Overview

The FIBA U18 Women’s African Championship is the youth topflight women team’s tournament of the International Basketball Federation’s African Region.
The inaugural edition of this 12-team championship was held in 1985 in Accra, Ghana, where Senegal clinched their maiden continental title in this age category.
To date, Mali has won the most titles, triumphing 7 times in 14 editions with the last one won in the last edition in 2018 in Maputo, Mozambique. On their side, Senegal and DR Congo have two titles under their belt.
This biennale tournament serves as showcase for the best African young players.
This year the competition will take place in Cairo, the Egyptian capital from december 5th to 9th with only 3 national teams due to the Covid pandemic
The FIBA U18 African Championship 2020 will serve as a qualification for the 2021 FIBA U19 World Championship to be held from July 03 to 11 as the the best teams will be qualified.