Africa-Press – Angola. Angolan President João Lourenço, will attend the opening ceremony of the 31st edition of the African Men’s Basketball Championship (AfroBasket 2025), Tuesday, at Kilamba Arena Pavilion in Luanda. The event will take place from the 12th to the 24th of this month.
Following the opening ceremony, the Head of State, accompanied by the First Lady of the Republic, Ana Dias Lourenço, will also attend the opening match of the championship between the Angolan and Libyan national teams.
Participating Teams
Sixteen African teams are participating, including Angola (host), Tunisia (defending champion), Nigeria, Senegal, Egypt, DR Congo, Mali, Uganda, Guinea, Libya, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Cameroon.
The host cities are Luanda, with games at the Kilamba Arena Pavilion (Kilamba Arena), which seats approximately 12,700 spectators; Namibe (Moçâmedes), at the Welwitschia Mirabilis Multipurpose Pavilion, which seats approximately 3,500 spectators.
Angola has hosted AfroBasket four times and won the competition 11 times. Championships won by Angola: 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2013, totaling 11 titles, which makes Angola the most successful team in the history of AfroBasket.
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