# AfroBasket 2009 qualification

The FIBA Africa Championship 2009 Qualification occurred on various dates between 4 August 2008 and 31 May 2009. It was used to determine which African national basketball teams would qualify for the FIBA Africa Championship 2009. Teams competed with other teams in their respective "zones" for a spot in the Championship tournament.

## Qualified Teams

Four teams qualified for the tournament before the qualification round took place. Ten more teams claimed spots in the tournament through Zonal Qualifying. One wildcard spot was reserved prior to the qualification round; because no team from Zone 7 registered, FIBA Africa gave out a second wildcard.
Qualified as the host nation:
* Libya
Qualified by finishing in the top three at the 2007 FIBA Africa Championship:
* Angola
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
Qualified through Zonal Qualifying:
* Central African Republic
* Congo
* Ivory Coast
* Egypt
* Mali
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* Tunisia
Qualified via Wildcard Invitation:
* Senegal
* South Africa

## Qualifying round

Zone 1 (Salé, Morocco, 24–29 May 2009)
* Qualified for the Final Tournament
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| Tunisia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 302 | 264 | +38 |
| Morocco | 4 | 2 | 2 | 293 | 297 | -4 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 251 | 285 | -34 |
| Morocco | 66–70 | Algeria |
| Algeria | 59–74 | Tunisia |
| Tunisia | 77–80 | Morocco |
| Algeria | 68–73 | Morocco |
| Tunisia | 69–54 | Algeria |
| Morocco | 71–82 | Tunisia |
* Qualified before tournament: Libya (host)
Zone 2 (Bamako, Mali, 15–17 May 2009)
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| Mali | 2 | 1 | 1 | 126 | 121 | +5 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 121 | 126 | -5 |
| Mali | 69–61 | Senegal |
| Senegal | 60–57 | Mali |
* Did not enter: Mauritania, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone
* Qualified before tournament: Cape Verde
Zone 3 (Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, 4–10 August 2008)
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| Nigeria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 256 | 196 | +60 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 3 | 1 | 240 | 202 | +38 |
| Togo | 4 | 0 | 4 | 184 | 206 | -102 |
| Togo | 51–61 | Ivory Coast |
| Ivory Coast | 45–55 | Nigeria |
| Nigeria | 76–41 | Togo |
| Ivory Coast | 76–44 | Togo |
| Nigeria | 52–58 | Ivory Coast |
| Nigeria | 73–48 | Togo |
* Did not enter: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Liberia, Niger
Zone 4 (Bangui, Central African Republic, 26–31 May 2009)
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 4 | 0 | 335 | 232 | +103 |
| Congo | 4 | 1 | 3 | 292 | 339 | -47 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1 | 3 | 246 | 302 | -56 |
| Central African Republic | 85–74 | Congo |
| Congo | 67–79 | DR Congo |
| DR Congo | 42–83 | Central African Republic |
| Congo | 65–101 | Central African Republic |
| DR Congo | 74–86 | Congo |
| Central African Republic | 66–51 | DR Congo |
* Did not enter: Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, Chad
* Qualified before tournament: Cameroon
Zone 5 (Kigali, Rwanda, 23 February - 1 March 2009)
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| Rwanda | 4 | 4 | 0 | 345 | 231 | +114 |
| Egypt | 4 | 3 | 1 | 332 | 213 | +119 |
| Kenya | 4 | 2 | 2 | 282 | 324 | -42 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1 | 3 | 250 | 355 | -105 |
| Uganda | 4 | 0 | 4 | 284 | 370 | -86 |
| Kenya | 39–101 | Egypt |
| Rwanda | 93–68 | Uganda |
| Egypt | 95–53 | Uganda |
| Rwanda | 100–55 | Burundi |
| Burundi | 50–95 | Egypt |
| Kenya | 96–83 | Uganda |
| Kenya | 80–59 | Burundi |
| Burundi | 86–80 | Uganda |
| Kenya | 67–81 | Rwanda |
| Rwanda | 71–41 | Egypt |
* Did not enter: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania
Zone 6 (Maputo, Mozambique, 30 March - 4 April 2009)
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| Mozambique | 4 | 3 | 1 | 296 | 226 | +70 |
| South Africa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 287 | 258 | +29 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 0 | 4 | 198 | 297 | -99 |
| Zimbabwe | 58–68 | South Africa |
| Mozambique | 74–41 | Zimbabwe |
| South Africa | 70–68 | Mozambique |
| South Africa | 82–51 | Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe | 48–73 | Mozambique |
| Mozambique | 81–67 | South Africa |
* Did not enter: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia
* Qualified before qualifying tournament: Angola
Zone 7 (Mauritius, TBD)
Tournament was not held as no Zone 7 team met the registration deadline.
* Did not enter: Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Comoros