FIBA Africa Zone 5 Club Championship (men)

The FIBA Africa Zone 5 Club Championship was a men's and women's basketball club competition for teams in FIBA Africa's Zone 5, which exists of teams in East Africa. The winners of the zone championship qualified for the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup (later the FIBA Africa Basketball League).^[1] The tournament was held annually in October, with teams qualifying through their domestic leagues.

FIBA Africa Zone 5 Club Championship (men)

Organising body	FIBA Africa
Founded	1985
First season	1985
Folded	2018
Countries	Zone 5 member countries
Confederation	FIBA Africa
Number of teams	6–15
International cup(s)	FIBA Africa Basketball League
Last champions	Al Ahly (1st title) (2018)
Most championships	Co-op Bank (5 titles)

The last competition was played in 2018, after which no championship has been held anymore, although East African team play each other in the Road to BAL, but no regional championship title is awarded anymore.

Co-op Bank from Kenya holds the record for most championships with five titles. Kenya was the most successful nation as well with as many as nine titles that were attributed to teams from the country.

Results

Ed.	Year	Finals host	Final			Third place game			Num. teams	Ref.
			Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
10	1995	Harare								[2]
11	1996	Nairobi	Co-op Bank							[2]
12	1997	Kampala	Co-op Bank							[2]
13	1998	Dar es Salaam	Co-op Bank							[2]
14	1999	Lusaka	Cobra							[2]
15	2000	Kampala	Falcons							[2]
16	2001	Kigali	Savio							[3]
17	2002	Nairobi	APR							[4]
18	2003	Zanzibar	Ulinzi Warriors							[5]
19	2004	Kampala	Post Bank							[2]
20	2005	Dar es Salaam	KCB Lions							[2]
21	2006	Nairobi	KCB Lions							[2]
22	2007	Kigali	APR						12	[2]
23	2008	Addis Ababa	APR							[5]
24	2009	Kampala	Co-op Bank		Kyambogo Warriors				10	[2][6]
25	2010	Bujumbura	Co-op Bank							[2]
26	2011	Dar es Salaam	Urunani							[2]
27	2012	Kampala	Espoir	90–39	Urunani	Dmark Power	66–65	KCB Lions		[7][1][8]
28	2013	Bujumbura	Urunani	65–56	Espoir					[7]
29	2014	Mombasa	Urunani	68–59	KPA				8	[9][7]
30	2015	Kigali	Gezira	75–73	City Oilers				10	[10]
31	2016	Kampala	City Oilers	72–49	Ulinzi Warriors	Patriots	67–60	USIU Tigers	10	[5][11]
32	2017	Kampala	City Oilers	86–59	Patriots	Dmark Power and KPA			8	[12][13]
33	2018	Dar es Salaam	Al Ahly	68–67	Smouha	REG				[14]

Statistics

Performance by club

Performances in the FIBA Africa Zone Five Club Championship

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Co-op Bank	5	0	1996, 1997, 1998, 2009, 2010	—
Urunani	3	1	2011, 2013, 2014	2012
APR	3	1	2002, 2007, 2008	—
KCB Lions	2	0	2005, 2006	—
City Oilers	2	1	2016, 2017	2015
Espoir	1	1	2012	2013
Gezira	1	0	2015	—
Post Bank	1	0	2004	—
Ulinzi Warriors	1	1	2003	2016
Savio	1	0	2002	—
Cobra	1	0	1999	—
Al Ahly	1	0	2018	—
Falcons	1	0	2000	—
Kyambogo Warriors	0	1	—	2009
KPA	0	1	—	2014
Smouha	0	1	—	2018
Patriots	0	1	—	2017

Performance by country

Nation	Winners	Runners-up
Kenya	9	2
Rwanda	4	3
Uganda	3	2
Burundi	3	1
Egypt	2	1
Tanzania	1	0