The FIBA U18 AfroBasket, previously known as the FIBA U18 African Championship, is a biennial international youth basketball competition consisting of under-18 national teams organised by FIBA Africa.

FIBA U18 AfroBasket
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket
FormerlyFIBA U18 African Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1975; 49 years ago (1975)
ContinentFIBA Africa (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Mali (3rd title)
Most titles Egypt,  Nigeria
(6 titles each)
QualificationFIBA U19 World Cup
Related
competitions
FIBA U16 AfroBasket

It also serves as a qualification tournament to the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, where the top two teams directly qualify.

Summary

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Year Hosts Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1977
Details
 
Cairo
 
Egypt
round robin  
Central African Empire
 
Tunisia
round robin ?
1980
Details
 
Luanda
 
Angola
90−81  
Central African Republic
 
Nigeria
95−90  
Mozambique
1982
Details
 
Maputo
 
Angola
round robin  
Mozambique
 
Senegal
round robin ?
1984
Details
 
Cairo
 
Egypt
round robin  
Angola
 
Mozambique
round robin ?
1987
Details
 
Abuja
 
Nigeria
round robin  
Angola
 
Guinea
round robin ?
1988
Details
 
Maputo
 
Angola
round robin  
Mozambique
 
Nigeria
1990
Details
 
Luanda
 
Nigeria
round robin  
Angola
 
Cameroon
1994
Details
 
Yaounde[1]
 
Nigeria
round robin  
Angola
 
Guinea
round robin  
Cameroon
1998
Details
 
Alexandria[2]
 
Nigeria
round robin  
Egypt
 
Angola
round robin  
South Africa
2000
Details
 
Conakry[3]
 
Guinea
round robin  
Angola
 
Mali
round robin  
Senegal
2002
Details
 
Cairo
 
Nigeria
80−60  
Angola
 
Mali
 
Algeria
2006
Details
 
Durban[4]
 
Nigeria
69−41  
Mali
 
Angola
74−70  
Congo
2008
Details
 
Alexandria[5]
 
Egypt
85−84  
Angola
 
Nigeria
79−77  
Senegal
2010
Details
 
Kigali
 
Egypt
67−54  
Tunisia
 
Mali
72−56  
Mozambique
2012
Details
 
Maputo[6]
 
Senegal
2012 title
71−62  
Ivory Coast
 
Egypt
78–54  
Mali
2014
Details
 
Antananarivo[7]
 
Egypt
80−69  
Tunisia
 
Mali
75−65  
Angola
2016
Details
 
Kigali[8]
 
Angola
86−82  
Egypt
 
Mali
59–52  
Tunisia
2018
Details
 
Bamako
 
Mali
78−76  
Senegal
 
Egypt
89−78  
Angola
2020
Details
 
Cairo
 
Mali
82−80  
Senegal
 
Egypt
72−55  
Guinea
2022
Details
 
Antananarivo
 
Egypt
81−54  
Madagascar
 
Mali
79−54  
Angola
2024
Details
 
Pretoria
 
Mali
60−51  
Cameroon
 
Senegal
72−71  
Morocco
^2012 title The Senegalese Basketball Federation relinquished the 2012 title due to age fraud by some of its players[9]

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Egypt62311
2  Nigeria6039
3  Angola47213
4  Mali31610
5  Guinea1023
6  Senegal0224
7  Mozambique0213
  Tunisia0213
9  Central African Republic0202
10  Cameroon0112
11  Ivory Coast0101
  Madagascar0101
Totals (12 entries)20212162

MVP Awards

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Year MVP Award Winner
1998   Michel Lasme
2004   Patrick Bouli
2006   Waly Coulibaly
2008   Amr Gendy
2010   Aly Mohamed Ahmed
2012   Ehab Amin
2014   Gerson Domingos
2016   Sílvio Sousa
2018   Siriman Kanouté
2020   Bourama Coulibaly
2022   Mathias M'Madi

Participating nations

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Nation                                          
1977 1980 1982 1984 1987 1988 1990 1994 1998 2000 2002 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
x 8 x x x x x 7 6 4 9 9 12 11 11 9 11 11 4 9 12
  Algeria 4 7 8 7 11 7 6
  Angola                         7 5 4   4 4 6 19
  Benin 8 11 8 3
  Cameroon   4   3
  Central African Republic     5 9 4
  Congo 4 11 2
  DR Congo 10 6 5 3
  Egypt   5                     5 13
  Equatorial Guinea 8 1
  Gabon 6 5 10 9 10 5
  Ghana 8 1
  Guinea       5 9 4 6 7
  Ivory Coast 7 6 11   6 8 9 7
  Kenya 9 12 2
  Libya 6 8 2
  Madagascar 5   2
  Mali 7       5   4             13
  Morocco 6 8 9 4 4
  Mozambique 4       8 10 4 7 7 9
  Nigeria                   9 7 11
  Rwanda 6 11 5 6 9 8 6
  Senegal   4 4       5   8
  South Africa 4 6 10 3
  Togo 7 1
  Tunisia   5   6   4 7 7
  Uganda 9 10 12 3
  Zambia 11 1
# Teams 8 7 6 4 9 9 12 11 11 9 11 11 4 9 12
Top 10

Under-19 World Cup record

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Team  
1979
 
1983
 
1987
 
1991
 
1995
 
1999
 
2003
 
2007
 
2009
 
2011
 
2013
 
2015
 
2017
 
2019
 
2021
 
2023
 
2025
 
2027
Total
  Angola 13 13 14 13 14 13 6
  Cameroon Q 1
  Egypt 12 13 11 12 11 12 13 7
  Ivory Coast 15 1
  Madagascar 14 1
  Mali 15 16   13 Q 5
  Nigeria 12 15 11 11 11 13 6
  Senegal 16 15 7 3
  Tunisia 16 16 2
Total 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2

Top Ten FIBA Africa teams

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Updated as of 15 December 2022[10]

Rank Change Team Points
16   8   EgyptC 542.0
17   3   Mali 541.4
23   6   Senegal 492.6
35   0   Madagascar 377.3
40   1   Nigeria 353.7
41   4   Algeria 352.6
42   1   Guinea 344.6
44   2   Angola 301.9
50   2   Chad 258.3

C Current Africa champion

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1994 African Championship for Junior Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. ^ "1998 African Championship for Junior Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  3. ^ "2000 African Championship for Junior Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  4. ^ "2006 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Men Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  5. ^ "2008 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Men Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  6. ^ "2012 Afrobasket U18". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  7. ^ "2014 Afrobasket U18". FIBA.com. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  8. ^ "FIBA Africa U18 Championship Kigali 2016". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  9. ^ Matthew, Tamba-Jean (5 December 2013). "Senegal dissolves basketball association after cheating scandal". Africa Review. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  10. ^ "FIBA World Ranking". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
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