Afrobasket 2013

[mcruic]

12 Aug - Senegal 68-54 Mali, Cape Verde 99-57 Mauritania
13 Aug - Mali 89-53 Mauritania, Cape Verde 92-82 Senegal
14 Aug - Senegal 111-59 Mauritania, Cape Verde 60-70 Mali

16 Aug - Senegal 67-59 Mali, Cape Verde 112-56 Mauritania
17 Aug - Mali 69-65 Mauritania, Cape Verde 52-68 Senegal
18 Aug - Senegal 90-52 Mauritania, Cape Verde 80-63 Mali

SENEGAL 5-1 / 486-368 (+118)
CAPE VERDE 4-2 / 495-396 (+99)
Mali 3-3 / 404-393 (+11)
Mauritania 0-6 / 342-570 (-228)

Senegal and Cape Verde qualify for Afrobasket.

[JRS Bonnet]

According to Kitana Cabral (President of the Cape Verdean Basketball Federation), Ryan Gomes could represent Cape Verde in the 2013 Afrobasket.

Link: http://desporto.sapo.pt/basquetebol/...rs_quer_j.html

[mcruic]

Zone IV qualifiers in Bangui, Central African Republic pushed back to 29th September-8th October

DR Congo announced their training squad:

http://www.kin-basketball.cd/2012/08...sket-men-2013/

[mcruic]

Zone 4 qualifiers begin on Sunday in Bangui.

6 teams fighting for 3 tickets to Afrobasket:

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon

[mcruic]

Seems only 4 teams have turned up, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo and Cameroon.

Gabon forfeited their place, and it seems Chad withdrew due to a lack of funds. So, 3 of the 4 teams will qualify for Afrobasket 2013.

Results:

30 Sep - Central African Republic 80-53 Congo
1 Oct - Central African Republic 79-58 Cameroon
2 Oct - Cameroon 69-60 Congo
2 Oct - Central African Republic 74-68 DR Congo
3 Oct - Cameroon 87-63 DR Congo
4 Oct - Congo 92-81 DR Congo

5 Oct - Central African Republic 63-54 Cameroon
5 Oct - Congo 74-73 DR Congo
6 Oct - Cameroon 67-64 DR Congo
6 Oct - Central African Republic 71-64 Congo
7 Oct - Cameroon 62-59 Congo
7 Oct - Central African Republic 69-77 DR Congo

Standings:

5/1 Central African Republic
4/2 Cameroon
2/4 Congo
1/5 DR Congo

DR Congo have been eliminated. The other 3 teams will play at Afrobasket 2013.

[CKR13]

Central African Republic could enlist the services of Romain Sato and James Mays of the Springfield Armor (NBA D-League) for next year's Afrobasket.

[mcruic]

Zone V qualifiers in Tanzania (1 team to Afrobasket 2013)

GROUP A
21 Jan - Egypt 96-57 Rwanda, Tanzania 66-80 Uganda
22 Jan - Rwanda 90-85 Uganda, Tanzania 52-95 Egypt
23 Jan - Egypt 80-67 Uganda, Tanzania 56-70 Rwanda

1 - EGYPT 3/0 (+99)
2 - RWANDA 2/1 (-20)
3 - Uganda 1/2 (-4)
4 - Tanzania 0/3 (-75)

GROUP B
21 Jan - Kenya 71-63 Burundi
22 Jan - Somalia 81-78 Kenya
23 Jan - Somalia 98-80 Burundi

1 - SOMALIA 2/0 (+21)
2 - KENYA 1/1 (+5)
3 - Burundi 0/2 (-26)

5th-7th Place Group
24 Jan - Burundi 89-86 Uganda (OT)
25 Jan - Tanzania 74-66 Burundi
26 Jan - Tanzania 63-87 Uganda

5 - Uganda 1/1 (+21)
6 - Burundi 1/1 (-5)
7 - Tanzania 1/1 (-16)

Semi-Finals
25 Jan - Egypt 88-41 Kenya, Rwanda 86-83 Somalia

3rd Place Match
26 Jan - Kenya 72-63 Somalia

Final
26 Jan - Egypt 82-76 Rwanda

EGYPT qualify for Afrobasket 2013

[mcruic]

Zone VII qualifiers will be in Seychelles in late February/early March. (Madagascar, Seychelles, Comoros, Mauritius) - 1 team to qualify. Réunion and Mayotte may take part as guests.

Zone VI - not heard any news of when this is - I presume there will be 2 teams to qualify from this zone. (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

[rocketstar47]

My predicition

gold-nigeria
silver-angola
bronze-cameroon or tunisia

[Mojado]

Seems only 4 teams have turned up, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo and Cameroon.

Gabon forfeited their place, and it seems Chad withdrew due to a lack of funds. So, 3 of the 4 teams will qualify for Afrobasket 2013.

Results:

30 Sep - Central African Republic 80-53 Congo
1 Oct - Central African Republic 79-58 Cameroon
2 Oct - Cameroon 69-60 Congo
2 Oct - Central African Republic 74-68 DR Congo
3 Oct - Cameroon 87-63 DR Congo
4 Oct - Congo 92-81 DR Congo

5 Oct - Central African Republic 63-54 Cameroon
5 Oct - Congo 74-73 DR Congo
6 Oct - Cameroon 67-64 DR Congo
6 Oct - Central African Republic 71-64 Congo
7 Oct - Cameroon 62-59 Congo
7 Oct - Central African Republic 69-77 DR Congo

Standings:

5/1 Central African Republic
4/2 Cameroon
2/4 Congo
1/5 DR Congo

DR Congo have been eliminated. The other 3 teams will play at Afrobasket 2013.

Why in the world do they get three teams out of four into the Afribasket? FIBA Africa is messed up. Website is a complete joke and no news about the other regional qualifiers.

[mcruic]

I'm trying my best to get all the scores on my site.

13 qualifiers for Afrobasket 2013 so far:

AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS
Ivory Coast (host)
Tunisia (1st in 2011)
Angola (2nd in 2011)
Nigeria (3rd in 2011)

ZONAL QUALIFIERS
Zone 1: Morocco, Algeria
Zone 2: Senegal, Cape Verde
Zone 3: Burkina Faso
Zone 4: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo
Zone 5: Egypt
Zone 6: (3rd-9th Feb in Mozambique - 2 qualification places - South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana)
Zone 7: (late Feb/early March in Seychelles - 1 qualification place - Seychelles, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, Mayotte)

[Mojado]

Rwanda in?
http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/index.php?i=&a=63331

[mcruic]

No Zone 7 qualification - Seychelles must play in Zone 6 as no other Zone 7 teams wanted to travel to Seychelles for qualifying. So Rwanda will possibly qualify as Zone 5 runners-up as 1 space will be freed up by the lack of a Zone 7 berth.

Zone 6 qualifiers are currently underway in Mozambique. Top 2 will qualify.

18/02/2013 Mozambique 105-19 Botswana
18/02/2013 Zambia 76-52 Seychelles
19/02/2013 Seychelles 71-68 Botswana
19/02/2013 Mozambique 75-43 Zambia
20/02/2013 Zambia 86-40 Botswana
20/02/2013 Mozambique 71-39 Seychelles

1-Mozambique
2-Zambia
3-Seychelles
4-Botswana

Semi-Finals
22/02/2013 Mozambique 86-44 Botswana
22/02/2013 Zambia 64-52 Seychelles

3rd Place Match
23/02/2013 Botswana 62-38 Seychelles

Final
23/02/2013 Mozambique 78-38 Zambia

[Mojado]

No Zone 7 qualification - Seychelles must play in Zone 6 as no other Zone 7 teams wanted to travel to Seychelles for qualifying. So Rwanda will possibly qualify as Zone 5 runners-up as 1 space will be freed up by the lack of a Zone 7 berth.

Zone 6 qualifiers are currently underway in Mozambique. Top 2 will qualify.

18/02/2013 Mozambique 105-19 Botswana
18/02/2013 Zambia 76-52 Seychelles
19/02/2013 Seychelles v Botswana
19/02/2013 Mozambique v Zambia
20/02/2013 Zambia v Botswana
20/02/2013 Mozambique v Seychelles

22/02/2013 Semi-Finals (1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd)
23/02/2013 Final and 3rd Place Match

What happened to South Africa and Madagascar?

[mcruic]

What happened to South Africa and Madagascar?

Not sure about South Africa.

Only Seychelles entered in Zone 7 - Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros were meant to take part, and even Réunion and Mayotte were invited as guests - but in the end, nobody could go to Seychelles, and so FIBA Africa decided no team could qualify without playing a match and put Seychelles in Zone 6.

[JGX]

Mozambique beat Zambia 75-43 and Seychelles 71-39 to finish the first stage undefeated.

[Mojado]

Only the first gets the ticket out of Zone VI, so its probably Mozambique.
Two wild-cards will be given out, Rwanda should be one, while I believe Mali could be the other.

[mcruic]

Mozambique beat Zambia 75-43 and Seychelles 71-39 to finish the first stage undefeated.

If you look a few posts above, you will see those scores were already there.

[mcruic]

Only the first gets the ticket out of Zone VI, so its probably Mozambique.
Two wild-cards will be given out, Rwanda should be one, while I believe Mali could be the other.

Given that Zones 6 and 7 were combined, Zone6/7 should get 2 berths. It's a bit unfair that there is only 1 qualifying berth for 2 zones.

[JGX]

It's sad that Madagascar couldn't even enter this year after hosting last time.

If Junior Etou plays for Congo I wonder which birthdate they will use.