FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket

FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket
Current season, competition or edition:; 2024 FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket
Formerly	FIBA U18 Women's African Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1985;40 years ago
Organising body	FIBA Africa
Continent	Africa
Most recent; champion	Mali (9th title)
Most titles	Mali (9 titles)
Qualification	FIBA U19 Women's World Cup
Related; competitions	FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket
Official website	fiba.basketball/history

Last updated November 01, 2025

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

Summary

Year^[1]	Hosts	Final			Third place match
Year^[1]	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1985 Details	Accra	Senegal	–	Mozambique	Angola	–
1988 Details	Luanda	Zaire	–	Angola		–
1991 Details	Dakar	Zaire	–	Senegal	Angola	–
1996^[2] Details	Maputo	Mali	80–69	Mozambique	Zaire	–
1999^[3] Details	Dakar	Angola	45–43	Senegal	Mali	51–49	Egypt
2000 Details	Bamako	Mali	–	Ivory Coast	Angola	–
2004^[4] Details	Ben Arous ^[5]	Tunisia	84–78	DR Congo	Mozambique	62–37	Angola
2006^[6] Details	Cotonou ^[7]	Mali	77–66	Ivory Coast	DR Congo	85–44	Benin
2008^[8] Details	Radès ^[9]	Mali	57–35	Tunisia	Mozambique	69–63	Nigeria
2010^[10] Details	Cairo ^[11]	Egypt	63–62	Nigeria	Mozambique	61–48	Mali
2012^[12] Details	Dakar ^[13]	~~Senegal~~ ^{2012 title}	~~55–50~~	Mali	Egypt	45–44	Tunisia
2014^[14] Details	Cairo ^[15]	Mali	70–60	Egypt	Mozambique	51–48	Algeria
2016^[16] Details	Cairo ^[17]	Mali	84–61	Egypt	Mozambique	56–43	Angola
2018^[18] Details	Maputo ^[19]	Mali	86–33	Mozambique	Angola	59–46	Rwanda
2020^[20] Details	Cairo	Egypt	68–63	Mali	Senegal	–	–
2022^[21] Details	Antsirabe	Mali	86–54	Egypt	Angola	53–37	Madagascar
2024^[22] Details	Pretoria	Mali	76–56	Nigeria	Cameroon	70–66	Uganda

^2012 title The Senegalese Basketball Federation relinquished the 2012 title due to age fraud by some of its players.

Medal table

MVP Awards

Year	MVP Award Winner
1998	Teresa Gonçalves
2006	Fanta Toure
2008	Laoudy Maiga
2010	Reem Osama
2012	Yacine Diop
2014	Djeneba N'Diaye
2016	Meral Abdelgawad
2018	Assetou Sissoko
2020	Yara Hussein
2022	Maimouna Haidara
2024	Oummou Koumare

Participating nations

Nation																		Total
	1985	1988	1991	1996	1999	2000	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022	2024	Total

Algeria												4th	7th			6th		3
Angola							4th	5th	10th	7th	5th	5th	4th				6th	15
Benin								4th	8th									2
Botswana												8th						1
Cameroon																		1
Cape Verde														6th				1
Central African Republic							7th											1
DR Congo (incl. Zaire)									9th	9th				7th				7
Egypt														5th			5th	9
Guinea									6th							8th		2
Ivory Coast									5th	6th		7th						5
Kenya									7th	10th	6th							3
Madagascar													5th			4th		2
Mali					4th		6th			4th								14
Morocco																	9th	1
Mozambique																		8
Nigeria									4th									3
Rwanda														4th			7th	2
Senegal										8th								6
South Africa							5th										10th	2
Tanzania																7th		1
Tunisia										5th	4th	6th	6th				8th	7
Uganda									11th				8th	8th		5th	4th	5
Zambia																	11th	1
Zimbabwe																	12th	1
Number of teams	3	2	3	2	4	3	7	5	11	10	6	8	8	8	3	8	12

Under-19 Women's World Cup record

Team	1985	1989	1993	1997	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	2025	Total
Mali				10/12	12/12		15/16	14/16		15/16	12/16	13/16	7/16	4/16	5/16	DQ	10
Egypt									15/16		16/16	16/16		12/16	12/16		5
DR Congo		12/12	10/12			11/12											3
Senegal	10/10									16/16							2
Tunisia						12/12		15/16									2
Ivory Coast							16/16										1
Mozambique													15/16				1
Nigeria									16/16							12/16	2
Total	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	27

Top ten FIBA Youth Africa teams

Updated as of 1 January 2022^[23]

Rank	Change	Team	Points
15	1	Mali ^C	529.0
22	13	Mozambique	450.2
31	6	Egypt	395.5
40	9	Angola	334.0
50	17	Algeria	251.8
54	2	Senegal	227.7
59	5	Uganda	217.0
60	26	DR Congo	211.0
63		Rwanda	193.2
66	20	Tanzania	189.1

^C Current Africa champion

References

↑ "Palmarès de l'Afrobasket U18 Dames" (in French). FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
↑ 1996 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
↑ 1999 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
↑ 2004 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
↑ "2004 U18 African Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
↑ 2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
↑ "2006 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
↑ 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
↑ "2008 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
↑ 2010 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
↑ "2010 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
↑ 2012 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
↑ "2012 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
↑ 2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
↑ "2014 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
↑ 2016 FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship
↑ "2016 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
↑ 2018 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship
↑ "Bamako and Maputo confirmed as host cities for 2018 Africa U18 Championships". FIBA Africa. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
↑ 2020 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship
↑ 2022 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship
↑ 2024 FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket
↑ "FIBA World Ranking". FIFA.com. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

External links

FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket, www.afrobasket.com
Official website of FIBA

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[1] "Palmarès de l'Afrobasket U18 Dames" (in French). FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.

[2] 1996 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women

[3] 1999 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women

[4] 2004 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women

[5] "2004 U18 African Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[6] 2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women

[7] "2006 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[8] 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women

[9] "2008 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[10] 2010 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women

[11] "2010 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[12] 2012 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women

[13] "2012 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[14] 2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women

[15] "2014 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

[16] 2016 FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship

[17] "2016 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

[18] 2018 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship

[19] "Bamako and Maputo confirmed as host cities for 2018 Africa U18 Championships". FIBA Africa. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.

[20] 2020 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship

[21] 2022 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship

[22] 2024 FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket

[23] "FIBA World Ranking". FIFA.com. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

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v t e FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket
Tournaments	Accra 1985 Luanda 1988 Dakar 1991 Maputo 1996 Dakar 1998 Bamako 2000 Ben Arous 2004 Cotonou 2006 Radès 2008 Cairo 2010 Dakar 2012 Cairo 2014 Cairo 2016 Maputo 2018 Cairo 2020 Antsirabe 2022 Pretoria 2024
Squads	2004 2006 2008 2012 2014 2016

v t e FIBA Africa competitions
National teams	African championships Men's Women's AfroCan African Games Basketball at the African Games
Youth national teams	African championships Men's U20 (defunct) Women's U20 (defunct) Men's U18 Women' U18 Boys' U16 Girls' U16
Men's club	Basketball Africa League FIBA Africa Basketball League (defunct) Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
Women's club	FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)

v t e International women's basketball
FIBA World Ranking Teams Olympics World Cup U21 U19 U17 World University Games
Africa	AfroBasket Women U20 U18 U16
Americas	AmeriCup U20 U18 U16 Caribbean Championship U20 Centrobasket U17 U15 Central American Championship U21 South American Championship 2nd tier U21 U17 U15
Asia	Asia Cup (includes Oceania) U20 U18 U16 Discovery Women's Basketball Invitational William Jones Cup
Europe	EuroBasket Women U-20 U-18 U-16 European Championship for Small Countries
Oceania	Oceanian Championship (defunct) U20 U17 U15 Melanesian Cup Micronesian Cup Polynesian Cup
Other tournaments	African Games Arab Championship Arab Games ASEAN University Games Asian Games Bolivarian Games Central Asian Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games Commonwealth Games Deaflympics Mediterranean Games Micronesian Games EYOF Games of the Small States of Europe Pacific Games Pan American Games Southeast Asian Games
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held. • Basketballportal

v t e International women's youth basketball
FIBA Youth Olympics World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Cup U17 World Cup
Africa	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Americas	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Asia	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Europe	U-16 U-18 U-20
Oceania	U-15 U-17 U-20 (defunct)
Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.