FIBA U18 AfroBasket explained

FIBA U18 AfroBasket
Current Season:	2022 FIBA U18 African Championship
Formerly:	FIBA U18 African Championship
Sport:	Basketball
Continent:	FIBA Africa (Africa)
Champion:	(6th title)
Most Champs:	(7 titles)
Qualification:	FIBA U19 World Cup
Related Comps:	FIBA U16 AfroBasket

The FIBA U18 AfroBasket, previously known as the FIBA U18 African Championship, is a biennial international youth basketball competition consisting of under-18 national teams organised by FIBA Africa.

It also serves as a qualification tournament to the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, where the top two teams directly qualify.

Summary

Year	Hosts	width=1% rowspan=24 bgcolor=ffffff		Final			width=1% rowspan=24 bgcolor=ffffff		Third place match
width=15%	Champions	width=9%	Score	width=15%	Runners-up	width=15%	Third place	width=9%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
1977 Details	Cairo		round robin			round robin	?
1980 Details	Luanda		90−81			95−90
1982 Details	Maputo		round robin			round robin	?
1984 Details	Cairo		round robin			round robin	?
1987 Details	Abuja		round robin			round robin	?
1988 Details			round robin
1990 Details	Luanda		round robin
1994 Details	Yaounde^[1]		round robin			round robin
1998 Details	Alexandria^[2]		round robin			round robin
2000 Details	Conakry^[3]		round robin			round robin
2002 Details	Cairo		80−60			−
2004 Details	Dakar		83–82			62–58
2006 Details	Durban^[4]		69−41			74−70
2008 Details	Alexandria^[5]		85−84			79−77
2010 Details	Kigali		67−54			72−56
2012 Details	Maputo^[6]		~~71−62~~			78–54
2014 Details	Antananarivo^[7]		80−69			75−65
2016 Details	Kigali^[8]		86−82			59–52
2018 Details	Bamako		78−76			89−78
2020 Details	Cairo		82−80			72−55
2022 Details	Antananarivo		81−54			79−54
2024 Details	Johannesburg

In 2004, a U20 tournament was organised, instead of U18

The Senegalese Basketball Federation relinquished the 2012 title due to age fraud by some of its players^[9]

MVP Awards

Year	MVP Award Winner
1998	Michel Lasme
2004	Patrick Bouli
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	2020	2022	2024
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	Top 10

Under-19 World Cup record

Team	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	2025	2027	Total
		13		13	14		13		14				13						6
	12					13			11	12		11	12			Q			7
											15								1
																Q			1
								15					16		13				4
			12	15	11	11	11	13											6
											16			15	7				3
										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

Updated as of 15 December 2022^[10]

Rank	Change	width=185	Team !	Points
16	8	^C	542.0
17	3		541.4
23	6		492.6
35	0		377.3
40	1		353.7
41	4		352.6
42	1		344.6
44	2		301.9
50	2		258.3

^C Current Africa champion

External links

Notes and References

Web site: 1994 African Championship for Junior Men . FIBA.com . 3 December 2013.
Web site: 1998 African Championship for Junior Men . FIBA.com . 3 December 2013.
Web site: 2000 African Championship for Junior Men . FIBA.com . 3 December 2013.
Web site: 2006 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Men Final Round . FIBA.com . 3 December 2013.
Web site: 2008 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Men Final Round . FIBA.com . 3 December 2013.
Web site: 2012 Afrobasket U18 . FIBA.com . 3 December 2013.
Web site: 2014 Afrobasket U18 . FIBA.com . 10 August 2014.
Web site: FIBA Africa U18 Championship Kigali 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160411214653/http://www.fiba.com/africa/u18/2016 . live . April 11, 2016 . FIBA.com . 5 May 2016.
News: Senegal dissolves basketball association after cheating scandal . Tamba-Jean . Matthew . Africa Review . 5 December 2013 . 2 February 2014 . 19 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140219125918/http://www.africareview.com/Sports/Senegal-dissolves-basketball-association/-/979186/2100228/-/rgn7v6/-/index.html . dead .
Web site: FIBA World Ranking . FIBA.basketball. 14 August 2022.