FIBA Africa Basketball League

The competition was founded in 1971. A year later, in 1972, Hit Trésor SC won the inaugural championship. For the first 33 years in existence, it was a biennial league. From 2004, the ACC was held yearly.[1]

Notable players who have played in the competition are Serge Ibaka and Bismack Biyombo, who both went on to play in the United States' National Basketball Association (NBA).

In February 2019, FIBA Africa announced the reformulation of the league, expanding it from 12 to 16 teams. The name of the tournament was changed to "FIBA Africa Basketball League", or "FIBA AfroLeague".[2]

FIBA has in the past announced plans to expand the FIBA Intercontinental Cup to possibly include the champion teams from the FIBA Africa Basketball League, FIBA Asia Champions Cup, NBL from Australia, and possibly the NBA, at some point in the future.[3][4]

The following is a list of all the winners of the FIBA Africa Basketball League.[5] The most common final was between the Angolan arch-rivals Petro de Luanda and Primeiro de Agosto, who faced each other four times.

Edition	Year	Hosts		Champions	Score and Venue	Runners-up		Third place	Score and Venue	Fourth place		No. of teams
1	1972	Bangui		Red Star Ndongo	71–68	Stade Malien		Zamalek		ASFA		4
2	1973	Cairo		Hit Trésor	61–55	Dial Diop		Gezira
3	1975	Cairo		ASFA	78–69	Zamalek		Hit Trésor
4	1976	Bangui		Hit Trésor	89–76	Zamalek		ASFA
5	1979	Bangui		ASFA	77–76	CAMAIR		Spot Club
6	1981	Bamako		ASFA	63–49	ASEC Mimosas		Stade Malien
7	1983	Dakar		AS Police	78–74	ASFA		Zamalek
8	1985	Maputo		Maxaquene	89–62	AS Police		Kano Pillars
9	1987	Alexandria		Al Ittihad Alexandria	86–83 (OT)	Primeiro de Agosto		Kano Pillars		ABC
10	1989	Abidjan		ASEC Mimosas	71–63	Stade Malien		Primeiro de Agosto	66–51	Al Ittihad Alexandria
11	1991	Dakar		Jeanne d'Arc	69–64	ONCPB		Wydad AC
12	1992	Cairo		Zamalek	83–75	Jeanne d'Arc		AS Biao
13	1994	Cairo		Gezira	66–59	Primeiro de Agosto		AS Kaloum Star
14	1996	Alexandria		Gezira	Round-robin	Al Ittihad Alexandria		Red Star Ndongo	Round-robin	Stade Malien		4
15	1998	Fez		MAS Fes	Round-robin	Zamalek		ASA	Round-robin	Gezira		4
16	2000	Abidjan		ASEC Mimosas	63–61 Treichville Sports Palace	Petro de Luanda		Lagos Islanders	83–76 Treichville Sports Palace	Onatra
17	2002	Luanda		Primeiro de Agosto	Round-robin	ASEC Mimosas		Inter Club Brazzaville	Round-robin	Capo Libreville		7
18	2004	Cairo		Primeiro de Agosto	71–53	ABC		Al Ahly	59–56	Petro de Luanda
19	2005	Abidjan[6]		ABC	67–66	Interclube		Primeiro de Agosto	103–67	Union Bank
20	2006	Lagos[7]		Petro de Luanda	76–71	Primeiro de Agosto		Dodan Warriors	75–66	Inter Club Brazzaville		12
21	2007	Luanda[8]		Primeiro de Agosto	61–53	Petro de Luanda		ABC	65–60	Interclube
22	2008	Sousse[9]		Primeiro de Agosto	57–54	ES Sahel		ASA	60–55	Stade Nabeulien
23	2009	Kigali		Primeiro de Agosto	88–64	Petro de Luanda		APR	92–80	Mazembe		9
24	2010	Cotonou		Primeiro de Agosto	73–41	Condor		AS Salé	75–71	Mazembe		12
25	2011	Salé		ES Sahel	82–60	Primeiro de Agosto		AS Salé	80–75	Petro de Luanda
26	2012	Malabo[10]		Primeiro de Agosto	80–69	Petro de Luanda		Al Ahly	76–64	Al Ittihad Alexandria
27	2013	Sousse[11]		Primeiro de Agosto	68–61	ES Sahel		Rec do Libolo	79–70	Sporting Alexandria
28	2014	Tunis[12]		Rec do Libolo	86–68	ES Radès		Club Africain	79–74	Sporting Alexandria		11
29	2015	Luanda[13]		Petro de Luanda	89–75 Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda	Rec do Libolo		AS FAR	72–62 Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda	Primeiro de Agosto		10
30	2016	Cairo		Al Ahly	68–66 Al Ahly Sports Hall	Rec do Libolo		AS Salé	88–76 Al Ahly Sports Hall	Kano Pillars
31	2017	Radès		AS Salé	77–69 Salle Omnisport de Radès	ES Radès		US Monastir	77–74 Salle Omnisport de Radès	Benfica Libolo		12
32	2019	Luanda		Primeiro de Agosto	83–71 Kilamba Arena	AS Salé		Smouha	69–58 Kilamba Arena	JS Kairouan		16

• FIBA Africa Championship
• Basketball in Africa
• Basketball Africa League

• (in English) FIBA Africa
• (in Arabic and English) African Basketball Champions Cup – goalzz.com