AfroBasket

FIBA Africa Championship
Current season, competition or edition: AfroBasket 2017

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
Year	Host	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	two cities	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	two cities	Angola	70–61	Senegal	Nigeria	88–76	Algeria
2007 Details	five cities	Angola	86–72	Cameroon	Cape Verde	53–51	Egypt
2009 Details	two cities	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	/ Radès & Dakar

^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	11	4	2	17
2	Egypt	5	6	6	17
3	Senegal	5	6	4	15
4	Ivory Coast	2	3	0	5
5	Central African Republic	2	0	1	3
6	Nigeria	1	3	3	7
7	Morocco	1	2	2	5
8	Tunisia	1	1	4	6
9	Algeria	0	1	1	2
9	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

MVP Awards

Year	MVP Award Winner
1974	Gaston Gambor
1980	Mathieu Faye
1987	Frédéric Goporo
1993	Etienne Preira
1997	Omar Mar
1999	Lamine Diawara
2001	Miguel Lutonda
2003	Miguel Lutonda
2005	Boniface Ndong
2007	Joaquim Gomes
2009	Joaquim Gomes
2011	Salah Mejri
2013	Carlos Morais
2015	Chamberlain Oguchi
2017

Participation Details

Nation	62	64	65	68	70	72	74	75	78	80	81	83	85	87	89	92	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	07	09	11	13	15	/ 17	Total
Algeria	-	-		7	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	6	-	9	6	9	5	4	-	6		7	4	-	-	-	12	6	-	16
Angola	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8																		Q	20
Benin	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Burkina Faso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	1
Cameroon	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		4	7	5	9	Q	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	Q	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	Q	23
DR Congo	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	Q	6
Egypt			-	-			-			-								-	4				-	4	10	11		5	Q	23
Ethiopia	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Gabon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	3
Gambia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Guinea	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	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	Q	19
Mauritania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	9	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Morocco					-	7	-	-	5		-	-	-	-	9	10	-	6	-	11	6	8	6	10	12	8	8	13	Q	20
Mozambique	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	10	10	10	11	14	14	10	11	11	Q	14
Niger	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Nigeria	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	6	11	-	-	7	8	-	5	-				5			5	5		7		Q	18
Palestine	-		-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Rwanda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	9	12	10	-	Q	5
Senegal	-	5	4								5		4	6						7	7	4		9	7	5		4	Q	28
Somalia	-	-	-	-	7	-	10	-	-	9		8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	12	12	9	12	13	15	14	-	-	Q	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		Q	22
Uganda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	Q	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

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AfroBasket
Tournaments	United Arab Republic 1962 Morocco 1964 Tunisia 1965 Morocco 1968 United Arab Republic 1970 Senegal 1972 Central African Republic 1974 Egypt 1975 Senegal 1978 Morocco 1980 Somalia 1981 Egypt 1983 Ivory Coast 1985 Tunisia 1987 Angola 1989 Egypt 1992 Kenya 1993 Algeria 1995 Senegal 1997 Angola 1999 Morocco 2001 Egypt 2003 Algeria 2005 Angola 2007 Libya 2009 Madagascar 2011 Ivory Coast 2013 Tunisia 2015 Tunisia/Senegal 2017
Qualification	...2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Squads	...1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

FIBA Basketball World Cup
History Records Naismith Trophy
Tournaments	Argentina 1950 Brazil 1954 Chile 1959 ~~Philippines 1962~~ Brazil 1963 Uruguay 1967 Yugoslavia 1970 Puerto Rico 1974 Philippines 1978 Colombia 1982 Spain 1986 Argentina 1990 Canada 1994 Greece 1998 United States 2002 Japan 2006 Turkey 2010 Spain 2014 China 2019 2023
Qualification	1950 1954 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2019
Finals	1950 1954 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Squads	1950 1954 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Team appearances All-Tournament Team Most Valuable Player

International men's basketball
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Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16 African Games
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Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16 Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Belgrade Trophy FIBA European Championship for Small Countries Games of the Small States of Europe World Cup (Turkey)
Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-20 U-18 U-16 Pacific Games
Other tournaments	Arab Nations Basketball Championship Commonwealth Games Diamond Ball FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan Arab Games
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