The knockout stage at the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship begins Monday, and the 16 teams in the field will begin to narrow toward the three automatic berths for the 2014 FIBA World Cup next summer in Spain.
FIBA Africa schedule 2013: Knockout stage begins Monday
Eliminations at AfroBasket begin Monday after a week of round-robin play.
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Ivory Coast, the tournament’s host and the winner of Group A during round-robin play, headlines Monday’s action but shouldn’t face much of a challenge in the round of 16 against Burkina Faso, which lost its three games in Group B play by an average of 31.7 points.
Angola, which won Group C with a 3-0 record, takes on winless Mali. Angola’s Carlos Morais has led the Angolans in scoring in each of their first three games, averaging 18.3 points per game.
The losers in the first round of the knockout head to a consolation bracket where games will be played to determine ninth, 11th, 13th and 15th places.
Below is the full schedule for Monday’s action at AfroBasket. All games can be streamed live on livebasketball.tv.
8:30 a.m. ET: Ivory Coast vs. Burkina Faso
11 a.m. ET: Cameroon vs. Mozambique
1:30 p.m. ET: Angola vs. Mali
4 p.m. ET: Morocco vs. Algeria
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