-18, 20-19, 28-17

Fifth place match

23 July 2023
13:00
Rwanda 74–62 Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 14-18, 25-14, 14-18, 31-12

Third place match

23 July 2023
15:30
Mali 63–56 Angola
Scoring by quarter: 14-10, 21-11, 19-20, 9-15

Final

23 July 2023
18:00
Egypt 76–84 Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 20-21, 28-23, 17-10, 11-30

Awards

 2023 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship winners 

Guinea
First title
Most Valuable Players
Nour Gassim Toure

Final standings

Qualified to the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.
Rank Team Record Points
For Against Diff.
1st place, gold medalist(s) Guinea 7-0 621 436 +40
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Egypt 6-1 613 500 +44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mali 6-1 489 402 -48
4 Angola 4-3 432 437 -52
5 Rwanda 4-3 512 496 -55
6 Ivory Coast 3-4 456 543 -58
7 Chad 4-3 531 570 -62
8 Morocco 5-2 535 593 -68
9 Tunisia 1-4 282 358 -76
10 Uganda 1-4 268 355 -87