FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket

For the boys' competition, see FIBA U16 AfroBasket.

FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket

Current season, competition or edition: 2025 FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket
Formerly	FIBA U16 Women's African Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2009;16 years ago (2009)
Organising body	FIBA Africa
Continent	Africa
Most recent champion	Egypt (1st title)
Most titles	Mali (8 titles)
Qualification	FIBA U17 Women's World Cup
Related competitions	FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket
Official website	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 organised by FIBA Africa, where women's under-16 national teams participate.

The tournament also serves as qualification for the FIBA Under-17 Women's World Cup, where the top two teams directly qualify.

Summary

Year	Hosts		Final				Third place match
			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
2025 [16] Details	Kigali		Egypt	66–54	Ivory Coast		Cameroon	55–53	Mali

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mali	8	0	0	8
2	Egypt	1	6	1	8
3	Angola	0	1	5	6
4	Ivory Coast	0	1	0	1
	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
6	Algeria	0	0	1	1
	Cameroon	0	0	1	1
	Mozambique	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		9	9	9	27

MVP Awards

Year	MVP Award Winner
2009	Farima Touré
2011	Soraia Deghady
2013	Neidy Ocuane
2015	Rokia Doumbia
2017	Aissetou Coulibaly
2019	Sara Caetano
2021	Rokiatou Berthe
2023	Assitan Diarisso
2025	Fatma Abdella

Participating nations

Nation										Total
	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	2025
Algeria	4th	5th								3
Angola			5th						5th	8
Botswana			8th							1
Cameroon										1
Chad							5th			1
Egypt				7th						9
Gabon			7th				6th			2
Guinea								8th	11th	2
Ivory Coast			6th							2
Kenya									10th	1
Madagascar				5th						1
Mali									4th	9
Morocco				8th				5th	9th	3
Mozambique		6th		4th	4th	4th				5
Nigeria										1
Rwanda				9th		6th		7th	6th	4
Senegal	5th									1
Tanzania						7th			7th	2
Tunisia		4th	4th	6th				4th	8th	5
Uganda						5th	4th	6th		3
Zimbabwe					5th					1
Number of teams	5	6	8	9	5	7	6	8	11

Under-17 Women's World Cup record

Team	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2022	2024	2026	2028	Total
Angola					16					1
Egypt			16			11	11	Q		4
Ivory Coast								Q		1
Mali	12	10	12	11	10	10	13			7
Nigeria				Q*						0
Total	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2		14

*Nigeria failed to participate in the event

See also

• FIBA Women's AfroBasket
• FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket
• FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship for Women

References

1. 2009 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women
2. "2009 FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Women". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
3. 2011 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women
4. "2011 FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Women". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
5. 2013 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women
6. "2013 FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Women". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
7. "Afrobasket 2013 U16 Dames". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
8. 2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women
9. "2015 FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Women". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
10. 2017 FIBA U16 Women's African Championship
11. 2019 FIBA U16 Women's African Championship
12. Kingsley Kobo (5 August 2019). "Mali clinch FIBA U16 Women Africa Championship". aclsports.com. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
13. 2021 FIBA U16 Women's African Championship
14. Hope Jzr (15 August 2021). "History Made As Algeria Finish Third At FIBA U16 Women's African Championship". jazairhope.org. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
15. 2023 FIBA U16 Women's African Championship
16. 2025 FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket

External links

• FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket, www.afrobasket.com
• Official website of FIBA