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	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 [1]	Yaounde		Nigeria	round robin	Angola		Guinea	round robin	Cameroon
1998 Details [2]	Alexandria		Nigeria	round robin	Egypt		Angola	round robin	South Africa
2000 Details [3]	Conakry		Guinea	round robin	Angola		Mali	round robin	Senegal
2002 Details	Cairo		Nigeria	80−60	Angola		Mali	−	Algeria
2006 Details [4]	Durban		Nigeria	69−41	Mali		Angola	74−70	Congo
2008 Details [5]	Alexandria		Egypt	85−84	Angola		Nigeria	79−77	Senegal
2010 Details [6]	Kigali		Egypt	67−54	Tunisia		Mali	72−56	Mozambique
2012 Details [7]	Maputo		Senegal 2012 title	71−62	Ivory Coast		Egypt	78–54	Mali
2014 Details [8]	Antananarivo		Egypt	80−69	Tunisia		Mali	75−65	Angola
2016 Details [9]	Kigali		Angola	86−82	Egypt		Mali	59–52	Tunisia
2018 Details [10]	Bamako		Mali	78−76	Senegal		Egypt	89−78	Angola
2020 Details [11]	Cairo		Mali	82−80	Senegal		Egypt	72−55	Guinea
2022 Details [12]	Antananarivo		Egypt	81−54	Madagascar		Mali	79−54	Angola
2024 Details [13]	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 ^[14]

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
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
2024	Youssouf Traore

Participating nations

Nation																						Total
	1977	1980	1982	1984	1987	1988	1990	1994	1998	2000	2002	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022	2024
Algeria											4th		7th	8th			7th	11th		7th		6
Angola														7th	5th	4th		4th		4th	6th	19
Benin																8th	11th			8th		3
Cameroon								4th														3
Central African Republic								5th					9th									4
Congo												4th	11th									2
DR Congo														10th			6th	5th				3
Egypt		5th																			5th	13
Equatorial Guinea		8th																				1
Gabon								6th						5th	10th	9th	10th					5
Ghana															8th							1
Guinea												5th						9th	4th	6th		7
Ivory Coast												7th	6th	11th		6th	8th				9th	7
Kenya												9th	12th									2
Libya		6th																8th				2
Madagascar																5th						2
Mali								7th					5th		4th							13
Morocco									6th				8th		9th						4th	4
Mozambique		4th										8th	10th	4th	7th	7th						9
Nigeria														9th							7th	11
Rwanda														6th	11th		5th	6th		9th	8th	6
Senegal										4th			4th							5th		8
South Africa									4th			6th									10th	3
Togo		7th																				1
Tunisia									5th						6th		4th	7th				7
Uganda																	9th	10th			12th	3
Zambia																					11th	1
Number of teams	?	8	?	?	?	?	?	7	6	4	9	9	12	11	11	9	11	11	4	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	App.
Angola		13th		13th	14th		13th		14th				13th						6
Cameroon																	14th		1
Egypt	12th					13th			11th	12th		11th	12th			13th			7
Ivory Coast											15th								1
Madagascar																14th			1
Mali								15th					16th		13th		11th		5
Nigeria			12th	15th	11th	11th	11th	13th											6
Senegal											16th			15th	7th				3
Tunisia										16th		16th							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 ^[15]

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 FIBA African Championship for Junior Men". archive.fiba.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013.
2. "1998 FIBA African Championship for Junior Men". www.fiba.basketball.
3. "2000 FIBA African Championship for Junior Men". archive.fiba.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013.
4. "2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
5. "2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
6. "2010 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
7. "2012 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
8. "2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
9. "2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
10. "2018 FIBA U18 African Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
11. "2020 FIBA U18 African Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
12. "2022 FIBA U18 African Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
13. "2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket". www.fiba.basketball.
14. 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.
15. "FIBA World Ranking". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

External links

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