The Games, set to run from 31 October to 13 November 2026, will host around 2,700 athletes aged 14 to 17 from more than 200 countries, marking the first Olympic event ever staged on the African continent.

The U.S. government's new bond requirement for nationals of several participating nations threatens to create a two-tier tournament - and raises questions about competitive integrity.

At the centre of the controversy is a $6 million financial gap. With the result now overturned, the financial logic appears straightforward - Morocco should receive the winner's prize, and Senegal should revert to the runner-up allocation. However this raises a more complicated question: Is Senegal required to return the $6 million difference?

The program, called Dribble for Peace, forms part of the broader Built Within project launched in 2021 by Giants of Africa. The initiative aims to build 100 community basketball courts across the continent, with 45 courts already completed across 13 countries.

Senegal emerged champions, earning $10 million in prize money. Read more to see full interactive prize money by country‍ and how each country finished in the tournament.

This will grant the ESPN Africa english-language rights across Sub-Saharan Africa until 2029 for distribution on ESPN pay television services.