AfroBasket 2011
Number Team Qualified as Finals Appearance Last Appearance
1 Madagascar Host 3rd 2003
2 Angola 1st place FIBA Africa Championship 2009 17th 2009
3 Tunisia 3rd place FIBA Africa Championship 2009 19th 2009
4 Cameroon 4th place FIBA Africa Championship 2009 6th 2009
5 Nigeria Zone 3 Winner 15th 2009
6 Togo Zone 3 Third Place 4th 1978
7 Senegal Zone 2 Winner 25th 2009
8 Mali Zone 2 Runner-Up 16th 2009
9 Morocco Zone 1 Winner 17th 2009
10 Central African Republic Zone 4 Winner 16th 2009
11 Chad Zone 4 Runner-Up 1st -
12 Mozambique Zone 6 Winner 11th 2009
13 Rwanda Zone 5 Winner 3rd 2009
14 Ivory Coast 2nd place FIBA Africa Championship 2009 20th 2009
15 Egypt Wild Card 20th 2009
16 South Africa Wild Card 8th 2009
Qualification
Main article : FIBA Africa Championship 2011 qualification Participants were sixteen national basketball teams among the 53 FIBA Africa members , determined through qualification processes before the final tournament . These teams included the host nation , the top four sides at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009 in Libya ( including Côte d'Ivoire , which finished second at the 2009 tournament ) and the top twelve sides at the 2009 Zone preliminary basketball competitions . Because the qualification process doubles as qualification for the 2010 All-Africa Games , all African nations competed in qualifying , including those that have previously qualified for the tournament . The following national teams have secured qualification :
AfroBasket 2011 was the 26th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake is the berth allocated to Africa in the 2012 Summer Olympics basketball tournament. The tournament was scheduled to be hosted by Côte d'Ivoire, with games to be played in Abidjan. However, in 2011 Madagascar was chosen as host replacement due to a political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire. Tunisia won the title for the first time after defeating Angola 67-56 in the final.