FIBA U18 AfroBasket

For the women's tournament, see FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket.

FIBA U18 AfroBasket

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket
Formerly	FIBA U18 African Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1975;50 years ago (1975)
Organising body	FIBA Africa
Continent	Africa
Most recent champion(s)	Mali (3rd title)
Most titles	Egypt,   Nigeria (6 titles each)
Qualification	FIBA U19 World Cup
Related competitions	FIBA U16 AfroBasket
Official website	fiba.basketball/history

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

The tournament also serves as qualification for the FIBA Under-19 Basketball 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
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	Nigeria
1987 Details	Abuja		Nigeria	65−62	Angola		Mozambique	round robin	Algeria
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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	6	2	3	11
2	Nigeria	6	0	3	9
3	Angola	4	7	2	13
4	Mali	3	1	6	10
5	Guinea	1	0	2	3
6	Senegal	0	2	2	4
7	Mozambique	0	2	1	3
	Tunisia	0	2	1	3
9	Central African Republic	0	2	0	2
10	Cameroon	0	1	1	2
11	Ivory Coast	0	1	0	1
	Madagascar	0	1	0	1
Totals (12 entries)		20	21	21	62

MVP Awards

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

1977–2020

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

2022–present

Nation			App.
	2022	2024
	9	12
Algeria	7th	⋅	6
Angola	4th	6th	19
Benin	8th	⋅	3
Cameroon	⋅		3
Central African Republic	⋅	⋅	4
Congo	⋅	⋅	2
DR Congo	⋅	⋅	3
Egypt		5th	13
Equatorial Guinea	⋅	⋅	1
Gabon	⋅	⋅	5
Ghana	⋅	⋅	1
Guinea	6th	⋅	7
Ivory Coast	⋅	9th	7
Kenya	⋅	⋅	2
Libya	⋅	⋅	2
Madagascar		⋅	2
Mali			13
Morocco	⋅	4th	4
Mozambique	⋅	⋅	9
Nigeria	⋅	7th	11
Rwanda	9th	8th	6
Senegal	5th		8
South Africa	⋅	10th	3
Togo	⋅	⋅	1
Tunisia	⋅	⋅	7
Uganda	⋅	12th	3
Zambia	⋅	11th	1
# Teams	9	12

Under-19 World Cup record

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

Updated as of 15 December 2022 ^[10]

Rank	Change	Team	Points
16	8	Egypt C	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

• FIBA AfroBasket
• FIBA U16 AfroBasket
• FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship

References

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.

External links

• Afrobasket U18 Palmares
• 2011 U-18 Championship - africabasket.com