FIBA U18 AfroBasket

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The FIBA U18 AfroBasket, previously known as the FIBA U18 African Championship, is a biennial international youth basketball competition consisting of under-18 men's national teams organised by FIBA Africa.

FormerlyFIBA U18 African Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1975; 51 years ago (1975)
Organising bodyFIBA Africa
Quick facts Formerly, Sport ...
FIBA U18 AfroBasket
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2026 FIBA U18 AfroBasket
FormerlyFIBA U18 African Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1975; 51 years ago (1975)
Organising bodyFIBA Africa
ContinentAfrica
Most recent
champion
 Mali (3rd title)
Most titles Egypt,  Nigeria
(6 titles each)
QualificationFIBA U19 World Cup
Related
competitions		FIBA U16 AfroBasket
Websitefiba.basketball/history
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The tournament also serves as qualification for the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, where the top two teams directly qualify.

Summary

More information Year, Hosts ...
Year Hosts Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1977
Details		 Egypt
Cairo
Egypt		 round robin
Central African Empire
Tunisia		 round robin ?
1980
Details		 Angola
Luanda
Angola		 90−81
Central African Republic
Nigeria		 95−90
Mozambique
1982
Details		 Mozambique
Maputo
Angola		 round robin
Mozambique
Senegal		 round robin ?
1984
Details		 Egypt
Cairo
Egypt		 round robin
Angola
Mozambique		 round robin
Nigeria
1987
Details		 Nigeria
Abuja
Nigeria		 65−62
Angola
Guinea		 round robin
Algeria
1988
Details		 Mozambique
Maputo
Angola		 round robin
Mozambique
Nigeria
1990
Details		 Angola
Luanda
Nigeria		 round robin
Angola
Cameroon
1994
Details[1]		 Cameroon
Yaounde
Nigeria		 round robin
Angola
Guinea		 round robin
Cameroon
1998
Details[2]		 Egypt
Alexandria
Nigeria		 round robin
Egypt
Angola		 round robin
South Africa
2000
Details[3]		 Guinea
Conakry
Guinea		 round robin
Angola
Mali		 round robin
Senegal
2002
Details		 Egypt
Cairo
Nigeria		 80−60
Angola
Mali		 −
Algeria
2006
Details[4]		 South Africa
Durban
Nigeria		 69−41
Mali
Angola		 74−70
Congo
2008
Details[5]		 Egypt
Alexandria
Egypt		 85−84
Angola
Nigeria		 79−77
Senegal
2010
Details[6]		 Rwanda
Kigali
Egypt		 67−54
Tunisia
Mali		 72−56
Mozambique
2012
Details[7]		 Mozambique
Maputo
Senegal 2012 title		 71−62
Ivory Coast
Egypt		 78–54
Mali
2014
Details[8]		 Madagascar
Antananarivo
Egypt		 80−69
Tunisia
Mali		 75−65
Angola
2016
Details[9]		 Rwanda
Kigali
Angola		 86−82
Egypt
Mali		 59–52
Tunisia
2018
Details[10]		 Mali
Bamako
Mali		 78−76
Senegal
Egypt		 89−78
Angola
2020
Details[11]		 Egypt
Cairo
Mali		 82−80
Senegal
Egypt		 72−55
Guinea
2022
Details[12]		 Madagascar
Antananarivo
Egypt		 81−54
Madagascar
Mali		 79−54
Angola
2024
Details[13]		 South Africa
Pretoria
Mali		 60−51
Cameroon
Senegal		 72−71
Morocco
2026
Details		 Ivory Coast
Abidjan		 – –
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^2012 title The Senegalese Basketball Federation relinquished the 2012 title due to age fraud by some of its players[14]

Medal table

More information Rank, Nation ...
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Egypt62311
2 Nigeria6039
3 Angola47213
4 Mali31610
5 Guinea1023
6 Senegal0224
7 Mozambique0213
 Tunisia0213
9 Central African Republic0202
10 Cameroon0112
11 Ivory Coast0101
 Madagascar0101
Totals (12 entries)20212162
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MVP Awards

More information Year, MVP Award Winner ...
Year MVP Award Winner
1998 Ivory Coast Michel Lasme
2006 Mali Waly Coulibaly
2008 Egypt Amr Gendy
2010 Egypt Aly Mohamed Ahmed
2012 Egypt Ehab Amin
2014 Angola Gerson Domingos
2016 Angola Sílvio Sousa
2018 Mali Siriman Kanouté
2020 Mali Bourama Coulibaly
2022 Madagascar Mathias M'Madi
2024 Mali Youssouf Traore
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Participating nations

More information Nation, Total ...
Nation Egypt Angola Mozambique Egypt Nigeria Mozambique Angola Cameroon Egypt Guinea Egypt South Africa Egypt Rwanda Mozambique Madagascar Rwanda Mali Egypt Madagascar South Africa Ivory Coast Total
1977 1980 1982 1984 1987 1988 1990 1994 1998 2000 2002 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026
 Algeria 4th7th8th7th11th7th 6
 Angola 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)7th5th4th1st place, gold medalist(s)4th4th6th 19
 Benin 8th11th8th 3
 Cameroon 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4th2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3
 Central African Republic 2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)5th9thQ 5
 Chad Q 1
 Congo 4th11th 2
 DR Congo 10th6th5th 3
 Egypt 1st place, gold medalist(s)5th1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)5thQ 14
 Equatorial Guinea 8th 1
 Gabon 6th5th10th9th10thQ 6
 Ghana 8th 1
 Guinea 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)5th9th4th6th 7
 Ivory Coast 7th6th11th2nd place, silver medalist(s)6th8th9thQ 8
 Kenya 9th12th 2
 Libya 6th8th 2
 Madagascar 5th2nd place, silver medalist(s)Q 3
 Mali 7th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)5th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)Q 11
 Morocco 6th8th9th4thQ 5
 Mozambique 4th2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)8th10th4th7th7th 9
 Nigeria 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)9th7thQ 12
 Rwanda 6th11th5th6th9th8thQ 7
 Senegal 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4th4th1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)5th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Q 9
 South Africa 4th6th10th 3
 Togo 7th 1
 Tunisia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)5th2nd place, silver medalist(s)6th2nd place, silver medalist(s)4th7thQ 8
 Uganda 9th10th12th 3
 Zambia 11th 1
Number of teams ?8?????7649912111191111491212
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Under-19 World Cup record

More information Team, App. ...
Team Brazil
1979		 Spain
1983		 Italy
1987		 Canada
1991		 Greece
1995		 Portugal
1999		 Greece
2003		 Serbia
2007		 New Zealand
2009		 Latvia
2011		 Czech Republic
2013		 Greece
2015		 Egypt
2017		 Greece
2019		 Latvia
2021		 Hungary
2023		 Switzerland
2025		 Czech Republic
2027		 App.
 Angola 13th13th14th13th14th13th6
 Cameroon 14th1
 Egypt 12th13th11th12th11th12th13th7
 Ivory Coast 15th1
 Madagascar 14th1
 Mali 15th16th2nd place, silver medalist(s)13th11th5
 Nigeria 12th15th11th11th11th13th6
 Senegal 16th15th7th3
 Tunisia 16th16th2
Total111222222222322222
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Top Ten FIBA Africa teams

Updated as of 13 December 2025[15]

More information Rank, Change ...
RankChangeTeamPoints
17Increase 1 MaliC552.2
23Increase 27 Ivory Coast503.6
25Steady 0 Egypt494.3
26Decrease 5 Guinea488.7
27Increase 7 Cameroon481.9
34Increase 3 Angola383.9
35Decrease 5 Madagascar382.8
36Decrease 16 Senegal379
48Steady 0 Morocco307
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C Current Africa champion

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