Most recent season or competition: 2023 FIBA U16 African Championship | |
Formerly | FIBA U16 African Championship |
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Sport | Basketball |
Founded | 2009 |
Organising body | FIBA Africa |
Countries | FIBA Africa member nations |
Continent | Africa |
Most recent champion(s) | Guinea (1st title) |
Most titles | Egypt (5 titles) |
Qualification | FIBA U17 World Cup |
Related competitions | FIBA U18 AfroBasket |
Official website | www.fiba.basketball/history |
The FIBA U16 AfroBasket, previously known as the FIBA U16 African Championship, is a biennial international youth basketball competition organized by FIBA Africa, where men's under-16 national teams participate.
The tournament also serves as a qualification for the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, where the top two teams qualify.
Year | Hosts | Final | Third place game | ||||||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2009 [1] Details | Maputo | Egypt | 84–82 | Mali | Nigeria | 65–56 | Algeria | ||
2011 [2] Details | Alexandria | Egypt | 117–67 | Tunisia | Mali | 59–57 | Angola | ||
2013 [3] Details | Antananarivo | Angola | 75–66 | Egypt | Tunisia | 70–49 | Madagascar | ||
2015 [4] Details | Bamako | Egypt | 64–63 | Mali | Algeria | 45–37 | Angola | ||
2017 [5] Details | Vacoas-Phoenix | Mali | 76–65 | Egypt | Algeria | 57–54 | Tunisia | ||
2019 [6] Details | Praia | Egypt | 66–57 | Mali | Nigeria | 54–53 | Guinea | ||
2021 [7] Details | Cairo | Egypt | 63–62 | Mali | Algeria | 65–50 | Chad | ||
2023 [8] Details | Monastir | Guinea | 84–76 | Egypt | Mali | 63–56 | Angola |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Egypt | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
2 | Mali | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
3 | Angola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Guinea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
7 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Year | MVP Award Winner |
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2009 | Ahmed Mostafa |
2011 | Ehab Amin |
2013 | Mohamed Abdelrahman |
2015 | Ahmed Khalaf |
2017 | Siriman Kanouté |
2019 | Moamen Abouzeid |
2021 | Adam El Halawany |
2023 | Nour Gassim Toure |
Nation | Total | ||||||||
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2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | ||
Algeria | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | |||||
Angola | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||
Cape Verde | 8 | 1 | |||||||
Central African Republic | 7 | 1 | |||||||
Chad | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
Comoros | 9 | 1 | |||||||
Congo | 7 | 1 | |||||||
DR Congo | 5 | 1 | |||||||
Egypt | 8 | ||||||||
Equatorial Guinea | 10 | 1 | |||||||
Ethiopia | 11 | 1 | |||||||
Gabon | 7 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
Guinea | 9 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
Ivory Coast | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||||
Madagascar | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
Mali | 7 | ||||||||
Mauritius | 8 | 1 | |||||||
Morocco | 6 | 8 | 2 | ||||||
Mozambique | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||||
Nigeria | 5 | 3 | |||||||
Rwanda | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||||
South Africa | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | |||||
Tunisia | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | ||||
Uganda | 6 | 10 | 2 | ||||||
# Teams | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
Team | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2022 | 2024 | 2026 | Total |
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Angola | 11 | 1 | |||||||
Egypt | 11 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 7 | |
Guinea | 14 | 1 | |||||||
Mali | 15 | 12 | 15 | 3 | |||||
Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
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