FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship

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FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2018 FIBA Under-18 African Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1975
ContinentFIBA Africa (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Mali (2018)
Most titles Nigeria (7 titles)
Official website[1]

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. The top 2 compete in the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup.

Summary[]

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

Egypt
round robin
Central African Empire

Tunisia
round robin ?
1980
Details
Angola
Luanda

Angola
90−81
Central African Republic

Nigeria
95−90
1982
Mozambique
Maputo

Angola
round robin

Senegal
round robin ?
1984
Egypt
Cairo

Egypt
round robin
Angola

round robin ?
1987
Nigeria
Abuja

Nigeria
round robin
Angola

Guinea
round robin ?
1988
Mozambique
Maputo

Angola
round robin
1990
Angola
Luanda

Nigeria
round robin
Angola

round robin ?
1994
Details
Cameroon
Yaounde[1]

Nigeria
round robin
Angola

Guinea
round robin
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

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

Nigeria
69−41
Mali

Angola
74−70 Republic of the 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
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
Egypt
Cairo

Mali
82−80
Senegal

Egypt
72−55
Guinea
^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 Nigeria70310
2 Egypt52310
3 Angola47314
4 Mali2158
5 Guinea1023
6 0213
 Senegal0213
 Tunisia0213
9 Central African Republic0202
10 0112
11 Ivory Coast0101
Totals (11 nations)19202059

MVP Awards[]

Year MVP Award Winner
1998 Ivory Coast
2006 Mali Waly Coulibaly
2008 Egypt Amr Gendy
2010 Egypt
2012 Egypt Ehab Amin
2014 Angola Gerson Domingos
2016 Angola Sílvio Sousa
2018 Mali Siriman Kanouté

Participating nations[]

Nation Egypt Angola Mozambique Egypt Nigeria Mozambique Angola Cameroon Egypt Guinea Egypt Senegal South Africa Egypt Rwanda Mozambique Madagascar Rwanda Mali
1980 1994 1998 2000 2002 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 4 7 7 8 7 11 6
 Angola 1980 1982 1984 1987 1988 1990 1994 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 7 5 4 2016 4 18
 Benin 8 11 2
  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 10
  8 1
 Gabon 6 5 10 9 10 5
 Ghana 8 1
 Guinea 1987 1994 2000 5 9 5
 Ivory Coast 7 6 11 2012 6 8 6
 Kenya 9 12 2
 Libya 6 8 2
 Madagascar 5 1
 Mali 7 2000 2002 9 2006 5 2010 4 2014 2016 2018 11
  6 6 8 9 4
  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 4
 Senegal 1982 4 4 4 2012 2018 6
 South Africa 4 6 2
  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
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
Greece
2019
Total
 Angola 13 13 14 13 14 13 6
 Egypt 12 13 11 12 11 12 6
 Ivory Coast 15 1
 Mali 15 16 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3
 Nigeria 12 15 11 11 11 13 6
 Senegal 16 15 2
 Tunisia 16 16 2
Total 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 26

Top ten FIBA Africa teams[]

Updated as of 7 December 2018 [10]

Rank Change Team Points
21 Decrease 3  Egypt 107.0
27 Increase 2  Mali C 63.0
31 Decrease 1  Angola 48.8
33 Decrease 1  Tunisia 41.4
39 Increase 10  Senegal 21.0
45 Decrease 5  Ivory Coast 19.0
46 Decrease 5  Algeria 18.8
49 Decrease 3   12.4
53 Steady  Rwanda 10.0
62 Decrease 1  Madagascar 8.6

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. 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". FIFA.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

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