The FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket, previously known as the FIBA U16 Women's African Championship or the FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women, is a biennial international youth basketball competition organized by FIBA Africa, where under-16 women's national teams participate.
The tournament also serves as a qualification for the FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup, where the top two teams qualify.
Summary YearHostsFinalThird place matchChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth place2009DetailsBamako78–64round-robin2011DetailsAlexandria66–5459–552013DetailsMaputo62–61 50–462015DetailsAntananarivo57–46 52–482017DetailsBeira68–29 56–382019DetailsKigali84–4867–592021DetailsCairo68–6553–512023DetailsMonastir 57–5650–432025DetailsKigali 66–5455–532027DetailsTBD ––
Medal table
Participation details
Team2009201120132015201720192021202320252027Total 4th 5th 3 5th 5th 8 8th 1 Q 2 5th 1 7th Q 10 7th 6th 2 8th 11th 2 6th Q 3 10th 1 1 4th Q 10 8th 5th 9th 3 6th 4th 4th 5 1 9th 7th 4 5th 1 7th 7th 2 4th 4th 6th 8th 5 5th 4th 6th 3 5th 1 Total 5 6 8 9 5 7 6 8 11 #
MVP Awards YearMVP Award Winner2009 Farima Touré2011 Soraia Deghady2013 Neidy Ocuane2015 Rokia Doumbia2017 Aissetou Coulibaly2019 Sara Caetano2021 Rokiatou Berthe2023 Assitan Diarisso2025 Fatma Abdella
U17 Women's World Cup record Team201020122014201620182022202420262028Total 16th 1 16th 11th 11th 9th 4 16th 1 12th 10th 12th 11th 10th 10th 13th 7 DNP* 0 Total 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 * were unable to travel to the tournament.
Top Ten FIBA Africa girls' teams Updated as of 13 December 2025. Rank Team Points16 4 583.921 4 C 516.926 9 469.536 2 410.537 4 395.938 395.740 6 330.342 5 310.243 3 307.746 7 272 C Current U16 Africa champions
See also FIBA Women's AfroBasket FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket FIBA U20 Women's AfroBasket
References
External links FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket, www.fiba.basketball FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket, www.afrobasket.com