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Formerly | FIBA U16 African Championship |
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Sport | Basketball |
Founded | 2009 |
Continent | FIBA Africa (Africa) |
Most recent champion(s) | ![]() |
Most titles | ![]() |
Qualification | FIBA U17 World Cup |
Related competitions | FIBA U18 AfroBasket |
The FIBA U16 AfroBasket, previously known as the FIBA U16 African Championship, is a biennial international youth basketball competition consisting of under-16 national teams organised by FIBA Africa.
It also serves as a qualification tournament to the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, where the top two teams directly qualify.
Year | Hosts | Final | Third place game | ||||||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2009 Details | ![]() Maputo [1] | ![]() Egypt | 84 – 82 | ![]() Mali | ![]() Nigeria | 65 – 56 | ![]() Algeria | ||
2011 Details | ![]() Alexandria [2] | ![]() Egypt | 117 – 67 | ![]() Tunisia | ![]() Mali | 59 – 57 | ![]() Angola | ||
2013 Details | ![]() Antananarivo [3] | ![]() Angola | 75 – 66 | ![]() Egypt | ![]() Tunisia | 70 – 49 | ![]() Madagascar | ||
2015 Details | ![]() Bamako | ![]() Egypt | 64 – 63 | ![]() Mali | ![]() Algeria | 45 – 37 | ![]() Angola | ||
2017 Details | ![]() Vacoas-Phoenix | ![]() Mali | 76 – 65 | ![]() Egypt | ![]() Algeria | 57 – 54 | ![]() Tunisia | ||
2019 Details | ![]() Praia | ![]() Egypt | 66 – 57 | ![]() Mali | ![]() Nigeria | 54 – 53 | ![]() Guinea | ||
2021 Details | ![]() Cairo | ![]() Egypt | 63 – 62 | ![]() Mali | ![]() Algeria | 65 – 50 | ![]() Chad | ||
2023 Details | ![]() Monastir | ![]() Guinea | 84 – 76 | ![]() Egypt | ![]() Mali | 63 – 56 | ![]() Angola |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Year | MVP Award Winner |
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2009 | ![]() |
2011 | ![]() |
2013 | ![]() |
2015 | ![]() |
2017 | ![]() |
2019 | ![]() |
2021 | ![]() |
2023 | ![]() |
Nation | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | ||
9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | ||
![]() | 4 | 5 | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | ![]() | 6 | ||
![]() | 6 | 4 | ![]() | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | ||
![]() | 7 | 1 | |||||||
![]() | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
![]() | 9 | 1 | |||||||
![]() | 7 | 1 | |||||||
![]() | 8 | 1 | |||||||
![]() | 5 | 1 | |||||||
![]() | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 8 |
![]() | 10 | 1 | |||||||
![]() | 11 | 1 | |||||||
![]() | 7 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
![]() | 9 | 4 | ![]() | 3 | |||||
![]() | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | |
![]() | 8 | 1 | |||||||
![]() | 6 | 8 | 2 | ||||||
![]() | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||||
![]() | ![]() | 5 | ![]() | 3 | |||||
![]() | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||||
![]() | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | |||||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | ||
![]() | 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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![]() | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
![]() | 11 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 10 | Q | 6 | ||
![]() | Q | 6 | ||||||||
![]() | – | – | – | 15 | 12 | 15 | 3 | |||
Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
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