2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Africa)

2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup
African Qualification
Tournament details
DatesNovember 2025 – March 2027
Teams16 (from 2 confederations)
Official website
African qualifiers website

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 seven teams that will join the automatically qualified host Qatar at the 2027 FIBA World Cup.[1]

Format

In total, seven World Cup berths will be allocated for the African region.

The qualification structure is as follows:

  • First round: 16 teams will be divided into four groups of four teams to play a double round-robin system (home-and-away matches). Three best placed teams from a 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 five best placed teams from this round will qualify for the World Cup.

Entrants

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

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 match(es) will be played: 27 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
27 November 2025 Cameroon  vs.  Cape Verde
Boxscore
27 November 2025 South Sudan  vs.  Libya
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28 November 2025 Libya  vs.  Cameroon
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28 November 2025 Cape Verde  vs.  South Sudan
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30 November 2025 Cameroon  vs.  South Sudan
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30 November 2025 Libya  vs.  Cape Verde
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2 July 2026 Cape Verde  vs.  Cameroon
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2 July 2026 Libya  vs.  South Sudan
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3 July 2026 Cameroon  vs.  Libya
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5 July 2026 South Sudan  vs.  Cameroon
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5 July 2026 Cape Verde  vs.  Libya
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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 match(es) will be played: 26 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
26 February 2026 Senegal  vs.  Ivory Coast
Boxscore
26 February 2026 DR Congo  vs.  Madagascar
Boxscore
27 February 2026 Madagascar  vs.  Senegal
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27 February 2026 Ivory Coast  vs.  DR Congo
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1 March 2026 Senegal  vs.  DR Congo
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2 July 2026 Ivory Coast  vs.  Senegal
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2 July 2026 Madagascar  vs.  DR Congo
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3 July 2026 Senegal  vs.  Madagascar
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3 July 2026 DR Congo  vs.  Ivory Coast
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5 July 2026 DR Congo  vs.  Senegal
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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 match(es) will be played: 27 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
27 November 2025 Nigeria  vs.  Tunisia
Boxscore
27 November 2025 Rwanda  vs.  Guinea
Boxscore
28 November 2025 Guinea  vs.  Nigeria
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28 November 2025 Tunisia  vs.  Rwanda
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30 November 2025 Nigeria  vs.  Rwanda
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30 November 2025 Guinea  vs.  Tunisia
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2 July 2026 Tunisia  vs.  Nigeria
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2 July 2026 Guinea  vs.  Rwanda
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3 July 2026 Nigeria  vs.  Guinea
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3 July 2026 Rwanda  vs.  Tunisia
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5 July 2026 Rwanda  vs.  Nigeria
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5 July 2026 Tunisia  vs.  Guinea
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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 match(es) will be played: 26 November 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
26 February 2026 Mali  vs.  Egypt
Boxscore
26 February 2026 Angola  vs.  Uganda
Boxscore
27 February 2026 Uganda  vs.  Mali
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27 February 2026 Egypt  vs.  Angola
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1 March 2026 Mali  vs.  Angola
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1 March 2026 Uganda  vs.  Egypt
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2 July 2026 Egypt  vs.  Mali
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2 July 2026 Uganda  vs.  Angola
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3 July 2026 Mali  vs.  Uganda
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3 July 2026 Angola  vs.  Egypt
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5 July 2026 Angola  vs.  Mali
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5 July 2026 Egypt  vs.  Uganda
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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 match(es) 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 match(es) 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 match(es) 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.
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