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                                         Africa Basketball Championship Facts
The FIBA Africa Championship (alternatively, the FIBA African Championship, or FIBA AfroBasket) is the men's basketball continental championship of Africa, played biennially under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the 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 finaly 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	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	Luanda		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	Algiers		Angola	70–61	Senegal		Nigeria	88–76	Algeria
2007 Details	five cities		Angola	86–72	Cameroon		Cape Verde	53–51	Egypt
2009 Details	Tripoli		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

 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
	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