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AfroCan
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event AfroCan 2019
SportBasketball
Founded2019
First season2019
No. of teams12
CountryFIBA Africa member nations
ContinentFIBA Africa (Africa)
Most recent
champion(s)
 DR Congo (1st title)
Most titles DR Congo (1 title)
Official websiteFIBA Africa

The AfroCan (alternatively known as the FIBA AfroCan) is a men's basketball continental competition in Africa, which is played biennially under the auspices of FIBA (International Basketball Federation), basketball's international governing body, and the FIBA African zone thereof. Unlike the AfroBasket, AfroCan is only opened to all players who play for basketball clubs based in Africa.[1]

Summaries

Year Hosts Final Third place match
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
2019
Details
Mali
Bamako

DR Congo
81–62
Kenya

Angola
88–71
Morocco
2021
Details
TBD

Performances by nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 DR Congo1001
2 Kenya0101
3 Angola0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Participation details

Nation Mali
2019
Total
 Algeria 8th 1
 Angola Bronze 1
 Chad 6th 1
 DR Congo Gold 1
 Ivory Coast 10th 1
 Egypt 9th 1
 Guinea 12th 1
 Kenya Silver 1
 Mali 5th 1
 Morocco 4th 1
 Nigeria 11th 1
 Tunisia 7th 1
No. of Teams 12

Most Valuable Player

Year Player Ref.
2019 Democratic Republic of the Congo Maxi Munanga Shamba [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Overview". FIBA. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Munanga Shamba named MVP after guiding DR Congo to FIBA AfroCan crown". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 18 December 2021.