The FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket, previously known as the FIBA U18 Women's African Championship or the FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women, is a biennial international youth basketball competition organized by FIBA Africa, where under-18 women's national teams participate.
The tournament also serves as a qualification for the FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup, where the top two teams qualify.
Summary YearHostsFinalThird place matchChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth place1985DetailsAccra ? — —1988DetailsLuanda ? — — —1991DetailsDakar ? — —1996DetailsMaputo80–69 — —1999DetailsDakarround-robinround-robin2000DetailsBamako ? — —2004DetailsBen Arous84–7862–372006DetailsCotonou77–6685–442008DetailsRadès57–3569–632010DetailsCairo63–6261–482012DetailsDakar 55–5045–442014DetailsCairo70–6051–482016DetailsCairo84–6156–432018DetailsMaputo86–3359–462020DetailsCairo68–63 – –2022DetailsAntsirabe86–5453–372024DetailsPretoria76–5670–662026DetailsAbidjan77–6860–522028 DetailsTBD––
Zaire withdrew from the 1996 tournament. The Senegalese Basketball Federation relinquished the 2012 title due to age fraud by some of its players.
Medal table
Participation details
Team1985198819911996199920002004200620082010201220142016201820202022202420262028Total 4th 7th 6th 3 4th 5th 10th 7th 5th 5th 4th 6th 15 8th 11th 3 8th 1 5th 2 6th 1 7th 12th 2 (incl. Zaire) 9th 9th 7th 7 5th 5th Q 11 6th 8th 2 5th 6th 7th Q 7 7th 10th 6th 8th 4 5th 2 4th 6th 4th Q 16 9th 10th 2 8 4th Q 5 4th 7th 2 8th 9th 7 5th 2 7th 1 5th 4th 6th 6th 8th 7th 8 11th 8th 8th 5th 4th 6th 6 11th 1 12th 1 Total 3 2 3 2 4 3 7 5 11 10 6 8 8 8 3 8 12 12 #
MVP Awards YearMVP Award Winner1998 Teresa Gonçalves2006 Fanta Toure2008 Laoudy Maiga2010 Reem Osama2012 Yacine Diop2014 Djeneba N'Diaye2016 Meral Abdelgawad2018 Assetou Sissoko2020 Yara Hussein2022 Maimouna Haidara2024 Oummou Koumare2026 Maimouna Traoré
U19 Women's World Cup record Team19851989199319972001200520072009201120132015201720192021202320252027Total 10th 12th 15th 14th 15th 12th 13th 7th 4th 5th DNP* Q 11 15th 16th 16th 12th 12th 5 12th 10th 11th 3 10th 16th 2 15th 2 16th 1 15th 1 16th 12th Q 3 Total 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 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 C 583.921 4 516.926 9 469.536 2 410.537 4 395.938 395.740 6 330.342 5 310.243 3 307.746 7 272 C Current U18 Africa champions
See also FIBA Women's AfroBasket FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket FIBA U20 Women's AfroBasket
References
External links FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket, www.fiba.basketball FIBA U18 Women's AfroBasket, www.afrobasket.com