FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket

For the men's tournament, see FIBA U18 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.

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; 39 years ago (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

It also serves as a qualification tournament to 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 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 Details	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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

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
	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

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 ^[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

• FIBA Women's AfroBasket
• FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket
• FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship for Women

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. "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.

External links

• - africabasket.com
• - FIBA Archives