| Organiser: | FIBA Africa |
| Teams: | 6–15 |
| Confed Cup: | FIBA Africa Basketball League |
| Most Champs: |  Co-op Bank(5 titles) |
| Countries: | Zone 5 member countries |
| Confed: | FIBA Africa |
| Founded: | 1985 |
| First: | 1985 |
| Champions: |  Al Ahly (1st title) |
| Season: | 2018 |
| Folded: | 2018 |
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.
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.
| Year | Finals host | Final | Third place game | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 10 | 1995 | Harare | [2] | ||||||||
| 11 | 1996 | Nairobi | Co-op Bank | ||||||||
| 12 | 1997 | Kampala | Co-op Bank | ||||||||
| 13 | 1998 | Dar es Salaam | Co-op Bank | ||||||||
| 14 | 1999 | Lusaka | Cobra | ||||||||
| 15 | 2000 | Kampala | Falcons | ||||||||
| 16 | 2001 | Kigali | Savio | [3] | |||||||
| 17 | 2002 | Nairobi | APR | [4] | |||||||
| 18 | 2003 | Zanzibar | Ulinzi Warriors | [5] | |||||||
| 19 | 2004 | Kampala | Post Bank | ||||||||
| 20 | 2005 | Dar es Salaam | KCB Lions | ||||||||
| 21 | 2006 | Nairobi | KCB Lions | ||||||||
| 22 | 2007 | Kigali | APR | 12 | |||||||
| 23 | 2008 | Addis Ababa | APR | ||||||||
| 24 | 2009 | Kampala | Co-op Bank | Kyambogo Warriors | 10 | [6] | |||||
| 25 | 2010 | Bujumbura | Co-op Bank | ||||||||
| 26 | 2011 | Dar es Salaam | Urunani | ||||||||
| 27 | 2012 | Kampala | Espoir | 90–39 | Urunani | Dmark Power | 66–65 | KCB Lions | [7] [8] | ||
| 28 | 2013 | Bujumbura | Urunani | 65–56 | Espoir | ||||||
| 29 | 2014 | Mombasa | Urunani | 68–59 | KPA | 8 | [9] | ||||
| 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 | [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] | ||||
| 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 | |
| Nation | Winners | Runners-up | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 |