2019 Africa Basketball League Final

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2019 Africa Basketball League Final
Event 2018–19 Africa Basketball League
AS Salé Primeiro de Agosto
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71 83
Head coach:
Željko Zečević
Head coach:
Paulo Macedo
Date26 May 2019
Venue Kilamba Arena, Luanda, Rwanda
MVP Eduardo Mingas
Attendance5,500 [1]
 2018

The 2019 Africa Basketball League Final was the 33rd final of the FIBA Africa Basketball League, and the first under the new name. The game was played at 26 May 2019 at the Kilamba Arena in the Angolan capital of Luanda. It was also the last final of FIBA Africa's premier competition, before it was replaced by the Basketball Africa League.

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Approximately 5,500 fans attended the game. [1] Primeiro de Agosto won its record ninth African title. Primeiro's Eduardo Mingas was named MVP after the game. [2]

Venue

The Kilamba Arena in Luanda featured as the arena for the Final Four.

Road to the finals

Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé Round Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto
OpponentResult Group stage OpponentResult
Flag of Nigeria.svg Rivers Hoopers 88–59Round 1 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 86–77
Flag of Tunisia.svg JS Kairouan 77–70Round 2 Flag of Rwanda.svg REG 70–64
Flag of Guinea.svg SLAC 107–93Round 3 Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário da Beira 87–55
OpponentResults Playoffs OpponentResults
Flag of Nigeria.svg Civil Defenders 69–6996–77Quarterfinals Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda 70–5774–57
Flag of Tunisia.svg JS Kairouan 81–73Semifinals Flag of Egypt.svg Smouha 86–76

Game

26 May 2019 AS Salé Flag of Morocco.svg 7183 Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto Luanda
18:30Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 17–16, 19–13, 18–28
Pts: Arnold 21
Rebs: Najah 13
Asts: El Mahsini 5
PIR: Najah 18
Report Pts: Mingas
Rebs: Mingas 11
Asts: Quezada 7
PIR: Quezada 21
Arena: Kilamba Arena
Attendance: 5,500 [1]


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 5 Flag of Morocco.svg Yassine El Mahsini 665
SG 9 Flag of the United States.svg Wayne Arnold 2110
SF 11 Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelhakim Zouita 1532
PF 15 Flag of Morocco.svg Abderrahim Najah 12131
C 6 Flag of Morocco.svg Soufiane Kourodu 661
Reserves:
G 7 Flag of Morocco.svg Zakaria El Masbahi 000
SF 10 Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed Choua 572
PG 32 Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Wood 641
SF 12 Flag of Morocco.svg Mohammed Belhaddar DNP
C 14 Flag of Morocco.svg Hamza Jaddi DNP
C 15 Flag of Morocco.svg Adam El Ghazi DNP
F 17 Flag of Morocco.svg Yacine Baeri 000
Head coach:
Flag of Serbia.svg Zeljko Zecevic
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Salé
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Primeiro

SaléStatisticsPrimeiro
25/66 (38%)2-pt field goals 30/75 (40%)
5/18 (28%)3-pt field goals 14/34 (41%)
16/24 (67%) Free throws 9/13 (69%)
17Offensive rebounds18
28Defensive rebounds29
45Total rebounds47
12Assists21
18Turnovers11
5Steals10
6Blocks3
14Fouls22


2019 FIBA Africa Basketball League champions
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Primeiro de Agosto
9th title
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 16 Flag of Angola.svg Hermenegildo Santos 1018
SG 12 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Manny Quezada 1767
F 3 Flag of Angola.svg Malick Cisse 230
PF 15 Flag of Angola.svg Eduardo Mingas 20111
C 9 Flag of Angola.svg Felizardo Ambrosio 980
Reserves:
PG 1 Flag of Angola.svg Pedro Bastos DNP
G 4 Flag of Angola.svg Edson Ndoniema 230
PG 5 Flag of Angola.svg Armando Costa 902
PG 10 Flag of Angola.svg Carlos Cabral DNP
C 11 Flag of Angola.svg Mutu Fonseca 012
SF 18 Flag of Angola.svg Islando Manuel 1272
PF 20 Flag of the United States.svg Andre Harris 011
Head coach:
Flag of Angola.svg Paulo Macedo

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References

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  2. "Eduardo Mingas claims MVP award of #AfricaLeague 2019 FINAL FOUR". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 6 June 2021.