The 2019 FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Women was the 6th
FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Women, played under the rules of
FIBA
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French language, French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. FIBA defines the rules of basketball, specifies the Basketball equipment ...
, the world governing body for
basketball
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, and the
FIBA Africa
FIBA Africa is a zone within the FIBA basketball association which contains all 54 national African FIBA federations. It was founded in 1961. FIBA Africa maintains offices in Cairo and in Abidjan.
Zones
The 54 federations of FIBA Africa are g ...
thereof. The tournament was hosted by
Rwanda
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from 26 July to 4 August, with the games played in
Kigali
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.
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.
Venue
Group stage
All teams played in a single-round robin. The top team in the group that had four teams outright qualified for the semifinals, while the rest advanced to the quarterfinals.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
All times are in local time, UTC+02:00. Bracket is made based on the official FIBA website.
; Bracket
; Classification bracket
Quarterfinals
Classification semifinal
Winner advanced to the fifth place match, loser is ranked as seventh place.
Semifinals
Winners qualified for the 2020 FIBA U17 Women's Basketball World Cup.
5th place match
Bronze medal match
Final
Final rankings
References
External links
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
2019 in African basketball
2019 in women's basketball
FIBA
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French language, French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. FIBA defines the rules of basketball, specifies the Basketball equipment ...
FIBA U16
International basketball competitions hosted by Rwanda
July 2019 sports events in Africa
August 2019 sports events in Africa
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