FIBA U16 AfroBasket
Current season, competition or edition: 2025 FIBA U16 AfroBasket | |
| Formerly | FIBA U16 African Championship |
|---|---|
| Sport | Basketball |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Organising body | FIBA Africa |
| Continent | Africa |
| Most recent champion |  Ivory Coast (1st title) |
| Most titles |  Egypt (5 titles) |
| Qualification | FIBA U17 World Cup |
| Related competitions | FIBA U18 AfroBasket |
| Official website | fiba.basketball/history |
The FIBA U16 AfroBasket, previously known as the FIBA U16 African Championship, is a biennial international youth basketball competition consisting of under-16 men's national teams organized by FIBA Africa.
The tournament also serves as a qualification for the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, where the top two teams directly qualify.
Summary
[edit]| Year | Hosts | Final | Third place game | ||||||
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| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2009[1] Details |
 Maputo |
Egypt |
84–82 |  Mali |
 Nigeria |
65–56 |  Algeria | ||
| 2011[2] Details |
Alexandria |
Egypt |
117–67 |  Tunisia |
Mali |
59–57 |  Angola | ||
| 2013[3] Details |
 Antananarivo |
Angola |
75–66 | Egypt |
Tunisia |
70–49 | Madagascar | ||
| 2015[4] Details |
Bamako |
Egypt |
64–63 | Mali |
Algeria |
45–37 | Angola | ||
| 2017[5] Details |
 Vacoas-Phoenix |
Mali |
76–65 | Egypt |
Algeria |
57–54 | Tunisia | ||
| 2019[6] Details |
 Praia |
Egypt |
66–57 | Mali |
Nigeria |
54–53 |  Guinea | ||
| 2021[7] Details |
Cairo |
Egypt |
63–62 | Mali |
Algeria |
65–50 |  Chad | ||
| 2023[8] Details |
Monastir |
Guinea |
84–76 | Egypt |
Mali |
63–56 | Angola | ||
| 2025[9] Details |
 Kigali |
Ivory Coast |
62–49 |  Cameroon |
Mali |
58–51 | Egypt | ||
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Egypt | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Mali | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Angola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guinea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
MVP Awards
[edit]| Year | MVP Award Winner |
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| 2009 | Ahmed Mostafa
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| 2011 | Ehab Amin
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| 2013 | Mohamed Abdelrahman
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| 2015 | Ahmed Khalaf
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| 2017 | Siriman Kanouté
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| 2019 | Moamen Abouzeid
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| 2021 | Adam El Halawany
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| 2023 | Nour Gassim Toure
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| 2025 | Jean-Philippe Oka
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Participating nations
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| 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | ||
| Algeria
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4th | 5th |  |
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10th | |
6 | |||
| Angola
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6th | 4th |  |
4th | 7th | 4th | 7th | 7 | ||
| Cameroon
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1 | ||||||||
| Cape Verde
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8th | 1 | ||||||||
 Central African Republic
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7th | 1 | ||||||||
| Chad
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4th | 7th | 2 | |||||||
 Comoros
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9th | 1 | ||||||||
 Congo
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7th | 1 | ||||||||
 DR Congo
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5th | 1 | ||||||||
| Egypt
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4th | 9 |
 Equatorial Guinea
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10th | 1 | ||||||||
 Ethiopia
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11th | 1 | ||||||||
 Gabon
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7th | 7th | 2 | |||||||
| Guinea
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9th | 4th | |
11th | 4 | |||||
 Liberia
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10th | 1 | ||||||||
| Ivory Coast
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8th | 9th | 5th | 6th |
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5 | ||||
| Madagascar
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4th | 5th | 2 | |||||||
| Mali
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8 | |
| Mauritius
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8th | 1 | ||||||||
 Morocco
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6th | 8th | 9th | 3 | ||||||
| Mozambique
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5th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 4 | |||||
| Nigeria
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5th | |
3 | ||||||
| Rwanda
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9th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 8th | 5 | ||||
 Sierra Leone
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12th | 1 | ||||||||
 South Africa
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8th | 8th | 8th | 3 | ||||||
| Tunisia
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7th | 4th | 6th | 9th | 6th | 7 | ||
 Uganda
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6th | 10th | 5th | 3 | ||||||
| Number of teams | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
Under-17 World Cup record
[edit]| Team |  2010 |
 2012 |
 2014 |
 2016 |
 2018 |
2022 |
 2024 |
2026 |
 2028 |
Total |
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| Angola |
11 | 1 | ||||||||
| Cameroon |
Q | 1 | ||||||||
| Egypt |
11 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 7 | ||
| Guinea |
14 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ivory Coast |
Q | 1 | ||||||||
| Mali |
15 | 12 | 15 | 3 | ||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2009 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2011 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2013 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2015 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2017 FIBA U16 African Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2019 FIBA U16 African Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2021 FIBA U16 African Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2023 FIBA U16 African Championship". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2025 FIBA U16 AfroBasket". www.fiba.basketball.
External links
[edit]- FIBA U16 AfroBasket, www.afrobasket.com
- Official website of FIBA
