2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Africa)

2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup

African Qualification
Tournament details
Dates	November 2025 – March 2027
Teams	16
Official website
African qualifiers website
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The 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for the FIBA Africa region, will begin in November 2025 and will conclude in March 2027. The process will determine the five African teams that will participate at the 2027 FIBA World Cup. ^[1]

Format

The qualification structure is as follows:

• First round: 16 teams are divided into four groups of four teams to play a double round-robin system (home-and-away or two tournaments at a single venue). The three best-placed teams from each group will advance to the second round.
• Second round: 12 teams will be divided into two groups of six teams. Each group will be formed from teams that advanced from the four first round groups. All results from the previous round will be carried over. The two best-placed teams from each group and the best third-placed team will qualify for the World Cup.

Entrants

The 16 teams that qualified for AfroBasket 2025 will participate in the first round of the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup African qualifiers.

•   Angola
•   Cameroon
•   Cape Verde
•   DR Congo
•   Egypt
•   Guinea
•   Ivory Coast
•   Libya
•   Madagascar
•   Mali
•   Nigeria
•   Rwanda
•   Senegal
•   South Sudan
•   Tunisia
•   Uganda

Qualifiers

Draw

The draw was held on 13 May 2025. ^{[2] [3]}

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 9 May 2025. ^[4]

Pot 1 Team Pos   South Sudan 23   Ivory Coast 31	Pot 2 Team Pos   Angola 33   Tunisia 36	Pot 3 Team Pos   Egypt 38   Nigeria 42	Pot 4 Team Pos   Cape Verde 45   Senegal 47
Pot 5 Team Pos   Cameroon 64   DR Congo 72	Pot 6 Team Pos   Guinea 75   Mali 83	Pot 7 Team Pos   Uganda 85   Rwanda 93	Pot 8 Team Pos   Libya 94   Madagascar 105

First round

All times are local. ^[5]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
2	South Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Libya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Cape Verde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First game(s) will be played: 27 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Cameroon   v   Cape Verde

27 November 2025	Cameroon	vs.	Cape Verde
		Boxscore

South Sudan   v   Libya

27 November 2025	South Sudan	vs.	Libya
		Boxscore

Libya   v   Cameroon

28 November 2025	Libya	vs.	Cameroon
		Boxscore

Cape Verde   v   South Sudan

28 November 2025	Cape Verde	vs.	South Sudan
		Boxscore

Cameroon   v   South Sudan

30 November 2025	Cameroon	vs.	South Sudan
		Boxscore

Libya   v   Cape Verde

30 November 2025	Libya	vs.	Cape Verde
		Boxscore

Cape Verde   v   Cameroon

2 July 2026	Cape Verde	vs.	Cameroon
		Boxscore

Libya   v   South Sudan

2 July 2026	Libya	vs.	South Sudan
		Boxscore

Cameroon   v   Libya

3 July 2026	Cameroon	vs.	Libya
		Boxscore

South Sudan   v   Cape Verde

3 July 2026	South Sudan	vs.	Cape Verde
		Boxscore

South Sudan   v   Cameroon

5 July 2026	South Sudan	vs.	Cameroon
		Boxscore

Cape Verde   v   Libya

5 July 2026	Cape Verde	vs.	Libya
		Boxscore

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
2	DR Congo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Madagascar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First game(s) will be played: 26 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Senegal   v   Ivory Coast

26 February 2026	Senegal	vs.	Ivory Coast
		Boxscore

DR Congo   v   Madagascar

26 February 2026	DR Congo	vs.	Madagascar
		Boxscore

Madagascar   v   Senegal

27 February 2026	Madagascar	vs.	Senegal
		Boxscore

Ivory Coast   v   DR Congo

27 February 2026	Ivory Coast	vs.	DR Congo
		Boxscore

Senegal   v   DR Congo

1 March 2026	Senegal	vs.	DR Congo
		Boxscore

Madagascar   v   Ivory Coast

1 March 2026	Madagascar	vs.	Ivory Coast
		Boxscore

Ivory Coast   v   Senegal

2 July 2026	Ivory Coast	vs.	Senegal
		Boxscore

Madagascar   v   DR Congo

2 July 2026	Madagascar	vs.	DR Congo
		Boxscore

Senegal   v   Madagascar

3 July 2026	Senegal	vs.	Madagascar
		Boxscore

DR Congo   v   Ivory Coast

3 July 2026	DR Congo	vs.	Ivory Coast
		Boxscore

DR Congo   v   Senegal

5 July 2026	DR Congo	vs.	Senegal
		Boxscore

Ivory Coast   v   Madagascar

5 July 2026	Ivory Coast	vs.	Madagascar
		Boxscore

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
2	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First game(s) will be played: 27 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Nigeria   v   Tunisia

27 November 2025	Nigeria	vs.	Tunisia
		Boxscore

Rwanda   v   Guinea

27 November 2025	Rwanda	vs.	Guinea
		Boxscore

Guinea   v   Nigeria

28 November 2025	Guinea	vs.	Nigeria
		Boxscore

Tunisia   v   Rwanda

28 November 2025	Tunisia	vs.	Rwanda
		Boxscore

Nigeria   v   Rwanda

30 November 2025	Nigeria	vs.	Rwanda
		Boxscore

Guinea   v   Tunisia

30 November 2025	Guinea	vs.	Tunisia
		Boxscore

Tunisia   v   Nigeria

2 July 2026	Tunisia	vs.	Nigeria
		Boxscore

Guinea   v   Rwanda

2 July 2026	Guinea	vs.	Rwanda
		Boxscore

Nigeria   v   Guinea

3 July 2026	Nigeria	vs.	Guinea
		Boxscore

Rwanda   v   Tunisia

3 July 2026	Rwanda	vs.	Tunisia
		Boxscore

Rwanda   v   Nigeria

5 July 2026	Rwanda	vs.	Nigeria
		Boxscore

Tunisia   v   Guinea

5 July 2026	Tunisia	vs.	Guinea
		Boxscore

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Second round
2	Angola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First game(s) will be played: 26 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Mali   v   Egypt

26 February 2026	Mali	vs.	Egypt
		Boxscore

Angola   v   Uganda

26 February 2026	Angola	vs.	Uganda
		Boxscore

Uganda   v   Mali

27 February 2026	Uganda	vs.	Mali
		Boxscore

Egypt   v   Angola

27 February 2026	Egypt	vs.	Angola
		Boxscore

Mali   v   Angola

1 March 2026	Mali	vs.	Angola
		Boxscore

Uganda   v   Egypt

1 March 2026	Uganda	vs.	Egypt
		Boxscore

Egypt   v   Mali

2 July 2026	Egypt	vs.	Mali
		Boxscore

Uganda   v   Angola

2 July 2026	Uganda	vs.	Angola
		Boxscore

Mali   v   Uganda

3 July 2026	Mali	vs.	Uganda
		Boxscore

Angola   v   Egypt

3 July 2026	Angola	vs.	Egypt
		Boxscore

Angola   v   Mali

5 July 2026	Angola	vs.	Mali
		Boxscore

Egypt   v   Uganda

5 July 2026	Egypt	vs.	Uganda
		Boxscore

Second round

The twelve qualified teams will be divided into two groups and play the other three teams from the other group twice. Group A will be paired with Group C and Group B with Group D. All results from the first round will be carried over.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	A1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2	A2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	A3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Best third placed team
4	C1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	C2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	C3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First game(s) will be played: 27 August 2026. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	B1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2	B2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	B3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Best third placed team
4	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First game(s) will be played: 27 August 2026. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Best third placed team

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	E	E3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup
2	F	F3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First game(s) will be played: 27 August 2026. Source: FIBA

References

1. "Qualifiers". FIBA. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
2. "Everything you need to know about the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Qualifiers Draw". FIBA. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
3. "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Qualifiers Draw concluded in Doha". FIBA. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
4. "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Qualifiers Draw Principles revealed". FIBA. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
5. "World Cup 2027 Qualifiers full schedule available". FIBA. Retrieved 14 May 2025.

External links

• Official website