FIBA Africa is a zone within the FIBA basketball association which contains all 54 national African FIBA federations. It was founded in 1961. FIBA Africa maintains offices in Cairo and in Abidjan .
4-538: 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
8-420: 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
12-658: 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
16-478: 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. ^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings. The awards were announced on 5 September 2021. A total of 39 national teams have appeared in at least one FIBA AfroBasket in
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