2025 FIBA U16 AfroBasket

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2025 FIBA U16 AfroBasket
9th FIBA Under-16 African
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Rwanda
CityKigali
Dates2–14 September 2025
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venues2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Ivory Coast (1st title)
Runners-up Cameroon
Third place Mali
Official website
www.fiba.basketball

The 2025 FIBA U16 AfroBasket was the ninth edition of the African basketball championship for under-16 men's national teams. The tournament was played in Kigali, Rwanda, from 2 to 14 September 2025.[1][2][3][4]

This tournament also served as a qualification for the 2026 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Turkey, where the top two teams qualified.

Participating teams

Group phase

All times are local (Central Africa Time; UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Ivory Coast 3 3 0 248 125 +123 6 Quarterfinals
2  Angola 3 2 1 183 157 +26 5
3  Rwanda (H) 3 1 2 168 186 −18 4
4  Sierra Leone 3 0 3 111 242 −131 3 11th place match
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts
2 September 2025
19:00
Rwanda  56–67 (OT)  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 16–15, 12–12, 10–11, Overtime: 0–11
Petit Stade, Kigali
4 September 2025
18:30
Ivory Coast  112–27  Sierra Leone
Scoring by quarter: 34–2, 35–6, 21–11, 22–8
Petit Stade, Kigali
6 September 2025
16:00
Angola  51–64  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 13–13, 11–17, 17–18
Petit Stade, Kigali
6 September 2025
18:30
Sierra Leone  47–65  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 9–10, 11–14, 11–24, 16–17
Petit Stade, Kigali
9 September 2025
13:30
Angola  65–37  Sierra Leone
Scoring by quarter: 17–7, 19–14, 14–10, 15–6
Petit Stade, Kigali
9 September 2025
18:30
Rwanda  47–72  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 14–17, 5–14, 11–17
Petit Stade, Kigali

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Cameroon 3 3 0 205 151 +54 6 Quarterfinals
2  Tunisia 3 2 1 159 150 +9 5
3  Uganda 3 1 2 167 161 +6 4
4  Guinea 3 0 3 156 225 −69 3 11th place match
Source: FIBA
2 September 2025
16:00
Uganda  50–57  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 7–17, 16–16, 12–6
Petit Stade, Kigali
3 September 2025
11:00
Guinea  46–64  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 10–17, 11–16, 12–13
Petit Stade, Kigali
5 September 2025
16:00
Tunisia  51–44  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 9–10, 16–10, 18–13, 8–11
Petit Stade, Kigali
5 September 2025
18:30
Cameroon  88–57  Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 11–17, 31–18, 24–9
Petit Stade, Kigali
8 September 2025
16:00
Guinea  53–73  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 18–11, 11–14, 15–21, 9–27
Petit Stade, Kigali
8 September 2025
18:30
Tunisia  44–60  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 2–13, 17–17, 11–19
Petit Stade, Kigali

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Mali 3 3 0 203 173 +30 6 Quarterfinals
2  Egypt 3 2 1 213 195 +18 5
3  Liberia 3 1 2 192 212 −20 4 9th place match
4  Morocco 3 0 3 190 218 −28 3
Source: FIBA
3 September 2025
16:00
Egypt  77–67  Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 14–15, 24–14, 22–22
Petit Stade, Kigali
4 September 2025
13:30
Mali  69–57  Liberia
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 24–14, 14–9, 11–20
Petit Stade, Kigali
7 September 2025
11:00
Liberia  61–74  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 9–13, 18–20, 21–25
Petit Stade, Kigali
7 September 2025
18:30
Morocco  54–67  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 10–16, 23–18, 11–17
Petit Stade, Kigali
10 September 2025
11:00
Morocco  69–74  Liberia
Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 21–18, 17–19, 21–20
Petit Stade, Kigali
10 September 2025
18:30
Egypt  62–67  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 14–11, 19–20, 18–24
Petit Stade, Kigali

Playoff brackets

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
12 September
 
 
1
 Ivory Coast		97
 
13 September
 
8
 Rwanda		38
 
 Ivory Coast75
 
12 September
 
 Egypt58
 
4
 Angola		51
 
14 September
 
5
 Egypt		69
 
 Ivory Coast62
 
12 September
 
 Cameroon49
 
2
 Cameroon		53
 
13 September
 
7
 Uganda		50
 
 Cameroon61
 
12 September
 
 Mali56 3rd place match
 
3
 Mali		73
 
14 September
 
6
 Tunisia		70
 
 Egypt51
 
 
 Mali58
 
 
7th place match
 
  
 
13 September
 
 
 Rwanda55
 
 
 Angola79
 
 
5th place match
 
  
 
13 September
 
 
 Uganda66
 
 
 Tunisia55
 

 
11th place match
 
  
 
11 September
 
 
 Guinea66
 
 
 Sierra Leone36
 
 
9th place match
 
  
 
11 September
 
 
 Liberia79
 
 
 Morocco80
 

Playoff results

9th–12th place classification

11th place match

11 September 2025
13:30
Guinea  66–36  Sierra Leone
Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 19–11, 22–8, 12–7
LDK Gymnasium, Kigali

9th place match

11 September 2025
16:00
Liberia  79–80  Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 24–20, 21–19, 17–21
LDK Gymnasium, Kigali

Quarterfinals

12 September 2025
11:00
Cameroon  53–50  Uganda
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 13–6, 11–16, 12–14
Petit Stade, Kigali
12 September 2025
13:30
Angola  51–69  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 18–15, 8–21, 11–11
Petit Stade, Kigali
12 September 2025
16:00
Mali  73–70  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 20–14, 18–11, 10–23
Petit Stade, Kigali
12 September 2025
18:30
Ivory Coast  97–38  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 29–7, 18–9, 31–10
Petit Stade, Kigali

7th place match

13 September 2025
13:30
Rwanda  55–79  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 10–14, 17–26, 11–21
LDK Gymnasium, Kigali

5th place match

13 September 2025
16:00
Uganda  66–55  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 9–8, 22–11, 16–15, 19–21
LDK Gymnasium, Kigali

Semifinals

13 September 2025
16:00
Ivory Coast  75–58  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 21–16, 17–14, 14–13
Petit Stade, Kigali
13 September 2025
18:30
Cameroon  61–56  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 22–8, 11–21, 7–9, 21–18
Petit Stade, Kigali

3rd place match

14 September 2025 (2025-09-14)
13:30
Egypt  51–58  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 12–17, 18–11, 10–18
Pts: Ammar 16
Rebs: Guirguis 8
Asts: Bekhit 3		 Pts: Ballo, Maiga 10
Rebs: Keita 13
Asts: Keita 7
Petit Stade, Kigali
Attendance: 123
Referees: Francisco Tando (ANG), Peter Omwenga Ontita (KEN), Michel Djeugoue (CMR)

Final

14 September 2025 (2025-09-14)
19:00
Ivory Coast  62–49  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 8–9, 15–9, 24–19
Pts: Oka 18
Rebs:  Ouédraogo 20
Asts: Yapo, Mangassouba 3		 Pts: Ngangmeni 13
Rebs: Ngoumou 11
Asts: three players 2
Petit Stade, Kigali
Attendance: 990
Referees: Imad Driouach (MAR), António Sitoe (MOZ), Ahmed Chiwa (TUN)

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ivory Coast
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cameroon
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mali
4 Egypt
5 Uganda
6 Tunisia
7 Angola
8 Rwanda
9 Morocco
10 Liberia
11 Guinea
12 Sierra Leone
Qualified for the 2026 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup

References

  1. "2025 FIBA U16 AfroBasket official website". www.fiba.basketball.
  2. "African Championships U16". www.afrobasket.com.
  3. "FIBA U16 AfroBasket Men". www.africabasket.net.
  4. "2025 FIBA U16 AfroBasket". www.sofascore.com.