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inaugural event featured five Compe��ons Champion Title Runners-up Next edi�on
participating teams, it has since
grown to gather the 16 best FIBA AfroBasket Men’s Tunisia 2nd Nigeria 2021
nations of the African continent
since 2007. To date, Angola has FIBA AfroCan DR Congo 1st Kenya 2021
won the most titles, triumphing
11 times in 29 editions. Egypt and FIBA Africa U, 18, Men’s Mali 1st Senegal 2020
Senegal both have five titles to
their credit. The FIBA AfroBasket FIBA Africa U, 16, Men’s Egypt 4th Mali 2021
brings together the best African
players who compete in the FIBA AfroBasket Women’s Nigeria 4th Senegal 2021
world’s leading basketball leagues.
The event is held every two years FIBA Africa U, 18, Wome’s Mali 7th Mozambique 2020
until now. The next editions will
be held every four years. The 29th FIBA Africa U, 18, Wome’s Mali 6th Egypt 2021
edition took place, for the first
time in two countries, Senegal
and Tunisia, in September, 2017. Table showing the Reigning Champions
The teams that achieved qualifi- under 16 men, FIBA Under 18 Following the 2014 FIBA champi-
cation for the Final Round of Women and FIBA Under 16 onships for men and women, the
FIBA AfroBasket 2021 will com- Women. men's World Cup was scheduled
pete in the FIBA Basketball World on a new four-year cycle to avoid
Cup 2023 Qualifiers. FIBA Africa The tournament structure is simi- conflict with the FIFA World Cup.
is a zone within the FIBA basket- lar, but not identical, to that of the The men's World Cup was held in
ball association which contains all FIFA World Cup; both of these 2019, in China. The women's
54 national African FIBA federa- international competitions were championship, has been renamed
tions. It was founded in 1961. played in the same year from 1970 "FIBA Women's Basketball World
FIBA Africa maintains offices in through 2014. A parallel event for Cup", from "FIBA World Champi-
Cairo and in Abidjan women's teams, now known as onship for Women", after its 2014
the FIBA Women's Basketball edition, it remains on the previ-
The FIBA Basketball World Cup, World Cup, is also held quadren- ous four-year cycle, with champi-
also known as the FIBA World nially. From 1986 through 2014, onships in the same year as the
Cup of Basketball or simply the the men's and women's champi- FIFA World Cup.
FIBA World Cup—between 1950 onships were held in the same
and 2010 known as the FIBA year, though in different coun- In 1994, FIBA World Champion-
World Championship— is an tries. The current format of the ship was held in Canada, being
international basketball competi- tournament involves 32 teams the first FIBA World Cup tourna-
tion contested by the senior men's competing for the title at venues ment in which current active US
national teams of the members of within the host nation. The win- NBA players that had also already
the International Basketball Fed- ning team receives the Naismith played in an official NBA regular
eration (FIBA), the sport's global Trophy, first awarded in 1967. season game were allowed to
governing body. It is considered The current champions are Spain, participate. All FIBA World
the flagship event of FIBA. Other who defeated Argentina in the Championship/World Cup tour-
categories include, but not limited final of the 2019 tournament. naments since then are consid-
to the FIBA under 18 men, FIBA ered as being fully professional
level tournaments.

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