The medal games were played on Sunday with the championship game also awarding the winner a spot in the next year’s World Cup alongside Germany, Belgium, the United States, and Australia. South Sudan looked set to finish their magical run with a bronze medal early, but Senegal raced back to take the lead in the…

Saturday’s action started with two games in the consolation bracket. The home fans did get to see a win to end the tournament as the Ivory Coast led for nearly the entire game in a 78-71 victory over Jane Asinde and Uganda in the seventh place game. Cameroon took the lead early to get the…

The consolation bracket started play on Friday with a quick turnaround for teams about to play four games in four days. Mozambique built a lead by halftime in the early game for a 76-58 win over Uganda. With no qualification spots up for grabs, Ivory Coast was hoping that the home fans would give them…

Thursday’s games would grant the winners spots in World Cup qualifying with teams still trying to win the championship and the automatic spot in the World Cup. The first game was between teams that were not considered locks to make it to this round and it turned out to be an excellent encounter. Uganda built…

The knockout rounds started on Wednesday with the first four elimination games as the winners would advance to the quarterfinals, which would determine who would advance to World Cup qualifying. Mozambique had no trouble in the first game, rolling past Guinea 91-38. The next game looked set to trend in the same direction with Raneem…