# AfroBasket 2025 qualification

The AfroBasket 2025 qualification is a basketball competition that was played from February 2024 to February 2025, to determine the fifteen FIBA Africa nations who joined the automatically qualified host, Angola, at the FIBA AfroBasket 2025 finals tournament.

## Pre-qualifiers

The participating teams were divided into four groups: Group A (Zones 1+2), Group B (Zones 3+4), Group C (Zone 5 + MAD + DJI) and Group D (Zone 6 + MRI + COM). The top teams in each zone qualified for the FIBA AfroBasket 2025 qualifiers, which started in February 2024.

### Zone 1 + 2

Zone 1 consisted of Algeria, Libya and Morocco. After Algeria withdrew, the remaining two teams played in a two-game series.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Libya | 146–138 | Morocco | 75–75 | 71–63 |

### Zone 3 + 4

The remaining two teams played in a two-game series.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Equatorial Guinea | 104–105 | Gabon | 58–66 | 46–39 |

### Zone 5 + 7

After several teams withdrew from the qualifiers, Madagascar qualified.

### Zone 6 + 7

South Africa and Mozambique played in a two-game series.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Mozambique | 110–107 | South Africa | 62–50 | 48–57 |

## Qualifiers

Qualified teams were the 16 teams qualified for African 2023 World Cup qualifiers first round + four teams from pre-qualifiers. Groups B, D and E played their first window in February 2024 and Groups A and C in November 2024.

### Teams

| Entrance/qualification method | Team(s) |
| 2023 World Cup qualifiers first round | Angola Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic DR Congo Egypt Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Mali Nigeria Rwanda Senegal South Sudan Tunisia Uganda |
| Pre-Qualifiers Sub-zone 1 & 2 | Libya |
| Pre-Qualifiers Sub-zone 3 & 4 | Gabon |
| Pre-Qualifiers Sub-zone 5 & 7 | Madagascar |
| Pre-Qualifiers Sub-zone 6 & 7 | Mozambique |
* Morocco replaced Mozambique, who withdrew on 11 November 2024.

### Draw

The draw was held on 24 November 2023 in South Africa.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Tunisia Ivory Coast Senegal Cape Verde South Sudan | Angola Nigeria Egypt Cameroon DR Congo | Guinea Central African Republic Mali Libya Gabon | Uganda Rwanda Kenya Madagascar Mozambique |
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E |
| South Sudan DR Congo Mali Mozambique | Cape Verde Nigeria Libya Uganda | Senegal Cameroon Gabon Rwanda | Ivory Coast Egypt Central African Republic Madagascar | Tunisia Angola Guinea Kenya |
* Morocco replaced Mozambique.
All times are local.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | DR Congo | 6 | 5 | 1 | 411 | 401 | +10 | 11 | Final tournament |
| 2 | South Sudan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 464 | 372 | +92 | 10 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Mali | 6 | 3 | 3 | 404 | 422 | −18 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 4 | Morocco | 6 | 0 | 6 | 353 | 437 | −84 | 6 | |
* ↑ Morocco replaced Mozambique, who withdrew.

### Group B

The games of the first window were played in Tunisia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Libya | 6 | 4 | 2 | 449 | 434 | +15 | 10 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Cape Verde | 6 | 3 | 3 | 430 | 425 | +5 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Nigeria | 6 | 3 | 3 | 445 | 438 | +7 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 4 | Uganda | 6 | 2 | 4 | 400 | 427 | −27 | 8 | Final tournament |
* 1 2 Cape Verde 3 Pts, +1 PD; Nigeria 3 Pts, −1 PD.

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Senegal | 6 | 6 | 0 | 550 | 417 | +133 | 12 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Cameroon | 6 | 4 | 2 | 473 | 435 | +38 | 10 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Rwanda | 6 | 2 | 4 | 445 | 467 | −22 | 8 | Final tournament |
| 4 | Gabon | 6 | 0 | 6 | 383 | 532 | −149 | 6 | |

### Group D

The games of the first window were played in Egypt.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ivory Coast | 6 | 6 | 0 | 537 | 437 | +100 | 12 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Egypt | 6 | 3 | 3 | 480 | 441 | +39 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Madagascar | 6 | 2 | 4 | 441 | 516 | −75 | 8 | Final tournament |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 6 | 1 | 5 | 431 | 495 | −64 | 7 | |

### Group E

The games of the first window were played in Tunisia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tunisia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 403 | 356 | +47 | 11 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Angola | 6 | 4 | 2 | 463 | 397 | +66 | 10 | Final tournament as host |
| 3 | Guinea | 6 | 2 | 4 | 408 | 414 | −6 | 8 | Final tournament |
| 4 | Kenya | 6 | 1 | 5 | 310 | 417 | −107 | 6 | |
* ↑ Angola had already qualified as the host nation for the final tournament.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Qualification method | Date of qualification | App | First | Last | Streak | Best placement in tournament |
| Angola | Host nation | 27 March 2024 | 22nd | 1980 | 2021 | 22 | Champions (Eleven times) |
| DR Congo | Group A top three | 21 February 2025 | 8th | 1974 | 2021 | 3 | Fourth place (1975) |
| Senegal | Group C top three | 21 February 2025 | 30th | 1964 | 2021 | 30 | Champions (1968, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1997) |
| Cameroon | Group C top three | 21 February 2025 | 11th | 1972 | 2021 | 8 | Runner-up (2007) |
| Ivory Coast | Group D top three | 21 February 2025 | 25th | 1968 | 2021 | 23 | Champions (1981, 1985) |
| Egypt | Group D top three | 21 February 2025 | 25th | 1962 | 2021 | 13 | Champions (1962, 1964, 1970, 1975, 1983) |
| Tunisia | Group E top three | 21 February 2025 | 24th | 1964 | 2021 | 12 | Champions (2011, 2017, 2021) |
| South Sudan | Group A top three | 21 February 2025 | 2nd | 2021 | 2021 | 2 | Seventh place (2021) |
| Madagascar | Group D top three | 22 February 2025 | 4th | 1989 | 2011 | 1 | Ninth place (1972) |
| Mali | Group A top three | 22 February 2025 | 21st | 1972 | 2021 | 1 | Third place (1972) |
| Guinea | Group E top three | 23 February 2025 | 7th | 1962 | 2021 | 3 | Fourth place (1962) |
| Rwanda | Group C top three | 23 February 2025 | 7th | 1989 | 2021 | 3 | Ninth place (2009) |
| Uganda | Group B top four | 23 February 2025 | 4th | 2015 | 2021 | 4 | Sixth place (2021) |
| Nigeria | Group B top four | 23 February 2025 | 20th | 1972 | 2021 | 14 | Champions (2015) |
| Cape Verde | Group B top four | 23 February 2025 | 8th | 1997 | 2021 | 2 | Third place (2007) |
| Libya | Group B top four | 23 February 2025 | 5th | 1965 | 2009 | 1 | Fifth place (1970) |