FIBA U16 African Championship

Under-16 basketball championship

For the girl's tournament, see FIBA U16 Women's African Championship.

FIBA U16 African ChampionshipCurrent season, competition or edition:
2025 FIBA Under-16 African Championship

Sport| Basketball
Founded| 2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Continent| FIBA Africa (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)|  Guinea (1st title)
Most titles|  Egypt (5 titles)
Related
competitions| FIBA U18 African Championship

The FIBA U16 African Championship is an under-16 basketball championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Africa zone. The tournament is held biennially. The top two teams in the competition qualify for the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.

## Summary[edit]

Year  | Hosts  |  | Final  |  | Third place game

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Champions  | Score  | Runners-up  | Third place  | Score  | Fourth place
2009
Details |
Maputo[1] |
Egypt | 84 – 82 |
Mali |
Nigeria | 65 – 56 |
Algeria
2011
Details |
Alexandria[2] |
Egypt | 117 – 67 |
Tunisia |
Mali | 59 – 57 |
Angola
2013
Details |
Antananarivo[3] |
Angola | 75 – 66 |
Egypt |
Tunisia | 70 – 49 |
Madagascar
2015
Details |
Bamako |
Egypt | 64 – 63 |
Mali |
Algeria | 45 – 37 |
Angola
2017
Details |
Vacoas-Phoenix |
Mali | 76 – 65 |
Egypt |
Algeria | 57 – 54 |
Tunisia
2019
Details |
Praia |
Egypt | 66 – 57 |
Mali |
Nigeria | 54 – 53 |
Guinea
2021
Details |
Cairo |
Egypt | 63 – 62 |
Mali |
Algeria | 65 – 50 |
Chad
2023
Details |
Monastir |
Guinea | 84 – 76 |
Egypt |
Mali | 63 – 56 |
Angola

## Medal table[edit]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Egypt| 5| 3| 0| 8
2|  Mali| 1| 4| 2| 7
3|  Angola| 1| 0| 0| 1
Guinea| 1| 0| 0| 1
5|  Tunisia| 0| 1| 1| 2
6|  Algeria| 0| 0| 3| 3
7|  Nigeria| 0| 0| 2| 2
Totals (7 entries)| 8| 8| 8| 24

## MVP Awards[edit]

Year  | MVP Award Winner

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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

## Participating nations[edit]

Nation  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023
9  | 8  | 9  | 11  | 8  | 8  | 7  | 8  |
Algeria | 4 | 5 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  | 6
Angola | 6 | 4 |  | 4 |  | 7 |  | 4 | 6
Central African Republic | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Chad |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 | 7 | 2
Comoros |  |  | 9 |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Congo |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Cape Verde |  |  |  |  |  | 8 |  |  | 1
DR Congo |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Ivory Coast |  |  | 8 |  |  | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4
Egypt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8
Equatorial Guinea |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |  | 1
Ethiopia |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  |  | 1
Gabon |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 7 |  | 2
Guinea | 9 |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  | 3
Madagascar |  |  | 4 |  | 5 |  |  |  | 2
Mali |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7
Mauritius |  |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 1
Morocco |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 8 | 2
Mozambique | 5 | 6 | 6 |  | 7 |  |  |  | 4
Nigeria |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  | 3
Rwanda |  |  |  | 9 | 6 | 5 |  | 5 | 4
South Africa | 8 | 8 |  | 8 |  |  |  |  | 3
Tunisia |  |  |  | 7 | 4 | 6 |  | 9 | 6
Uganda |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 | 10 | 2
# Teams  | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10

## Under-17 World Cup record[edit]

Team  |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2016 |
2018 |
~~2020~~ |
2022 |
2024 |
2026 | Total

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Angola | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – |  |  | 1
Egypt | 11 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | ~~Q~~ | 10 | Q |  | 6
Guinea |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Q |  | 6
Mali | – | – | – | 15 | 12 | ~~Q~~ | 15 |  |  | 3
Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ~~2~~ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14

## See also[edit]

* FIBA African Championship
* FIBA U18 African Championship
* FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2009 FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
2. ^ "2011 FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
3. ^ "2013 FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

## External links[edit]

* 2011 U-16 Championship - africabasket.com
* \- FIBA Archives
* 2023 FIBA U16 African Championship

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Tournaments|

* Maputo 2009
* Alexandria 2011
* Antananarivo 2013
* Bamako 2015
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* Praia 2019
* Cairo 2021
* Monastir 2023

Squads|

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