FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship

The FIBA AfroBasket Under-18 is an under-18 basketball championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Africa zone. The event started in 1977 and is held bi-annually since 2006. The top 2 compete in the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup.

For the women's tournament, see FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women.

FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2018 FIBA Under-18 African Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1975
Continent	FIBA Africa (Africa)
Most recent champion(s)	Mali (2018)
Most titles	Nigeria (7 titles)
Official website

Summary

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Game
			Champion	Score	Second Place		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	round robin	?
1990 Details	Luanda		Nigeria	round robin	Angola		Cameroon	round robin	?
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		Nigeria ^u20	83−82	Cameroon		Angola	62−58	Senegal
2006 Details	Durban [4]		Nigeria	69−41	Mali		Angola	74−70	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	Malabo

^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	Nigeria	7	0	3	10
2	Egypt	5	2	2	9
3	Angola	4	7	3	14
4	Mali	1	1	5	7
5	Ivory Coast	1	1	0	2
6	Guinea	1	0	2	3
7	Mozambique	0	2	1	3
	Tunisia	0	2	1	3
9	Central African Republic	0	2	0	2
10	Cameroon	0	1	1	2
	Senegal	0	1	1	2
Totals (11 nations)		19	19	19	57

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

Participating nations

Nation
	1977	1980	1982	1984	1987	1988	1990	1994	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018
	x	8	x	x	x	x	x	7	6	4	9	10	9	12	11	11	9	11	11
Algeria	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	4	7	⋅	7	8	⋅	⋅	7	11	6
Angola	⋅														7	5	4		4	18
Benin	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	8	11	⋅	2
Cameroon	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		4	⋅	⋅	⋅		⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	3
Central African Republic			⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	5	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	9	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	4
Congo	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	4	11	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	2
DR Congo	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	10	⋅	⋅	10	⋅	⋅	6	5	4
Egypt		5	⋅		⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅							10
Equatorial Guinea	⋅	8	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	1
Gabon	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	6	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	5	10	9	10	⋅	5
Ghana	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	8	⋅	⋅	⋅	1
Guinea	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		⋅	⋅		⋅		⋅	⋅	5	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	9	5
Ivory Coast	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	7	6	11		6	8	⋅	6
Kenya	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	9	12	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	2
Libya	⋅	6	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	8	2
Madagascar	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	5	⋅	⋅	1
Mali	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	7	⋅			9		5		4				11
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	4
Senegal	⋅	⋅		⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	4	⋅	4	⋅	4	⋅		⋅	⋅		6
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

Top 10

World U-19 Championship record

Team	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	Total
Angola		13		13	14		13		14				13		6
Egypt	12					13			11	12		11	12		6
Ivory Coast											15				1
Mali								15					16		3
Nigeria			12	15	11	11	11	13							6
Senegal											16			15	2
Tunisia										16		16			2
Total	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	26

Top ten FIBA Africa teams

Updated as of 7 December 2018 [10]

Rank	Change	Team	Points
21	3	Egypt	107.0
27	2	Mali ^C	63.0
31	1	Angola	48.8
33	1	Tunisia	41.4
39	10	Senegal	21.0
45	5	Ivory Coast	19.0
46	5	Algeria	18.8
49	3	Mozambique	12.4
53		Rwanda	10.0
62	1	Madagascar	8.6

^C Current Africa champion

See also

• AfroBasket
• FIBA Africa Under-20 Championship
• FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship

References

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. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
10. "FIBA World Ranking". FIFA.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

External links

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