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The 2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket was the 21st edition of the African basketball championship for men's under-18 national teams. The tournament was played in Pretoria, South Africa, from 3 to 14 September 2024.[1][2][3] This was the second time South Africa has hosted the tournament; the previous one was in 2006.

Host country South Africa
CityPretoria
Dates3−14 September
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Quick facts 21st FIBA Under-18 African Basketball Championship, Tournament details ...
2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket
21st FIBA Under-18 African
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
CityPretoria
Dates3−14 September
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venues2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mali (3rd title)
Runners-up Cameroon
Third place Senegal
Fourth place Morocco
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
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This tournament also served as the FIBA Africa's qualifier for the 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Switzerland, where the top two teams qualified.

Mali secured their third overall title with a victory over Cameroon in the final, 60–51.

Qualification

More information Means of qualification, Dates ...
Means of qualification[4]DatesVenueBerthsQualifiers
Host nationN/AN/A1 South Africa
2022 FIBA U18 African Championship Top Four4–14 December 2022Madagascar Antananarivo3 Egypt
 Madagascar
 Mali
 Angola
2024 Zone I U18 Qualifiers11–14 July 2024Tunisia Tunis1 Morocco
2024 Zone II U18 QualifiersN/AN/A1 Senegal
2024 Zone III U18 Qualifiers31 July–4 August 2024Ivory Coast Abidjan1 Nigeria
2024 Zone IV U18 QualifiersN/AN/A1 Cameroon
2024 Zone V U18 Qualifiers9–14 June 2024Uganda Kampala1 Uganda
2024 Zone VI U18 Qualifiers28–29 June 2024Zambia Lusaka1 Zambia
2024 Zone VII U18 QualifiersN/AN/AN/AN/A
Wildcards9 August 2024N/A2 Ivory Coast
 Rwanda
Total12
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Qualified teams

Includes current world ranking prior to the start of the tournament (in parentheses).

Group phase

The draw of the group phase took place on 25 August 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda.[5]

In this round, the teams were drawn into three groups of four. The top two teams from each group and the best two third-placed teams advanced to the quarterfinals; the other teams were dropped to the 9th–12th place playoffs.

All times are local (South African Standard Time; UTC+2).

Group A

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Mali 3 3 0 199 177 +22 6 Quarterfinals
2  Senegal 3 2 1 191 183 +8 5
3  Cameroon 3 1 2 181 196 −15 4
4  Ivory Coast 3 0 3 194 209 −15 3 9th–12th place playoffs
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Source: FIBA Africa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
4 September 2024
12:30
Ivory Coast  62–67  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 7–23, 12–14, 21–13
University of Pretoria
4 September 2024
17:30
Mali  64–50  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 9–7, 19–11, 17–18, 19–14
University of Pretoria
7 September 2024
17:30
Senegal  69–63  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 20–10, 10–16, 26–18
University of Pretoria
7 September 2024
20:00
Cameroon  58–62  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 20–14, 13–12, 14–20
University of Pretoria
10 September 2024
15:00
Cameroon  56–72  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 9–14, 12–17, 18–28
University of Pretoria
10 September 2024
17:30
Mali  73–69  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 17–19, 24–16, 15–20
University of Pretoria

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 2 1 197 164 +33 5 Quarterfinals
2  Angola 3 2 1 211 197 +14 5
3  Nigeria 3 2 1 199 196 +3 5
4  Uganda 3 0 3 184 234 −50 3 9th–12th place playoffs
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Source: FIBA Africa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
4 September 2024
15:00
Angola  89–73  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 18–18, 22–6, 29–30
University of Pretoria
4 September 2024
20:00
Egypt  70–57  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 23–15, 15–16, 18–9
University of Pretoria
7 September 2024
12:30
Uganda  50–73  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 15–18, 13–14, 11–26
University of Pretoria
7 September 2024
15:00
Nigeria  70–65  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 12–6, 15–25, 23–16
University of Pretoria
10 September 2024
12:30
Uganda  61–72  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 11–19, 15–17, 20–15
University of Pretoria
10 September 2024
20:00
Egypt  54–57  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 12–15, 9–13, 15–15
University of Pretoria

Group C

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Rwanda 3 3 0 223 184 +39 6 Quarterfinals
2  Morocco 3 2 1 201 154 +47 5
3  Zambia 3 1 2 206 231 −25 4 9th–12th place playoffs
4  South Africa (H) 3 0 3 156 217 −61 3
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Source: FIBA Africa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
3 September 2024
12:30
South Africa  64–81  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 17–26, 15–13, 20–18
University of Pretoria
3 September 2024
17:30
Morocco  84–67  Zambia
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 21–17, 13–23, 27–15
Pts: Solhi 21
Rebs: El Baze 9
Asts: El Baze 5
University of Pretoria
Attendance: 100
Referees: David Joao DOMINGOS MANUEL (ANG), Mohamed ELMENSHAWY (EGY), Emmanuel O.Paterne KPAWOGBO (BEN)
6 September 2024
15:00
Zambia  70–61  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 15–23, 13–13, 19–13
University of Pretoria
6 September 2024
17:30
Rwanda  56–51  Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 24–17, 11–9, 13–12
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -		 Pts: Karem 26
Rebs: Solhi 11
Asts: Solhi 5
University of Pretoria
Attendance: 100
9 September 2024
15:00
South Africa  31–66  Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 9–15, 6–8, 6–19
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -		 Pts: Solhi 13
Rebs: El Baze / Bahmad 9
Asts: El Baze 6
University of Pretoria
Attendance: 50
9 September 2024
20:00
Zambia  69–86  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 27–18, 13–29, 14–16
University of Pretoria

Ranking of third-placed teams

More information Pos, Grp ...
Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 B  Nigeria 3 2 1 199 196 +3 5 Quarterfinals
2 A  Cameroon 3 1 2 181 196 −15 4
3 C  Zambia 3 1 2 206 231 −25 4 9th–12th place playoffs
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Source: FIBA Africa

Group phase overall ranking

More information Rank, Team ...
Rank Team
1 Rwanda
2 Mali
3 Egypt
4 Morocco
5 Angola
6 Senegal
7 Nigeria
8 Cameroon
9 Zambia
10 Ivory Coast
11 Uganda
12 South Africa
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Advanced to quarterfinals
Dropped to 9th–12th place playoffs

9th–12th place playoffs

9th–12th place semifinals9th place game
11 September
9 Zambia47
12 September
12 South Africa53
 South Africa55
11 September
 Ivory Coast84
10 Ivory Coast77
11 Uganda66
11th place game
12 September
 Zambia61
 Uganda54

9th–12th place semifinals

11 September 2024
17:00
Zambia  47–53  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 7–6, 16–11, 14–17, 10–19
Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria
11 September 2024
19:30
Ivory Coast  77–66  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 7–16, 30–15, 16–16
Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

11th place game

12 September 2024
17:00
Zambia  61–54  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 19–19, 10–12, 16–7
Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

9th place game

12 September 2024
19:30
South Africa  55–84  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 11–21, 19–22, 9–24
Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

Championship playoffs

5th place game5th–8th place semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
12 September
1 Rwanda53
13 September8 Cameroon6713 September
 Rwanda56 Cameroon67
 Angola6812 September Morocco47
4 Morocco61
14 September5 Angola4514 September
 Angola69 Cameroon51
 Egypt7212 September Mali60
2 Mali81
13 September7 Nigeria7013 September
7th place game Nigeria63 Mali683rd place game
14 September Egypt8212 September Senegal6014 September
 Rwanda613 Egypt61 Morocco71
 Nigeria786 Senegal68 Senegal72

Quarterfinals

12 September 2024
12:30
Morocco  61–45  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 15–11, 12–13, 12–7
Pts: Solhi 22
Rebs: Bahmad 11
Asts: karem 5		 Pts: Neto 12
Rebs: Neto 9
Asts: Neto 4
University of Pretoria
12 September 2024
15:00
Rwanda  53–67  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 16–22, 17–15, 4–16
University of Pretoria
12 September 2024
17:30
Egypt  61–68  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 12–13, 15–15, 18–21
University of Pretoria
12 September 2024
20:00
Mali  81–70  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 21–15, 14–15, 27–17
University of Pretoria

5th–8th place semifinals

13 September 2024
17:00
Rwanda  56–68  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 10–16, 11–17, 24–19
Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria
13 September 2024
19:30
Nigeria  63–82  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 16–30, 22–15, 9–12
Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

7th place game

14 September 2024
14:00
Rwanda  61–78  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 13–17, 14–19, 20–22
Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

5th place game

14 September 2024
16:30
Angola  69–72  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 14–27, 24–32, 18–6, 13–7
Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

Semifinals

13 September 2024
17:30
Cameroon  67–47  Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 19–10, 16–13, 19–5
University of Pretoria
13 September 2024
20:00
Mali  68–60  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 16–28, 24–7, 13–9
University of Pretoria

3rd place game

14 September 2024
14:30
Morocco  71–72  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 14–17, 16–17, 22–18
University of Pretoria

Final

14 September 2024
20:30
Cameroon  51–60  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 11–17, 15–15, 15–18
University of Pretoria

Final standings

More information Rank, Team ...
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mali6–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cameroon3–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Senegal4–2
4 Morocco3–3
5 Egypt4–2
6 Angola3–3
7 Nigeria3–3
8 Rwanda3–3
9 Ivory Coast2–3
10 South Africa1–4
11 Zambia2–3
12 Uganda0–5
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Qualified for the 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup

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