AfroBasket

AfroBasket
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event AfroBasket 2025 qualification
SportBasketball
Founded1962; 62 years ago (1962)
First 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

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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

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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
Angola
Angola

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

Medal table

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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

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Most recent award winners (2021)

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

Year Winner
2021 Tunisia Makram Ben Romdhane
Year Player Position Team
2021 Omar Abada Point guard  Tunisia
Gorgui Dieng Shooting guard  Senegal
Makrem Ben Romdhane Power forward  Tunisia
Matt Costello Power forward/center  Ivory Coast
Edy Tavares Center  Cape Verde

Participating nations

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20th century

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

21st century

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Nation Morocco
2001
Egypt
2003
Algeria
2005
Angola
2007
Libya
2009
Madagascar
2011
Ivory Coast
2013
Tunisia
2015
Tunisia
Senegal
2017
Rwanda
2021
Angola
2025
Total
 Algeria 2nd 7th 4th 12th 6th 16
 Angola 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 7th 5th Q 22
 Benin 1
 Burkina Faso 16th 1
 Cameroon 2nd 4th 7th 5th 9th 5th 16th 10
 Cape Verde 3rd 13th 6th 10th 4th 7
 CA Republic 9th 5th 5th 7th 6th 6th 13th 14th 11th 14th 20
 Chad 15th 1
 Congo 16th 14th 7
 DR Congo 15th 6th 13th 7
 Egypt 3rd 3rd 4th 10th 11th 2nd 5th 8th 11th 24
 Ethiopia 1
 Gabon 9th 8th 3
 Gambia 1
 Guinea 16th 8th 6
 Ivory Coast 8th 11th 10th 8th 2nd 4th 4th 12th 14th 2nd 24
 Kenya 9th 4
 Liberia 16th 2
 Libya 11th 4
 Madagascar 12th 13th 3
 Mali 11th 7th 11th 8th 9th 15th 7th 9th 15th 20
 Mauritania 4
 Morocco 6th 8th 6th 10th 12th 8th 8th 13th 4th 20
 Mozambique 10th 10th 11th 14th 14th 10th 11th 11th 12th 14
 Niger 1
 Nigeria 5th 2nd 3rd 5th 5th 3rd 7th 1st 2nd 12th 19
 Palestine 2
 Rwanda 12th 9th 12th 10th 10th 10th 6
 Senegal 7th 4th 2nd 9th 7th 5th 3rd 4th 3rd 3rd 29
 Somalia 5
 South Africa 12th 9th 12th 13th 15th 14th 15th 9
 South Sudan 7th 1
 Sudan 5
 Tanzania 1
 Togo 16th 4
 Tunisia 4th 6th 8th 6th 3rd 1st 9th 3rd 1st 1st 23
 Uganda 15th 13th 6th 3
 Zambia 1
 Zimbabwe 16th 2
Teams 12 12 12 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

Debut of teams

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A total of 39 national teams have appeared in at least one FIBA AfroBasket in the history of the tournament through the 2025 competition. Each successive AfroBasket has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Countries competing in their first AfroBasket are listed below by year.

Year Debutants Number
1962  Egypt,  Ethiopia,  Guinea,  Morocco,  Sudan 5
1964  Mali,  Palestine,[5]  Senegal,  Tunisia 9
1965  Algeria,  Libya 11
1968  Central African Republic,  Congo,  Ivory Coast,  Niger,  Togo 16
1970  Somalia 17
1972  Cameroon,  Madagascar,  Nigeria 20
1974  Benin,  DR Congo,  Tanzania 23
1975 None 23
1978  Gambia,  Mauritania 25
1980  Angola 26
1981  Mozambique,  Zimbabwe 28
1983  Liberia 29
1985  Kenya 30
1987 None 30
1989  Zambia 31
1992 None 31
1993  Gabon 32
1995 None 32
1997  Cape Verde,  South Africa 34
1999 None 34
2001 None 34
2003 None 34
2005 None 34
2007  Rwanda 35
2009 None 35
2011  Chad 36
2013  Burkina Faso 37
2015  Uganda 38
2017 None 38
2021  South Sudan 39
2025 None 39
Total 39

Hosts

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Hosts Editions hosted
 Egypt 6 (1962, 1970, 1975, 1983, 1992, 2003)
 Angola (1989, 1999, 2007, 2025)
 Tunisia 4 (1965, 1987, 2015, 2017*)
 Senegal 4 (1972, 1978, 1997, 2017*)
 Morocco 4 (1964, 1968, 1980, 2001)
 Ivory Coast 2 (1985, 2013)
 Algeria 2 (1995, 2005)
 Rwanda 1 (2021)
 Madagascar 1 (2011)
 Libya 1 (2009)
 Kenya 1 (1993)
 Somalia 1 (1981)
 Central African Republic 1 (1974)
  • * Co-host
  • italic: futur host

See also

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References

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  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.
  5. ^ Palestine took part one time before return to Asia for the FIBA Asia Cup
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