AfroBasket 2015 Qualification occurred on various dates between 21 September 2014 and 8 March 2015. It was used to determine which African national basketball teams would qualify for the
2015 FIBA Africa Championship
AfroBasket 2015 was the 28th edition of the AfroBasket, a men's basketball continental championship of Africa. It also served as the qualifying tournament for FIBA Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament in Brazil. The tournament ...
. Teams competed with other teams in their respective "zones" for a spot in the Championship tournament.
Qualified Teams
Four teams qualified for the tournament before the qualification round took place. Twelve more teams claimed spots in the tournament through Zonal Qualifying.
Qualified as the host nation:
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From qualification:
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Selected as wild cards:
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Zones
Zone 1
Zone 1 was played from January 6 to February 15 2015 in
Algiers
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Algeria and
Salé,
Morocco.
Zone 2
Zone 2 was played from February 12 to February 25 2015 in
Bamako,
Mali and
Dakar,
Senegal from 1 group and
Praia
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Cape Verde
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from group 2.
Group B
Group C
Zone 3
Zone 3 was played from February 7 to February 8 2015 in
Cotonou
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The urban area continues to expand, notably toward the west. The ci ...
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Benin.
Group D
Group E
Zone 4
Group F
Group G
Zone 5
Zone 5 was played from September 21 to September 28 2014 in
Kampala,
Uganda.
Zone 6
Group I
Group J
Wild cards
Seven countries applied for three wild card berths. These include , , , , , and . After its meeting in March, the FIBA Africa Central Board announced that the announcement of the wild cards was postponed up to the end of April.
On early May, it was announced that , and were chosen by the Africa Board as the wild cards.
Note
References
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AfroBasket qualification
2015 in African basketball
2014 in African basketball
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