The FIBA U18 AfroBasket, previously known as the FIBA U18 African Championship or the FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, is a biennial international youth basketball competition consisting of under-18 men's national teams organized by FIBA Africa.
The tournament also serves as a qualification for the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, where the top two teams qualify.
Summary YearHostsFinalThird place matchChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth place1977Details Cairo round robin round robin ?1980Details Luanda 90−81 95−90 1982Details Maputo round robin round robin ?1984Details Cairo round robin round robin 1987Details Abuja 65−62 round robin 1988Details Maputo round robin 1990Details Luanda round robin 1994Details Yaounde round robin round robin 1998DetailsAlexandria round robin round robin 2000DetailsConakry round robin round robin 2002DetailsCairo 80−60 ? 2006DetailsDurban 69−41 74−70 2008DetailsAlexandria 85−84 79−77 2010DetailsKigali 67−54 72−56 2012DetailsMaputo 71−62 78–54 2014DetailsAntananarivo 80−69 75−652016DetailsKigali 86−82 59–52 2018DetailsBamako 78−76 89−78 2020DetailsCairo 82−80 72−55 2022DetailsAntananarivo 81−54 79−54 2024DetailsPretoria60−51 72−71 2026DetailsAbidjan73–5173–692028DetailsTBD− −
The Senegalese Basketball Federation relinquished the 2012 title due to age fraud by some of its players.
Medal table
Participation details Tournaments 1977–2012
Team197719801982198419871988199019941998200020022006200820102012 4th 7th 8th 7th 5th 5th 9th 4th 11th 10th 5th 8th 6th 5th 10th 8th 5th 7th 6th 11th 9th 12th 6th 7th 5th 4th 6th 8th 9th 4th 8th 10th 4th 9th 11th 4th 4th 4th 7th 5th 6th Total ? 8 ? ? ? ? ? 7 6 4 9 9 12 11 11
Tournaments 2014–present Team20142016201820202022202420262028Total 7th 11th 7th 6 4th 4th 4th 6th 19 8th 11th 8th 3 Q 5 4 8th 1 2 6th 5th 3 5th 6th 15 1 9th 10th 12th 6 1 9th 4th 6th 7 6th 8th 9th Q 10 2 8th 2 7th 4 4th Q 12 4th 11th 5 7th 9 7th 9th 12 6th 9th 8th 10th 7 5th Q 11 4 1 4th 7th 5th 8 9th 10th 12th 3 11th 1 Total 9 11 11 4 9 12 12 #
MVP Awards YearMVP Award winner1998 Michel Lasme2006 Waly Coulibaly2008 Amr Gendy2010 Aly Mohamed Ahmed2012 Ehab Amin2014 Gerson Domingos2016 Sílvio Sousa2018 Siriman Kanouté2020 Bourama Coulibaly2022 Mathias M'Madi2024 Youssouf Traore2026 Nathan Djako
U19 World Cup record Team1979198319871991199519992003200720092011201320152017201920212023202520272029Total 13th 13th 14th 13th 14th 13th 6 14th 1 12th 13th 11th 12th 11th 13th 7 15th Q 2 14th 1 15th 16th 13th 11th 5 12th 15th 11th 11th 11th 13th 6 16th 15th 7th Q 4 16th 16th 2 Total 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Top Ten FIBA Africa boys' teams Updated as of 13 December 2025. Rank Team Points17 1 552.223 27 C 503.625 494.326 5 488.727 7 481.934 3 383.935 5 382.836 16 37948 30751 1 288.9 C Current U18 Africa champions
See also FIBA AfroBasket FIBA U16 AfroBasket FIBA U20 AfroBasket
References
External links FIBA U18 AfroBasket, www.fiba.basketball FIBA U18 AfroBasket, www.afrobasket.com