FIBA U16 AfroBasket

FIBA U16 AfroBasket
Current season, competition or edition:; 2025 FIBA U16 AfroBasket
Formerly	FIBA U16 African Championship; FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2009; 17 years ago
Organising body	FIBA Africa
Continent	Africa
Most recent; champion	Ivory Coast (1st title)
Most titles	Egypt (5 titles)
Qualification	FIBA U17 World Cup
Related; competitions	FIBA U18 AfroBasket
Website	fiba.basketball/history

The FIBA U16 AfroBasket, previously known as the FIBA U16 African Championship or FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship, is a biennial international youth basketball competition consisting of under-16 men's national teams organized by FIBA Africa.

FormerlyFIBA U16 African Championship
FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship

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Founded2009; 17 years ago

Organising bodyFIBA Africa

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The tournament also serves as a qualification for the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, where the top two teams qualify.

Year	Hosts	Final			Third place game
Year	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2009^[1] Details	Maputo	Egypt	84–82	Mali	Nigeria	65–56	Algeria
2011^[2] Details	Alexandria	Egypt	117–67	Tunisia	Mali	59–57	Angola
2013^[3] Details	Antananarivo	Angola	75–66	Egypt	Tunisia	70–49	Madagascar
2015^[4] Details	Bamako	Egypt	64–63	Mali	Algeria	45–37	Angola
2017^[5] Details	Vacoas-Phoenix	Mali	76–65	Egypt	Algeria	57–54	Tunisia
2019^[6] Details	Praia	Egypt	66–57	Mali	Nigeria	54–53	Guinea
2021^[7] Details	Cairo	Egypt	63–62	Mali	Algeria	65–50	Chad
2023^[8] Details	Monastir	Guinea	84–76	Egypt	Mali	63–56	Angola
2025^[9] Details	Kigali	Ivory Coast	62–49	Cameroon	Mali	58–51	Egypt
2027 Details	TBD TBD		–			–

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	5	3	0	8
2	Mali	1	4	3	8
3	Angola	1	0	0	1
	Guinea	1	0	0	1
	Ivory Coast	1	0	0	1
6	Tunisia	0	1	1	2
7	Cameroon	0	1	0	1
8	Algeria	0	0	3	3
9	Nigeria	0	0	2	2
Totals (9 entries)		9	9	9	27

Year	MVP Award Winner
2009	Ahmed Mostafa
2011	Ehab Amin
2013	Mohamed Abdelrahman
2015	Ahmed Khalaf
2017	Siriman Kanouté
2019	Moamen Abouzeid
2021	Adam El Halawany
2023	Nour Gassim Toure
2025	Jean-Philippe Oka

Nation											Total
	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	2025	2027	Total

Algeria	4th	5th				10th					6
Angola	6th	4th		4th		7th		4th	7th		7
Cameroon										Q	2
Cape Verde						8th					1
Central African Republic	7th										1
Chad							4th	7th			2
Comoros			9th								1
Congo		7th									1
DR Congo			5th								1
Egypt									4th	Q	10
Equatorial Guinea				10th							1
Ethiopia				11th							1
Gabon			7th				7th				2
Guinea	9th					4th			11th		4
Ivory Coast			8th			9th	5th	6th		Q	6
Liberia									10th		1
Madagascar			4th		5th						2
Mali										Q	9
Mauritius					8th						1
Morocco				6th				8th	9th		3
Mozambique	5th	6th	6th		7th						4
Nigeria				5th							3
Rwanda				9th	6th	5th		5th	8th		5
Sierra Leone									12th		1
South Africa	8th	8th		8th							3
Tunisia				7th	4th	6th		9th	6th		7
Uganda							6th	10th	5th		3
Number of teams	9	8	9	11	8	10	7	10	12	TBD

Team	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2022	2024	2026	2028	Total
Angola			11							1
Cameroon								Q		1
Egypt	11	12	13	16	16	10	12			7
Guinea							14			1
Ivory Coast								Q		1
Mali				15	12	15				3
Total	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	16

FIBA U16 AfroBasket

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Medal table

MVP Awards

Participating nations

Under-17 World Cup record

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Current season, competition or edition: 2025 FIBA U16 AfroBasket

Formerly	FIBA U16 African Championship FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2009; 17 years ago (2009)
Organising body	FIBA Africa
Continent	Africa
Most recent champion	Ivory Coast (1st title)
Most titles	Egypt (5 titles)
Qualification	FIBA U17 World Cup
Related competitions	FIBA U18 AfroBasket
Website	fiba.basketball/history