2025 FIBA U16 AfroBasket
| 9th FIBA Under-16 African Basketball Championship | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Rwanda |
| City | Kigali |
| Dates | 2–14 September 2025 |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venues | 2 (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
[edit]Group phase
[edit]All times are local (Central Africa Time; UTC+2).
Group A
[edit]| 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 |
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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 12 September | ||||||||||
1 Ivory Coast | 97 | |||||||||
| 13 September | ||||||||||
8 Rwanda | 38 | |||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 75 | |||||||||
| 12 September | ||||||||||
| Egypt | 58 | |||||||||
4 Angola | 51 | |||||||||
| 14 September | ||||||||||
5 Egypt | 69 | |||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 62 | |||||||||
| 12 September | ||||||||||
| Cameroon | 49 | |||||||||
2 Cameroon | 53 | |||||||||
| 13 September | ||||||||||
7 Uganda | 50 | |||||||||
| Cameroon | 61 | |||||||||
| 12 September | ||||||||||
| Mali | 56 | 3rd place match | ||||||||
3 Mali | 73 | |||||||||
| 14 September | ||||||||||
6 Tunisia | 70 | |||||||||
| Egypt | 51 | |||||||||
| Mali | 58 | |||||||||
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Playoff results
[edit]9th–12th place classification
[edit]11th place match
[edit]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
[edit]11 September 2025 16:00 |
| Liberia | 79–80 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 24–20, 21–19, 17–21 | ||
LDK Gymnasium, Kigali |
Quarterfinals
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]13 September 2025 16:00 |
| Uganda | 66–55 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–8, 22–11, 16–15, 19–21 | ||
LDK Gymnasium, Kigali |
Semifinals
[edit]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
[edit]14 September 2025 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
[edit]14 September 2025 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
[edit]| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 | Ivory Coast |
 | Cameroon |
 | 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
[edit]- ^ "2025 FIBA U16 AfroBasket official website". www.fiba.basketball.
- ^ "African Championships U16". www.afrobasket.com.
- ^ "FIBA U16 AfroBasket Men". www.africabasket.net.
- ^ "2025 FIBA U16 AfroBasket". www.sofascore.com.
