2018 FIBA 3x3 Africa Cup

The 2018 FIBA 3x3 Africa Cup was the second edition of the African 3x3 basketball event which was held between 9 and 11 November 2018 in Lomé, Togo. This event was staged in the covered outdoor venue of the Stade Omnisport Eyadema de Lomé. All African National Federations were invited to register a team for this event. Teams competed in two qualifiers in Benin and Madagascar to qualify for the event.

Qualification

The teams participating in this event were selected by two qualifying tournaments: one in Madagascar, and the other in Benin. Madagascar Qualifier took place on July 28-29 in Antananarivo, Madagascar, and Benin Qualifier took place in Cotonou, Benin on August 16-17. Four men's teams and three women's teams qualified in the Madagascar Qualifier and seven men's teams and eight women's team qualified through Benin Qualifier.

Participating teams

Men's

Pool A Egypt (1) Mali (10) Benin (12)

Pool B Ivory Coast (2) Mauritania (9) DR Congo (13)

Pool C Uganda (3) Nigeria (6) Cape Verde (15)

Pool D Togo (4) Madagascar (5) Burkina Faso (17)

Women's

Pool A Uganda (1) Ghana (9) Cape Verde (11)

Pool B Egypt (2) Nigeria (8) Benin (12)

Pool C Mali (4) Ivory Coast (7) DR Congo (13)

Pool D Togo (5) Niger (6) Burkina Faso (14)

Men's tournament

Pool stage

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Mali	2	2	0	29	19	+10	1.000	Knockout stage		—	14–13	15–6
2	Egypt	2	1	1	27	27	0	.500				—	14–13
3	Benin	2	0	2	19	29	−10	.000					—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	2	2	0	29	23	+6	1.000	Knockout stage		—	14–10	15–13
2	DR Congo	2	1	1	26	28	−2	.500				—	16–14
3	Mauritania	2	0	2	27	31	−4	.000					—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Nigeria	2	2	0	39	21	+18	1.000	Knockout stage		—	22–5	17–16
2	Uganda	2	1	1	19	35	−16	.500				—	14–13
3	Cape Verde	2	0	2	29	31	−2	.000					—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Madagascar	2	1	1	32	23	+9	.500	Knockout stage		—		11–13
2	Togo	2	1	1	25	28	−3	.500			10–21	—	15–7
3	Burkina Faso	2	1	1	20	26	−6	.500					—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Knockout stage

All times are local.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	11 Nov 2021 – 11:10
	Mali	8
					11 Nov 2021 – 14:40
	Uganda	9
					Uganda	16
	11 Nov 2021 – 11:30
					DR Congo	10
	Madagascar	9
									11 Nov 2021 – 17:05
	DR Congo	16
									Uganda	6
	11 Nov 2021 – 12:50
									Ivory Coast	14
	Ivory Coast	17
					11 Nov 2021 – 15:05
	Togo	16
					Ivory Coast	14
	11 Nov 2021 – 13:10
					Nigeria	10			Bronze medal
	Nigeria	20
									11 Nov 2021 – 16:15
	Egypt	16
									DR Congo	19
									Nigeria	21

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF
1	Ivory Coast	5	5	0	74
2	Uganda	5	3	2	50
3	Nigeria	5	4	1	90
4	DR Congo	5	2	3	71
5	Mali	3	2	1	37
6	Egypt	3	1	2	43
7	Togo	3	1	2	41
8	Madagascar	3	1	2	41
9	Burkina Faso	2	1	1	20
10	Cape Verde	2	0	2	29
11	Mauritania	2	0	2	27
12	Benin	2	0	2	19

Women's tournament

Pool stage

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Uganda	2	2	0	42	11	+31	1.000	Knockout stage		—	21–5	21–6
2	Cape Verde	2	1	1	22	34	−12	.500				—	17–13
3	Ghana	2	0	2	19	38	−19	.000					—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Nigeria	2	2	0	37	30	+7	1.000	Knockout stage		—	17–12	20–18
2	Benin	2	1	1	33	37	−4	.500				—	21–20
3	Egypt	2	0	2	38	41	−3	.000					—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	DR Congo	2	2	0	29	24	+5	1.000	Knockout stage		—	15–14	14–10
2	Mali	2	1	1	29	26	+3	.500				—	15–11
3	Ivory Coast	2	0	2	21	29	−8	.000					—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Togo	2	2	0	33	13	+20	1.000	Knockout stage		—	16–7	17–6
2	Niger	2	1	1	26	30	−4	.500				—	19–14
3	Burkina Faso	2	0	2	20	36	−16	.000					—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Knockout stage

All times are local.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	11 Nov 2018 – 10:30
	Uganda	16
					11 Nov 2018 – 13:50
	Mali	21
					Mali	15
	11 Nov 2018 – 10:50
					Togo	8
	Togo	12
									11 Nov 2018 – 16:40
	Benin	9
									Mali	19
	11 Nov 2018 – 12:10
									DR Congo	13
	Nigeria	21
					11 Nov 2018 – 14:15
	Niger	5
					Nigeria	16
	11 Nov 2018 – 12:30
					DR Congo	18			Bronze medal
	DR Congo	21
									11 Nov 2018 – 15:50
	Cape Verde	7
									Togo	19
									Nigeria	17

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF
1	Mali	5	4	1	84
2	DR Congo	5	4	1	81
3	Togo	5	4	1	72
4	Nigeria	5	3	2	91
5	Uganda	3	2	1	58
6	Benin	3	1	2	42
7	Niger	3	1	2	31
8	Cape Verde	3	1	2	29
9	Egypt	2	0	2	38
10	Ivory Coast	2	0	2	21
11	Burkina Faso	2	0	2	20
12	Ghana	2	0	2	19

Shoot-Out Contest

Format

One player from each men's and women's team participated. In the qualifiers, players throw ten shots from the top of the arc. Two male and two female players who score the most points are qualified for the final. In the final, each player try 18 shots from four locations: five from the top of the arc, ten from the left and right wings, and three from the 3x3 logo. Shots from the 3x3 logo is given two points while the others are worth one.

Results

N'Faly Kanoute of Mali won gold and Sara Ageno of Uganda won silver.

Pos	Team	Qualifier score	Final score
1	N’Faly Kanoute	6	7
2	Sarah Ageno	6	3
3	Rana Abdelzaher	5	?

External links

• Official website