FIBA U18 African Championship

Under-18 basketball championship

For the women's tournament, see FIBA U18 Women's African Championship.

FIBA U18 African ChampionshipCurrent season, competition or edition:
2022 FIBA U18 African Championship

Sport| Basketball
Founded| 1975; 49 years ago (1975)
Continent| FIBA Africa (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)|  Egypt (6th title)
Most titles|  Egypt
Nigeria
(6 titles each)
Related
competitions| FIBA U16 African Championship

The FIBA U18 African Championship is an under-18 basketball championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Africa zone. The tournament is held biennially. The top two teams qualify directly to the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup.

## Summary[edit]

Year  | Hosts  |  | Final  |  | Third place match

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1977
Details |
Cairo |
Egypt | round robin |
Central African Empire |
Tunisia | round robin | ?
1980
Details |
Luanda |
Angola | 90−81 |
Central African Republic |
Nigeria | 95−90 |
Mozambique
1982
Details |
Maputo |
Angola | round robin |
Mozambique |
Senegal | round robin | ?
1984
Details |
Cairo |
Egypt | round robin |
Angola |
Mozambique | round robin | ?
1987
Details |
Abuja |
Nigeria | round robin |
Angola |
Guinea | round robin | ?
1988
Details |
Maputo |
Angola | round robin |
Mozambique |
Nigeria |  |
1990
Details |
Luanda |
Nigeria | round robin |
Angola |
Cameroon |  |
1994
Details |
Yaounde[1] |
Nigeria | round robin |
Angola |
Guinea | round robin |
Cameroon
1998
Details |
Alexandria[2] |
Nigeria | round robin |
Egypt |
Angola | round robin |
South Africa
2000
Details |
Conakry[3] |
Guinea | round robin |
Angola |
Mali | round robin |
Senegal
2002
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Cairo |
Nigeria | 80−60 |
Angola |
Mali | − |
Algeria
2004
Details |
Dakar |
Tunisia |  |
DR Congo |
Mozambique |  |
2006
Details |
Durban[4] |
Nigeria | 69−41 |
Mali |
Angola | 74−70 |
DR Congo
2008
Details |
Alexandria[5] |
Egypt | 85−84 |
Angola |
Nigeria | 79−77 |
Senegal
2010
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Kigali |
Egypt | 67−54 |
Tunisia |
Mali | 72−56 |
Mozambique
2012
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Maputo[6] | ~~
Senegal~~ 2012 title | ~~71−62~~ |
Ivory Coast |
Egypt | 78–54 |
Mali
2014
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Antananarivo[7] |
Egypt | 80−69 |
Tunisia |
Mali | 75−65 |
Angola
2016
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Kigali[8] |
Angola | 86−82 |
Egypt |
Mali | 59–52 |
Tunisia
2018
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Bamako |
Mali | 78−76 |
Senegal |
Egypt | 89−78 |
Angola
2020
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Cairo |
Mali | 82−80 |
Senegal |
Egypt | 72−55 |
Guinea
2022
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Antananarivo |  |
Egypt | 81−54 |
Madagascar |  |
Mali | 79−54 |
Angola

^u20 In 2004, a U20 tournament was organized, instead of U18
^2012 title The Senegalese Basketball Federation relinquished the 2012 title due to age fraud by some of its players[9]

## Medal table[edit]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Egypt| 6| 2| 3| 11
2|  Nigeria| 6| 0| 3| 9
3|  Angola| 4| 7| 2| 13
4|  Mali| 2| 1| 6| 9
5|  Senegal| 1| 2| 1| 4
Tunisia| 1| 2| 1| 4
7|  Guinea| 1| 0| 2| 3
8|  Mozambique| 0| 2| 2| 4
9|  Central African Republic| 0| 2| 0| 2
10|  DR Congo| 0| 1| 0| 1
Ivory Coast| 0| 1| 0| 1
Madagascar| 0| 1| 0| 1
13|  Cameroon| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (13 entries)| 21| 21| 21| 63

## MVP Awards[edit]

Year  | MVP Award Winner

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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[edit]

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1977 | 1980 | 1982 | 1984 | 1987 | 1988 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2022
x  | 8  | x  | x  | x  | x  | x  | 7  | 6  | 4  | 9  | 10  | 9  | 12  | 11  | 11  | 9  | 11  | 11  | 9  |
Algeria | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 4 | 7 | ⋅ | 7 | 8 | ⋅ | ⋅ | 7 | 11 | 7 | 7
Angola | ⋅ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 | 5 | 4 |  | 4 | 4 | 19
Benin | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 8 | 11 | ⋅ | 8 | 3
Cameroon | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ |  | 4 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ |  | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 3
Central African Republic |  |  | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 5 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 9 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 4
Congo | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 4 | 11 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 2
DR Congo | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 10 | ⋅ | ⋅ | 10 | ⋅ | ⋅ | 6 | 5 | ⋅ | 4
Egypt |  | 5 | ⋅ |  | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ |  | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11
Equatorial Guinea | ⋅ | 8 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 1
Gabon | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 6 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 5 | 10 | 9 | 10 | ⋅ | ⋅ | 5
Ghana | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 8 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 1
Guinea | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ |  | ⋅ | ⋅ |  | ⋅ |  | ⋅ | ⋅ | 5 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 9 | 6 | 6
Ivory Coast | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 7 | 6 | 11 |  | 6 | 8 | ⋅ | ⋅ | 6
Kenya | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 9 | 12 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 2
Libya | ⋅ | 6 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 8 | ⋅ | 2
Madagascar | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 5 | ⋅ | ⋅ |  | 2
Mali | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 7 | ⋅ |  |  | 9 |  | 5 |  | 4 |  |  |  |  | 12
Morocco | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 6 | ⋅ | ⋅ | 6 | ⋅ | 8 | ⋅ | 9 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 4
Mozambique | ⋅ | 4 |  |  | ⋅ |  | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 8 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 9
Mauritania | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 8 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 1
Nigeria | ⋅ |  | ⋅ | ⋅ |  |  |  |  |  | ⋅ |  |  |  |  | 9 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 11
Rwanda | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 6 | 11 | ⋅ | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5
Senegal | ⋅ | ⋅ |  | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 4 | ⋅ | 4 | ⋅ | 4 | ⋅ |  | ⋅ | ⋅ |  | 5 | 7
South Africa | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 4 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 6 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 2
Togo | ⋅ | 7 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 1
Tunisia |  | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 5 | ⋅ | ⋅ | 5 | ⋅ | ⋅ |  | 6 |  | 4 | 7 | ⋅ | 8
Uganda | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 9 | 10 | ⋅ | 2
# Teams  |  | 8 | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
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## Under-19 World Cup record[edit]

Team  |
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Angola |  | 13 |  | 13 | 14 |  | 13 |  | 14 |  |  |  | 13 |  |  |  |  |  | 6
Egypt | 12 |  |  |  |  | 13 |  |  | 11 | 12 |  | 11 | 12 |  |  | Q |  |  | 7
Ivory Coast |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Madagascar |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Q  |  |  | 1
Mali |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15 |  |  |  |  | 16 |  | 13 |  |  |  | 4
Nigeria |  |  | 12 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6
Senegal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16 |  |  | 15 | 7 |  |  |  | 3
Tunisia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16 |  | 16 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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[edit]

Updated as of 15 December 2022[10]

Rank | Change | Team | Points

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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[edit]

* FIBA African Championship
* FIBA U16 African Championship
* FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship

## References[edit]

1. ^ "1994 African Championship for Junior Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
2. ^ "1998 African Championship for Junior Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
3. ^ "2000 African Championship for Junior Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
4. ^ "2006 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Men Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
5. ^ "2008 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Men Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
6. ^ "2012 Afrobasket U18". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
7. ^ "2014 Afrobasket U18". FIBA.com. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
8. ^ "FIBA Africa U18 Championship Kigali 2016". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
9. ^ 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.
10. ^ "FIBA World Ranking". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Afrobasket U18 Palmares
* 2011 U-18 Championship - africabasket.com

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