FIBA AfroBasket 2025 was the 31st edition of the FIBA AfroBasket, a men's basketball continental championship of Africa. The tournament was hosted by Angola for the fourth time between 12 and 24 August.
Tunisia are the two-time defending champion, having won the 2017 and 2021 tournaments. However, they were eliminated by Cape Verde in the playoff round. Angola won a record-extending twelfth title, after defeating first-time finalists Mali in the final. Senegal finished in third place for a third time in a row, after beating Cameroon. Angola's Childe Dundão won MVP honours.
Host selection
FIBA Africa decided to announce the host country in March 2024. On 12 March, Angola were reported to be given the hosting rights. On 26 March 2024, Angola received the hosting rights, beating fellow bidders Egypt, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia. Angola's organizational capacity and infrastructure was one of the driving factors in Angola's selection. This will be Angola's first time hosting since 2007.
Venues Alongside the capital Luanda, venues in Moçâmedes, Lubango, Benguela, Huambo and Huíla were considered. In April 2025, it was announced that Luanda and Moçâmedes will host the games.
LuandaMoçâmedesPavilhão Multiusos de LuandaPavilhão Welwitschia MirabilisCapacity: 12,720Capacity: 3,072
Qualification
23 teams took part in qualification, including hosts Angola, who participated for preparation reasons. The teams who failed to qualify for the previous edition played in the pre-qualifiers. The advancing teams progressed to the qualifiers where each team was drawn into five groups of four. The top three from each group qualified for AfroBasket. The qualification draw was held on 24 November 2023 in South Africa. Games were played from February 2024 to February 2025, to determine the 16 nations who will qualify for the tournament.
Of the qualified teams, 14 countries took part in the previous edition. The only returnees are Libya and Madagascar, whom return to the final tournament after both teams' last appearance was as hosts in 2009 and 2011 respectively.
Two time champions, Central African Republic, failed to qualify for the first time since 1999. Also, having appearing at the last edition, Kenya failed to advance this time around.
DR Congo and Guinea qualified for their third consecutive edition for the first time ever.
Qualified teams
Draw The draw took place on 9 May 2025 in Luanda, Angola.
Seeding The seeding was announced on 5 May 2025. The 16 participating teams will be divided into for groups of four teams each. They will be divided into four pots according to their ranking in the last edition of FIBA AfroBasket 2021, but also according to the FIBA ranking.
+ Seed 1 Team 33 36 31 47+ Seed 2 Team 23 38 42 45+ Seed 3 Team 64 72 75 83+ Seed 4 Team 85 93 94 105
Squads
Each team consisted of 12 players.
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage Bracket
Qualification to quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Final standings Rank Team Record 6–0 4–3 5–2 4 4–3 5 3–1 6 3–1 7 3–1 8 3–2 9 2–2 10 1–3 11 1–3 12 1–3 13 0–3 14 0–3 15 0–3 16 0–3
Awards
The awards were announced on 24 August 2025.
All-Tournament TeamGuardsForwardsCenter Childe Dundão Brancou Badio Mahamane Coulibaly Bruno Fernando Aliou DiarraMVP: Childe Dundão
Statistical leaders Players
Points Name PPG Alpha Diallo 23.8 Brancou Badio 19.9 Jean Jacques Boissy 19.0 Nuni Omot 17.0 Jordan Sakho 16.3
Rebounds Name RPG Edy Tavares 10.4 Aliou Diarra 9.7 Claude Lutete 8.5 Jordan Sakho 8.0 Matt Costello 8.0
Assists Name APG Siriman Kanouté 7.6 Childe Dundão 5.8 Ivan Almeida 5.4 Jeremiah Hill 5.0 John Jordan 7.1
Blocks Name BPG Ibou Badji 4.2 Yves Missi 2.7 Mamadi Diakité 2.3 Aliou Diarra 2.0 Bechi Ben Yahia Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu
Steals Name SPG Caleb Agada 3.8 Jean Jacques Boissy 3.0 Childe Dundão 2.8 Solo Diabate Kendale McCullum 2.5
Efficiency Name EFFPG Aliou Diarra 21.6 Jordan Sakho 21.5 Nuni Omot 20.0 Edy Tavares Mamadi Diakité 19.3
Teams
Points Name PPGTeam statistics 84.6 84.5 82.8 81.9 81.0
Rebounds Name RPG 52.1 45.8 45.3 45.0
Assists Name APG 19.0 18.5 17.8 17.6 17.0
Blocks Name BPG 5.9 5.4 4.8 4.5
Steals Name SPG 13.5 11.8 11.3 10.5 10.4
Efficiency Name EFFPG 96.7 93.8 92.5 89.8 89.3
Player game highs Category Player Team Opponent TotalPoints Jean Jacques Boissy 40Rebounds Edy Tavares 19Assists Siriman Kanouté 11Steals seven players5Blocks Ibou Badji 8Three-point field goalsJean Jacques Boissy8
Notes
References
External links Official website