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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.
The AfroBasket Women (formerly FIBA Africa Championship for Women) is the women's basketball continental championship of Africa, played biennially under the auspices of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the African zone thereof.
The 2025 AfroBasket Women will be the 29th edition of the tournament and held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. [ 1 ] The top four teams will qualify for one of the qualifying tournaments for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup .
The qualification to the AfroBasket 2013 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast remains Burkina Faso's main accomplishment. Since then, the Burkina Faso "Stallions" have attempted to make a comeback. The Burkinabé did not make it through the AfroBasket 2015 qualification. In early 2021, they withdrew from the AfroBasket 2021 qualification.
The FIBA Africa Championship 1974 was hosted by the Central African Republic from April 5 to April 15, 1974. The games were played in Bangui. Central African Republic won the tournament, its first African Championship, by beating Senegal in the final.
The FIBA Africa Championship 1962 was the first FIBA Africa Championship regional basketball championship held by FIBA Africa.It was held in the United Arab Republic between 24 March and 30 March 1962.
The FIBA Africa Championship 1985 was hosted by Ivory Coast from December 20 to December 28, 1985. The games were played in Abidjan. Ivory Coast won the tournament, its second African Championship, by beating Angola in the final.
The AfroBasket 2025 qualification is a basketball competition that is being played from February 2024 to February 2025, to determine the fifteen FIBA Africa nations who will join the automatically qualified host Angola at the FIBA AfroBasket 2025 finals tournament.