AfroBasket

AfroBasket
AfroBasket
Country	FIBA Africa member nations
Founded	Template:Start date and age
Inaugural	1962
Number of teams	16
Website	[FIBA Africa Official website]

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	Cairo		United Arab Rep.	66–42	Template:Country data Sudan		Morocco	44–41	Guinea
1964 Details	Casablanca		United Arab Rep.	69–57	Morocco		Template:Country data Palestine	53–51	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia
1965 Details	Tunis		Morocco	70–57	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg 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		File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	76–56	Central African Rep.
1972 Details	Dakar		Senegal	61–54	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt		Mali	107–74	Central African Rep.
1974 Details	Bangui		Central African Rep.	72–67	Senegal		File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	82–72	File:Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Cameroon
1975 Details	Alexandria		File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt	70–61	Senegal		Template:Country data Sudan	81–78	Template:Country data ZAI
1978 Details	Dakar		Senegal	103–72	Ivory Coast		File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt	2–0	Template:Country data Sudan
1980 Details	Rabat		Senegal	96–90	Ivory Coast		Morocco	97–83	Algeria
1981 Details	Template:Country data SomaliaTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mogadishu		Ivory Coast	81–65	File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Egypt		Template:Country data Somalia	2–0	Algeria
1983 Details	Alexandria		File:Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg 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	File:Flag of Tunisia.png 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		File:Flag of Tunisia.png Tunisia	83–68	Cameroon
2011 Details	Antananarivo		File:Flag of Tunisia.png Tunisia	67–56	Angola		Template:Country data NGA	77–67	Ivory Coast
2013 Details	Abidjan		Angola	57–40	Egypt		Template:Country data SEN	57–56	Ivory Coast
2015 Details	Radès		Template:Country data NGA	74–65	Angola		File:Flag of Tunisia.png Tunisia	82–73	Template:Country data SEN
2017 Details	Dakar & Radès		File:Flag of Tunisia.png Tunisia	77–65	Template:Country data NGA		Template:Country data SEN	73–62	Template:Country data MAR
2021 Details	Kigali		File:Flag of Tunisia.png Tunisia	78–75	Ivory Coast		Template:Country data SEN	86–73	Cape Verde

Template:Note A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

See also

• AfroCan
• FIBA Basketball World Cup
• Basketball at the Olympic Games
• Basketball at the African Games
• FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
• FIBA U18 African Championship
• FIBA U16 African Championship

Notes

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External links

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

AfroBasket
Tournaments	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
Qualification	2005  · 2007  · 2009  · 2011  · 2013  · 2015  · 2017  · 2021
Squads	1999  · 2001  · 2003  · 2005  · 2007  · 2009  · 2011  · 2013  · 2015  · 2017  · 2021
Awards	Awards  · All-Tournament Team  · Most Valuable Player  · Winning head coaches

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