FIBA AfroBasket 2021

AfroBasket 2021
Tournament details
Host countryRwanda
CityKigali
Dates24 August – 5 September
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (3rd title)
Runners-up Ivory Coast
Third place Senegal
Fourth place Cape Verde
Tournament statistics
Games played35
Attendance48,748 (1,393 per game)
MVPTunisia Makrem Ben Romdhane
Top scorerSenegal Gorgui Dieng
(20.0 points per game)
2017
2025

FIBA AfroBasket 2021 was the 30th edition of the FIBA AfroBasket, a men's basketball continental championship of Africa.[1] The tournament was hosted by Rwanda for the first time.[2] It was originally scheduled to take place between 17 and 29 August 2021, but it was moved back a week due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to 24 August to 5 September 2021.[3]

The tournament featured 16 teams, with South Sudan debuting at the AfroBasket stage. Tunisia was the defending champion, having won the 2017 tournament and they defended their title with a final win over Ivory Coast, while Senegal won the bronze medal.[4]

  1. ^ "Overview". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. ^ Sikubwabo, Damas (24 June 2019). "Rwanda Wins Afrobasket 2021 Bid, Beating 3 Others". All Africa. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. ^ "FIBA's Executive Committee confirms global calendar update". FIBA. 9 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Mejri and Roll spark Tunisia to FIBA AfroBasket 2021 title". FIBA. 5 September 2021.