2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
# 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship

The 2002 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship was the 13th U-18 FIBA Africa championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the world basketball sport governing body. The tournament was held from August 2–9, 2002 at the Indoor Sport Hall of the Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, contested by 9 national teams and won by Nigeria.

The tournament qualified the winner and the runner-up for the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

## Format

* The 12 teams were divided into two groups (Groups A+B) for the preliminary round.
* Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams from each group advanced to the semifinals.
* From there on a knockout system was used until the final.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| Angola  Ivory Coast  Nigeria  Senegal | Algeria  Egypt  Madagascar  Mali  South Africa |

## Preliminary round

### Group A

* Qualified for the semi-finals

| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mali | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Egypt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| South Africa | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Madagascar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Egypt | 105–72 | Madagascar |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

| Algeria | vs. | South Africa |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

| Mali | vs. | Madagascar |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

| South Africa | vs. | Egypt |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

| Mali | vs. | Algeria |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

| Madagascar | vs. | South Africa |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

| South Africa | vs. | Mali |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

| Algeria | vs. | Egypt |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

| Egypt | vs. | Mali |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

| Madagascar | vs. | Algeria |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

### Group B

* Qualified for the semi-finals

| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 241 | 164 | +77 | 8 |
| Angola | 2 | 1 | 208 | 216 | −8 | 7 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Senegal | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

* August 4, 2002

| Senegal | 59–87 | Nigeria |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

| Angola | 70–53 | Ivory Coast |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
* August 5, 2002

| Ivory Coast | 47–70 | Nigeria |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

| Senegal | 79–80 | Angola |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo
* August 6, 2002

| Angola | 58–84 | Nigeria |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

| Ivory Coast | vs. | Senegal |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

## Knockout stage

### Championship bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Thu 8 Aug 2002 | Thu 8 Aug 2002 |
| Nigeria | 107 |
| Nigeria | 107 | Fri 9 Aug 2002 | Fri 9 Aug 2002 |
| Algeria | 73 | Fri 9 Aug 2002 | Fri 9 Aug 2002 |
| Algeria | 73 | Nigeria | 80 |
| Thu 8 Aug 2002 | Thu 8 Aug 2002 | | Nigeria | 80 |
| Thu 8 Aug 2002 | Thu 8 Aug 2002 | Angola | 60 |
| Angola | 92 | Angola | 60 |
| Mali | 79 | | |
| Mali | 79 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | Fri 9 Aug 2002 | Fri 9 Aug 2002 |
| | | Algeria | |
| | | Mali | |

### 7th place match

* August 8, 2002

| Madagascar | vs. | Senegal |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

### 5th place match

* August 8, 2002

| Egypt | vs. | Ivory Coast |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

### Semifinals

* August 8, 2002

| Angola | 92–79 | Mali |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

| Nigeria | 107–73 | Algeria |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

### Bronze medal game

* August 9, 2002

| Algeria | vs. | Mali |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

### Gold medal game

* August 9, 2002

| Nigeria | 80–60 | Angola |
| - | - | - |

* Indoor Sports Hall, Cairo

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2003 FIBA U19 World Championship

| Rank | Team | Record |
| - | - | - |
| | Nigeria | 5–0 |
| | Angola | 3–2 |
| 4. | | – |
| 5. | | – |
| 6. | | – |
| 7. | | – |
| 8. | | – |
| 9. | | – |
