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.
Current season, competition or edition: AfroBasket 2025 qualification | |
 | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1962 |
| First 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 |
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
editSixteen 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
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
Medal table
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
The awards were announced on 5 September 2021.[4]
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Makram Ben Romdhane
|
Participating nations
edit20th century
edit| 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
edit| 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
editA 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
edit| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Afrobasket at theSports.org Retrieved 5 September 2021
- ^ Afrobasket at theSports.org Retrieved 5 September 2021
- ^ Afrobasket at theSports.org Retrieved 5 September 2021
- ^ "MVP Ben Romdhane headlines FIBA AfroBasket 2021 All-Star team". FIBA. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Palestine took part one time before return to Asia for the FIBA Asia Cup
External links
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