AfroBasket
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event AfroBasket 2025 qualification
SportBasketball
Founded1962 (1962)
Inaugural season1962
No. of teams16
CountryFIBA Africa member nations
ContinentFIBA Africa (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Tunisia (3rd title)
Most titles Angola (11 titles)
Related
competitions
AfroBasket Women
Official websiteFIBA 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

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

Year Hosts Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners–up Third place Score Fourth place
1962
Details
Egypt
Cairo

United Arab Rep.
[1]
66–42
Sudan

Morocco
44–41
Guinea
1964
Details
Morocco
Casablanca

United Arab Rep.
[2]
69–57
Morocco

Palestine
53–51
Tunisia
1965
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

Morocco
70–57
Tunisia

Algeria
57–46
Senegal
1968
Details
Morocco
Casablanca

Senegal
67–60
Morocco

Central African Rep.
76–60
Mali
1970
Details
Egypt
Alexandria

United Arab Rep.
[3]
70–63
Senegal

Tunisia
76–56
Central African Rep.
1972
Details
Senegal
Dakar

Senegal
61–54
Egypt

Mali
107–74
Central African Rep.
1974
Details
Central African Republic
Bangui

Central African Rep.
72–67
Senegal

Tunisia
82–72
Cameroon
1975
Details
Egypt
Alexandria

Egypt
70–61
Senegal

Sudan
81–78
Zaire
1978
Details
Senegal
Dakar

Senegal
103–72
Ivory Coast

Egypt
2–0
Sudan
1980
Details
Morocco
Rabat

Senegal
96–90
Ivory Coast

Morocco
97–83
Algeria
1981
Details
Somalia
Mogadishu

Ivory Coast
81–65
Egypt

Somalia
2–0
Algeria
1983
Details
Egypt
Alexandria

Egypt
94–68
Angola

Senegal
78–71
Ivory Coast
1985
Details
Ivory Coast
Abidjan

Ivory Coast
84–73
Angola

Egypt
74–73
Senegal
1987
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

Central African Rep.
94–87
Egypt

Angola
73–71
Mali
1989
Details
Angola
Luanda

Angola
89–62
Egypt

Senegal
65–53
Mali
1992
Details
Egypt
Cairo

Angola
71–66
Senegal

Egypt
97–81
Mali
1993
Details
Kenya
Nairobi

Angola
69–61
Egypt

Senegal
90–76
Kenya
1995
Details
Algeria
Algiers

Angola
68–55
Senegal

Nigeria
58–51
Algeria
1997
Details
Senegal
Dakar

Senegal
69–48
Nigeria

Angola
79–55
Egypt
1999
Details
Angola
Luanda & Cabinda

Angola
79–72
Nigeria

Egypt
75–63
Mali
2001
Details
Morocco
Casablanca

Angola
78–68
Algeria

Egypt
77–71
Tunisia
2003
Details
Egypt
Alexandria

Angola
85–65
Nigeria

Egypt
81–79
Senegal
2005
Details
Algeria
Algiers & Staouéli

Angola
70–61
Senegal

Nigeria
88–76
Algeria
2007
Details
Angola
Angola

Angola
86–72
Cameroon

Cape Verde
53–51
Egypt
2009
Details
Libya
Tripoli & Benghazi

Angola
82–72
Ivory Coast

Tunisia
83–68
Cameroon
2011
Details
Madagascar
Antananarivo

Tunisia
67–56
Angola

Nigeria
77–67
Ivory Coast
2013
Details
Ivory Coast
Abidjan

Angola
57–40
Egypt

Senegal
57–56
Ivory Coast
2015
Details
Tunisia
Tunis

Nigeria
74–65
Angola

Tunisia
82–73
Senegal
2017
Details
Senegal Tunisia
Dakar & Tunis

Tunisia
77–65
Nigeria

Senegal
73–62
Morocco
2021
Details
Rwanda
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

Map of best finishes per country.
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Angola114217
2 Egypt56617
 Senegal56617
4 Tunisia3148
5 Ivory Coast2406
6 Central African Rep.2013
7 Nigeria1438
8 Morocco1225
9 Algeria0112
 Sudan0112
11 Cameroon0101
12 Cape Verde0011
 Mali0011
 Palestine0011
 Somalia0011
Totals (15 entries)30303090

Tournament awards

Most recent award winners (2021)

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

Year Winner
2021 Tunisia Makram Ben Romdhane
FIBA AfroBasket 2021 All-Star team
Guards Forwards Center
Tunisia Omar Abada Ivory Coast Matt Costello Cape Verde Edy Tavares
Senegal Gorgui Dieng
Tunisia Makrem Ben Romdhane

Participating nations

Nation Egypt
1962
Morocco
1964
Tunisia
1965
Morocco
1968
Egypt
1970
Senegal
1972
Central African Republic
1974
Egypt
1975
Senegal
1978
Morocco
1980
Somalia
1981
Egypt
1983
Ivory Coast
1985
Tunisia
1987
Angola
1989
Egypt
1992
Kenya
1993
Algeria
1995
Senegal
1997
Angola
1999
Morocco
2001
Egypt
2003
Algeria
2005
Angola
2007
Libya
2009
Madagascar
2011
Ivory Coast
2013
Tunisia
2015
Tunisia
Senegal
2017
Rwanda
2021
Total
 Algeria3rd7th4th4th6th9th6th9th5th4th6th2nd7th4th12th6th16
 Angola7th8th2nd2nd3rd1st1st1st1st3rd1st1st1st1st1st1st2nd1st2nd7th5th21
 Benin9th1
 Burkina Faso16th1
 Cameroon8th4th8th2nd4th7th5th9th5th16th10
 Cape Verde7th9th3rd13th6th10th4th7
 CA Republic3rd4th4th1st7th5th1st7th6th5th9th5th5th7th6th6th13th14th11th14th20
 Chad15th1
 Congo9th6th5th7th10th16th14th7
 DR Congo6th4th6th9th15th6th13th7
 Egypt1st1st1st2nd1st3rd2nd1st3rd2nd2nd3rd2nd4th3rd3rd3rd4th10th11th2nd5th8th11th24
 Ethiopia5th1
 Gabon9th9th8th3
 Gambia9th1
 Guinea4th10th10th11th16th8th6
 Ivory Coast5th10th2nd2nd1st4th1st7th5th11th6th7th8th8th8th11th10th8th2nd4th4th12th14th2nd24
 Kenya12th11th4th9th4
 Liberia9th16th2
 Libya5th5th10th11th4
 Madagascar9th12th13th3
 Mali6th4th3rd7th4th4th4th7th5th6th4th11th7th11th8th9th15th7th9th15th20
 Mauritania7th8th9th6th4
 Morocco3rd2nd1st2nd7th5th3rd9th10th6th11th6th8th6th10th12th8th8th13th4th20
 Mozambique10th5th9th8th10th10th10th11th14th14th10th11th11th12th14
 Niger8th1
 Nigeria12th6th11th7th8th5th3rd2nd2nd5th2nd3rd5th5th3rd7th1st2nd12th19
 Palestine3rd6th2
 Rwanda12th9th12th10th10th10th6
 Senegal5th4th1st2nd1st2nd2nd1st1st5th3rd4th6th3rd2nd3rd2nd1st7th7th4th2nd9th7th5th3rd4th3rd3rd29
 Somalia7th10th9th3rd8th5
 South Africa9th12th12th9th12th13th15th14th15th9
 South Sudan7th1
 Sudan2nd6th6th3rd4th5
 Tanzania8th1
 Togo11th5th8th16th4
 Tunisia4th2nd3rd5th3rd5th6th8th5th8th7th8th5th4th6th8th6th3rd1st9th3rd1st1st23
 Uganda15th13th6th3
 Zambia10th1
 Zimbabwe11th16th2
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See also

Notes

    References

    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.
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