# 2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket

The 2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket was an international under-18 basketball competition that was held in Pretoria, South Africa from 3 to 14 September 2024.
The tournament, which was also the 21st edition of the biennial competition, qualified the top two teams to represent FIBA Africa in the 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Switzerland. This was the second time South Africa has hosted the tournament; the previous one was in 2006.
Mali won this event for the third time.

## Qualification

| Means of qualification | Dates | Venue | Berths | Qualifiers |
| Host nation | N/A | N/A | 1 | South Africa |
| 2022 FIBA U18 African Championship Top Four | 4–14 December 2022 | Antananarivo | 3 | Egypt Madagascar Mali Angola |
| 2024 Zone I U18 Qualifiers | 11–14 July 2024 | Tunis | 1 | Morocco |
| 2024 Zone II U18 Qualifiers | N/A | N/A | 1 | Senegal |
| 2024 Zone III U18 Qualifiers | 31 July–4 August 2024 | Abidjan | 1 | Nigeria |
| 2024 Zone IV U18 Qualifiers | N/A | N/A | 1 | Cameroon |
| 2024 Zone V U18 Qualifiers | 9–14 June 2024 | Kampala | 1 | Uganda |
| 2024 Zone VI U18 Qualifiers | 28–29 June 2024 | Lusaka | 1 | Zambia |
| 2024 Zone VII U18 Qualifiers | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Wildcards | 9 August 2024 | N/A | 2 | Ivory Coast Rwanda |
| Total | | | 12 | |

### Qualified teams

Includes current world ranking prior to the start of the tournament (in parentheses).
* Host nation (1)
** South Africa (NR)
* Zone I
** Morocco (60)
* Zone II
** Mali (18)
** Senegal (21)
* Zone III
** Ivory Coast (54)
** Nigeria (NR)
* Zone IV
** Cameroon (NR)
* Zone V
** Egypt (23)
** Rwanda (48)
** Uganda (71)
* Zone VI
** Zambia (NR)
* Zone VII
** Angola (38)

## Group phase

The draw of the group phase took place on 25 August 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda.
In this round, the teams were drawn into three groups of four. The top two teams from each group and the best two third-placed teams will advance to the quarterfinals.
All times are local (South African Standard Time – UTC+2).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mali | 3 | 3 | 0 | 199 | 177 | +22 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Senegal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 191 | 183 | +8 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 181 | 196 | −15 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 3 | 194 | 209 | −15 | 3 | 9th–12th place playoffs |
* 4 September 2024 12:30
* Boxscore
| Ivory Coast | 62–67 | Cameroon |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 7–23, 12–14, 21–13 |||
* University of Pretoria
* 4 September 2024 17:30
* Boxscore
| Mali | 64–50 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–7, 19–11, 17–18, 19–14 |||
* University of Pretoria
* 7 September 2024 17:30
* Boxscore
| Senegal | 69–63 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 20–10, 10–16, 26–18 |||
* University of Pretoria
* 7 September 2024 20:00
* Boxscore
| Cameroon | 58–62 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 20–14, 13–12, 14–20 |||
* University of Pretoria
* 10 September 2024 15:00
* Boxscore
| Cameroon | 56–72 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 9–14, 12–17, 18–28 |||
* University of Pretoria
* 10 September 2024 17:30
* Boxscore
| Mali | 73–69 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 17–19, 24–16, 15–20 |||
* University of Pretoria

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 197 | 164 | +33 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Angola | 3 | 2 | 1 | 211 | 197 | +14 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 199 | 196 | +3 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Uganda | 3 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 234 | −50 | 3 | 9th–12th place playoffs |
* 4 September 2024 15:00
* Boxscore
| Angola | 89–73 | Uganda |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 18–18, 22–6, 29–30 |||
* University of Pretoria
* 4 September 2024 20:00
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 70–57 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 23–15, 15–16, 18–9 |||
* University of Pretoria
* 7 September 2024 12:30
* Boxscore
| Uganda | 50–73 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 15–18, 13–14, 11–26 |||
* University of Pretoria
* 7 September 2024 15:00
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 70–65 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 12–6, 15–25, 23–16 |||
* University of Pretoria
* 10 September 2024 12:30
* Boxscore
| Uganda | 61–72 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 11–19, 15–17, 20–15 |||
* University of Pretoria
* 10 September 2024 20:00
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 54–57 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 12–15, 9–13, 15–15 |||
* University of Pretoria

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Rwanda | 3 | 3 | 0 | 223 | 184 | +39 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Morocco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 201 | 154 | +47 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 206 | 231 | −25 | 4 | 9th–12th place playoffs |
| 4 | South Africa (H) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 156 | 217 | −61 | 3 | 9th–12th place playoffs |
* 3 September 2024 12:30
* Boxscore
| South Africa | 64–81 | Rwanda |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 17–26, 15–13, 20–18 |||
* University of Pretoria
* 3 September 2024 17:30
* Boxscore
| Morocco | 84–67 | Zambia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 21–17, 13–23, 27–15 |||
| Pts: Solhi 21 Rebs: El Baze 9 Asts: El Baze 5 | | |
* University of Pretoria Attendance: 100 Referees: David Joao DOMINGOS MANUEL (ANG), Mohamed ELMENSHAWY (EGY), Emmanuel O.Paterne KPAWOGBO (BEN)
* 6 September 2024 15:00
* Boxscore
| Zambia | 70–61 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 15–23, 13–13, 19–13 |||
* University of Pretoria
* 6 September 2024 17:30
* Boxscore
| Rwanda | 56–51 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 24–17, 11–9, 13–12 |||
| Pts: - Rebs: - Asts: - | | Pts: Karem 26 Rebs: Solhi 11 Asts: Solhi 5 |
* University of Pretoria Attendance: 100
* 9 September 2024 15:00
* Boxscore
| South Africa | 31–66 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 9–15, 6–8, 6–19 |||
| Pts: - Rebs: - Asts: - | | Pts: Solhi 13 Rebs: El Baze / Bahmad 9 Asts: El Baze 6 |
* University of Pretoria Attendance: 50
* 9 September 2024 20:00
* Boxscore
| Zambia | 69–86 | Rwanda |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 27–18, 13–29, 14–16 |||
* University of Pretoria

### Ranking of third-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | B | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 199 | 196 | +3 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | A | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 181 | 196 | −15 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | C | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 206 | 231 | −25 | 4 | 9th–12th place playoffs |

## 9th–12th place playoffs

| 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th place game | 9th place game |
| 11 September | 11 September |
| Zambia | 47 |
| Zambia | 47 | 12 September | 12 September |
| South Africa | 53 | 12 September | 12 September |
| South Africa | 53 | South Africa | 55 |
| 11 September | 11 September | | South Africa | 55 |
| 11 September | 11 September | Ivory Coast | 84 |
| Ivory Coast | 77 | Ivory Coast | 84 |
| Uganda | 66 | | |
| Uganda | 66 | 11th place game | 11th place game |
| | | 12 September | 12 September |
| | | Zambia | 61 |
| | | Uganda | 54 |

### 9th–12th place semifinals

* 11 September 2024 17:00
* Boxscore
| Zambia | 47–53 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–6, 16–11, 14–17, 10–19 |||
* Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria
* 11 September 2024 19:30
* Boxscore
| Ivory Coast | 77–66 | Uganda |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 7–16, 30–15, 16–16 |||
* Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

### 11th place game

* 12 September 2024 17:00
* Boxscore
| Zambia | 61–54 | Uganda |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 19–19, 10–12, 16–7 |||
* Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

### 9th place game

* 12 September 2024 19:30
* Boxscore
| South Africa | 55–84 | Ivory Coast |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 11–21, 19–22, 9–24 |||
* Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

## Championship playoffs

| 5th place game | 5th place game | 5th place game | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | 12 September | 12 September | 12 September | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | C1 | Rwanda | 53 | | | | | | |
| | | | 13 September | 13 September | 13 September | A3 | Cameroon | 67 | 13 September | 13 September | 13 September | | | | | |
| | | | Rwanda | Rwanda | 56 | | | | Cameroon | Cameroon | 67 | | | |
| | | | Angola | Angola | 68 | 12 September | 12 September | 12 September | Morocco | Morocco | 47 | | | |
| | | | | | | C2 | Morocco | 61 | | | | | | | |
| 14 September | 14 September | 14 September | | | | B2 | Angola | 45 | | | 14 September | 14 September | 14 September | | |
| Angola | Angola | 69 | | | | | | | | | Cameroon | Cameroon | | 51 |
| Egypt | Egypt | 72 | | | | 12 September | 12 September | 12 September | | | Cameroon | | | Mali | 60 |
| | | | | | | A1 | Mali | 81 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 13 September | 13 September | 13 September | B3 | Nigeria | 70 | 13 September | 13 September | 13 September | | | | | |
| 7th place game | 7th place game | 7th place game | Nigeria | Nigeria | 63 | | | | Mali | Mali | 68 | | | 3rd place game | 3rd place game | 3rd place game |
| 14 September | 14 September | 14 September | Egypt | Egypt | 82 | 12 September | 12 September | 12 September | Senegal | Senegal | 60 | | | 14 September | 14 September | 14 September |
| Rwanda | Rwanda | 61 | | | | B1 | Egypt | 61 | | | | | | Morocco | Morocco | 71 |
| Nigeria | Nigeria | 78 | | | | A2 | Senegal | 68 | | | | | | Senegal | Senegal | 72 |

### Quarterfinals

* 12 September 2024 12:30
* Boxscore
| Morocco | 61–45 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 15–11, 12–13, 12–7 |||
| Pts: Solhi 22 Rebs: Bahmad 11 Asts: karem 5 | | Pts: Neto 12 Rebs: Neto 9 Asts: Neto 4 |
* University of Pretoria
* 12 September 2024 15:00
* Boxscore
| Rwanda | 53–67 | Cameroon |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 16–22, 17–15, 4–16 |||
* University of Pretoria
* 12 September 2024 17:30
* Boxscore
| Egypt | 61–68 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 12–13, 15–15, 18–21 |||
* University of Pretoria
* 12 September 2024 20:00
* Boxscore
| Mali | 81–70 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 21–15, 14–15, 27–17 |||
* University of Pretoria

### 5th–8th place semifinals

* 13 September 2024 17:00
* Boxscore
| Rwanda | 56–68 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 10–16, 11–17, 24–19 |||
* Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria
* 13 September 2024 19:30
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 63–82 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 16–30, 22–15, 9–12 |||
* Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

### 7th place game

* 14 September 2024 14:00
* Boxscore
| Rwanda | 61–78 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 13–17, 14–19, 20–22 |||
* Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

### 5th place game

* 14 September 2024 16:30
* Boxscore
| Angola | 69–72 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–27, 24–32, 18–6, 13–7 |||
* Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

### Semifinals

* 13 September 2024 17:30
* Boxscore
| Cameroon | 67–47 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 19–10, 16–13, 19–5 |||
* University of Pretoria
* 13 September 2024 20:00
* Boxscore
| Mali | 68–60 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 16–28, 24–7, 13–9 |||
* University of Pretoria

### 3rd place game

* 14 September 2024 14:30
* Boxscore
| Morocco | 71–72 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 14–17, 16–17, 22–18 |||
* University of Pretoria

### Final

* 14 September 2024 20:30
* Boxscore
| Cameroon | 51–60 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 11–17, 15–15, 15–18 |||
* University of Pretoria

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Mali |
| | Cameroon |
| | Senegal |
| 4 | Morocco |
| 5 | Egypt |
| 6 | Angola |
| 7 | Nigeria |
| 8 | Rwanda |
| 9 | Ivory Coast |
| 10 | South Africa |
| 11 | Zambia |
| 12 | Uganda |
* Qualified for the 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup