Current season, competition or edition: 2024 FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket | |
Formerly | FIBA U18 Women's African Championship |
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Sport | Basketball |
Founded | 1985 |
Continent | FIBA Africa (Africa) |
Most recent champion(s) | Mali (9th title) |
Most titles | Mali (9 titles) |
Qualification | FIBA U19 Women's World Cup |
Related competitions | FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket |
The FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket, previously known as the FIBA U18 Women's African Championship, is a biennial international youth basketball competition consisting of under-18 national teams organised by FIBA Africa.
It also serves as a qualification tournament to the FIBA Under-19 Women's World Cup, where the top two teams directly qualify.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Mali | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
2 | Egypt | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
3 | Senegal | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
4 | DR Congo | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
5 | Angola | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
6 | Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Mozambique | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
8 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
10 | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 17 | 17 | 16 | 50 |
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1985 | 1988 | 1991 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | ||
x | x | x | 2 | 4 | X | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 12 | ||
Algeria | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Angola | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||||||||
Benin | 4 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Botswana | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Cameroon | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Cape Verde | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Central African Republic | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
DR Congo (ex Zaire) | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Egypt | 5 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
Guinea | 6 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Kenya | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Madagascar | 5 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Mali | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
Morocco | 9 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Mozambique | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
Nigeria | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Rwanda | 4 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Senegal | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
South Africa | 5 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Tanzania | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Tunisia | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||||||
Uganda | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Zambia | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Zimbabwe | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
# Teams | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
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 | Q | 11 | |||||
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 | Q | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 27 |
Updated as of 1 January 2022 [13]
Rank | Change | Team | Points |
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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
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