FIBA Africa
| Formation | 1961 |
|---|---|
| Type | Sports federation |
| Headquarters | |
| Membership | 54 national associations |
President | Anibal Manave |
| Website | fiba.basketball/africa |
FIBA Africa is a zone within the FIBA basketball association which contains all 54 national African FIBA federations. It was founded in 1961.[1] FIBA Africa maintains offices in Cairo and in Abidjan.
Sub-zones
The 54 federations of FIBA Africa are grouped in 7 Zones:[2][3]
- Zone 1: Maghreb – 4 member associations
- Zone 2: North West Africa – 8 member associations
- Zone 3: South West Africa – 8 member associations
- Zone 4: Central Africa – 8 member associations
- Zone 5: East Africa – 11 member associations
- Zone 6: Southern Africa – 10 member associations
- Zone 7: Indian Ocean – 5 member associations
Board
Bold indicates members of the FIBA Central Board.
| FIBA Africa President[4] |
|---|
| Anibal Aurelio Manave |
| Treasurer[4] |
| Eskander Adel Tooma |
| Member of Executive Committee[4] |
| Samuel Ahmedu Maïmouna Bah Diallo Omar Barshushi Fodé Amara Condé Hesham El Hariri Mathieu Faye Boineelo Hardy Abdellatif Hatim Paulo Alexandre Madeira Rodrigues da Silva Pascale Mugwaneza Eric Aimé Niat Louis Abel Ntsay Joy Abooki Olinga Jean Michel Ramaroson Salma Ben Rondhane |
| FIBA Executive Director for Africa[4] |
| Alphonse Bilé |
Members
| Country | Rank (Aug 2016) |
Association | National teams | FIBA affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 1 | ||||
| Algeria | 068 | Fédération Algérienne de Basket-Ball – FABB | 1963 | |
| Libya | 079 | Libyan Arab Basketball Federation – LBF | 1961 | |
| Morocco | 060 | Moroccan Royal Basketball Federation – FRMBB | 1936 | |
| Tunisia | 021 | Fédération Tunnisienne de Basket-Ball – FTBB | 1956 | |
| Zone 2 | ||||
| Cape Verde | 063 | Federação Cabo-Verdiana de Basquetebol – FCBB | 1988 | |
| Gambia | – | Gambia Basketball Association – GBA |
|
1972 |
| Guinea-Bissau | – | Federação de Basquetebol da Guiné-Bissau – FBGB | 1994 | |
| Guinea | – | Fédération Guinéenne de Basket-Ball – FEGUIBA | 1962 | |
| Mali | 057 | Fédération Malienne de Basket-Ball – FMBB | 1961 | |
| Mauritania | – | Fédération de Basketball de la Rép Islamique de Mauritanie – FBBRIM | 1964 | |
| Senegal | 031 | Fédération Sénégalaise de Basket-Ball – FSBB | 1962 | |
| Sierra Leone | – | Sierra Leone National Basketball Federation – SLNBF |
|
1991 |
| Zone 3 | ||||
| Benin | – | Fédération Béninoise de Basket-Ball – FBB | 1962 | |
| Burkina Faso | 091 | Fédération Burkinabè de Basketball – FEBBA | 1964 | |
| Ivory Coast | 040 | Fédération Ivoirienne de Basket-Ball – FIBB | 1961 | |
| Ghana | – | Ghana Basketball Association – GBBA | 1962 | |
| Liberia | – | Liberia Basketball Federation – LBF | 1964 | |
| Niger | – | Fédération Nigérienne de Basket-Ball – FENIBASKET | 1963 | |
| Nigeria | 016 | Nigeria Basketball Federation – NBBF | 1964 | |
| Togo | 091 | Fédération Nationale de Basketball Togo – FTBB | 1963 | |
| Zone 4 | ||||
| Cameroon | 052 | Fédération Camerounaise de Basketball – FECABASKET | 1965 | |
| Central African Republic | 057 | Fédération Centrafricaine de Basket-Ball – FCBB | 1963 | |
| Chad | 089 | Fédération Tchadienne de Basket-Ball – FTBB | 1963 | |
| Congo | 079 | Fédération Congolaise de Basket-Ball – FECOKET | 1962 | |
| DR Congo | – | Fédération de Basket-Ball du Congo – FEBACO | 1963 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | – | Federación Guineana de Básquetbol – FEGUIBASKET | 1994 | |
| Gabon | 076 | Fédération Gabonaise de Basket-Ball – FEGABAB | 1965 | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | – | Federação Santomense de Basquetebol - FSB |
|
1983 |
| Zone 5 | ||||
| Burundi | – | Fédération de Basket-Ball du Burundi – FEBABU |
|
1994 |
| Egypt | 041 | Egyptian Basketball Federation – EBBFED | 1934 | |
| Eritrea | – | Eritrean National Basketball Federation – ENBF |
|
1997 |
| Ethiopia | – | Ethiopian Basketball Federation – EBBF | 1949 | |
| Kenya | – | Kenya Basketball Federation – KBF | 1965 | |
| Rwanda | 064 | Fédération Rwandaise de Basketball Amateur – FERWABA | 1977 | |
| Somalia | – | Somali Basketball Federation – SBF | 1960 | |
| Sudan | – | Sudan Basketball Association – SBB | 1953 | |
| South Sudan | – | South Sudan Basketball Federation – SSBF | 2013 | |
| Tanzania | – | Tanzania Basketball Federation – TBF | 1968 | |
| Uganda | 089 | Federation of Uganda Basketball Association – FUBA | 1963 | |
| Zone 6 | ||||
| Angola | 023 | Federação Angolana de Basquetebol – FAB (Archive) | 1979 | |
| Botswana | – | Botswana Basketball Association – BBA | 1997 | |
| Eswatini | – | Eswatini National Basketball Association – ENBA | 2000 | |
| Lesotho | – | Lesotho Basketball Association – LBA |
|
1997 |
| Malawi | – | Basket Association of Malawi – BASMAL | 1988 | |
| Mozambique | 061 | Federação Moçambicana de Basquetebol – FMB | 1978 | |
| Namibia | – | Namibian Basketball Federation – NBF |
|
1995 |
| South Africa | 077 | Basketball South Africa – BSA | 1992 | |
| Zambia | – | Zambia Basketball Association – ZBA | 1962 | |
| Zimbabwe | 091 | Basketball Union of Zimbabwe – BUZ | 1962 | |
| Zone 7 | ||||
| Comoros | – | Fédération Comorienne de Basket-Ball – FCBB |
|
1995 |
| Djibouti | – | Fédération Djiboutienne de Basket-Ball – FDBB |
|
1979 |
| Madagascar | 082 | Fédération Malagasy de Basket-Ball – FMBB | 1963 | |
| Mauritius | – | Fédération Mauricienne de Basket-Ball – FMBB | 1959 | |
| Seychelles | – | Seychelles Basketball Federation – SBF |
|
1979 |
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FIBA Africa competitions
National teams
- AfroBasket
- AfroBasket Women
- FIBA Africa Nations League
- AfroCan
- Youth championships
- 3x3 championships
Clubs
- Basketball Africa League
- Women's Basketball League Africa
- Former competitions
Medals
Last Update: 1 April 2024
National Events
Exclude Basketball at the African Games, AfroCan and FIBA Africa Nations League.
- African Men Basketball Championship (1962-2021) - 30 Editions
- African Women Basketball Championship (1966-2023) - 26 Editions
- African Men U18 Basketball Championship (1977-2022) - 21 Editions
- African Women U18 Basketball Championship (1985-2022) - 16 Editions
- African Men U16 Basketball Championship (2009-2023) - 8 Editions
- African Women U16 Basketball Championship (2009-2023) - 8 Editions
- African Men 3x3 Basketball Championship (2017-2023) - 5 Editions
- African Women 3x3 Basketball Championship (2017-2023) - 5 Editions
- African Men U17 3x3 Basketball Championship (2019-2023) - 3 Editions
- African Women U17 3x3 Basketball Championship (2019-2023) - 3 Editions
Club Events
Exclude African Basketball Cup Winners' Cup.
- FIBA Africa Basketball League (1972-2019) + Basketball Africa League (2021-2023) - 35 Editions
- FIBA Africa Women's Basketball League (1985-2023) - 27 Editions
Current champions
Nations
| Competition | Last held | Champion | Title | Runner-up | Next edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIBA AfroBasket Men's | 2025 | Angola | 12th | Mali | 2029 |
| FIBA AfroCan | 2023 | Morocco | 1st | Ivory Coast | TBD |
| FIBA AfroBasket Women's | 2025 | Nigeria | 7th | Mali | 2027 |
| FIBA Africa U-18 Men's | 2024 | Mali | 3rd | Cameroon | 2026 |
| FIBA Africa U-18 Women's | 2024 | Mali | 9th | Nigeria | 2026 |
| FIBA Africa U-16 Men's | 2025 | Ivory Coast | 1st | Cameroon | 2027 |
| FIBA Africa U-16 Women's | 2025 | Egypt | 1st | Ivory Coast | 2027 |
3×3 Africa Cup
| Competition | Last held | Champion | Title | Runner-up | Next edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 2025 | Madagascar | 3rd | Egypt | 2026 |
| Women | 2025 | Madagascar | 2nd | Egypt | 2026 |
Clubs
| Competition (clubs) | Last held | Champion | Title | Runner-up | Next edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basketball Africa League | 2025 | Al Ahli Tripoli | 1st | Petro de Luanda | 2026 |
| Women's Basketball League Africa | 2024 | Ferroviário de Maputo | 3rd | Al Ahly | 2025 |
Summer Olympics record
Men
| Nation | 1936 |
1948 |
1952 |
1968 |
1972 |
1976 |
1980 |
1984 |
1988 |
1992 |
1996 |
2000 |
2004 |
2008 |
2012 |
2016 |
2020 |
2024 |
2028 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 15-18 | 19 | 9-16 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Morocco | 16 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | 15 | 15 | 11 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 9 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
Women
| Nation | 1996 |
2000 |
2004 |
2008 |
2012 |
2016 |
2020 |
2024 |
2028 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 12 | 1 | ||||||||
| Mali | 12 | 1 | ||||||||
| Nigeria | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | ||||||
| Senegal | 12 | 12 | 2 | |||||||
| Zaire | 12 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
World Championship record
Men
| Team | 1950 |
1959 |
1970 |
1974 |
1978 |
1982 |
1986 |
1990 |
1994 |
1998 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2019 |
2023 |
2027 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 15 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Angola | 20 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 26 | 9 | ||||||||
| Cape Verde | 28 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 14 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 5 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 24 | 20 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 23 | 20 | 29 | 27 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 13 | 14 | 17 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Senegal | 14 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 30 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 17 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 24 | 20 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 35 |
Women
| Team | 1971 |
1975 |
1979 |
1983 |
1990 |
1994 |
1998 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
2022 |
2026 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Kenya | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Madagascar | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Mali | 15 | 11 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 16 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Senegal | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 8 | ||||||
| DR Congo | 14 | 15 | 16 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Tunisia | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
References
- ^ "Kenyanstar Sports". www.kenyanstar.co.ke. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ^ "Sub-zones". FIBA.
- ^ "Sub-zones Africa". FIBA.
- ^ a b c d "Board of FIBA - Africa". FIBA.
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "FIBA Women's Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.