The FIBA U16 African Championship is an under-16 basketball championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Africa zone. The tournament is held biennially. The top two teams in the competition qualify for the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.
Current season, competition or edition: 2025 FIBA Under-16 African Championship | |
| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 2009 |
| Continent | FIBA Africa (Africa) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Guinea (1st title) |
| Most titles |  Egypt (5 titles) |
| Related competitions | FIBA U18 African Championship |
Summary edit
| Year | Hosts | Final | Third place game | ||||||
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| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2009 Details |
 Maputo[1] |
 Egypt |
84 – 82 |  Mali |
 Nigeria |
65 – 56 |  Algeria | ||
| 2011 Details |
Alexandria[2] |
Egypt |
117 – 67 |  Tunisia |
Mali |
59 – 57 |  Angola | ||
| 2013 Details |
 Antananarivo[3] |
Angola |
75 – 66 | Egypt |
Tunisia |
70 – 49 |  Madagascar | ||
| 2015 Details |
 Bamako |
Egypt |
64 – 63 | Mali |
Algeria |
45 – 37 | Angola | ||
| 2017 Details |
 Vacoas-Phoenix |
Mali |
76 – 65 | Egypt |
Algeria |
57 – 54 | Tunisia | ||
| 2019 Details |
 Praia |
Egypt |
66 – 57 | Mali |
Nigeria |
54 – 53 |  Guinea | ||
| 2021 Details |
Cairo |
Egypt |
63 – 62 | Mali |
Algeria |
65 – 50 |  Chad | ||
| 2023 Details |
 Monastir |
Guinea |
84 – 76 | Egypt |
Mali |
63 – 56 | Angola | ||
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Egypt | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Mali | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 |  Angola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guinea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Algeria | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 |  Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
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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Participating nations edit
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| 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | ||
 Algeria
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4 | 5 |  |
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6 | ||
 Angola
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6 | 4 |  |
4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | ||
 Central African Republic
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7 | 1 | |||||||
 Chad
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4 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
 Comoros
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9 | 1 | |||||||
 Congo
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7 | 1 | |||||||
 Cape Verde
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8 | 1 | |||||||
 DR Congo
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5 | 1 | |||||||
 Ivory Coast
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8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||||
 Egypt
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 Equatorial Guinea
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10 | 1 | |||||||
 Ethiopia
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11 | 1 | |||||||
 Gabon
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7 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
 Guinea
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9 | 4 | |
3 | |||||
 Madagascar
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4 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
 Mali
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 Mauritius
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8 | 1 | |||||||
 Morocco
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6 | 8 | 2 | ||||||
 Mozambique
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5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||||
 Nigeria
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3 | |||||
 Rwanda
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9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||||
 South Africa
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8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | |||||
 Tunisia
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7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | ||
 Uganda
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6 | 10 | 2 | ||||||
| # Teams | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
Under-17 World Cup record edit
| Team |  2010 |
 2012 |
 2014 |
 2016 |
 2018 |
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2022 |
 2024 |
2026 |
Total |
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| Angola |
– | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| Egypt |
11 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 10 | Q | 6 | ||
| Guinea |
Q | 6 | ||||||||
| Mali |
– | – | – | 15 | 12 | 15 | 3 | |||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "2009 FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "2011 FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "2013 FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Men". FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.