FIBA U18 African Championship

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FIBA U18 African Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2022 FIBA U18 African Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1975; 49 years ago (1975)
ContinentFIBA Africa (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Egypt (6th title)
Most titles Egypt
 Nigeria
(6 titles each)
Related
competitions
FIBA U16 African Championship

The FIBA U18 African Championship is an under-18 basketball championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Africa zone. The tournament is held biennially. The top two teams qualify directly to the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup.

Summary

Year Hosts Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1977
Details
Egypt
Cairo

Egypt
round robin
Central African Empire

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
1990
Details
Angola
Luanda

Nigeria
round robin
Angola

Cameroon
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

Tunisia

DR Congo

Mozambique
2006
Details
South Africa
Durban[4]

Nigeria
69−41
Mali

Angola
74−70
DR 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
71−62
Ivory Coast

Egypt
78–54
Mali
2014
Details
Madagascar
Antananarivo[7]

Egypt
80−69
Tunisia

Mali
75−65
Angola
2016
Details
Rwanda
Kigali[8]

Angola
86−82
Egypt

Mali
59–52
Tunisia
2018
Details
Mali
Bamako

Mali
78−76
Senegal

Egypt
89−78
Angola
2020
Details
Egypt
Cairo

Mali
82−80
Senegal

Egypt
72−55
Guinea
2022
Details
Madagascar
Antananarivo

Egypt
81−54
Madagascar

Mali
79−54
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[9]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Egypt62311
2 Nigeria6039
3 Angola47213
4 Mali2169
5 Senegal1214
 Tunisia1214
7 Guinea1023
8 Mozambique0224
9 Central African Republic0202
10 DR Congo0101
 Ivory Coast0101
 Madagascar0101
13 Cameroon0011
Totals (13 entries)21212163

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
2018 Mali Siriman Kanouté
2020 Mali Bourama Coulibaly
2022 Madagascar Mathias M'Madi

Participating nations

Nation Egypt Angola Mozambique Egypt Nigeria Mozambique Angola Cameroon Egypt Guinea Egypt Senegal South Africa Egypt Rwanda Mozambique Madagascar Rwanda Mali Madagascar
1977 1980 1982 1984 1987 1988 1990 1994 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022
x 8 x x x x x 7 6 4 9 10 9 12 11 11 9 11 11 9
 Algeria 4 7 7 8 7 11 7 7
 Angola 1980 1982 1984 1987 1988 1990 1994 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 7 5 4 2016 4 4 19
 Benin 8 11 8 3
 Cameroon 1990 4 2004 3
 Central African Republic 1977 1980 5 9 4
 Congo 4 11 2
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo 10 10 6 5 4
 Egypt 1977 5 1984 1998 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022 11
 Equatorial Guinea 8 1
 Gabon 6 5 10 9 10 5
 Ghana 8 1
 Guinea 1987 1994 2000 5 9 6 6
 Ivory Coast 7 6 11 2012 6 8 6
 Kenya 9 12 2
 Libya 6 8 2
 Madagascar 5 2022 2
 Mali 7 2000 2002 9 2006 5 2010 4 2014 2016 2018 2022 12
 Morocco 6 6 8 9 4
 Mozambique 4 1982 1984 1988 8 10 4 7 7 9
 Mauritania 8 1
 Nigeria 1980 1987 1988 1990 1994 1998 2002 2004 2006 2008 9 11
 Rwanda 6 11 5 6 9 5
 Senegal 1982 4 4 4 2012 2018 5 7
 South Africa 4 6 2
 Togo 7 1
 Tunisia 1977 5 5 2010 6 2014 4 7 8
 Uganda 9 10 2
# Teams 8 7 6 4 9 10 9 12 11 11 9 11 11 9
Top 10

Under-19 World Cup 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
Greece
2019
Latvia
2021
Hungary
2023
Switzerland
2025
Czech Republic
2027
Total
 Angola 13 13 14 13 14 13 6
 Egypt 12 13 11 12 11 12 Q 7
 Ivory Coast 15 1
 Madagascar Q 1
 Mali 15 16 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 13 4
 Nigeria 12 15 11 11 11 13 6
 Senegal 16 15 7 3
 Tunisia 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 Team Points
16 Increase 8  EgyptC 542.0
17 Decrease 3  Mali 541.4
23 Decrease 6  Senegal 492.6
35 Steady 0  Madagascar 377.3
40 Decrease 1  Nigeria 353.7
41 Increase 4  Algeria 352.6
42 Decrease 1  Guinea 344.6
44 Increase 2  Angola 301.9
50 Increase 2  Chad 258.3

C Current Africa champion

See also

References

  1. ^ "1994 African Championship for Junior Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. ^ "1998 African Championship for Junior Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  3. ^ "2000 African Championship for Junior Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  4. ^ "2006 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Men Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  5. ^ "2008 FIBA Africa U18 Championship for Men Final Round". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  6. ^ "2012 Afrobasket U18". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  7. ^ "2014 Afrobasket U18". FIBA.com. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  8. ^ "FIBA Africa U18 Championship Kigali 2016". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  9. ^ Matthew, Tamba-Jean (5 December 2013). "Senegal dissolves basketball association after cheating scandal". Africa Review. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  10. ^ "FIBA World Ranking". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

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