2026 FIBA U18 AfroBasket
International basketball competition
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The 2026 FIBA U18 AfroBasket was the 22nd edition of the African basketball championship for men's under-18 national teams. The tournament was played in Treichville (Abidjan), Ivory Coast, from 5 to 16 August 2026.[1][2] This was the first time that Ivory Coast organized this event.
| 22nd FIBA Under-18 African Basketball Championship | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Ivory Coast |
| City | Abidjan |
| Dates | 5−16 August |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Ivory Coast (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Senegal |
| Third place |  Cameroon |
| Fourth place |  Mali |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Nathan Djako |
| Official website | |
| www.fiba.basketball | |
This tournament also served as the FIBA Africa's qualifier for the 2027 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in the Czech Republic, where the top two teams qualified.
Host Ivory Coast secured their first ever title with a victory over Senegal in the final, 73–51.
Qualification
Qualified teams
Includes current world ranking prior to the start of the tournament (in parentheses).[3]
Group phase
The draw of the group phase took place on 2 August 2026 in Ivory Coast.[4]
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 (Greenwich Mean Time; UTC+00:00).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivory Coast (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 181 | +89 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 |  Chad |
3 | 2 | 1 | 183 | 207 | −24 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Egypt |
3 | 1 | 2 | 210 | 230 | −20 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Nigeria |
3 | 0 | 3 | 186 | 231 | −45 | 3 | 9th–12th place playoffs |
Source: FIBA Africa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
5 August 2026 15:00 |
| Egypt |
95–68 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–23, 24–20, 23–12, 16–13 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville |
5 August 2026 18:30 |
| Ivory Coast |
104–51 | Chad |
| Scoring by quarter: 31–14, 24–12, 19–8, 30–17 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville |
7 August 2026 12:00 |
| Chad |
59–50 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 18–11, 19–15, 11–12 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville |
7 August 2026 17:00 |
| Ivory Coast |
89–62 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 23–13, 22–12, 23–20 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville |
9 August 2026 14:30 |
| Egypt |
53–73 | Chad |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 12–16, 11–10, 10–24 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville |
9 August 2026 17:00 |
| Nigeria |
68–77 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 10–20, 21–23, 16–17 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali |
3 | 3 | 0 | 232 | 126 | +106 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 |  Madagascar |
3 | 2 | 1 | 171 | 166 | +5 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Gabon |
3 | 1 | 2 | 169 | 243 | −74 | 4 | 9th–12th place playoffs |
| 4 |  Morocco |
3 | 0 | 3 | 155 | 192 | −37 | 3 |
Source: FIBA Africa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
5 August 2026 10:00 |
| Madagascar |
68–65 | Gabon |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 8–20, 24–11, 17–17 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville |
5 August 2026 12:30 |
| Morocco |
45–66 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 11–18, 14–14, 9–16 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville |
7 August 2026 14:30 |
| Mali |
113–37 | Gabon |
| Scoring by quarter: 39–9, 20–6, 26–4, 28–18 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville |
7 August 2026 19:30 |
| Madagascar |
59–48 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 11–8, 13–12, 21–14 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville |
9 August 2026 12:00 |
| Gabon |
67–62 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 22–6, 9–17, 21–12 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville |
9 August 2026 19:30 |
| Mali |
53–44 | Madagascar |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–1, 9–22, 20–11, 13–10 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameroon |
3 | 3 | 0 | 178 | 145 | +33 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Senegal |
3 | 2 | 1 | 179 | 121 | +58 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Tunisia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 135 | 161 | −26 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Rwanda |
3 | 0 | 3 | 149 | 214 | −65 | 3 | 9th–12th place playoffs |
Source: FIBA Africa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
6 August 2026 14:30 |
| Cameroon |
53–41 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–2, 16–18, 8–6, 14–15 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville Attendance: 100 |
6 August 2026 17:00 |
| Rwanda |
38–78 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 7–24, 11–17, 10–13 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville Attendance: 100 |
8 August 2026 14:30 |
| Cameroon |
76–58 | Rwanda |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 8–10, 28–17, 12–19 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville |
8 August 2026 17:00 |
| Tunisia |
34–55 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–11, 10–16, 4–15, 9–13 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville |
10 August 2026 14:30 |
| Tunisia |
60–53 | Rwanda |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–6, 12–18, 23–18, 9–11 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville Attendance: 100 |
10 August 2026 17:00 |
| Senegal |
46–49 | Cameroon |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–12, 10–16, 15–8, 13–13 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville Attendance: 200 |
Group phase overall ranking
| Advanced to quarterfinals | |
| Dropped to 9th–12th place playoffs |
9th–12th place playoffs
| 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th place game | |||||||
| 9 | Gabon | 83 | ||||||
| 12 | Rwanda | 88 | ||||||
| Rwanda | 48 | |||||||
| Nigeria | 75 | |||||||
| 10 | Morocco | 76 | ||||||
| 11 | Nigeria | 84 | ||||||
| 11th place game | ||||||||
| Gabon | 67 | |||||||
| Morocco | 94 | |||||||
9th–12th place semifinals
12 August 2026 18:00 |
| Morocco |
76–84 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 20–14, 23–31, 16–23 | ||
Salle Polyvalente, Treichville Attendance: 100 |
12 August 2026 20:30 |
| Gabon |
83–88 | Rwanda |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 14–19, 9–22, 41–27 | ||
Salle Polyvalente, Treichville Attendance: 100 |
11th place game
13 August 2026 15:30 |
| Gabon |
67–94 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 15–18, 13–26, 17–25 | ||
Salle Polyvalente, Treichville Attendance: 50 |
9th place game
13 August 2026 20:30 |
| Rwanda |
48–75 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 11–26, 8–12, 10–19 | ||
Salle Polyvalente, Treichville Attendance: 100 |
Championship playoffs
| 5th place game | 5th–8th place semifinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mali | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Tunisia | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 86 | Mali | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | 51 | Senegal | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Senegal | 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Madagascar | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 70 | Senegal | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 68 | Ivory Coast | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ivory Coast | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Egypt | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th place game | Egypt | 65 | Ivory Coast | 62 | 3rd place game | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 59 | Cameroon | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | 69 | 3 | Cameroon | 77 | Mali | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 42 | 6 | Chad | 49 | Cameroon | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
13 August 2026 13:00 |
| Mali |
66–55 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 14–7, 23–8, 10–22 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville Attendance: 200 |
13 August 2026 15:30 |
| Senegal |
54–40 | Madagascar |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 8–12, 18–4, 13–15 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville Attendance: 200 |
13 August 2026 18:00 |
| Ivory Coast |
67–57 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 22–16, 12–18, 12–10 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville Attendance: 1,000 |
13 August 2026 20:30 |
| Cameroon |
77–49 | Chad |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 14–11, 18–14, 27–6 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville Attendance: 200 |
5th–8th place semifinals
14 August 2026 15:30 |
| Tunisia |
86–51 | Madagascar |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 20–19, 23–8, 22–12 | ||
Salle Polyvalente, Treichville Attendance: 100 |
14 August 2026 20:30 |
| Egypt |
65–59 | Chad |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 15–22, 11–10, 16–10 | ||
Salle Polyvalente, Treichville Attendance: 100 |
7th place game
15 August 2026 15:30 |
| Madagascar |
69–42 | Chad |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 20–10, 19–12, 12–6 | ||
Salle Polyvalente, Treichville Attendance: 100 |
5th place game
15 August 2026 20:30 |
| Tunisia |
70–68 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 17–18, 17–28, 21–10 | ||
Salle Polyvalente, Treichville Attendance: 100 |
Semifinals
15 August 2026 15:00 |
| Mali |
51–55 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 8–11, 16–13, 14–8 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville Attendance: 500 |
15 August 2026 18:00 |
| Ivory Coast |
62–57 | Cameroon |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 19–22, 17–15, 10–10 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville Attendance: 1,000 |
3rd place game
16 August 2026 14:00 |
| Mali |
69–73 | Cameroon |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 16–21, 16–18, 24–14 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville Attendance: 100 |
Final
16 August 2026 20:00 |
| Senegal |
51–73 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–16, 17–18, 10–21, 17–18 | ||
Palais des Sports de Treichville Attendance: 4,000 |
Final standings
| Qualified for the 2027 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup |