AfroBasket

Men's basketball continental championship

For the women's tournament, see AfroBasket Women.

Not to be confused with Afrobasket.com, the website affiliated with Eurobasket.com.

AfroBasketCurrent season, competition or edition:
AfroBasket 2025 qualification

Sport| Basketball
Founded| 1962; 61 years ago (1962)
Inaugural season| 1962
No. of teams| 16
Country| FIBA Africa member nations
Continent| FIBA Africa (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)|  Tunisia (3rd title)
Most titles|  Angola (11 titles)
Related
competitions| AfroBasket Women
Official website| FIBA Africa

The AfroBasket (alternatively known as the FIBA Africa Championship, FIBA African Championship, or FIBA AfroBasket) is the men's basketball continental championship contested by the senior national teams of Africa, played once every four years.

Through the 2015 edition, the tournament took place every two years and also served as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Cup and the Summer Olympic Games. However, since 2017, the AfroBasket along with all other men's FIBA continental championships are no longer a part of the qualifying process for the World Cup or the Olympics.

## Qualification[edit]

Sixteen African teams qualify for the finals tournament. Before the 2021 edition, the qualification format for teams was via the different FIBA Africa subzones from Zone 1 to Zone 7. Each subzone conducted a qualification tournament a year before the championship to determine the qualifying teams. Six subzones received two berths each, while Zone 1 only received one. The host and the champion from the preceding AfroBasket also got a berth each, while two or three teams were selected as wild cards. However, beginning with the 2021 tournament, FIBA changed the qualification format where wild cards are no longer given and the preceding champion is no longer guaranteed an automatic berth. All teams now have to enter the qualification process. While teams who fail to qualify for the prior AfroBasket will go through pre-qualifiers for the opportunity to reach the next AfroBasket competition.

## Summaries[edit]

Year  | Hosts  |  | Final  |  | Third place match

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1962
Details |
Cairo |
United Arab Rep.[1] | 66–42 |
Sudan |
Morocco | 44–41 |
Guinea
1964
Details |
Casablanca |
United Arab Rep.[2] | 69–57 |
Morocco |
Palestine | 53–51 |
Tunisia
1965
Details |
Tunis |
Morocco | 70–57 |
Tunisia |
Algeria | 57–46 |
Senegal
1968
Details |
Casablanca |
Senegal | 67–60 |
Morocco |
Central African Rep. | 76–60 |
Mali
1970
Details |
Alexandria |
United Arab Rep.[3] | 70–63 |
Senegal |
Tunisia | 76–56 |
Central African Rep.
1972
Details |
Dakar |
Senegal | 61–54 |
Egypt |
Mali | 107–74 |
Central African Rep.
1974
Details |
Bangui |
Central African Rep. | 72–67 |
Senegal |
Tunisia | 82–72 |
Cameroon
1975
Details |
Alexandria |
Egypt | 70–61 |
Senegal |
Sudan | 81–78 |
Zaire
1978
Details |
Dakar |
Senegal | 103–72 |
Ivory Coast |
Egypt | 2–0 |
Sudan
1980
Details |
Rabat |
Senegal | 96–90 |
Ivory Coast |
Morocco | 97–83 |
Algeria
1981
Details |
Mogadishu |
Ivory Coast | 81–65 |
Egypt |
Somalia | 2–0 |
Algeria
1983
Details |
Alexandria |
Egypt | 94–68 |
Angola |
Senegal | 78–71 |
Ivory Coast
1985
Details |
Abidjan |
Ivory Coast | 84–73 |
Angola |
Egypt | 74–73 |
Senegal
1987
Details |
Tunis |
Central African Rep. | 94–87 |
Egypt |
Angola | 73–71 |
Mali
1989
Details |
Luanda |
Angola | 89–62 |
Egypt |
Senegal | 65–53 |
Mali
1992
Details |
Cairo |
Angola | 71–66 |
Senegal |
Egypt | 97–81 |
Mali
1993
Details |
Nairobi |
Angola | 69–61 |
Egypt |
Senegal | 90–76 |
Kenya
1995
Details |
Algiers |
Angola | 68–55 |
Senegal |
Nigeria | 58–51 |
Algeria
1997
Details |
Dakar |
Senegal | 69–48 |
Nigeria |
Angola | 79–55 |
Egypt
1999
Details |
Luanda & Cabinda |
Angola | 79–72 |
Nigeria |
Egypt | 75–63 |
Mali
2001
Details |
Casablanca |
Angola | 78–68 |
Algeria |
Egypt | 77–71 |
Tunisia
2003
Details |
Alexandria |
Angola | 85–65 |
Nigeria |
Egypt | 81–79 |
Senegal
2005
Details |
Algiers & Staouéli |
Angola | 70–61 |
Senegal |
Nigeria | 88–76 |
Algeria
2007
Details |
Angola |
Angola | 86–72 |
Cameroon |
Cape Verde | 53–51 |
Egypt
2009
Details |
Tripoli & Benghazi |
Angola | 82–72 |
Ivory Coast |
Tunisia | 83–68 |
Cameroon
2011
Details |
Antananarivo |
Tunisia | 67–56 |
Angola |
Nigeria | 77–67 |
Ivory Coast
2013
Details |
Abidjan |
Angola | 57–40 |
Egypt |
Senegal | 57–56 |
Ivory Coast
2015
Details |
Tunis |
Nigeria | 74–65 |
Angola |
Tunisia | 82–73 |
Senegal
2017
Details |
Dakar & Tunis |
Tunisia | 77–65 |
Nigeria |
Senegal | 73–62 |
Morocco
2021
Details |
Kigali |
Tunisia | 78–75 |
Ivory Coast |
Senegal | 86–73 |
Cape Verde
2025
Details | TBD  |  |  |  |  |  |

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

## Medal table[edit]

Map of best finishes per country. Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Angola| 11| 4| 2| 17
2|  Egypt| 5| 6| 6| 17
Senegal| 5| 6| 6| 17
4|  Tunisia| 3| 1| 4| 8
5|  Ivory Coast| 2| 4| 0| 6
6|  Central African Rep.| 2| 0| 1| 3
7|  Nigeria| 1| 4| 3| 8
8|  Morocco| 1| 2| 2| 5
9|  Algeria| 0| 1| 1| 2
Sudan| 0| 1| 1| 2
11|  Cameroon| 0| 1| 0| 1
12|  Cape Verde| 0| 0| 1| 1
Mali| 0| 0| 1| 1
Palestine| 0| 0| 1| 1
Somalia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (15 entries)| 30| 30| 30| 90

## Tournament awards[edit]

Most recent award winners (2021)

Main articles: FIBA AfroBasket Most Valuable Player and FIBA AfroBasket All-Tournament Team

The awards were announced on 5 September 2021.[4]

Year  | Winner

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2021 |  Makram Ben Romdhane
FIBA AfroBasket 2021 All-Star team

Guards  | Forwards  | Center
Omar Abada |  Matt Costello |  Edy Tavares
Gorgui Dieng
Makrem Ben Romdhane

## Participating nations[edit]

Nation  |
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2011 |
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Algeria | – | – | 3rd | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 4th | 6th | – | 9th | 6th | 9th | 5th | 4th | – | 6th | 2nd | 7th | 4th | – | – | – | 12th | 6th | – | – | 16
Angola | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 8th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 5th | 21
Benin | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1
Burkina Faso | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | 1
Cameroon | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 16th | 10
Cape Verde | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 9th | – | – | – | 3rd | 13th | – | 6th | 10th | – | 4th | 7
CA Republic | – | – | – | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 1st | – | – | – | – | 7th | 5th | 1st | 7th | 6th | – | – | 5th | – | 9th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 13th | 14th | 11th | 14th | 20
Chad | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | – | – | 1
Congo | – | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | 6th | – | 5th | 7th | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | 14th | – | – | – | 7
DR Congo | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 4th | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | – | – | 6th | 13th | 7
Egypt | 1st | 1st | – | – | 1st | 2nd | – | 1st | 3rd | – | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | – | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | – | 4th | 10th | 11th | 2nd | 5th | 8th | 11th | 24
Ethiopia | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1
Gabon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 3
Gambia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1
Guinea | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | 10th | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | 8th | 6
Ivory Coast | – | – | – | 5th | – | 10th | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 7th | 5th | 11th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 11th | 10th | 8th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 12th | 14th | 2nd | 24
Kenya | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | 11th | – | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 4
Liberia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2
Libya | – | – | 5th | – | 5th | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | 4
Madagascar | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | – | 3
Mali | – | 6th | – | 4th | – | 3rd | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 4th | 4th | 7th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 11th | – | 7th | 11th | 8th | 9th | 15th | 7th | 9th | 15th | 20
Mauritania | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 8th | 9th | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4
Morocco | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | – | 7th | – | – | 5th | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 9th | 10th | – | 6th | – | 11th | 6th | 8th | 6th | 10th | 12th | 8th | 8th | 13th | 4th | – | 20
Mozambique | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | 5th | 9th | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 10th | 10th | 10th | 11th | 14th | 14th | 10th | 11th | 11th | 12th | – | 14
Niger | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1
Nigeria | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | 6th | 11th | – | – | 7th | 8th | – | 5th | – | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 1st | 2nd | 12th | 19
Palestine | – | 3rd | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2
Rwanda | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | 9th | 12th | 10th | – | 10th | 10th | 6
Senegal | – | 5th | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 7th | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 9th | 7th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 29
Somalia | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | 10th | – | – | 9th | 3rd | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5
South Africa | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 12th | 12th | 9th | 12th | 13th | 15th | 14th | – | – | 15th | – | 9
South Sudan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 1
Sudan | 2nd | – | – | 6th | – | 6th | – | 3rd | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5
Tanzania | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1
Togo | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | 5th | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | 4
Tunisia | – | 4th | 2nd | – | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | 5th | – | – | 6th | – | 8th | 5th | 8th | 7th | 8th | – | – | 5th | 4th | 6th | 8th | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 9th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 23
Uganda | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | 13th | 6th | 3
Zambia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1
Zimbabwe | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | 2
Teams | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

## See also[edit]

* AfroCan
* FIBA Basketball World Cup
* Basketball at the Olympic Games
* Basketball at the African Games
* FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
* FIBA U18 African Championship
* FIBA U16 African Championship

## Notes[edit]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Afrobasket at theSports.org Retrieved 5 September 2021
2. ^ Afrobasket at theSports.org Retrieved 5 September 2021
3. ^ Afrobasket at theSports.org Retrieved 5 September 2021
4. ^ "MVP Ben Romdhane headlines FIBA AfroBasket 2021 All-Star team". FIBA. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

## External links[edit]

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