Competition System
The FIBA U16 women’s AfroBasket is the flagship competition for women's national youth teams.
This year, Rwanda will host the FIBA U16 women’s AfroBasket from 2 to 14 September 2025 with 12 national teams.
GROUP PHASE
The 11 teams will be divided in 02 groups of 4 teams each + 01 group of 3 teams.
Each team will play all the other teams in its group. After the groups phases, a classification will be made as follows:
Teams placed first in each group, according to wins and point differential will be ranked from 1st to 3rd place.
Teams placed second in each group, according to wins and point differential will be ranked from 4th to 6th place.
The best 2 third-place teams from all the groups will then be ranked from 7th to 8th place still following the point differential order.
FINAL PHASE
Quarter-finals
The 08 teams placed first will play the quarter finals.
The Quarter-Finals shall be played as follows:
Team placed 1st - Team placed 8th
Team placed 2nd – Team placed 7th
Team placed 3rd – Team placed 6th
Team placed 4th – Team placed 5th
Classification 9 – 11 place
The 03 remaining teams will play the classification games (9 – 11 place) in one round.
Semi-finals
The 04 winners teams of the ¼ finales will play the semifinals
Classification 5 – 12 place
The 04 loser teams will play the classification games (5 – 8 place) in one round.
Third-place Game & Final
The 02 loser teams will play classification games (3 – 4 place).
The 02 winners teams of the ½ finals will play the final
The two best teams will qualify for the 2026 FIBA U17 World Cup.