The FIBA Africa Zone 5 Club Championship was a men's and women's basketball club competition for teams in FIBA Africa's Zone 5, which exists of teams in East Africa. The winners of the zone championship qualified for the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup (later the FIBA Africa Basketball League). The tournament was held annually in October, with teams qualifying through their domestic leagues.
The last competition was played in 2018, after which no championship has been held anymore, although East African team play each other in the Road to BAL, but no regional championship title is awarded anymore.
Co-op Bank from Kenya holds the record for most championships with five titles. Kenya was the most successful nation as well with as many as nine titles that were attributed to teams from the country.
Results YearFinals hostFinalThird place gameWinnersScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth place101995Harare111996NairobiCo-op Bank121997KampalaCo-op Bank131998Dar es SalaamCo-op Bank141999LusakaCobra152000KampalaFalcons162001KigaliSavio172002NairobiAPR182003ZanzibarUlinzi Warriors192004KampalaPost Bank202005Dar es SalaamKCB Lions212006NairobiKCB Lions222007KigaliAPR12232008Addis AbabaAPR242009KampalaCo-op BankKyambogo Warriors10252010BujumburaCo-op Bank262011Dar es SalaamUrunani272012KampalaEspoir90–39UrunaniDmark Power66–65KCB Lions282013BujumburaUrunani65–56Espoir292014MombasaUrunani68–59KPA8302015KigaliGezira75–73City Oilers10312016KampalaCity Oilers72–49Ulinzi WarriorsPatriots67–60USIU Tigers10322017KampalaCity Oilers86–59Patriots Dmark Power and KPA8332018Dar es SalaamAl Ahly68–67SmouhaREG
Statistics
Performance by club +Performances in the FIBA Africa Zone Five Club ChampionshipClubTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up Co-op Bank501996, 1997, 1998, 2009, 2010 Urunani312011, 2013, 20142012 APR312002, 2007, 2008 KCB Lions202005, 2006 City Oilers212016, 20172015 Espoir1120122013 Gezira102015 Post Bank102004 Ulinzi Warriors1120032016 Savio102002 Cobra101999 Al Ahly102018 Falcons102000 Kyambogo Warriors012009 KPA012014 Smouha012018 Patriots012017
Performance by country NationWinnersRunners-up924332312110
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