September 20, 2021
The last day of group play had teams contending for the top spots and first-round byes in the elimination stage. All teams will have Tuesday off with the knockout round starting Wednesday.
Group A:
Cameroon had the tiebreaker advantage from a bigger first win so there was no panic with an early Cape Verde lead before the hosts dominated the rest of the game to win 71-40.
Cape Verde vs. Cameroon 40-71 CPV Jo. Vaz 12 Livramento 7 Fernandes 7 Andrade 4/8r Mendes 3 Evora 3 Correia 2/7r Leitao 2 Pires 0 Bento 0 Almeida DNP Je. Vaz DNP CMR Nkoyock 17 Weledji 13/6r Effa 12 Ewodo 11 Green 6/9a Lonlack 6 Fankam 4 Ngokoug 2 Guotue 0/10r Ndoli 0 Ekah 0 Tientcheu 0
Standings: Cameroon 2-0, Kenya 1-1, Cape Verde 0-2
Group B:
The group stage ended with Nigeria’s 85-65 win over Angola.
Angola vs. Nigeria 65-85 ANG Lucas 19 Matiquite 15/7r Daniel 8 Peso 8 Manuel 7/10r Miguel 5 Gala 3 Golome 0 Goncalves 0 Pequeno 0 Mpaka 0 Pascoal 0 NGR Kalu 12 Chidom 10/6r Okonkwo 10/6r Elonu 10 Amukamara 10 Ibekwe 9/8r Enabosi 9 Macaulay 8/6r Musa 3 Kunaiyi-Akpanah 2 Ogoke 2 Akaraiwe 0
Standings: Nigeria 2-0, Angola 1-1, Mozambique 0-2
Group C:
Senegal built a solid lead in the first half and captured this group with a 78-63 win over Egypt.
Egypt vs. Senegal 63-78 EGY Degheidy 16 Elgedawy 14/6r Soliman 14 Amer 10/6r Abdelalim 5 Abdelnabi 4 Moussa 0 Merssal 0 Ahmed 0 Elshaarawy 0 Taha DNP Abdelalim DNP SEN Diop 19/6r/8s Niang 19 Sarr 12 Sy-Diop 8/6r Sene 8/6r Diarra 4/9r Ndao 4 B. Dieme 2 Fall 2 Ndiaye 0 I. Dieme 0 Sylla DNP
Standings: Senegal 2-0, Egypt 1-1, Guinea 0-2
Group D:
The day started in this group and Laetitia Sahie helped the Ivory Coast build a lead going into the final quarter, but Djeneba N’Diaye and Mali rallied for a 76-63 win.
Ivory Coast vs. Mali 63-76 CIV Sahie 24/8r Diawara 15 K. Kouyate 9 Berte 6 Amani 5 M. Kouyate 4/6r Sieza 0 Djedjemel 0 A. Kone 0 Diarrasouba DNP Ouraga DNP Konate DNP MLI N’Diaye 23 M. Coulibaly 14/12r S. Kone 10/6a K. Coulibaly 9/8r A. Traore 8 Dembele 6/7r Maiga 2 N. Traore 2 Doumbia 2 Sangare 0 Haidara 0 Sissoko DNP
Standings: Mali 2-0, Ivory Coast 1-1, Tunisia 0-2
Bracket:
Cameroon vs. winner Egypt vs. Tunisia
Mali vs. winner Angola vs. Cape Verde
Nigeria vs. winner Ivory Coast vs. Guinea
Senegal vs. winner Kenya vs. Mozambique