List of BAL finals

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BAL Finals

Organising body	Basketball Africa League
Founded	2021
First season	2021
Number of teams	2
International cup(s)	FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Current champions	Petro de Luanda (1st title) (2024)
Most championships	4 teams (1 title each)
Website	thebal.com
2022 BAL Finals

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) is a seasonal basketball league established in 2019 and first held in 2021. The league is a joint venture by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and FIBA, and is open to national champions of FIBA Africa member countries. The finals of each season are played in a single-game format, which is held at an arena that is chosen by the BAL organisation. The winner automatically qualifies for that year's FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

The data below does not include the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup, the predecessor of the BAL that was held between 1972 and 2019.

Zamalek won the inaugural final in 2021. Petro de Luanda are the current champions, having won the 2024 final. Four different teams have won the BAL championship so far. Egyptian teams have won the competition the most times with two wins.

Champions

The first parentheses in the champions and runners-up columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second parentheses indicate the number of times that teams have appeared in an BAL Finals as well as each respective team's BAL Finals record to date.

Season	Year	Champions	Coach	Result	Runners-up	Coach	Arena	Attendance	Reference
1	2021	Zamalek (2) (1, 1–0)	Augustí Julbe	76–63	US Monastir (1) (1, 0–1)	Mounir Ben Slimane	Kigali Arena, Kigali, Rwanda	1,789^[a]	^[1]
2	2022	US Monastir (2) (2, 1–1)	Miodrag Perišić	83–72	Petro de Luanda (2) (1, 0–1)	José Neto	BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (2)	10,000	^[2]^[3]^[4]
3	2023	Al Ahly (2) (1, 1–0)	Augustí Julbe	80–65	AS Douanes (2) (1, 0–1)	Pabi Gueye	BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (3)	7,532	^[5]
4	2024	Petro de Luanda (6) (2, 1–1)	Sergio Valdeolmillos	107–94	Al Ahly Ly (7) (1, 0–1)	Ivan Jeremić	BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (4)	6,404	^[6]
Upcoming finals
5	2025						SunBet Arena, Pretoria, South Africa

Performances

Location of BAL champions.

Performance by club

Performances in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) by club
Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
US Monastir	1	1	2022	2021
Petro de Luanda	1	1	2024	2022
Al Ahly	1	0	2023	—
Zamalek	1	0	2021	—
AS Douanes	0	1	—	2023
Al Ahly Ly	0	1	—	2024

Performance by country

Teams from three nations have been to a BAL final, and teams from two countries have won the competition thus far.

Performances in finals by nation
Nation	Titles	Runners-up	Total
Egypt	2	0	2
Tunisia	1	1	2
Angola	1	1	2
Senegal	0	1	1
Libya	0	1	1

Performance by head coach

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Augustí Julbe	2	0	2021, 2023	—
Miodrag Perišić	1	0	2022	—
Sergio Valdeolmillos	1	0	2024	—
Mounir Ben Slimane	0	1	—	2021
José Neto	0	1	—	2022
Pabi Guèye	0	1	—	2023
Ivan Jeremić	0	1	—	2024

Finals hosted by arena

The finals are played in a pre-determined venue, from 2021 to 2023 this was the BK Arena (formerly the Kigali Arena) in Kigali as the BAL agreed with the Rwandan Ministry of Sports. Later, the BAL and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) agreed to host the finals of 2024, 2026 and 2028 as well.^[7]

Arena	Location	Finals	Years
BK Arena^[b]	Kigali, Rwanda	6	2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026, 2028
SunBet Arena	Pretoria, South Africa	1	2025

Top scorer

Clubs denoted in italics lost the finals in the given year.


Year	Top scorer	Club	Points	Ref.
2021	Michael Fakuade	Zamalek	15
2022	Gerson Gonçalves	Petro de Luanda	28
2023	Nuni Omot	Al Ahly	22
2024	Nick Faust	Petro de Luanda	24	^[8]
2024	Majok Deng	Al Ahly Ly	24	^[8]

Players with multiple BAL titles

No. of championships	Player	Position	Seasons		Championship teams	Ref.
No. of championships	Player	Position	Played	Winning Percentage	Championship teams	Ref.
2	Solo Diabate	G	4	50%	Zamalek (2021) US Monastir (2022)	^[9]
2	Michael Fakuade	F	2	100%	Zamalek (2021) Al Ahly (2023)	^[9]

Notes

^ The attendance in the 2021 finals was limited due to government regulations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, as social distancing was enforced.
^ The BK Arena was known as Kigali Arena until 2021.

References

^ "Egypt's Zamalek wins inaugural Basketball Africa League". www.nba.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ "US Monastir are the 2022 Basketball Africa League Champions". The BAL. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
^ "Kings in the North: Tunisia's US Monastir crowned BAL champions". ESPN.com. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
^ "BAL Announces Teams, Conferences & Game Schedule Ahead of 2023 Season Tipping off March 11th". BAL. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
^ "Al Ahly are the 2023 BAL champions". The BAL. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
^ "Petro de Luanda are the 2024 BAL Champions". The BAL. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
^ "Basketball Africa League and Rwanda Development Board extend to play games | Times Aerospace". www.timesaerospace.aero. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ "LiveStats". geniussports.com. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b "FIVE TAKEAWAYS FROM THE BAL SEASON 3". The BAL. Retrieved 6 June 2024.

Basketball Africa League

Seasons

Qualifying rounds

Playoffs

2021 (F)
2022 (F)
2023 (F)
2024 (F)

Teams

2024 season teams	Al Ahli Tripoli Al Ahly ASCVD APR FUS Rabat Kriol Star Nairobi City Thunder Petro de Luanda Stade Malien Rivers Hoopers US Monastir
Former teams	ABC Fighters Al Ahly Benghazi AS Douanes AS Police AS Salé Bangui Sporting Club Cape Town Tigers City Oilers Cobra Sport DUC Dynamo Espoir Fukash FAP Ferroviário da Beira Ferroviário de Maputo GS Pétroliers GNBC Kwara Falcons Patriots REG SLAC Zamalek

Arenas

Competition stages

Awards

Records and statistics

Associated

NBA
FIBA
FIBA Africa
FIBA Africa Basketball League (Defunct)

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