FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket

FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket
Current season, competition or edition:
2024 FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket
FormerlyFIBA U18 Women's African Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1985 (1985)
Organising bodyFIBA Africa
ContinentAfrica
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
Official websitefiba.basketball/history

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.

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

Summary

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[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

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

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

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

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

See also

References

  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.