2019 FIBA Africa Basketball League

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Africa Basketball League
Season2019
DatesFebruary 8 – May 26, 2019
Games played24 (group stage)
12 (knockout phase)
Teams42 (qualifying tournament)
16 (group stage)
Regular season
Season MVP Eduardo Mingas
(Primeiro de Agosto)
Finals
Champions Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto
(9th title)
  Runners-up Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé
Third place Flag of Egypt.svg Smouha SC
Fourth place Flag of Tunisia.svg JS Kairouan
Statistical leaders
Points Reggie Holmes (Al Ahly) 20.2
Rebounds Todd O'Brien (Al Ahly) 12.0
Assists Ahmed Dhif (Kairouan) 5.7
Efficiency Maodo Nguirane (Kairouan) 21.7
2017

The 2019 FIBA Africa Basketball League was the 33nd edition of FIBA Africa's premier club Basketball tournament and the 1st under the new format and new name. The season saw an expansion from twelve to sixteen teams.

Contents

The season began on February 8, 2019, and ended on May 26, 2019, with the conclusion of the Final Four. The Final Four was hosted at the Kilamba Arena in Luanda, Angola.

It was the last season of the league as the competition was replaced by the Basketball Africa League (BAL), a new competition jointly established by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and FIBA.

Competition format

FIBA Africa has increased the number of participating teams from twelve to sixteen. [1] These teams get their ticket for the Africa Basketball League through regional qualifiers (Zone 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of FIBA Africa).

The qualifiers for the Africa Basketball League Group stage was held from September and until mid-December 2018, while the final phase will take place from January 11 to April 21, 2019, in various African cities.

The 16 teams qualified for the round of 16 will be divided into 4 groups of 4 teams each and the competition will take place in the form of a championship where each team will face respectively the 3 opponents of his group. Then, the first two clubs in each group will qualify for the Elite 8 where the clubs will be divided into four groups of two teams each and then games will be played in a home and away format. [2] At this stage, the competition will be played in a one-way match against the principle of direct elimination. The Four winners will advance to the Final 4, that will be played on April 20 while the final take place the next day. [3]

Qualification tournament

ZoneQualified teamsEliminated teams
Zone 1
Zone 2 Flag of Guinea.svg SLAC
Zone 3
Zone 4
Zone 5 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly, Flag of Egypt.svg Smouha, Flag of Rwanda.svg REG
Zone 6 Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário da Beira, Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto, Flag of Angola.svg Petro Luanda
Zone 7 Flag of Madagascar.svg COSPN

Teams

A total of 16 teams from 10 countries will contest the league.

Venues and locations

TeamHome cityArenaCapacity
Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé Salé Salle El Bouâzzaoui2,000
Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Radès Tunis Salle Taoufik-Bouhima3,500
Flag of Tunisia.svg JS Kairouan Kairouan Salle Aziz Miled2,000
Flag of Guinea.svg SLAC Conakry Palais de Sport du Stade du 28 Septembre
Flag of Nigeria.svg Rivers Hoopers Port Harcourt Rivers State Basketball Complex2,000
Flag of Nigeria.svg Civil Defenders Abuja Abuja Sports Hall3,000
Flag of Benin.svg Elan Sportif Porto-Novo Hall des Arts Loisirs et Sports Boulevard Saint-Michel [lower-alpha 1]
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg BC Terreur Kinshasa Martyrs Sports Complex2,000
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg BC Mazembe Lubumbashi
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly Cairo Al Ahly Sports Hall 3,500
Flag of Egypt.svg Smouha Alexandria Ittihad Sports Arena2,000
Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário da Beira Beira Estádio do Ferroviário Indoor Hall
Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto Luanda Pavilhão Victorino Cunha 1,500
Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda Luanda Pavilhão da Cidadela 6,873
Flag of Madagascar.svg COSPN Antananarivo Palais des Sports Mahamasina7,090
Flag of Rwanda.svg REG Kigali Amahoro Indoor Stadium2,500
  1. Despite being from Porto-Novo, Elan Sportif hosted the team games at the Hall des Arts Loisirs et Sports Boulevard Saint-Michel (H.A.L.S.) in Cotonou.

Schedule

PhaseRoundDraw dateGames
Group stageJanuary 12, 2019February 8 – March 10, 2019
Elite 8First legMarch 22, 2019
Second legApril 14, 2019
Final FourSemi-finalsApril 27, 2019May 24 and May 26, 2019
Final and third place

Group stage

The draw was held in Abidjan on 12 January 2019. [4]

The two teams with the best records for each group qualified to Elite 8. [5]

Group A

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé (H)330272222+506Advance to Elite 8
2 Flag of Tunisia.svg JS Kairouan 321241212+295
3 Flag of Nigeria.svg Rivers Hoopers 312205254494
4 Flag of Guinea.svg SLAC 303233263303
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Group B

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Radès 330236187+496Advance to Elite 8
2 Flag of Nigeria.svg Civil Defenders 32120921345
3 Flag of Benin.svg Élan Sportif (H)312193207144
4 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Terreur 303185216313
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Group C

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto 330243196+476Advance to Elite 8
2 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly (H)321241239+25
3 Flag of Rwanda.svg REG 312226225+14
4 Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário da Beira 303209259503
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Group D

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Egypt.svg Smouha 330276177+996Advance to Elite 8
2 Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda 321235216+195
3 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg ASB Mazembe 31222022224
4 Flag of Madagascar.svg COSPN (H)3031963121163
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Knockout phase

Bracket

 
Elite 8 Final four Final
 
                
 
 
 
 
Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé 69 96 165
 
 
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg Civil Defenders 69 77 146
 
Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé 81
 
 
 
Flag of Tunisia.svg JS Kairouan 73
 
Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Radès 67 73 140
 
 
 
Flag of Tunisia.svg JS Kairouan 68 74 142
 
Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé 71
 
 
 
Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto 83
 
Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto 70 74144
 
 
 
Flag of Angola.svg Petro 57 57 114
 
Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto 86
 
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg Smouha 76Third place
 
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 82 88170
 
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg Smouha 91 88 179
 
Flag of Tunisia.svg JS Kairouan 58
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg Smouha 69
 

Elite 8

The Elite 8 games were played in a home and away basis from March 22, to April 14, 2019. [6]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Civil Defenders Flag of Nigeria.svg 146–165 Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé 69–6977–96
JS Kairouan Flag of Tunisia.svg 142–140 Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Radès 68–6774–73
Petro de Luanda Flag of Angola.svg 114–144 Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto 57–7057–74
Smouha Flag of Egypt.svg 179–163 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 91–8288–81

Final Four

On 19 April 2019, the Kilamba Arena in Luanda, Angola was announced as host of the Final Four. [7] The draw was held on 27 April 2019 in Abidjan. [8]

Semifinals

24 May 2019 AS Salé Flag of Morocco.svg 8173 Flag of Tunisia.svg JS Kairouan Luanda
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 27–15, 19–17, 16–21
Pts: Wood 27
Rebs: Choua 10
Asts: El Ghazi, El Mahsini 4 each
Eff: Kourdou 24
Boxscore Pts: Gilbert 24
Rebs: Nguirane 14
Asts: Dhif 7
Eff: Slimane 19
Arena: Kilamba Arena
24 May 2019 Primeiro de Agosto Flag of Angola.svg 8676 Flag of Egypt.svg Smouha Luanda
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 24–12, 30–17, 12–22
Pts: Harris 24
Rebs: Mingas 12
Asts: Costa, Quezada 7
Eff: Mingas 35
Boxscore Pts: Justice Jr. 23
Rebs: Sarhan 6
Asts: Justice Jr. 5
Eff: Justice Jr. 20
Arena: Kilamba Arena

Third place game

26 May 2019 JS Kairouan Flag of Tunisia.svg 5869 Flag of Egypt.svg Smouha Luanda
18:30Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 12–13, 17–17, 15–15
Pts: Gilbert, Kochat 15 each
Rebs: Gilbert 14
Asts: Dhif 4
Eff: Kochat 19
Boxscore Pts: Justice Jr. 22
Rebs: Okosun 15
Asts: Justice Jr. 3
Eff: Okosun 23
Arena: Kilamba Arena

Final

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
Boxscore Pts: Mingas
Rebs: Mingas 11
Asts: Quezada 7
PIR: Quezada 21
Arena: Kilamba Arena
Attendance: 5,500 [9]

Awards

The individual awards were announced on May 26, after the conclusion of the final.

Statistics

Statistics as of the ending of the season. [12]

Individual statistical leaders

CategoryPlayerTeam(s)Statistic
Efficiency per game Maodo Nguirane JS Kairouan 21.7
Points per game Reggie Holmes Al Ahly 20.2
Rebounds per game Todd O'Brien 14.0
Assists per gameAhmed DhifJS Kairouan5.7
Steals per gameReggie HolmesAl Ahly2.6
Blocks per game Mohamed Choua AS Salé 2.0
Turnovers per game James Justice Jr. Smouha 3.0
Minutes per game34.1
FG%Augustine Okosun59.0%
3P%Ahmed Azab Farag60.0%
Double-doublesMaodo NguiraneJS Kairouan4
Todd O'Brien Al Ahly

Individual game highs

CategoryPlayerTeam(s)Statistic
Efficiency Eduardo Mingas Primeiro de Agosto 35
Abderrahim Najah AS Salé
Points Manny Quezada Primeiro de Agosto 36
ReboundsAubin Junior Kasongo BC Mazembe 23
Assists Yassine El Mahsini AS Salé13
StealsCarlos CabralPrimeiro de Agosto8
BlocksNick West ES Radès 5
TurnoversEngelbert Beleck REG 8
2-point field goalsElhadji MbodjiES Radès12
3-point field goals Reggie Holmes Al Ahly 7

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