2018 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship explained

Gender:	women
Continent:	Africa U-18
Year:	2018
Size:	270px
City:	Maputo
Dates:	10–19 August
Teams:	8
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	MLI
Title Number:	7
Mvp:	Assetou Sissoko
Ppg P:	Assetou Sissoko 22.0
Ppg T:	99.8
Rpg P:	Grace Basiki 14.2
Rpg T:	59.0
Apg P:	Awa Haidara 3.7
Apg T:	20.7
Website:	www.fiba.basketball
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2020

The 2018 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship was the 14th edition, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Mozambique from August 10 to 19, 2018 in Maputo.

Hosts selection

On 23 March 2018, FIBA Africa Central Board announced that Maputo, Mozambique as the host city for the tournament.^[1]

Draw

The draw for this tournament took place on 9 August 2018 at the Resotel Hotel in Maputo.^[2]

Qualification

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
2018 AfroBasket U18 Women Preliminaries Zone 1	Unknown^[3]	Unknown	1
2018 AfroBasket U18 Women Preliminaries Zone 2	Cancelled	NA	1
2018 AfroBasket U18 Women Preliminaries Zone 3	Unknown^[4]	Unknown	1	NA
2018 AfroBasket U18 Women Preliminaries Zone 4	Unknown^[5]	Unknown	1	NA
2018 AfroBasket U18 Women Preliminaries Zone 5	17–22 June 2018	Dar es Salaam	1+1+1	^[6]
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 6	Unknown	Unknown	1+1
2018 AfroBasket U18 Preliminaries Zone 7	Unknown^[7]	Unknown	1
Total			8

Qualified teams

• − Tournament hosts
• − Zone V Winner
• − Zone V
• − Zone II
• − Zone VI
• − Zone V Runners-Up/Wild Card

Preliminary round

The draw was held in Maputo, Mozambique on 9 August 2018.^[8]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group B

Final round

Final

Awards

^[9]

All-Tournament Team

• Filipa Calisto
• Bella Murekatete
• Alexia Dizeko
• Assetou Sissoko
• Aminata Sangare

^[10]

Final standings

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Rank	width=170	Team !	Record
		6-0
		5-1
		4-2
4.		3-3
5.		3-3
6.		1-5
7.		2-4
8.		0-6

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bamako and Maputo confirmed as host cities for 2018 Africa U18 Championships. 23 March 2018. FIBA Africa. 24 March 2018.
2. Web site: Draw results in for FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018 . FIBA . 19 February 2022.
3. Web site: Zone I Preliminaries. 3 August 2018. FIBA Africa.
4. Web site: Zone III Preliminaries. 3 August 2018. FIBA Africa.
5. Web site: Zone IV Preliminaries. 3 August 2018. FIBA Africa.
6. Web site: Uganda granted wild card for FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018. 24 July 2018. FIBA Africa. 3 August 2018.
7. Web site: Zone VII Preliminaries. 15 July 2018. FIBA Africa.
8. Web site: Draw results in for FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018 . FIBA . 9 August 2018 . 9 August 2018.
9. Web site: Mali's Assetou Sissoko clinches U18 Africa Women's MVP trophy . 2022-03-06 . FIBA.basketball . en.
10. Web site: All-Star Five light it up at FIBA U18 Women's African Championship 2018 . 2022-03-06 . FIBA.basketball . en.