FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket

FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2026 FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket
FormerlyFIBA U18 Women's African Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1985 (1985)
Organising bodyFIBA Africa
ContinentAfrica
Most recent
champion
 Mali (10th title)
Most titles Mali (10 titles)
QualificationFIBA U19 Women's World Cup
Related
competitions		FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket
Websitefiba.basketball/history

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

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

Summary

Year[1] Hosts Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1985
Details		 Ghana
Accra
Senegal		 –
Mozambique
Angola		 –
1988
Details		 Angola
Luanda
Zaire		 –
Angola		 –
1991
Details		 Senegal
Dakar
Zaire		 –
Senegal
Angola		 –
1996[2]
Details		 Mozambique
Maputo
Mali		 80–69
Mozambique
Zaire		 –
1999[3]
Details		 Senegal
Dakar
Angola		 round-robin
Senegal
Egypt		 round-robin
Mali
2000
Details		 Mali
Bamako
Mali		 –
Ivory Coast
Angola		 –
2004[4]
Details		 Tunisia
Ben Arous[5]
Tunisia		 84–78 Democratic Republic of the Congo
DR Congo
Mozambique		 62–37
Angola
2006[6]
Details		 Benin
Cotonou[7]
Mali		 77–66
Ivory Coast		 Democratic Republic of the Congo
DR Congo		 85–44
Benin
2008[8]
Details		 Tunisia
Radès[9]
Mali		 57–35
Tunisia
Mozambique		 69–63
Nigeria
2010[10]
Details		 Egypt
Cairo[11]
Egypt		 63–62
Nigeria
Mozambique		 61–48
Mali
2012[12]
Details		 Senegal
Dakar[13]
Senegal 2012 title		 55–50
Mali
Egypt		 45–44
Tunisia
2014[14]
Details		 Egypt
Cairo[15]
Mali		 70–60
Egypt
Mozambique		 51–48
Algeria
2016[16]
Details		 Egypt
Cairo[17]
Mali		 84–61
Egypt
Mozambique		 56–43
Angola
2018[18]
Details		 Mozambique
Maputo[19]
Mali		 86–33
Mozambique
Angola		 59–46
Rwanda
2020[20]
Details		 Egypt
Cairo
Egypt		 68–63
Mali
Senegal		 – –
2022[21]
Details		 Madagascar
Antsirabe
Mali		 86–54
Egypt
Angola		 53–37
Madagascar
2024[22]
Details		 South Africa
Pretoria
Mali		 76–56
Nigeria
Cameroon		 70–66
Uganda
2026
Details		 Ivory Coast
Abidjan
Mali		 77–68
Nigeria
Egypt		 60–52
Ivory Coast
2028
Details		 TBD
TBD		 – –
^2012 title The Senegalese Basketball Federation relinquished the 2012 title due to age fraud by some of its players.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Mali102012
2 Egypt2349
3 Senegal2215
4 DR Congo2125
5 Angola1157
6 Tunisia1102
7 Mozambique0358
8 Nigeria0303
9 Ivory Coast0202
10 Cameroon0011
Totals (10 entries)18181854

MVP Awards

Year MVP Award Winner
1998 Angola Teresa Gonçalves
2006 Mali Fanta Toure
2008 Mali Laoudy Maiga
2010 Egypt Reem Osama
2012 Senegal Yacine Diop
2014 Mali Djeneba N'Diaye
2016 Egypt Meral Abdelgawad
2018 Mali Assetou Sissoko
2020 Egypt Yara Hussein
2022 Mali Maimouna Haidara
2024 Mali Oummou Koumare
2026 Mali Maimouna Traoré

Participating nations

Nation Ghana Angola Senegal Mozambique Senegal Mali Tunisia Benin Tunisia Egypt Senegal Egypt Egypt Mozambique Egypt Madagascar South Africa Ivory Coast Total
1985 1988 1991 1996 1999 2000 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 2028
 Algeria 4th7th6th 3
 Angola 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4th5th10th7th5th5th4th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)6th 15
 Benin 4th8th11th 3
 Botswana 8th 1
 Cameroon 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)5th 2
 Cape Verde 6th 1
 Central African Republic 7th12th 2
 DR Congo (incl. Zaire) 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)9th9th7th 7
 Egypt 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)5th1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)5th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Q 11
 Guinea 6th8th 2
 Ivory Coast 2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)5th6th7th4thQ 7
 Kenya 7th10th6th8th 4
 Madagascar 5th4th 2
 Mali 1st place, gold medalist(s)4th1st place, gold medalist(s)6th1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)4th2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)Q 16
 Morocco 9th10th 2
 Mozambique 2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8
 Nigeria 4th2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)Q 5
 Rwanda 4th7th 2
 Senegal 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)8th1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)9th 7
 South Africa 5th10th 2
 Tanzania 7th 1
 Tunisia 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)5th4th6th6th8th7th 8
 Uganda 11th8th8th5th4th6th 6
 Zambia 11th 1
 Zimbabwe 12th 1
Number of teams 3232437511106888381212TBD

Under-19 Women's World Cup record

Team United States
1985		 Spain
1989		 South Korea
1993		 Brazil
1997		 Czech Republic
2001		 Tunisia
2005		 Slovakia
2007		 Thailand
2009		 Chile
2011		 Lithuania
2013		 Russia
2015		 Italy
2017		 Thailand
2019		 Hungary
2021		 Spain
2023		 Czech Republic
2025		 China
2027		 Total
 Mali10/1212/1215/1614/1615/1612/1613/167/164/165/16DQQ11
 Egypt15/1616/1616/1612/1612/165
 DR Congo12/1210/1211/123
 Senegal10/1016/162
 Tunisia12/1215/162
 Ivory Coast16/161
 Mozambique15/161
 Nigeria16/1612/16Q3
Total1111122222222222227

Top ten FIBA Youth Africa teams

Updated as of 13 December 2025 [23]

RankChangeTeamPoints
16Decrease 4 Mali C583.9
21Increase 4 Egypt516.9
26Increase 9 Nigeria469.5
36Increase 2 Cameroon410.5
37Decrease 4 Angola395.9
38Steady Ivory Coast395.7
40Decrease 6 Uganda330.3
42Decrease 5 Tunisia310.2
43Decrease 3 Morocco307.7
46Increase 7 Tanzania272.0

C Current Africa champion

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Palmarès de l'Afrobasket U18 Dames" (in French). FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  2. ↑ 1996 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
  3. ↑ 1999 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
  4. ↑ 2004 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
  5. ↑ "2004 U18 African Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  6. ↑ 2006 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
  7. ↑ "2006 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  8. ↑ 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
  9. ↑ "2008 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women Final Round". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  10. ↑ 2010 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
  11. ↑ "2010 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Women". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  12. ↑ 2012 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
  13. ↑ "2012 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA Africa. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  14. ↑ 2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
  15. ↑ "2014 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  16. ↑ 2016 FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship
  17. ↑ "2016 Afrobasket U18 Women". FIBA Africa. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  18. ↑ 2018 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship
  19. ↑ "Bamako and Maputo confirmed as host cities for 2018 Africa U18 Championships". FIBA Africa. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  20. ↑ 2020 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship
  21. ↑ 2022 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship
  22. ↑ 2024 FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket
  23. ↑ "FIBA World Ranking". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
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