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    Ready, Set, Go - Welcome to the 2022 FIBA U18 African Championship

    Aside from the two tickets that qualify Africa's representative to the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup, this event has become known as the starting point to future stars not only in African basketball scene.

     

    ANTANANARIVO (Madagascar) - Nations from all corners of the African continent are gathering in Madagascar to do battle for the crown of the 2022 FIBA U18 African Championship.

    The biennial tournament, which will see teams divided into two groups of four and five [following the withdrawal of Tanzania] , is returning to the Malagasy capital of Antananarivo for the first time since 2014. 

    The round robin tournament starts on Thursday, August 4 and will finish on Sunday, August 14.  

    Unlike the last edition of the tournament in Cairo, which gathered only four national teams due to limitations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic that brought the world to a standstill, this year's U18 African Championship has registered a higher number of participants.

    Two years ago, Egypt, Guinea, Mali and Senegal battled it out over the course of six days in Cairo, but Mali, who had a slow start to the Championship after a 0-3, stepped up in the Semi-Finals against Egypt, before beating Senegal in the Final. Egypt beat Guinea in the Third-Place Game.  

    Participating teams this year include hosts Madagascar, Algeria, Angola, Benin Republic, Egypt, Guinea, Mali, Rwanda and Senegal.

    Winners of the last two editions of the tournament, Mali enter the Championship as the team to beat. 

    The two teams that reach the Finals of the 2022 FIBA U18 African Championship will represent Africa at the 2023 FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary.

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    Every game of the 2022 Madagascar showpiece will be streamed live on FIBA's Youtube Chanel, but fans wanting to attend the game live at Palais des Sports Mahamasina in Antananarivo can do so by acquiring tickets at the Arena Box Offices. 

    What's at stake? What makes this an unmissable event? Who are the frontrunners? Will there be a surprising team? 

    These four questions are, essentially what make the U18 African Championship one of the  highlights of FIBA Africa's calendar. 

    There is a lot at stake in Antananarivo. Aside from the two tickets that qualify Africa's representative to the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup, this event has become known as the starting point to future stars not only in African basketball landscape, but elsewhere.

    Arguably one of the finest former U18 African Championship star is NBA champion Serge Ibaka, who left his mark in the 2006 edition of the tournament in Durban, South Africa while playing for his native Republic of Congo.

    And more recently, Khalifa Diop of Senegal was selected in last June's NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers but the 20-year-old will spend another season with Gran Canaria in Spain's ACB League.

    And although Mali have won the last two African Championships, the tournament is wide open with four, maybe five, teams capable of competing for the title. 

    This year's African Championship, for instance, will see five former U18 African Championships winners in action in Antananarivo.

    Former champions are Mali (2018 and 2020), Angola (2016), Egypt (2014, 2010, 2008), and Senegal (2012).

    Egypt, who have participated in the last five editions of the tournament, last took the trophy home in 2014.

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    Meanwhile, teams like Guinea, Madagascar and Rwanda can't be underestimated judging by their latest appearances in the history of the tournament.

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