AfroBasket 2017 qualification occurred on various dates on 2017. It determined which African national basketball teams qualified for the 2017 FIBA Africa Championship. Teams competed with other teams in their respective "zones" for a spot in the Championship tournament.
Qualified Teams Two teams qualified for the tournament before the qualification round will take place. Fourteen more teams claimed spots in the tournament through Zonal Qualifying.
EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation1TBAAfroBasket 2015 Champions Tunis1AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 116–18 March 201724–26 March 2017 Algiers Tunis2AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 219 March 201726 March 2017 Bamako Dakar2AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 314–18 March 201722–26 March 2017 Cotonou Abidjan1AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 424–29 March 201719–20 March 2017 Yaoundé Bangui2AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 512–18 March 2017 Cairo2AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Zone 6 and Zone 725–30 March 201719–25 March 2017 Lusaka Harare3AfroBasket 2017 Qualification Wildcard18 April 20172Qualifying tournament19–21 May 2017 Bamako1 Total 16
Zones
Zone 1 Zone 1 was played from March 16 to April 1, 2017, in Algeria and Tunisia.
First leg
Second leg
Zone 2 The qualifiers were played in a tournament played over two legs with the two top teams qualified. The first leg of the qualifier was played in Bamako on 19 March with the return game following in Dakar a week later.
First leg
Second leg
Zone 3
First leg
Second leg
Zone 4
Group 1
Group 2
Zone 5 Eight teams will play a round-robin format tournament - from 12 to 18 March in Cairo, Egypt - to secure the two places for the Final Round.
Group A
Group B
Classification Games
Semi-final
Third-place game
Final
Zone 6 and Zone 7 The winner of each group will secure automatic qualification for Africa's flagship competition taking place in Brazzaville, while the teams that finish second in Groups G and H will face each other for the remaining qualification spot.
Group 1 Group 1 will be played from 25 to 30 March in Lusaka, Zambia to secure one place for the Final Round.
Group 2 Group 2 will be played from 19 to 25 March in Harare, Zimbabwe to secure one place for the Final Round.
Playoff game
Wildcard FIBA Africa's executive committee on Tuesday, 18 April awarded the two wild cards for FIBA AfroBasket 2017 to Guinea and Rwanda.
Qualifying tournament Chad, the Central African Republic and Zimbabwe faced off in Bamako, Mali from 19 to 21 May, with the winner of this additional qualifier filling the void left by the Republic of Congo.
References
External links AfroBasket 2017 Qualifiers