FIBA U18 AfroBasket
| Current season, competition or edition: 2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket | |
| Formerly | FIBA U18 African Championship |
|---|---|
| Sport | Basketball |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Organising body | FIBA Africa |
| Continent | Africa |
| Most recent champion(s) | Mali (3rd title) |
| Most titles | Egypt, Nigeria (6 titles each) |
| Qualification | FIBA U19 World Cup |
| Related competitions | FIBA U16 AfroBasket |
| Official website | fiba.basketball/history |
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.
The tournament also serves as qualification for the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, where the top two teams directly qualify.
Summary
- ^2012 title The Senegalese Basketball Federation relinquished the 2012 title due to age fraud by some of its players[14]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Angola | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Mali | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | Guinea | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Senegal | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Mozambique | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Tunisia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 | Central African Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Madagascar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 20 | 21 | 21 | 62 | |
MVP Awards
| Year | MVP Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Michel Lasme |
| 2006 | Waly Coulibaly |
| 2008 | Amr Gendy |
| 2010 | Aly Mohamed Ahmed |
| 2012 | Ehab Amin |
| 2014 | Gerson Domingos |
| 2016 | Sílvio Sousa |
| 2018 | Siriman Kanouté |
| 2020 | Bourama Coulibaly |
| 2022 | Mathias M'Madi |
Participating nations
| Nation | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1980 | 1982 | 1984 | 1987 | 1988 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | ||
| Algeria | 4th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 11th | 7th | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Angola | 7th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| Benin | 8th | 11th | 8th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | 4th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 5th | 9th | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Congo | 4th | 11th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| DR Congo | 10th | 6th | 5th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 5th | 5th | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 8th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gabon | 6th | 5th | 10th | 9th | 10th | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 8th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | 5th | 9th | 4th | 6th | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 7th | 6th | 11th | 6th | 8th | 9th | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 9th | 12th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Libya | 6th | 8th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | 5th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 7th | 5th | 4th | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | 6th | 8th | 9th | 4th | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 4th | 8th | 10th | 4th | 7th | 7th | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 9th | 7th | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | 6th | 11th | 5th | 6th | 9th | 8th | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Senegal | 4th | 4th | 5th | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 4th | 6th | 10th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Togo | 7th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 5th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | 9th | 10th | 12th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | 11th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of teams | ? | 8 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 12 |
Under-19 World Cup record
| Team | 1979 |
1983 |
1987 |
1991 |
1995 |
1999 |
2003 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
2021 |
2023 |
2025 |
2027 |
App. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 13th | 13th | 14th | 13th | 14th | 13th | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Cameroon | Q | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 12th | 13th | 11th | 12th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 7 | |||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 15th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | 14th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 15th | 16th | 13th | Q | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 12th | 15th | 11th | 11th | 11th | 13th | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Senegal | 16th | 15th | 7th | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 16th | 16th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Top Ten FIBA Africa teams
Updated as of 15 December 2022[15]
| Rank | Change | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 8 | EgyptC | 542.0 |
| 17 | 3 | Mali | 541.4 |
| 23 | 6 | Senegal | 492.6 |
| 35 | 0 | Madagascar | 377.3 |
| 40 | 1 | Nigeria | 353.7 |
| 41 | 4 | Algeria | 352.6 |
| 42 | 1 | Guinea | 344.6 |
| 44 | 2 | Angola | 301.9 |
| 50 | 2 | Chad | 258.3 |
C Current Africa champion
See also
References
- ^ "1994 FIBA African Championship for Junior Men". archive.fiba.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013.
- ^ "1998 FIBA African Championship for Junior Men". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2000 FIBA African Championship for Junior Men". archive.fiba.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013.
- ^ "2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2010 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2012 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2018 FIBA U18 African Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2020 FIBA U18 African Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2022 FIBA U18 African Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ Matthew, Tamba-Jean (5 December 2013). "Senegal dissolves basketball association after cheating scandal". Africa Review. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "FIBA World Ranking". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 August 2022.