2025 FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket

2025 FIBA U16
 Women's AfroBasket
9th FIBA Under-16 Women's African
Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Rwanda
CityKigali
Dates2–14 September 2025
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venues2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (1st title)
Runners-up Ivory Coast
Third place Cameroon
Official website
www.fiba.basketball

The 2025 FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket was the ninth edition of the African basketball championship for under-16 women'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 Women's Basketball World Cup in the Czech Republic, 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  Rwanda (H) 2 1 1 106 99 +7 3 Quarterfinals
2  Tunisia 2 1 1 111 106 +5 3
3  Tanzania 2 1 1 101 113 −12 3
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts
2 September 2025
13:30
Rwanda  60–41  Tanzania
Scoring by quarter: 14–3, 0–16, 26–11, 20–11
Petit Stade, Kigali
5 September 2025
13:30
Tunisia  53–60  Tanzania
Scoring by quarter: 18–11, 17–18, 9–12, 9–19
Petit Stade, Kigali
8 September 2025
13:30
Rwanda  46–58  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 13–15, 15–17, 5–16
Petit Stade, Kigali

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Mali 3 3 0 193 114 +79 6 Quarterfinals
2  Ivory Coast 3 2 1 166 150 +16 5
3  Angola 3 1 2 162 137 +25 4
4  Guinea 3 0 3 97 217 −120 3 9th–11th place classification
Source: FIBA
3 September 2025
13:30
Guinea  34–74  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 7–23, 6–18, 8–18
Petit Stade, Kigali
3 September 2025
18:30
Mali  52–44  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 11–6, 14–7, 10–16
Petit Stade, Kigali
6 September 2025
11:00
Angola  67–31  Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 11–6, 16–5, 23–4
Petit Stade, Kigali
6 September 2025
13:30
Ivory Coast  38–65  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 11–11, 11–20, 12–25, 4–9
Petit Stade, Kigali
9 September 2025
11:00
Mali  76–32  Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 15–4, 17–7, 17–9
Petit Stade, Kigali
9 September 2025
16:00
Angola  51–54  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 10–8, 6–17, 16–17
Petit Stade, Kigali

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 3 3 0 255 87 +168 6 Quarterfinals
2  Cameroon 3 2 1 144 153 −9 5
3  Kenya 3 1 2 127 203 −76 4 9th–11th place classification
4  Morocco 3 0 3 106 189 −83 3
Source: FIBA
4 September 2025
11:00
Morocco  49–55  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 15–14, 14–10, 4–16
Petit Stade, Kigali
4 September 2025
16:00
Egypt  73–38  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 17–11, 21–8, 20–5
Petit Stade, Kigali
7 September 2025
13:30
Kenya  29–92  Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 5–21, 9–20, 7–22, 8–29
Petit Stade, Kigali
7 September 2025
16:00
Cameroon  44–37  Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 5–9, 11–8, 12–10
Petit Stade, Kigali
10 September 2025
13:30
Egypt  90–20  Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 10–5, 22–4, 31–3, 27–8
Petit Stade, Kigali
10 September 2025
16:00
Cameroon  62–43  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 17–7, 10–9, 18–14
Petit Stade, Kigali

9th–11th place classification

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
9  Morocco 2 2 0 95 74 +21 4
10  Kenya 2 1 1 93 91 +2 3
11  Guinea 2 0 2 84 107 −23 2
Source: FIBA
11 September 2025
11:00
Kenya  55–48  Guinea
Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 17–14, 12–12, 14–9
LDK Gymnasium, Kigali
12 September 2025
11:00
Morocco  43–38  Kenya
Scoring by quarter: 7–10, 10–9, 12–5, 14–14
LDK Gymnasium, Kigali
13 September 2025
11:00
Guinea  36–52  Morocco
Scoring by quarter: 3–12, 20–18, 6–16, 7–6
LDK Gymnasium, Kigali

Playoff brackets

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
11 September
 
 
1
 Egypt
83
 
13 September
 
8
 Tanzania
25
 
 Egypt72
 
11 September
 
 Cameroon50
 
4
 Tunisia
42
 
14 September
 
5
 Cameroon
62
 
 Egypt66
 
11 September
 
 Ivory Coast54
 
2
 Mali
57
 
13 September
 
7
 Angola
41
 
 Mali40
 
11 September
 
 Ivory Coast45 3rd place match
 
3
 Rwanda
41
 
14 September
 
6
 Ivory Coast
69
 
 Cameroon55
 
 
 Mali53
 

Playoff results

Quarterfinals

11 September 2025
11:00
Egypt  83–25  Tanzania
Scoring by quarter: 17–7, 25–5, 21–9, 20–4
Petit Stade, Kigali
11 September 2025
13:30
Mali  57–41  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 16–17, 13–10, 10–6
Petit Stade, Kigali
11 September 2025
16:00
Tunisia  42–62  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 12–14, 14–22, 3–14, 13–12
Petit Stade, Kigali
11 September 2025
18:30
Rwanda  41–69  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 10–9, 9–19, 12–22
Petit Stade, Kigali

7th place match

12 September 2025
13:30
Tanzania  70–59  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 17–14, 18–17, 16–14
LDK Gymnasium, Kigali

5th place match

12 September 2025
16:00
Angola  67–40  Rwanda
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 15–9, 15–10, 16–11
LDK Gymnasium, Kigali

Semifinals

13 September 2025
11:00
Mali  40–45  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 10–8, 10–9, 11–14, 9–14
Petit Stade, Kigali
13 September 2025
13:30
Egypt  72–50  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 19–14, 16–8, 18–13
Petit Stade, Kigali

3rd place match

14 September 2025
11:00
Cameroon  55–53  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 15–10, 3–24, 24–6
Petit Stade, Kigali

Final

14 September 2025
16:00
Egypt  66–54  Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 7–16, 24–8, 13–17
Petit Stade, Kigali

Final standings

Rank Team
 Egypt
 Ivory Coast
 Cameroon
4  Mali
5  Angola
6  Rwanda
7  Tanzania
8  Tunisia
9  Morocco
10  Kenya
11  Guinea
Qualified for the 2026 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup

References

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