FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket

FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket
Current season, competition or edition:; 2022 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship
Formerly	FIBA U18 Women's African Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1985; 39 years ago
Continent	FIBA Africa (Africa)
Most recent; champion(s)	Mali (8th title)
Most titles	Mali (8 titles)
Qualification	FIBA U19 Women's World Cup
Related; competitions	FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket

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

It also serves as a qualification tournament to the FIBA Under-19 Women's World Cup, where the top two teams directly qualify.

Summary

Year^[1]	Hosts	Final			Third place match
Year^[1]	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1985 Details	Accra	Senegal	–	Mozambique	Angola	–
1988 Details	Luanda	Zaire	–	Angola		–
1991 Details	Dakar	Zaire	–	Senegal	Angola	–
1996 Details	Maputo	Mali	80 – 69	Mozambique	Zaire	–
1998 Details	Dakar^[2]	Angola	45 – 43	Senegal	Egypt	49 – 51	Mali
2000 Details	Bamako	Mali	–	Ivory Coast	Angola	–
2004 Details	Ben Arous^[3]	Tunisia	84 – 78	DR Congo	Mozambique	62 – 37	Angola
2006 Details	Cotonou^[4]	Mali	77 – 66	Ivory Coast	DR Congo	85 – 44	Benin
2008 Details	Radès^[5]	Mali	57 – 35	Tunisia	Mozambique	69 – 63	Nigeria
2010 Details	Cairo^[6]	Egypt	63 – 62	Nigeria	Mozambique	61 – 48	Mali
2012 Details	Dakar^[7]	~~Senegal~~ ^{2012 title}	~~55 – 50~~	Mali	Egypt	45 – 44	Tunisia
2014 Details	Cairo^[8]	Mali	70 – 60	Egypt	Mozambique	51 – 48	Algeria
2016 Details	Cairo^[9]	Mali	84 – 61	Egypt	Mozambique	56 – 43	Angola
2018 Details	Maputo^[10]	Mali	86 – 33	Mozambique	Angola	59 – 46	Rwanda
2020 Details	Cairo	Egypt	68 – 63	Mali	Senegal
2022 Details	Antsirabe^[11]	Mali	86 – 54	Egypt	Angola	53 – 37	Madagascar
2024 Details	Pretoria

^2012 title The Senegalese Basketball Federation relinquished the 2012 title due to age fraud by some of its players.

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mali	8	2	0	10
2	Egypt	2	3	2	7
3	Senegal	2	2	1	5
4	DR Congo	2	1	2	5
5	Angola	1	1	5	7
6	Tunisia	1	1	0	2
7	Mozambique	0	3	5	8
8	Ivory Coast	0	2	0	2
9	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
Totals (9 entries)		16	16	15	47

MVP Awards

Year	MVP Award Winner
1998	Teresa Gonçalves
2006	Fanta Toure
2008	Laoudy Maiga
2010	Reem Osama
2012	Yacine Diop
2014	Djeneba N'Diaye
2016	Meral Abdelgawad
2018	Assetou Sissoko
2020	Yara Hussein
2022	Maimouna Haidara

Participating nations

Nation
	1985	1988	1991	1996	1998	2000	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022	2024
	x	x	x	2	4	X	7	5	11	10	6	8	8	8	3	8	12
Algeria												4	7			6		3
Angola							4	5	10	7	5	5	4				Q	14
Benin								4	8									2
Botswana												8						1
Cape Verde														6				1
Cameroon																	Q	1
Central African Republic							7											1
DR Congo (ex Zaire)									9	9				7				7
Egypt														5			Q	8
Guinea									6							8		2
Ivory Coast									5	6		7						5
Kenya									7	10	6							3
Madagascar													5			4	Q	2
Mali					4		6			4							Q	13
Morocco																	Q	1
Mozambique																		8
Nigeria									4								Q	3
Rwanda														4			Q	2
Senegal										8								6
South Africa							5										Q	1
Tanzania																7		1
Tunisia										5	4	6	6				Q	7
Uganda									11				8	8		5	Q	5
Zambia																	Q	1
# Teams				2	4		7	5	11	10	6	8	8	8	3	8	12

Under-19 Women's World Cup record

Team	1985	1989	1993	1997	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	2025	Total
Mali				10/12	12/12		15/16	14/16		15/16	12/16	13/16	7/16	4/16	5/16		10
Egypt									15/16		16/16	16/16		12/16	12/16		5
DR Congo		12/12	10/12			11/12											3
Senegal	10/10									16/16							2
Tunisia						12/12		15/16									2
Ivory Coast							16/16										1
Mozambique													15/16				1
Nigeria									16/16								1
Total	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	27

Top ten FIBA Youth Africa teams

Updated as of 1 January 2022 ^[12]

Rank	Change	Team	Points
15	1	Mali ^C	529.0
22	13	Mozambique	450.2
31	6	Egypt	395.5
40	9	Angola	334.0
50	17	Algeria	251.8
54	2	Senegal	227.7
59	5	Uganda	217.0
60	26	DR Congo	211.0
63		Rwanda	193.2
66	20	Tanzania	189.1

^C Current Africa champion

References

^ "Palmarès de l'Afrobasket U18 Dames" (in French). FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
^ "1999 African Championship for Junior Women". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
^ "2004 U18 African Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
^ "2006 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
^ "2008 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
^ "2010 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
^ "2012 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
^ "2014 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA.com. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
^ "2016 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
^ "Bamako and Maputo confirmed as host cities for 2018 Africa U18 Championships". FIBA Africa. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
^ "FIBA U18 African Women's Championship 2022". FIBA Africa. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ "FIBA World Ranking". FIFA.com. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

External links

[1] "Palmarès de l'Afrobasket U18 Dames" (in French). FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.

[2] "1999 African Championship for Junior Women". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[3] "2004 U18 African Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[4] "2006 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[5] "2008 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[6] "2010 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[7] "2012 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[8] "2014 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA.com. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

[9] "2016 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

[10] "Bamako and Maputo confirmed as host cities for 2018 Africa U18 Championships". FIBA Africa. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.

[11] "FIBA U18 African Women's Championship 2022". FIBA Africa. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[12] "FIBA World Ranking". FIFA.com. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

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v t e FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket
Tournaments	Accra 1985 Luanda 1988 Dakar 1991 Maputo 1996 Dakar 1998 Bamako 2000 Ben Arous 2004 Cotonou 2006 Radès 2008 Cairo 2010 Dakar 2012 Cairo 2014 Cairo 2016 Maputo 2018 Cairo 2020 Antsirabe 2022 Pretoria 2024
Squads	2004 2006 2008 2012 2014 2016

v t e International women's basketball
FIBA World Ranking Teams Olympics Youth World Cup U21 U19 U17 Universiade
Africa	AfroBasket Women U20 U18 U16
Americas	AmeriCup U20 U18 U16 Caribbean Championship U20 Centrobasket U17 Central American Championship U21 South American Championship 2nd tier U21 U17 U15
Asia	Asia Cup (includes Oceania) U20 U18 U16 Discovery Women's Basketball Invitational William Jones Cup
Europe	EuroBasket Women U-20 U-18 U-16 European Championship for Small Countries
Oceania	Oceania Championship (defunct) U17 U15 Melanesia Cup Polynesian Cup
Other tournaments	African Games Arab Championship Arab Games ASEAN University Games Asian Games Bolivarian Games Central Asian Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games Commonwealth Games Mediterranean Games Micronesian Games European Games EYOF Games of the Small States of Europe Pacific Games Pan American Games Southeast Asian Games
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held. • Basketball portal

v t e FIBA Africa competitions
National teams	African championships Men's Women's AfroCan African Games Basketball at the African Games
Youth national teams	African championships Men's U20 (defunct) Women's U20 (defunct) Men's U18 Women' U18 Boys' U16 Girls' U16
Men's club	Basketball Africa League Africa Basketball League (defunct) Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
Women's club	Champions Cup Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)

v t e International women's youth basketball
FIBA Youth Olympics World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Cup U17 World Cup
Africa	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Americas	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Asia	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Europe	U-16 U-18 U-20
Oceania	U-15 U-17
Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.