FIBA U18 AfroBasket

FIBA U18 AfroBasket
Current season, competition or edition:; 2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket
Formerly	FIBA U18 African Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1975; 49 years ago
Continent	FIBA Africa (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

The FIBA U18 AfroBasket, previously known as the FIBA U18 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 Basketball World Cup, where the top two teams directly qualify.

Summary

Year	Hosts	Final			Third place match
Year	Hosts	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	?
1987 Details	Abuja	Nigeria	round robin	Angola	Guinea	round robin	?
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
7	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
11	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

Nation
	1977	1980	1982	1984	1987	1988	1990	1994	1998	2000	2002	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022	2024
	x	8	x	x	x	x	x	7	6	4	9	9	12	11	11	9	11	11	4	9	12
Algeria	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	4	⋅	7	8	⋅	⋅	7	11	⋅	7		6
Angola	⋅													7	5	4		4	⋅	4	6	19
Benin	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	8	11	⋅	⋅	8		3
Cameroon	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		4	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		3
Central African Republic			⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	5	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	9	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		4
Congo	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	4	11	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		2
DR Congo	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	10	⋅	⋅	6	5	⋅	⋅		3
Egypt		5	⋅		⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		⋅	⋅	⋅									5	13
Equatorial Guinea	⋅	8	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		1
Gabon	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	6	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	5	10	9	10	⋅	⋅	⋅		5
Ghana	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	8	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		1
Guinea	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		⋅	⋅		⋅		⋅	5	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	9	4	6		7
Ivory Coast	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	7	6	11		6	8	⋅	⋅	⋅	9	7
Kenya	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	9	12	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		2
Libya	⋅	6	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	8	⋅	⋅		2
Madagascar	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	5	⋅	⋅	⋅			2
Mali	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	7	⋅				5		4							13
Morocco	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	6	⋅	⋅	⋅	8	⋅	9	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	4	4
Mozambique	⋅	4			⋅		⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	8	10	4	7	7	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		9
Nigeria	⋅		⋅	⋅						⋅				9	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	7	11
Rwanda	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	6	11	⋅	5	6	⋅	9	8	6
Senegal	⋅	⋅		⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	4	⋅	⋅	4	⋅		⋅	⋅			5		8
South Africa	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	4	⋅	⋅	6	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	10	3
Togo	⋅	7	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		1
Tunisia		⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	5	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		6		4	7	⋅	⋅		7
Uganda	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	9	10	⋅	⋅	12	3
Zambia	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	11	1
# Teams		8	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	7	6	4	9	9	12	11	11	9	11	11	4	9	12

	Top 10

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