FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship

FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 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

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. Top 2 compete in the FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Summary

Year Host Final Third Place Game
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
1977
Details
Egypt
Cairo

Egypt
round robin
Central African Republic

Tunisia
round robin ?
1980
Details
Angola
Luanda

Angola
90−81
Central African Republic

Nigeria
95−90
Mozambique
1982
Details
Mozambique
Maputo

Angola
round robin
Mozambique

Senegal
round robin ?
1984
Details
Egypt
Cairo

Egypt
round robin
Angola

Mozambique
round robin ?
1987
Details
Nigeria
Abuja

Nigeria
round robin
Angola

Guinea
round robin ?
1988
Details
Mozambique
Maputo

Angola
round robin
Mozambique

Nigeria
round robin ?
1990
Details
Angola
Luanda

Nigeria
round robin
Angola

Cameroon
round robin ?
1994
Details
Cameroon
Yaounde [1]

Nigeria
round robin
Angola

Guinea
round robin
Cameroon
1998
Details
Egypt
Alexandria [2]

Nigeria
round robin
Egypt

Angola
round robin
South Africa
2000
Details
Guinea
Conakry [3]

Guinea
round robin
Angola

Mali
round robin
Senegal
2002
Details
Egypt
Cairo

Nigeria
80−60
Angola

Mali

Algeria
2004
Details
Senegal
Dakar

Nigeria
u20
83−82
Cameroon

Angola
62−58
Senegal
2006
Details
South Africa
Durban [4]

Nigeria
69−41
Mali

Angola
74−70 Republic of the Congo
Congo
2008
Details
Egypt
Alexandria [5]

Egypt
85−84
Angola

Nigeria
79−77
Senegal
2010
Details
Rwanda
Kigali

Egypt
67−54
Tunisia

Mali
72−56
Mozambique
2012
Details
Mozambique
Maputo [6]

Senegal
2012 title[7]
71−62
Ivory Coast

Egypt
78–54
Mali
2014
Details
Madagascar
Antananarivo [8]

Egypt
80−69
Tunisia

Mali
75−65
Angola
2016
Details
Rwanda
Kigali [9]

Angola
86−82
Egypt

Mali
59–52
Tunisia
2018
Details
Mali
Bamako

Mali
78−76
Senegal

Egypt
89−78
Angola

^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

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Nigeria70310
2 Egypt5229
3 Angola47314
4 Mali1157
5 Ivory Coast1102
6 Guinea1023
7 Mozambique0213
 Tunisia0213
9 Central African Republic0202
10 Cameroon0112
 Senegal0112
Totals (11 nations)19191957

MVP Awards

Year MVP Award Winner
1998 Ivory Coast Michel Lasme
2006 Mali Waly Coulibaly
2008 Egypt Amr Gendy
2010 Egypt Aly Mohamed Ahmed
2012 Egypt Ehab Amin
2014 Angola Gerson Domingos
2016 Angola Sílvio Sousa

Participating nations

Nation Egypt Angola Mozambique Egypt Nigeria Mozambique Angola Cameroon Egypt Guinea Egypt Senegal South Africa Egypt Rwanda Mozambique Madagascar Rwanda Mali
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 47787116
 Angola 754418
 Benin 8112
 Cameroon 43
 Central African Republic 594
 Congo 4112
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo 1010654
 Egypt 510
 Equatorial Guinea 81
 Gabon 65109105
 Ghana 81
 Guinea 595
 Ivory Coast 7611686
 Kenya 9122
 Libya 682
 Madagascar 51
 Mali 795411
 Morocco 66894
 Mozambique 48104779
 Mauritania 81
 Nigeria 911
 Rwanda 611564
 Senegal 4446
 South Africa 462
 Togo 71
 Tunisia 556478
 Uganda 9102
# Teams 8764910912111191111
Top 10

World U-19 Championship record

Team Brazil
1979
Spain
1983
Italy
1987
Canada
1991
Greece
1995
Portugal
1999
Greece
2003
Serbia
2007
New Zealand
2009
Latvia
2011
Czech Republic
2013
Greece
2015
Egypt
2017
Total
 Angola 1313141314136
 Egypt 1213111211126
 Ivory Coast 151
 Mali 15162
 Nigeria 1215111111136
 Senegal 161
 Tunisia 16162
Total111222222222324

Top ten FIBA Africa teams

Updated as of 05 Aug 2018 [10]

RankChangeTeamPoints
18Increase 2 Egypt116.0
29Increase 1 Mali C52.0
30Decrease 1 Angola48.2
32Steady Tunisia47.0
40Increase 1 Ivory Coast20.6
41Increase 4 Algeria19.4
46Increase 1 Mozambique15.4
49Increase 2 Senegal13.0
53Increase 10 Rwanda10.0
56Steady Gabon9.0

C Current Africa champion

See also

References

  1. "1994 African Championship for Junior Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
  2. "1998 African Championship for Junior Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
  3. "2000 African Championship for Junior Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
  4. "2006 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Men Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
  5. "2008 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Men Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
  6. "2012 Afrobasket U18". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
  7. Matthew, Tamba-Jean (2013-12-05). "Senegal dissolves basketball association after cheating scandal". Africa Review. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  8. "2014 Afrobasket U18". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
  9. "FIBA Africa U18 Championship Kigali 2016". FIBA.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  10. "FIBA World Ranking". FIFA.com. Retrieved 22 Jul 2016.
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