Most recent season or competition: 2023 FIBA U16 Women's African Championship | |
Formerly | FIBA U16 Women's 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) | Mali (8th title) |
Most titles | Mali (8 titles) |
Qualification | FIBA U17 Women's World Cup |
Related competitions | FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket |
Official website | www.fiba.basketball/history |
The FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket, previously known as the FIBA U16 Women's African Championship, is a biennial international youth basketball competition organized by FIBA Africa, where women's under-16 national teams participate.
The tournament also serves as a qualification for the FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup, where the top two teams qualify.
Year | Hosts | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2009 [1] Details | Bamako [2] | Mali | 78 – 64 | Egypt | Angola | n/a | Algeria | ||
2011 [3] Details | Alexandria [4] | Mali | 66 – 54 | Egypt | Angola | 59 – 55 | Tunisia | ||
2013 [5] Details | Maputo [6] [7] | Mali | 62 – 61 | Egypt | Mozambique | 50 – 46 | Tunisia | ||
2015 [8] Details | Antananarivo [9] | Mali | 57 – 46 | Nigeria | Angola | 52 – 48 | Mozambique | ||
2017 [10] Details | Beira | Mali | 68 – 29 | Angola | Egypt | 56 – 38 | Mozambique | ||
2019 [11] Details | Kigali | Mali [12] | 84 – 48 | Egypt | Angola | 67 – 59 | Mozambique | ||
2021 [13] Details | Cairo | Mali | 68 – 65 | Egypt | Algeria [14] | 53 – 51 | Uganda | ||
2023 [15] Details | Monastir | Mali | 57 – 56 | Egypt | Angola | 50 – 43 | Tunisia |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Mali | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
2 | Egypt | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
3 | Angola | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
4 | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Year | MVP Award Winner |
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2009 | Farima Touré |
2011 | Soraia Deghady |
2013 | Neidy Ocuane |
2015 | Rokia Doumbia |
2017 | Aissetou Coulibaly |
2019 | Sara Caetano |
2021 | Rokiatou Berthe |
2023 | Assitan Diarisso |
Nation | Total | ||||||||
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2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | ||
Algeria | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
Angola | 5 | 7 | |||||||
Botswana | 8 | 1 | |||||||
Chad | 5 | 1 | |||||||
Egypt | 7 | 8 | |||||||
Gabon | 7 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
Guinea | 8 | 1 | |||||||
Ivory Coast | 6 | 1 | |||||||
Madagascar | 5 | 1 | |||||||
Mali | 8 | ||||||||
Morocco | 8 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
Mozambique | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Nigeria | 1 | ||||||||
Rwanda | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | |||||
Senegal | 5 | 1 | |||||||
Tanzania | 7 | 1 | |||||||
Tunisia | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||||
Uganda | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | |||||
Zimbabwe | 5 | 1 | |||||||
# Teams | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
Team | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2022 | 2024 | 2026 | Total |
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Angola | 16 | 1 | |||||||
Egypt | 16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | |||||
Mali | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 7 | |
Nigeria | Q* | 0 | |||||||
Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
*Nigeria failed to participate in the event
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