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.

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

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
 
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
 
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   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  
1962
 
1964
 
1965
 
1968
 
1970
 
1972
 
1974
 
1975
 
1978
 
1980
 
1981
 
1983
 
1985
 
1987
 
1989
 
1992
 
1993
 
1995
 
1997
 
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  
2001
 
2003
 
2005
 
2007
 
2009
 
2011
 
2013
 
2015
 
 
2017
 
2021
 
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 4 (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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