2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket

International basketball competition

2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket
21st FIBA U18 African Basketball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Pretoria
Dates	3−14 September
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mali
Runners-up	Cameroon
Third place	Senegal
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
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The 2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket was an international under-18 basketball competition that was held in Pretoria, South Africa from 3 to 14 September 2024.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The tournament, which was also the 21st edition of the biennial competition, qualified the top two teams to represent FIBA Africa in the 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Switzerland. This was the second time South Africa has hosted the tournament; the previous one was in 2006.

Mali won this event for the third time.

Qualification

Means of qualification^[4]	Dates	Venue	Berths	Qualifiers
Host nation	N/A	N/A	1	South Africa
2022 FIBA U18 African Championship Top Four	4–14 December 2022	Antananarivo	3	Egypt ~~Madagascar~~ Mali Angola
2024 Zone I U18 Qualifiers	11–14 July 2024	Tunis	1	Morocco
2024 Zone II U18 Qualifiers	N/A	N/A	1	Senegal
2024 Zone III U18 Qualifiers	31 July–4 August 2024	Abidjan	1	Nigeria
2024 Zone IV U18 Qualifiers	N/A	N/A	1	Cameroon
2024 Zone V U18 Qualifiers	9–14 June 2024	Kampala	1	Uganda
2024 Zone VI U18 Qualifiers	28–29 June 2024	Lusaka	1	Zambia
2024 Zone VII U18 Qualifiers	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wildcards	9 August 2024	N/A	2	Ivory Coast Rwanda
Total			12

Qualified teams

Includes current world ranking prior to the start of the tournament (in parentheses).

Host nation (1)
- South Africa (NR)
Zone I
- Morocco (60)
Zone II
- Mali (18)
- Senegal (21)
Zone III
- Ivory Coast (54)
- Nigeria (NR)
Zone IV
- Cameroon (NR)
Zone V
- Egypt (23)
- Rwanda (48)
- Uganda (71)
Zone VI
- Zambia (NR)
Zone VII
- Angola (38)

Group phase

The draw of the group phase took place on 25 August 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda.^[5]

In this round, the teams were drawn into three groups of four. The top two teams from each group and the best two third-placed teams will advance to the quarterfinals.

All times are local (South African Standard Time – UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	3	3	0	199	177	+22	6	Quarterfinals
2	Senegal	3	2	1	191	183	+8	5
3	Cameroon	3	1	2	181	196	−15	4
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	3	194	209	−15	3	9th–12th place playoffs

Source: FIBA Africa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

4 September 2024
12:30

Boxscore

Ivory Coast	62–67	Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 7–23, 12–14, 21–13

University of Pretoria

4 September 2024
17:30

Boxscore

Mali	64–50	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 9–7, 19–11, 17–18, 19–14

University of Pretoria

7 September 2024
17:30

Boxscore

Senegal	69–63	Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 20–10, 10–16, 26–18

University of Pretoria

7 September 2024
20:00

Boxscore

Cameroon	58–62	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 20–14, 13–12, 14–20

University of Pretoria

10 September 2024
15:00

Boxscore

Cameroon	56–72	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 9–14, 12–17, 18–28

University of Pretoria

10 September 2024
17:30

Boxscore

Mali	73–69	Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 17–19, 24–16, 15–20

University of Pretoria

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	2	1	197	164	+33	5	Quarterfinals
2	Angola	3	2	1	211	197	+14	5
3	Nigeria	3	2	1	199	196	+3	5
4	Uganda	3	0	3	184	234	−50	3	9th–12th place playoffs

Source: FIBA Africa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

4 September 2024
15:00

Boxscore

Angola	89–73	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 18–18, 22–6, 29–30

University of Pretoria

4 September 2024
20:00

Boxscore

Egypt	70–57	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 23–15, 15–16, 18–9

University of Pretoria

7 September 2024
12:30

Boxscore

Uganda	50–73	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 15–18, 13–14, 11–26

University of Pretoria

7 September 2024
15:00

Boxscore

Nigeria	70–65	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 12–6, 15–25, 23–16

University of Pretoria

10 September 2024
12:30

Boxscore

Uganda	61–72	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 11–19, 15–17, 20–15

University of Pretoria

10 September 2024
20:00

Boxscore

Egypt	54–57	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 12–15, 9–13, 15–15

University of Pretoria

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rwanda	3	3	0	223	184	+39	6	Quarterfinals
2	Morocco	3	2	1	201	154	+47	5	Quarterfinals
3	Zambia	3	1	2	206	231	−25	4	9th–12th place playoffs
4	South Africa (H)	3	0	3	156	217	−61	3	9th–12th place playoffs

Source: FIBA Africa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

3 September 2024
12:30

Boxscore

South Africa	64–81	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 17–26, 15–13, 20–18

University of Pretoria

3 September 2024
17:30

Boxscore

Morocco	84–67	Zambia
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 21–17, 13–23, 27–15
Pts: Solhi 21 Rebs: El Baze 9 Asts: El Baze 5

University of Pretoria
Attendance: 100
Referees: David Joao DOMINGOS MANUEL (ANG), Mohamed ELMENSHAWY (EGY), Emmanuel O.Paterne KPAWOGBO (BEN)

6 September 2024
15:00

Boxscore

Zambia	70–61	South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 15–23, 13–13, 19–13

University of Pretoria

6 September 2024
17:30

Boxscore

Rwanda	56–51	Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 24–17, 11–9, 13–12
Pts: - Rebs: - Asts: -		Pts: Karem 26 Rebs: Solhi 11 Asts: Solhi 5

University of Pretoria
Attendance: 100

9 September 2024
15:00

Boxscore

South Africa	31–66	Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 9–15, 6–8, 6–19
Pts: - Rebs: - Asts: -		Pts: Solhi 13 Rebs: El Baze / Bahmad 9 Asts: El Baze 6

University of Pretoria
Attendance: 50

9 September 2024
20:00

Boxscore

Zambia	69–86	Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 27–18, 13–29, 14–16

University of Pretoria

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Nigeria	3	2	1	199	196	+3	5	Quarterfinals
2	A	Cameroon	3	1	2	181	196	−15	4	Quarterfinals
3	C	Zambia	3	1	2	206	231	−25	4	9th–12th place playoffs

Source: FIBA Africa

9th–12th place playoffs

9th–12th place semifinals		9th place game

11 September

Zambia	47
		12 September
South Africa	53
		South Africa	55
11 September
		Ivory Coast	84
Ivory Coast	77

Uganda	66
		11th place game

		12 September

		Zambia	61

		Uganda	54

9th–12th place semifinals

11 September 2024
17:00

Boxscore

Zambia	47–53	South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 7–6, 16–11, 14–17, 10–19

Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

11 September 2024
19:30

Boxscore

Ivory Coast	77–66	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 7–16, 30–15, 16–16

Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

11th place game

12 September 2024
17:00

Boxscore

Zambia	61–54	Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 19–19, 10–12, 16–7

Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

9th place game

12 September 2024
19:30

Boxscore

South Africa	55–84	Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 11–21, 19–22, 9–24

Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

Championship playoffs

5th place game

5th–8th place semifinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

12 September

Rwanda

13 September

Cameroon

13 September

Rwanda

Cameroon

Angola

12 September

Morocco

14 September

Angola

14 September

Angola

Cameroon

Egypt

12 September

Mali

13 September

Nigeria

13 September

7th place game

Nigeria

Mali

3rd place game

14 September

Egypt

12 September

Senegal

14 September

Rwanda

Egypt

Morocco

Nigeria

Senegal

Quarterfinals

12 September 2024
12:30

Boxscore

Morocco	61–45	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 15–11, 12–13, 12–7
Pts: Solhi 22 Rebs: Bahmad 11 Asts: karem 5		Pts: Neto 12 Rebs: Neto 9 Asts: Neto 4

University of Pretoria

12 September 2024
15:00

Boxscore

Rwanda	53–67	Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 16–22, 17–15, 4–16

University of Pretoria

12 September 2024
17:30

Boxscore

Egypt	61–68	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 12–13, 15–15, 18–21

University of Pretoria

12 September 2024
20:00

Boxscore

Mali	81–70	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 21–15, 14–15, 27–17

University of Pretoria

5th–8th place semifinals

13 September 2024
17:00

Boxscore

Rwanda	56–68	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 10–16, 11–17, 24–19

Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

13 September 2024
19:30

Boxscore

Nigeria	63–82	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 16–30, 22–15, 9–12

Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

7th place game

14 September 2024
14:00

Boxscore

Rwanda	61–78	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 13–17, 14–19, 20–22

Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

5th place game

14 September 2024
16:30

Boxscore

Angola	69–72	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 14–27, 24–32, 18–6, 13–7

Pilditch Indoor, Pretoria

Semifinals

13 September 2024
17:30

Boxscore

Cameroon	67–47	Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 19–10, 16–13, 19–5

University of Pretoria

13 September 2024
20:00

Boxscore

Mali	68–60	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 16–28, 24–7, 13–9

University of Pretoria

3rd place game

14 September 2024
14:30

Boxscore

Morocco	71–72	Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 14–17, 16–17, 22–18

University of Pretoria

Final

14 September 2024
20:30

Boxscore

Cameroon	51–60	Mali
Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 11–17, 15–15, 15–18

University of Pretoria

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Mali
	Cameroon
	Senegal
4	Morocco
5	Egypt
6	Angola
7	Nigeria
8	Rwanda
9	Ivory Coast
10	South Africa
11	Zambia
12	Uganda

Qualified for the 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup

References

^ "One month to the FIBA U18 African Championship". FIBA Africa. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ Tournament official website
^ "FIBA U18 AfroBasket 2024 tournaments rescheduled". www.newtimes.co.rw.
^ 2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket qualification results, reports.fiba.basketball
^ "Draw complete for the FIBA U18 AfroBasket 2024". FIBA Africa. 25 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

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