2022 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship

The 2022 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship was an international under-18 basketball competition that was held in Antsirabe, Madagascar from August 5 to 13.[1]

2022 FIBA Africa U-18 Championship 
for Women
16th FIBA Africa Under-18 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Madagascar
Dates5−13 August
Teams8 (from 54 federations)
Venues1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Mali (8th title)
MVPMali Maimouna Haidara
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Egypt Elalfy (24.7)  Mali (96.8)
Rebounds Tanzania Minja (13.2)  Egypt (60.5)
Assists Egypt Ebrahim (3.8)  Mali (21.0)
Official website
2022 FIBA U18 Women African Championship
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The tournament, which was also the 16th edition of the biennial competition, will qualify the top two teams to represent FIBA Africa in the 2023 FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup in Spain. This is the first time Madagascar will be hosting the tournament.[2]

Mali regained the continental championship, and their eighth title overall, after overpowering the defending champions Egypt in the Final, 86–54. Meanwhile, Angola defeated the hosts Madagascar in the Third Place Game, 53–37, to claim their fifth overall Bronze Medal finish.[3]

Qualification

Means of QualificationDatesVenueBerthsQualifiers
Host NationN/AN/A1 Madagascar
2020 FIBA U18 Women's African Championship Finalists3–9 December 2020[4][5]Egypt Cairo2 Egypt
 Mali
2022 Zone I U18 QualifiersN/A[6]N/A1 Algeria
2022 Zone II U18 QualifiersN/AN/AN/AN/A
2022 Zone III U18 QualifiersN/AN/AN/AN/A
2022 Zone IV U18 QualifiersN/AN/AN/AN/A
2022 Zone V U18 Qualifiers13–19 June 2022[7]Uganda Kampala1 Uganda
2022 Zone VI U18 QualifiersDecember 2021[8]Lesotho Maseru1 Angola
2022 Zone VII U18 QualifiersN/AN/AN/AN/A
Wildcard Entry13–19 June 2022[9]N/A1 Tanzania
Total8

Qualified teams

Includes current world ranking prior to the start of the tournament (in parentheses).

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