AfroBasket

The AfroBasket (alternatively known as the FIBA Africa Championship, FIBA African Championship, or FIBA AfroBasket) is the men's basketball continental championship of Africa, played biennially under the auspices of FIBA (International Basketball Federation), basketball's international governing body, and the FIBA African zone thereof. The tournament also serves to qualify teams for participation in the quadrennial FIBA World Cup and the Summer Olympic Games.

For the women's tournament, see AfroBasket Women.

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

FIBA Africa Championship

Current season, competition or edition: AfroBasket 2021
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1962
Inaugural season	1962
No. of teams	16
Country	FIBA Africa member nations
Continent	FIBA Africa (Africa)
Most recent champion(s)	Tunisia (2nd title)
Most titles	Angola (11 titles)
Official website	www.FIBAAfrica.com

Qualification

Qualification is via the different FIBA Africa subzones from Zone 1 to Zone 7. Six subzones receive two berths each, only Zone 1 get one. The host and the champion from the preceding AfroBasket also get a berth each and finally three teams are selected as wild cards. Each subzone conducts a qualification tournament up to a year before the championship to determine the qualifying teams.

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1962 Details	Cairo		United Arab Rep.	66–42	Sudan		Morocco	44–41	Guinea
1964 Details	Casablanca		United Arab Rep.	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.	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	Radès		Nigeria	74–65	Angola		Tunisia	82–73	Senegal
2017 Details	Dakar & Radès		Tunisia	77–65	Nigeria		Senegal	73–62	Morocco
2021 Details	Kigali

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

Medal table

Map of best finishes per country.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Angola	11	4	2	17
2	Egypt	5	6	6	17
3	Senegal	5	6	5	16
4	Ivory Coast	2	3	0	5
5	Tunisia	2	1	4	7
6	Central African Republic	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 nations)		29	29	29	87

Tournament awards

Most recent award winners (2017)

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

Year	Winner
2017	Ike Diogu

Year	Player	Position	Team
2017	Mourad El Mabrouk	Guard	Tunisia
	Ikenna Iroegbu	Guard	Nigeria
	Gorgui Dieng	Forward	Senegal
	Mohamed Hdidane	Forward	Tunisia
	Ike Diogu	Center	Nigeria

Participating nations

Nation	1962	1964	1965	1968	1970	1972	1974	1975	1978	1980	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1992	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2021	Total
Algeria	-	-		7	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	6	-	9	6	9	5	4	-	6		7	4	-	-	-	12	6	-		16
Angola	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8																		7		20
Benin	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Burkina Faso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	1
Cameroon	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		4	7	5	9	5		9
Cape Verde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	-	-	-		13	-	6	10	-	-	6
CA Republic	-	-	-		4	4		-	-	-	-	7	5		7	6	-	-	5	-	9	5	5	7	6	6	13	14	11		19
Chad	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	1
Congo	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	6	-	5	7	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	14	-	-	-	7
Ivory Coast	-	-	-	5	-	10	-	-				4		7	5	11	6	7	8	8	8	11	10	8		4	4	12	14		23
DR Congo	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	6		6
Egypt			-	-			-			-								-	4				-	4	10	11		5	8		23
Ethiopia	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Gabon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	8	-		3
Gambia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Guinea	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16		5
Kenya	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	11	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		3
Liberia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-		2
Libya	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	4
Madagascar	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	13	-	-	-		3
Mali	-	6	-	4	-		7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	7	5	6	4	11	-	7	11	8	9	15	7	9		19
Mauritania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	9	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Morocco					-	7	-	-	5		-	-	-	-	9	10	-	6	-	11	6	8	6	10	12	8	8	13	4		20
Mozambique	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	10	10	10	11	14	14	10	11	11	12		14
Niger	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		1
Nigeria	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	6	11	-	-	7	8	-	5	-				5			5	5		7				18
Palestine	-		-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Rwanda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	9	12	10	-	10	Q	6
Senegal	-	5	4								5		4	6						7	7	4		9	7	5		4			28
Somalia	-	-	-	-	7	-	10	-	-	9		8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	12	12	9	12	13	15	14	-	-	15	-	9
Sudan		-	-	6	-	6	-		4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Tanzania	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Togo	-	-	-	-	-	11	5	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	4
Tunisia	-	4		-		5		5	-	-	6	-	8	5	8	7	8	-	-	5	4	6	8	6			9				22
Uganda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	13		2
Zambia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Zimbabwe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	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

• AfroCan
• FIBA Basketball World Cup
• Basketball at the Olympic Games
• Basketball at the African Games
• FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
• FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
• FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship

External links

• FIBA Archive
• Men's Basketball Africa Championship (todor66.com)
• Men's Basketball Africa Championship (the-sports.org)