AfroBasket

For the women's tournament, see AfroBasket Women.
FIBA Africa Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event AfroBasket 2015
Sport Basketball
Founded 1962
Inaugural season 1962
No. of teams 16
Country FIBA Africa member nations
Continent FIBA Africa (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Nigeria (1st title)
Most titles  Angola (11 titles)
Official website www.FIBAAfrica.com

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.

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
United Arab Republic
Cairo

United Arab Rep.
66–42
Sudan

Morocco
44–41
Guinea
1964
Details
Morocco
Casablanca

United Arab Rep.
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
United Arab Republic
Alexandria

United Arab Rep.
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
two cities

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
two cities

Angola
70–61
Senegal

Nigeria
88–76
Algeria
2007
Details
Angola
five cities

Angola
86–72
Cameroon

Cape Verde
53–51
Egypt
2009
Details
Libya
two cities

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
Radès

Nigeria
74–65
Angola

Tunisia
82–73
Senegal
2017
Details
Republic of the Congo
Brazzaville

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

Performances by nation

Map of best finishes per country.
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Angola 114217
2 Egypt 56617
3 Senegal 56415
4 Ivory Coast 2305
5 Central African Republic 2013
6 Nigeria 1337
7 Morocco 1225
8 Tunisia 1146
9 Algeria 0112
 Sudan 0112
11 Cameroon 0101
12 Cape Verde 0011
 Mali 0011
 Palestine 0011
 Somalia 0011

MVP Awards

Year MVP Award Winner
1974 Central African Republic Gaston Gambor
1980 Senegal Mathieu Faye
1987 Central African Republic Frédéric Goporo
1993 Senegal Etienne Preira
1997 Senegal Omar Mar
1999 Mali Lamine Diawara
2001 Angola Miguel Lutonda
2003 Angola Miguel Lutonda
2005 Senegal Boniface Ndong
2007 Angola Joaquim Gomes
2009 Angola Joaquim Gomes
2011 Tunisia Salah Mejri
2013 Angola Carlos Morais
2015 Nigeria Chamberlain Oguchi

Participation Details

Nation Egypt
62
Morocco
64
Tunisia
65
Morocco
68
Egypt
70
Senegal
72
Central African Republic
74
Egypt
75
Senegal
78
Morocco
80
Somalia
81
Egypt
83
Ivory Coast
85
Tunisia
87
Angola
89
Egypt
92
Kenya
93
Algeria
95
Senegal
97
Angola
99
Morocco
01
Egypt
03
Algeria
05
Angola
07
Libya
09
Madagascar
11
Ivory Coast
13
Tunisia
15
Total
 Algeria--7-----446-96954-674---12616
 Angola---------7819
 Benin------9---------------------1
 Burkina Faso--------------------------16-1
 Cameroon-----84--------8-------47598
 Cape Verde------------------79---13-6106
 CA Republic---44----7576--5-955766131418
 Chad-------------------------15--1
 Congo---9---6-57-10-----------16-14-7
 Ivory Coast---5-10--475116788811108441222
 DR Congo------64-6-------9-----15----5
 Egypt-----4-41011522
 Ethiopia5---------------------------1
 Gabon----------------9-----9----83
 Gambia--------9-------------------1
 Guinea4--------10-1011---------------4
 Kenya------------12-11-4-----------3
 Liberia-----------9-----------16----2
 Libya--5-5---10---------------11---4
 Madagascar-----9---------------12---13--3
 Mali-6-4-7------444756411-7118915718
 Mauritania--------789-6---------------4
 Morocco-7--5----910-6-116861012881319
 Mozambique----------1059----8-10101011141410111113
 Niger---8------------------------1
 Nigeria-----12--611--78-5-555717
 Palestine---6-----------------------2
 Rwanda-----------------------1291210-4
 Senegal-54546774975427
 Somalia----7-10--98----------------5
 South Africa------------------91212912131514--8
 Sudan--6-6-4-------------------5
 Tanzania------8---------------------1
 Togo-----115-8----------------16--4
 Tunisia-4-55--6-85878--54686921
 Uganda ---------------------------151
 Zambia--------------10-------------1
 Zimbabwe----------11----------------162
# 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

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