LAUSANNE (Switzerland) - Cameroon's Amadou Seini has made history, once again, at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2025, cementing his name among the competition’s elite rebounders with yet another dominant performance on the glass.
In a tightly contested 81-77 loss to China in the Classification 13-14 game, Seini grabbed 24 rebounds, tying the second-most ever recorded in a single U19 World Cup game. Remarkably, it’s the second time in this tournament that he’s reached that exact mark - having also pulled down 24 boards against Australia earlier in the Group Phase.
With that, Seini becomes just the fourth player in tournament history to register multiple 24+ rebound games, joining Australian great Andrew Bogut, who had two 25-rebound performances in 2003, Qatar's Yassen Musa, and Lithuanian legend Jonas Valanciunas.
Seini's rebounding resume doesn’t stop there. He also hauled in 21 rebounds against Israel, giving him three games with 20 or more rebounds - again, a feat only Bogut had accomplished before him at the U19 level.
Top 10 rebounds at the U19 World Cup*
| Player (Team) | Opponent | Date | Rebounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Andrew Bogut (AUS) | Korea 124-95 | 7/12/2003 | 25 |
| Andrew Bogut (AUS) | Croatia 97-84 | 7/19/2003 | 25 |
3. | Amadou Seini (CMR) | China 77-81 | 7/6/2025 | 24 |
| Amadou Seini (CMR) | Australia 96-101 | 6/29/2025 | 24 |
| Yasseen Musa (QAT) | Japan 83-69 | 7/20/1999 | 24 |
| Andrew Bogut (AUS) | Argentina 75-57 | 7/11/2003 | 24 |
| Jonas Valanciunas (LTU) | Poland 87-75 | 7/8/2011 | 24 |
8. | Drago Pasalic (CRO) | Lithuania 73-69 | 7/10/2003 | 22 |
| Drago Pasalic (CRO) | Slovenia 113-103 | 7/15/2003 | 22 |
| Amadou Seini (CMR) | Israel 82-86 | 7/2/2025 | 22 |
Additionally, Seini collected a whopping 12 boards on the offensive end, tying him up at 4th place all-time in the category - again with Bogut.
Top 10 offensive rebounds at the U19 World Cup*
| Player (Team) | Opponent | Date | Off Rbds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Brendan Clowry (AUS) | Japan 95-64 | 7/17/1999 | 14 |
| Emanuel Neto (ANG) | Islamic Republic of Iran 63-60 | 7/18/2003 | 14 |
3. | Drago Pasalic (CRO) | Slovenia 113-103 | 7/15/2003 | 13 |
4. | Amadou Seini (CMR) | China 77-81 | 7/6/2025 | 12 |
| Andrew Bogut (AUS) | Korea 124-95 | 7/12/2003 | 12 |
6. | Olumide Oyedeji (NGR) | Latvia 56-71 | 7/23/1999 | 11 |
| Arsalan Kazemi (IRI) | Angola 53-62 | 7/6/2009 | 11 |
| Stipe Krstanovic (CRO) | Korea 71-75 | 7/2/2011 | 11 |
| Assem Ahmed (EGY) | Lithuania 59-78 | 7/6/2011 | 11 |
| Dalen Traore (CIV) | China 48-81 | 6/29/2013 | 11 |
| Abdoulaye Ndoye (SEN) | Korea 88-79 | 7/2/2013 | 11 |
Cameroon's overall effort on the boards was just as impressive. The team grabbed 30 offensive rebounds against China - a total that ties for 8th most all-time in a single U19 World Cup game.
Top 10 team offensive rebounds at the U19 World Cup*
Rank | Team | Opponent | Date | Off Rbds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Senegal | Korea 88-79 | 07/02/2013 | 40 |
2. | Angola | Islamic Republic of Iran 63-60 | 07/18/2003 | 33 |
3. | Nigeria | Egypt 67-50 | 07/20/1999 | 32 |
| Argentina | Korea 87-67 | 07/10/2003 | 32 |
| Mali | Puerto Rico 95-92 | 07/11/2021 | 32 |
6. | Canada | Korea 109-93 | 06/30/2011 | 31 |
| Senegal | USA 58-87 | 07/02/2019 | 31 |
8. | Cameroon | China 77-81 | 07/06/2025 | 30 |
| USA | China 113-57 | 06/28/2013 | 30 |
| USA | Canada 87-99 | 07/08/2017 | 30 |
| Serbia | China 106-57 | 06/29/2019 | 30 |
Seini may not be leaving Switzerland with a medal, but he leaves with a place in the record books.
*Dating back to the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 1995
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