The Basketball tournament at the 2011 All-Africa Games was held from September 6–16, 2011, at several venues.
The teams with the four best records qualified for the knockout stage, which was a single-elimination tournament. The semifinal winners contested for the gold medal, while the losers played for the bronze medal.
Algeria Mali Mozambique Nigeria Rwanda
Angola Cape Verde Egypt Ivory Coast South Africa
Algeria DR Congo Kenya Nigeria Mozambique Zimbabwe
Angola Cameroon Ivory Coast Mali Rwanda Senegal
Abdullahi Kuso Abubakar Usman Azuoma Dike Ejike Ugboaja Emmanuel Ekpete Ibrahim Yusuf Jayson Obazuaye Orseer Ikyaator Olumide Oyedeji Solomon Tat Stanley Gumut Coach: Sani Ahmed
Amarildo Matos Armando Baptista Augusto Matos Custódio Muchate David Canivete Fernando Mandlate Octávio Magoliço Pio Matos Samora Mucavel Sérgio Macuácua Stélio Nuaila Sílvio Letela Coach: Iñaki Garcia
Abdel Gomes Adolfo Quimbamba Bráulio Morais Felizardo Ambrósio Hélder Ortet Hermenegildo Santos Islando Manuel Mayzer Alexandre Miguel Kiala Paulo Santana Roberto Fortes Vladimir Ricardino Coach: Raúl Duarte
Adji Ndiaye Aida Fall Aminata Nar Diop Astou Traoré Awa Doumbia Aya Traoré Mame Diodio Diouf Mame-Marie Sy-Diop Ndeye Fall Ndèye Ndiaye Ndèye Sène Oumoul Sarr Coach: Moustapha Gaye
Ângela Cardoso Astrida Vicente Catarina Camufal Cristina Matiquite Felizarda Jorge Fineza Eusébio Luísa Tomás Luzia Simão Nacissela Maurício Nadir Manuel Nguendula Filipe Sónia Guadalupe Coach: Aníbal Moreira
Adeola Wylie Aisha Mohammed Chinyere Ibekwe Grace Okonkwo Helen Ogunjimi Henrietta Ugochukwu Joyce Ekworomadu Nkechi Akashili Olayinka Sanni Rashidat Sadiq Rosalyn Gold-Onwude Sarah Ogoke Coach: Ayo Bakare