# FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket

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 | Hosts | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Hosts | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 1985 Details | Accra | Senegal | – | Mozambique | Angola | – | |
| 1988 Details | Luanda | Zaire | – | Angola | | – | |
| 1991 Details | Dakar | Zaire | – | Senegal | Angola | – | |
| 1996 Details | Maputo | Mali | 80–69 | Mozambique | Zaire | – | |
| 1999 Details | Dakar | Angola | 45–43 | Senegal | Mali | 51–49 | Egypt |
| 2000 Details | Bamako | Mali | – | Ivory Coast | Angola | – | |
| 2004 Details | Ben Arous | Tunisia | 84–78 | DR Congo | Mozambique | 62–37 | Angola |
| 2006 Details | Cotonou | Mali | 77–66 | Ivory Coast | DR Congo | 85–44 | Benin |
| 2008 Details | Radès | Mali | 57–35 | Tunisia | Mozambique | 69–63 | Nigeria |
| 2010 Details | Cairo | Egypt | 63–62 | Nigeria | Mozambique | 61–48 | Mali |
| 2012 Details | Dakar | Senegal | 55–50 | Mali | Egypt | 45–44 | Tunisia |
| 2014 Details | Cairo | Mali | 70–60 | Egypt | Mozambique | 51–48 | Algeria |
| 2016 Details | Cairo | Mali | 84–61 | Egypt | Mozambique | 56–43 | Angola |
| 2018 Details | Maputo | Mali | 86–33 | Mozambique | Angola | 59–46 | Rwanda |
| 2020 Details | Cairo | Egypt | 68–63 | Mali | Senegal | – | – |
| 2022 Details | Antsirabe | Mali | 86–54 | Egypt | Angola | 53–37 | Madagascar |
| 2024 Details | Pretoria | Mali | 76–56 | Nigeria | Cameroon | 70–66 | Uganda |
    ^2012 title The Senegalese Basketball Federation relinquished the 2012 title due to age fraud by some of its players.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Mali | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | Egypt | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Senegal | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | DR Congo | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Angola | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Mozambique | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 17 | 17 | 16 | 50 |

## MVP Awards

| Year | MVP Award Winner |
| 1998 | Teresa Gonçalves |
| 2006 | Fanta Toure |
| 2008 | Laoudy Maiga |
| 2010 | Reem Osama |
| 2012 | Yacine Diop |
| 2014 | Djeneba N'Diaye |
| 2016 | Meral Abdelgawad |
| 2018 | Assetou Sissoko |
| 2020 | Yara Hussein |
| 2022 | Maimouna Haidara |

## Participating nations

| Nation | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total |
| Nation | 1985 | 1988 | 1991 | 1996 | 1999 | 2000 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | Total |
| Algeria | | | | | | | | | | | | 4th | 7th | | | 6th | | 3 |
| Angola | | | | | | | 4th | 5th | 10th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 4th | | | | 6th | 15 |
| Benin | | | | | | | | 4th | 8th | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Botswana | | | | | | | | | | | | 8th | | | | | | 1 |
| Cameroon | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Cape Verde | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6th | | | | 1 |
| Central African Republic | | | | | | | 7th | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| DR Congo (incl. Zaire) | | | | | | | | | 9th | 9th | | | | 7th | | | | 7 |
| Egypt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5th | | | 5th | 9 |
| Guinea | | | | | | | | | 6th | | | | | | | 8th | | 2 |
| Ivory Coast | | | | | | | | | 5th | 6th | | 7th | | | | | | 5 |
| Kenya | | | | | | | | | 7th | 10th | 6th | | | | | | | 3 |
| Madagascar | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5th | | | 4th | | 2 |
| Mali | | | | | 4th | | 6th | | | 4th | | | | | | | | 14 |
| Morocco | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | 1 |
| Mozambique | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| Nigeria | | | | | | | | | 4th | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Rwanda | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4th | | | 7th | 2 |
| Senegal | | | | | | | | | | 8th | | | | | | | | 6 |
| South Africa | | | | | | | 5th | | | | | | | | | | 10th | 2 |
| Tanzania | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7th | | 1 |
| Tunisia | | | | | | | | | | 5th | 4th | 6th | 6th | | | | 8th | 7 |
| Uganda | | | | | | | | | 11th | | | | 8th | 8th | | 5th | 4th | 5 |
| Zambia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11th | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12th | 1 |
| Number of teams | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |

## Under-19 Women's World Cup record

| Team | 1985 | 1989 | 1993 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | Total |
| Mali | | | | 10/12 | 12/12 | | 15/16 | 14/16 | | 15/16 | 12/16 | 13/16 | 7/16 | 4/16 | 5/16 | Q | 11 |
| Egypt | | | | | | | | | 15/16 | | 16/16 | 16/16 | | 12/16 | 12/16 | | 5 |
| DR Congo | | 12/12 | 10/12 | | | 11/12 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Senegal | 10/10 | | | | | | | | | 16/16 | | | | | | | 2 |
| Tunisia | | | | | | 12/12 | | 15/16 | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Ivory Coast | | | | | | | 16/16 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Mozambique | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15/16 | | | | 1 |
| Nigeria | | | | | | | | | 16/16 | | | | | | | Q | 2 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 27 |

## Top ten FIBA Youth Africa teams

Updated as of 1 January 2022
| Rank | Change | Team | Points |
| 15 | 1 | Mali $^C$ | 529.0 |
| 22 | 13 | Mozambique | 450.2 |
| 31 | 6 | Egypt | 395.5 |
| 40 | 9 | Angola | 334.0 |
| 50 | 17 | Algeria | 251.8 |
| 54 | 2 | Senegal | 227.7 |
| 59 | 5 | Uganda | 217.0 |
| 60 | 26 | DR Congo | 211.0 |
| 63 | | Rwanda | 193.2 |
| 66 | 20 | Tanzania | 189.1 |
$^C$ Current Africa champion