| AfroBasket | |
| Current Season: | AfroBasket 2025 qualification |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Inaugural: | 1962 |
| Teams: | 16 |
| Country: | FIBA Africa member nations |
| Continent: | FIBA Africa (Africa) |
| Champion: | (3rd title) |
| Most Champs: | (11 titles) |
| Website: | FIBA Africa |
| Related Comps: | AfroBasket Women |
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.
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.
| Year | Hosts | width=1% rowspan=33 | Final | width=1% rowspan=33 | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=15% | Champions | width=8% | Score | width=15% | Runners–up | width=15% | Third place | width=8% | Score | width=15% | Fourth place |
| 1962 Details |  Cairo | [1] | 66–42 | 44–41 | |||||||
| 1964 Details |  Casablanca | [2] | 69–57 | 53–51 | |||||||
| 1965 Details |  Tunis | 70–57 | 57–46 | ||||||||
| 1968 Details | Casablanca | 67–60 | 76–60 | ||||||||
| 1970 Details | Alexandria | [3] | 70–63 | 76–56 | |||||||
| 1972 Details |  Dakar | 61–54 | 107–74 | ||||||||
| 1974 Details |  Bangui | 72–67 | 82–72 | ||||||||
| 1975 Details | Alexandria | 70–61 | 81–78 | ||||||||
| 1978 Details | Dakar | 103–72 | 2–0 | ||||||||
| 1980 Details | Rabat | 96–90 | 97–83 | ||||||||
| 1981 Details | 81–65 | 2–0 | |||||||||
| 1983 Details | Alexandria | 94–68 | 78–71 | ||||||||
| 1985 Details |  Abidjan | 84–73 | 74–73 | ||||||||
| 1987 Details | Tunis | 94–87 | 73–71 | ||||||||
| 1989 Details |  Luanda | 89–62 | 65–53 | ||||||||
| 1992 Details | Cairo | 71–66 | 97–81 | ||||||||
| 1993 Details |  Nairobi | 69–61 | 90–76 | ||||||||
| 1995 Details |  Algiers | 68–55 | 58–51 | ||||||||
| 1997 Details | Dakar | 69–48 | 79–55 | ||||||||
| 1999 Details | Luanda & Cabinda | 79–72 | 75–63 | ||||||||
| 2001 Details | Casablanca | 78–68 | 77–71 | ||||||||
| 2003 Details | Alexandria | 85–65 | 81–79 | ||||||||
| 2005 Details | Algiers & Staouéli | 70–61 | 88–76 | ||||||||
| 2007 Details | Angola | 86–72 | 53–51 | ||||||||
| 2009 Details |  Tripoli & Benghazi | 82–72 | 83–68 | ||||||||
| 2011 Details |  Antananarivo | 67–56 | 77–67 | ||||||||
| 2013 Details | Abidjan | 57–40 | 57–56 | ||||||||
| 2015 Details | Tunis | 74–65 | 82–73 | ||||||||
| 2017 Details | Dakar & Tunis | 77–65 | 73–62 | ||||||||
| 2021 Details |  Kigali | 78–75 | 86–73 | ||||||||
| 2025 Details | Angola | ||||||||||
See main article: FIBA AfroBasket Most Valuable Player and FIBA AfroBasket All-Tournament Team. The awards were announced on 5 September 2021.[4]
| Year | Player | Position | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Omar Abada | Point guard | |
| Gorgui Dieng | Shooting guard | ||
| Makrem Ben Romdhane | Power forward | ||
| Matt Costello | Power forward/center | ||
| Edy Tavares | Center |
| Nation | 1962 | 1964 | 1965 | 1968 | 1970 | 1972 | 1974 | 1975 | 1978 | 1980 |  1981 | 1983 | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1992 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | |
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| Teams | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
| Nation | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2021 | 2025 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 7th | 4th | – | – | – | 12th | 6th | – | – | 16 | |||
| 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 5th | Q | 22 | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| – | – | – | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 16th | 10 | |||
| – | – | – | 3rd | 13th | – | 6th | 10th | – | 4th | 7 | |||
| 9th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 13th | 14th | 11th | 14th | 20 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| – | – | – | – | 16th | – | 14th | – | – | – | 7 | |||
| – | – | – | 15th | – | – | – | – | 6th | 13th | 7 | |||
| 3rd | 3rd | – | 4th | 10th | 11th | 2nd | 5th | 8th | 11th | 24 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| – | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 3 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | 8th | 6 | |||
| 8th | 11th | 10th | 8th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 12th | 14th | 2nd | 24 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 4 | |||
| – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| – | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | |||
| – | 12th | – | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | – | 3 | |||
| 11th | – | 7th | 11th | 8th | 9th | 15th | 7th | 9th | 15th | 20 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | |||
| 6th | 8th | 6th | 10th | 12th | 8th | 8th | 13th | 4th | – | 20 | |||
| 10th | 10th | 11th | 14th | 14th | 10th | 11th | 11th | 12th | – | 14 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 1st | 2nd | 12th | 19 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |||
| – | – | – | 12th | 9th | 12th | 10th | – | 10th | 10th | 6 | |||
| 7th | 4th | 2nd | 9th | 7th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 29 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | |||
| 12th | 9th | 12th | 13th | 15th | 14th | – | – | 15th | – | 9 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 1 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | 4 | |||
| 4th | 6th | 8th | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 9th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 23 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | 13th | 6th | 3 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | 2 | |||
| Teams | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
A 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.
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| Total | 39 | ||
| Hosts | Editions hosted | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 (1962, 1970, 1975, 1983, 1992, 2003) | ||
| 4 (1989, 1999, 2007, 2025) | ||
| 4 (1965, 1987, 2015, 2017*) | ||
| 4 (1972, 1978, 1997, 2017*) | ||
| 4 (1964, 1968, 1980, 2001) | ||
| 2 (1985, 2013) | ||
| 2 (1995, 2005) | ||
| 1 (2021) | ||
| 1 (2011) | ||
| 1 (2009) | ||
| 1 (1993) | ||
| 1 (1981) | ||
| 1 (1974) |