FIBA U18 African Championship

FIBA U18 African Championship
Current season, competition or edition:; 2022 FIBA U18 African Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	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

Year	Hosts	Final			Third place match
Year	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1977 Details	Cairo	Egypt	round robin	Central African Republic	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 Details	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 Details	Kigali	Egypt	67−54	Tunisia	Mali	72−56	Mozambique
2012 Details	Maputo[6]	~~Senegal~~ ^{2012 title}	~~71−62~~	Ivory Coast	Egypt	78–54	Mali
2014 Details	Antananarivo[7]	Egypt	80−69	Tunisia	Mali	75−65	Angola
2016 Details	Kigali[8]	Angola	86−82	Egypt	Mali	59–52	Tunisia
2018 Details	Bamako	Mali	78−76	Senegal	Egypt	89−78	Angola
2020 Details	Cairo	Mali	82−80	Senegal	Egypt	72−55	Guinea
2022 Details	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


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	2	1	6	9
5	Senegal	1	2	1	4
5	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

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
	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

	Top 10

Under-19 World Cup record

Team	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	Total
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

Top Ten FIBA Africa teams

Updated as of 15 December 2022[10]

Rank	Change	Team	Points
16	8	Egypt^C	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

References

"1994 African Championship for Junior Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
"1998 African Championship for Junior Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
"2000 African Championship for Junior Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
"2006 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Men Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
"2008 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Men Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
"2012 Afrobasket U18". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
"2014 Afrobasket U18". FIBA.com. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
"FIBA Africa U18 Championship Kigali 2016". FIBA.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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.

External links

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[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. 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.

2012 title

International men's youth basketball
FIBA Youth Olympics World Ranking U-21 World Cup (defunct) U-19 World Cup U-18 World Cup U-17 World Cup U-16 World Cup
Africa	U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16
Americas	U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16
Asia	U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16
Europe	U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16
Oceania	U-20 (defunct) U-17 U-15
Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.

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)