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.

FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket
FormerlyFIBA U18 Women's African Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1985; 39 years ago (1985)
ContinentFIBA Africa (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Mali (9th title)
Most titles Mali (9 titles)
QualificationFIBA U19 Women's World Cup
Related
competitions
FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket

It also serves as a qualification tournament to the FIBA Under-19 Women's World Cup, where the top two teams directly qualify.

Summary

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Year[1] Hosts Final Third place match
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
Details
 
Maputo
 
Mali
80 – 69  
Mozambique
 
Zaire
1998
Details
 
Dakar[2]
 
Angola
45 – 43  
Senegal
 
Mali
51 – 49  
Egypt
2000
Details
 
Bamako
 
Mali
 
Ivory Coast
 
Angola
2004
Details
 
Ben Arous[3]
 
Tunisia
84 – 78  
DR Congo
 
Mozambique
62 – 37  
Angola
2006
Details
 
Cotonou[4]
 
Mali
77 – 66  
Ivory Coast
 
DR Congo
85 – 44  
Benin
2008
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Radès[5]
 
Mali
57 – 35  
Tunisia
 
Mozambique
69 – 63  
Nigeria
2010
Details
 
Cairo[6]
 
Egypt
63 – 62  
Nigeria
 
Mozambique
61 – 48  
Mali
2012
Details
 
Dakar[7]
 
Senegal
2012 title
55 – 50  
Mali
 
Egypt
45 – 44  
Tunisia
2014
Details
 
Cairo[8]
 
Mali
70 – 60  
Egypt
 
Mozambique
51 – 48  
Algeria
2016
Details
 
Cairo[9]
 
Mali
84 – 61  
Egypt
 
Mozambique
56 – 43  
Angola
2018
Details
 
Maputo[10]
 
Mali
86 – 33  
Mozambique
 
Angola
59 – 46  
Rwanda
2020
Details
 
Cairo
 
Egypt
68 – 63  
Mali
 
Senegal
2022
Details
 
Antsirabe[11]
 
Mali
86 – 54  
Egypt
 
Angola
53 – 37  
Madagascar
2024
Details
 
Pretoria[12]
 
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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Mali92011
2  Egypt2327
3  Senegal2215
4  DR Congo2125
5  Angola1157
6  Tunisia1102
7  Mozambique0358
8  Ivory Coast0202
  Nigeria0202
10  Cameroon0011
Totals (10 entries)17171650

MVP Awards

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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

Participating nations

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Nation                                  
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

Under-19 Women's World Cup record

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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

Top ten FIBA Youth Africa teams

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Updated as of 1 January 2022 [13]

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

See also

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References

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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. ^ "1999 African Championship for Junior Women". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  3. ^ "2004 U18 African Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  4. ^ "2006 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  5. ^ "2008 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  6. ^ "2010 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  7. ^ "2012 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  8. ^ "2014 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA.com. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  9. ^ "2016 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Bamako and Maputo confirmed as host cities for 2018 Africa U18 Championships". FIBA Africa. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  11. ^ "FIBA U18 African Women's Championship 2022". FIBA Africa. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  12. ^ "FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket 2024". FIBA. 14 September 2024.
  13. ^ "FIBA World Ranking". FIFA.com. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
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