# AfroBasket 2021 qualification

The AfroBasket 2021 qualification was a basketball competition that was played from January 2020 to July 2021, to determine the fifteen FIBA Africa nations who would join the automatically qualified host Rwanda at the AfroBasket 2021 final tournament.

## Pre-qualifiers

The pre-qualifiers were played in January 2020. Five winners from the five zones qualified to the next round.
All times are local.

### Group A (Sub-zone 1 & 2)

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Algeria | 169–166 | Cape Verde | 79–67 | 90–99 |
Algeria won 169–166 on aggregate.

### Group B (Sub-zone 3)

Ghana, Liberia and Niger would have participated in this tournament in Liberia. The tournament was cancelled.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualifiers |
| 2 | Liberia (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Niger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Group C (Sub-zone 4)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Equatorial Guinea (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 283 | 254 | +29 | 8 | Qualifiers |
| 2 | Chad | 4 | 2 | 2 | 288 | 257 | +31 | 6 | |
| 3 | Gabon | 4 | 0 | 4 | 229 | 289 | −60 | 4 | |

### Group D (Sub-zone 5)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kenya (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 484 | 351 | +133 | 10 | Qualifiers |
| 2 | South Sudan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 506 | 329 | +177 | 9 | |
| 3 | Burundi | 5 | 3 | 2 | 430 | 391 | +39 | 8 | |
| 4 | Somalia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 442 | 480 | −38 | 7 | |
| 5 | Tanzania | 5 | 1 | 4 | 357 | 459 | −102 | 6 | |
| 6 | Eritrea | 5 | 0 | 5 | 317 | 526 | −209 | 5 | |

### Group E (Sub-zone 6 &7)

The Comoros and South Africa withdrew before the tournament.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Madagascar | 4 | 4 | 0 | 334 | 269 | +65 | 8 | Qualifiers |
| 2 | Zimbabwe (H) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 254 | 275 | −21 | 5 | |
| 3 | Zambia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 282 | 326 | −44 | 5 | |
* 1 2 Zimbabwe 135–132 Zambia

### Invitational tournament (Inter Sub-zone play-off)

Cape Verde, Chad and South Sudan competed in this group, with the winners qualified for the qualifiers.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 2 | 2 | 0 | 181 | 158 | +23 | 4 | Qualifiers |
| 2 | South Sudan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 185 | 160 | +25 | 3 | |
| 3 | Chad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 142 | 190 | −48 | 2 | |

## Qualifiers

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, each group played the November 2020 window at a single venue. The same was done for the February 2021 window.
Qualified teams are the 15 teams qualified for African 2019 World Cup qualifiers second round (except Rwanda already qualified as Host) + 5 teams from Pre-Qualifiers

### Teams

| Entrance/qualification method | Team(s) |
| 2019 World Cup qualifiers first round | Tunisia Nigeria Senegal Morocco Cameroon Angola Egypt DR Congo Mali Rwanda Central African Republic Mozambique Uganda Ivory Coast Guinea |
| Pre-Qualifiers Sub-zone 1 & 2 | Algeria withdraw replaced by South Sudan (2nd Sub-zone play-off) |
| Pre-Qualifiers Sub-zone 3 | - |
| Pre-Qualifiers Sub-zone 4 | Equatorial Guinea |
| Pre-Qualifiers Sub-zone 5 | Kenya |
| Pre-Qualifiers Sub-zone 6 & 7 | Madagascar |
| Pre-Qualifiers Sub-zone play-off | Cape Verde |

### Draw

The draw was held on 20 december 2019 in Rwanda. There are 4 seeded pots. Pot 1 contains the TOP 5 at FIBA AfroBasket 2017. Pot 2 & 3 teams ranked at 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Africa), and Pot 4 contains 5 teams from Pre-Qualifiers.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Tunisia Nigeria Senegal Morocco Cameroon | Angola Ivory Coast Egypt Central African Republic Mali | Rwanda DR Congo Mozambique Uganda Guinea | South Sudan Equatorial Guinea Kenya Madagascar Cape Verde |
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E |
| Tunisia Central African Republic DR Congo Madagascar | Senegal Angola Mozambique Kenya | Cameroon Ivory Coast Guinea Equatorial Guinea | Nigeria Mali Rwanda South Sudan | Morocco Egypt Uganda Cape Verde |

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tunisia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 444 | 342 | +102 | 12 | AfroBasket 2021 |
| 2 | DR Congo | 6 | 3 | 3 | 412 | 382 | +30 | 9 | AfroBasket 2021 |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 6 | 3 | 3 | 415 | 417 | −2 | 9 | AfroBasket 2021 |
| 4 | Madagascar | 6 | 0 | 6 | 382 | 512 | −130 | 6 | |
* 1 2 DR Congo 123–120 Central African Republic

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Senegal | 6 | 5 | 1 | 422 | 334 | +88 | 11 | AfroBasket 2021 |
| 2 | Angola | 6 | 4 | 2 | 467 | 383 | +84 | 10 | AfroBasket 2021 |
| 3 | Kenya | 6 | 2 | 4 | 368 | 450 | −82 | 8 | AfroBasket 2021 |
| 4 | Mozambique | 6 | 1 | 5 | 355 | 445 | −90 | 7 | |

### Group C

The first matches were played from 21 to 23 February 2020 in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ivory Coast | 6 | 6 | 0 | 462 | 368 | +94 | 12 | AfroBasket 2021 |
| 2 | Cameroon | 6 | 4 | 2 | 429 | 330 | +99 | 10 | AfroBasket 2021 |
| 3 | Guinea | 6 | 1 | 5 | 404 | 486 | −82 | 7 | AfroBasket 2021 |
| 4 | Equatorial Guinea | 6 | 1 | 5 | 325 | 436 | −111 | 7 | |
* 1 2 Guinea 155–153 Equatorial Guinea

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nigeria | 6 | 6 | 0 | 465 | 363 | +102 | 12 | AfroBasket 2021 |
| 2 | South Sudan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 397 | 397 | 0 | 9 | AfroBasket 2021 |
| 3 | Mali | 6 | 2 | 4 | 399 | 428 | −29 | 8 | AfroBasket 2021 |
| 4 | Rwanda | 6 | 1 | 5 | 345 | 418 | −73 | 7 | Qualified as host |
* ↑ South Sudan replaced Algeria, as they were unable to participate in the opening matches.

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt (Q) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 464 | 359 | +105 | 10 | AfroBasket 2021 |
| 2 | Uganda (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 349 | 349 | 0 | 7 | AfroBasket 2021 |
| 3 | Morocco (E) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 435 | 503 | −68 | 7 | |
| 4 | Cape Verde (Q) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 394 | 431 | −37 | 6 | AfroBasket 2021 |

## Qualified teams

| Team | Qualification method | Date of qualification | App | Last | Best placement in tournament |
| Rwanda | Host nation | 23 June 2019 | 6th | 2017 | Ninth place (2009) |
| Nigeria | Group D top three | 17 February 2021 | 19th | 2017 | Champions (2015) |
| South Sudan | Group D top three | 18 February 2021 | 1st | Debut | Debut |
| Mali | Group D top three | 18 February 2021 | 20th | 2017 | Third place (1972) |
| Senegal | Group B top three | 19 February 2021 | 29th | 2017 | Champions (1968, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1997) |
| Ivory Coast | Group C top three | 19 February 2021 | 24th | 2017 | Champions (1981, 1985) |
| Tunisia | Group A top three | 19 February 2021 | 23rd | 2017 | Champions (2011, 2017) |
| Angola | Group B top three | 19 February 2021 | 21st | 2017 | Champions (1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013) |
| Egypt | Group E top three | 20 February 2021 | 24th | 2017 | Champions (1962, 1964, 1970, 1975, 1983) |
| Cameroon | Group C top three | 20 February 2021 | 10th | 2017 | Runners-up (2007) |
| Central African Republic | Group A top three | 20 February 2021 | 20th | 2017 | Champions (1974, 1987) |
| DR Congo | Group A top three | 20 February 2021 | 7th | 2017 | Fourth place (1975) |
| Kenya | Group B top three | 20 February 2021 | 4th | 1993 | Fourth place (1993) |
| Guinea | Group C top three | 2 March 2021 | 6th | 2017 | Fourth place (1962) |
| Cape Verde | Group E top three | 8 July 2021 | 7th | 2015 | Third place (2007) |
| Uganda | Group E top three | 8 July 2021 | 3rd | 2017 | 13th place (2017) |