2022 BAL season

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2022 BAL season
Season2022
Dates5 March – 28 May 2022
Number of games38
Number of teams12
Regular season
Season MVP Michael Dixon
(US Monsatir)
Finals
Champions Flag of Tunisia.svg US Monastir (1st title)
  Runners-up Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda
Third place Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek
Fourth place Flag of Cameroon.svg FAP
Records
Biggest home win39 points
Monastir 106–67 Cape Town
(22 May 2022)
Winning streak6 games
Zamalek
Highest attendance7,576
REG 63–66 FAP
(21 May 2022)
Seasons

The 2022 BAL season, also known as BAL Season 2, was the second season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). [1] The season began on 2 March 2022 and ended with the Finals on 28 May 2022. [2] [3] The group phase was played in the Dakar Arena in Dakar and the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in Cairo. The playoffs and finals were played in the BK Arena [upper-alpha 1] in Kigali for a second year in a row.

Contents

Tunisian club US Monastir won the finals to win its first-ever BAL title, after defeating Angolan club Petro de Luanda in the 2022 BAL Finals. [5] As winners, Monastir qualified for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Format

On December 9, 2021, the BAL announced a new format for the season, with an expansion of the number of total games to 38. The twelve qualified teams are divided over two conference of six teams, in which all teams play the other teams once. The top eight teams from both conferences advance to the playoffs, which remains a single-elimination tournament. [2]

Team allocation

On 13 October 2021, FIBA announced the 26 teams from 26 countries which participate in the qualification round. [6] Eventually, 8 teams withdrew from the qualifications.

Group phase
Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek TH (1st) Flag of Tunisia.svg US Monastir (1st) Flag of Senegal.svg DUC (1st) Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda (1st)
Flag of Nigeria.svg Rivers Hoopers (1st) [Note NGR] Flag of Rwanda.svg REG (1st) [Note RWA] Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé (1st) [Note MOR]
First qualifying round
Flag of Algeria.svg WA Boufarik Flag of Mali.svg AS Police (1st) Flag of Cape Verde.svg Prédio Flag of Uganda.svg City Oilers (1st)
Flag of Guinea.svg SLAC (1st) Flag of Burkina Faso.svg AOA (1st) Flag of Benin.svg ASPAC (1st) Flag of Niger.svg Nigelec
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg SOA (1st) Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Espoir Fukash (CW) [Note COD] Flag of Cameroon.svg FAP (1st) Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Malabo Kings (1st)
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Tondema (1st) Flag of Madagascar.svg ASCUT (1st) Flag of South Sudan.svg Cobra Sport Flag of Ethiopia.svg Hawassa City
Flag of Tanzania.svg Kurasini Heat (1st) Flag of Burundi.svg New Star Flag of South Africa.svg Cape Town Tigers (1st) Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário da Beira (QT)
Flag of Mauritius.svg Roche-Bois Warriors Flag of Zambia.svg Matero Magic Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Mercenaries [Note ZIM] Flag of Kenya.svg Ulinzi Warriors (1st)
Flag of Malawi.svg Brave Hearts (1st)
Notes
  1. ^
    DR Congo (COD): In FIBA's team list of 13 October, 2020 national champions ASB Mazembe was announced to be the Congolese representative. However, the Fédération de basketball du Congo (FEBACO) eventually decided to enter 2021 champions Espoir Fukash. [7]
  2. ^
    Morocco (MOR): AS Salé was initially drawn into the second qualifying round, which it withdrew from. Later, the team was awarded the void spot left after the exclusion of the Rivers Hoopers of Nigeria.
  3. ^
    Nigeria (NGR): Nigeria's Rivers Hoopers were excluded from the competition as FIBA Africa ruled the championship it won was not valid because it was not hosted by the Nigeria Basketball Federation. [8] .
  4. ^
    Rwanda (RWA): The national champions from Rwanda were given direct qualification, as the country will host the semi-finals and finals. Morocco's representative, AS Salé, has been dropped from the six countries which qualified directly and will enter the Elite 16 of the qualifying tournament. [9]
  5. ^
    Zimbabwe (ZIM): The representative team from Zimbabwe, Mercenaries pulled out before its games in Group F started. [10]

Teams

The twelve teams for the inaugural BAL season had to qualify in their domestic competitions to be able to play in the league, similar to other FIBA-organised competitions. Six teams qualify directly as domestic champions; six winners of the qualifying tournaments qualify as well.

Qualified teams

On 22 May 2020, Petro de Luanda was announced as the first qualified team for the 2021 BAL season. The Angolan FAB had abandoned the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and awarded the team the place without naming it as champions. [11] Four teams made their debut in the competition. On January 14, 2022, FIBA Africa decided to exclude the Rivers Hoopers as it stated that the Nigeria Basketball Federation failed to organise a national championship. [12] The BAL chose to give AS Salé direct qualification to replace the Nigerian team. REG qualified directly for the regular season as Rwanda hosted the playoffs and finals.

The twelve teams were confirmed by the BAL on 9 December 2021. [2]

Cape Town Tigers (South Africa), Cobra Sport (South Sudan), SLAC (Guinea) and Espoir Fukash (DR Congo) all were the first teams from their countries to play in the BAL.

TeamHome cityQualified asQualified onPrevious BAL seasonsArenaCapacity
Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda Luanda, Angola Champions of the 2020–21 Angolan Basketball League22 May 2020 [11] 1 (2021) Pavilhão da Cidadela 6,873
Flag of Tunisia.svg US Monastir Monastir, Tunisia Champions of the 2020–21 Championnat National A 8 August 20201 (2021) Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall 4,075
Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek Giza, Egypt Champions of the 2020–21 Egyptian Basketball Super League 28 June 20211 ( 2021 ) Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall 4,000
Flag of Senegal.svg DUC Dakar Dakar, Senegal Champions of the 2021 Nationale 1 8 August 2021 [13] Debut Marius Ndiaye Stadium 3,000
Flag of Rwanda.svg REG Kigali, Rwanda Champions of the 2020–21 NBL Rwanda30 October 2021 [14] Debut Amahoro Indoor Stadium 2,000
Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé Salé, Morocco Champions of the 2020–21 Division Excellence 9 December 2021 [2] 1 (2021) Salle El Bouâzzaoui 2,000
Flag of South Sudan.svg Cobra Sport Juba, South Sudan Runners-up of East Division10 December 2021 [15] Debut Dr. Biar Sports Complex N/A
Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário da Beira Beira, Mozambique Winners of East Division10 December 2021 [15] Debut Estádio do Ferroviário Indoor Hall N/A
Flag of Guinea.svg SLAC Conakry, Guinea Runners-up of West Division15 December 2021 [16] Debut Palais des Sports du Stade du 28 Septembre N/A
Flag of Cameroon.svg FAP Yaoundé, Cameroon Winners of West Division15 December 2021 [17] 1 (2021) Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex 5,263
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Espoir Fukash Kinshasa, DR Congo Third place of West Division16 December 2021 [18] DebutN/A
Flag of South Africa.svg Cape Town Tigers Cape Town, South Africa Third place of East Division11 December 2021 [lower-greek 1] DebutN/A
  1. The third place game between Cape Town Tigers and New Star was supposed to be played on 11 December 2021, however, the game was cancelled after six players tested positive on COVID-19 hours before the tip-off. [19] It was a later announced that Cape Town qualified as New Star was forced to forfeit. [20]
Bold: the team won the BAL championship in that year.

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamHead coachTeam captain
AS Salé Flag of Australia (converted).svg Liz Mills [21] Flag of Morocco.svg Yassine El Mahsini
Cape Town Tigers Flag of South Africa.svg Relton Booysen Flag of South Africa.svg Pieter Prinsloo
Cobra Sport Flag of South Sudan.svg Manny Berberi [22] Flag of the United States.svg Jared Harrington
DUC Dakar Flag of Senegal.svg Parfait Adjivon Flag of Senegal.svg Abel Diop
Espoir Fukash Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Raven Mwimba Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Rolly Fula
FAP Flag of Cameroon.svg François Enyegue Flag of Cameroon.svg Ebaku Akumenzoh
Ferroviário da Beira Flag of Spain.svg Luis Lopez Hernandez Flag of Mozambique.svg Armando Baptista
Petro de Luanda Flag of Brazil.svg José Neto Flag of Angola.svg Carlos Morais
REG Flag of the United States.svg Robert Pack [23] Flag of Rwanda.svg Elie Kaje
SLAC Flag of Serbia.svg Željko Zečević Flag of Guinea.svg Mamadi Keita
US Monastir Flag of Serbia.svg Miodrag Perišić Flag of Tunisia.svg Radhouane Slimane
Zamalek Flag of the United States.svg Will Voigt Flag of Egypt.svg Mostafa Kejo

Foreign and Elevate players

Each BAL team was allowed to have four foreign players on its roster, including only two non-African players. Players in italics were signed only for the playoffs. If players have multiple nationalities, the nationality of an African nation is shown.

Each team also featured one player from the NBA Academy Africa, under the new BAL Elevate program. [24]

TeamAfricanNon-AfricanElevate player
1234
AS Salé Flag of Niger.svg Abdoulaye Harouna [25] Flag of Guinea.svg Ousmane Drame [26] Flag of the United States.svg Terrell Stoglin [25] Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Calvo Masa [25] Flag of Morocco.svg Nadir Bennis
Cape Town Tigers Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Myck Kabongo [27] Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Evans Ganapamo [27] Flag of the United States.svg Billy Preston [27] Flag of the United States.svg Cleanthony Early [28]
(replaced Flag of the United States.svg Jamel Artis [27] )
Flag of Senegal.svg Matar Diop
Cobra Sport Flag of Kenya.svg Tom Wamukota [29] Flag of the United States.svg Jared Harrington [30] Flag of the United States.svg Leon Hampton [29] Flag of South Sudan.svg Khaman Maluach
DUC Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Abraham Sie [31] Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Chadrack Lufile [32] Flag of the United States.svg Hameed Ali [32] Flag of France.svg Jordan Aboudou [32] Flag of Senegal.svg Babacar Sané
Espoir Fukash Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Narcisse Ambanza [33] Flag of Nigeria.svg Emmanuel Okorafor
FAP Flag of Cape Verde.svg Joel Almeida [34] Flag of Senegal.svg Abou Diallo [35] Flag of the United States.svg Tyjhai Byers [34] Flag of the United States.svg Deshaun Norman [34] Flag of Cameroon.svg Ulrich Chomche
Ferroviário da Beira Flag of the United States.svg Will Perry [36] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jermel Kennedy [36] Flag of Nigeria.svg Rueben Chinyelu
Petro de Luanda Flag of Cape Verde.svg Anderson Correia [37] Flag of the United States.svg E. C. Matthews [38] Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Thierry Darlan
REG Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Pitchou Kambuy Manga [39] Flag of Senegal.svg Abdoulaye N'Doye [40] Flag of the United States.svg Cleveland Thomas [39] Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Walker [39] Flag of Nigeria.svg Joy Ighovodja
SLAC Flag of Nigeria.svg Josh Nzeakor [41] Flag of Nigeria.svg Chris Obekpa [41] Flag of the United States.svg Dane Miller Jr. [41] Flag of the United States.svg Malcolm Griffin
(replaced Flag of the United States.svg Chris Crawford [41] )
Flag of Senegal.svg Serigne Mbaye
US Monastir Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Solo Diabate [42] Flag of South Sudan.svg Ater Majok [43] Flag of Georgia.svg Michael Dixon [44] Flag of the United States.svg Julius Coles Jr. [45] Flag of Cameroon.svg Charles Loic Onana
Zamalek Flag of Cameroon.svg D. J. Strawberry [46] Flag of Nigeria.svg Ike Diogu [47] Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Édgar Sosa [48] Flag of the United States.svg Mikh McKinney [49] Flag of Senegal.svg Khadim Rassoul Mboup


Schedule

A press conference of the BAL in March 2022 2022-03-06 BAL Press Conference.jpg
A press conference of the BAL in March 2022
PhaseRoundDraw dateGames
QualifyingFirst round13 October 202121–31 October 2021
Elite 1620 November 20216–16 December 2021
Group phaseDakar5–15 March 2022
Cairo9–19 April 2022
PlayoffsQuarter-finals21–28 May 2022
Semi-finals
Final and third place

Qualifying tournaments

The qualifying tournaments started on 21 October 2021 and ended on 16 December 2021, with 23 teams from 23 countries participating. Six teams qualified for the group phase.

Group phase

The group phase began on 5 March 2022 in the Dakar Arena in Dakar, where 15 games will be played. From 9 April to 19 April 2022, the group phase continued in Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in Giza. The four best teams of each conference advanced to the playoffs.

Sahara Conference

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPCTQualification REG USM ASS SLC CFV DUC
1 Flag of Rwanda.svg REG 541431423+8.800 [lower-alpha 1] Advance to playoffs 77–74 91–87 83–81
2 Flag of Tunisia.svg US Monastir 541397355+42.800 [lower-alpha 1] 77–71 74–62
3 Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé 532454438+16.600 90–96 91–81 95–84
4 Flag of Guinea.svg SLAC 5233923942.400 55–76 90–74
5 Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário da Beira 51441644832.200 [lower-alpha 2] 89–94 98–92
6 Flag of Senegal.svg DUC (H)51440243432.200 [lower-alpha 2] 92–86 86–91 70–85
Source: BAL, Afrobasket
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head: REG 77–74 US Monastir on 14 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head: Ferroviário da Beira 98–92 DUC on 8 March 2022.

Nile Conference

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPCTQualification ZAM PDL CTT FAP CBS ESF
1 Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek (H)550444367+771.000Advance to playoffs 85–72 77–63 80–63
2 Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda 541421326+95.800 73–60 92–56 94–64
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Cape Town Tigers 52338643650.400 [lower-alpha 1] 77–101 61–90
4 Flag of Cameroon.svg FAP 5233413476.400 [lower-alpha 1] 70–73 71–64 77–60
5 Flag of South Sudan.svg Cobra Sport 51437040838.200 [lower-alpha 2] 79–83 108–82
6 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Espoir Fukash 51439447278.200 [lower-alpha 2] 92–101 96–92
Source: BAL, Afrobasket
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head: Cape Town Tigers 73–70 FAP on 13 April 2022.
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head: Cobra Sport 108–82 Espoir Fukash on 13 April 2022.

Playoffs

The playoffs began on 21 May and ended on 28 May with the Finals. All games were played in a single-elimination format, and the entire tournament was played at the Kigali Arena in Kigali.

Bracket

 
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
 
          
 
21 May
 
 
N2
Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda
102
 
25 May
 
S3
Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé
89
 
Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda 88
 
21 May
 
Flag of Cameroon.svg FAP 74
 
S1
Flag of Rwanda.svg REG
63
 
28 May
 
N4
Flag of Cameroon.svg FAP
66
 
Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda 72
 
22 May
 
Flag of Tunisia.svg US Monastir 83
 
N1
Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek
66
 
25 May
 
S4
Flag of Guinea.svg SLAC
49
 
Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek 81
 
22 May
 
Flag of Tunisia.svg US Monastir 88 Third place game
 
S2
Flag of Tunisia.svg US Monastir
106
 
27 May
 
N3
Flag of South Africa.svg Cape Town Tigers
67
 
Flag of Cameroon.svg FAP 74
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek 97
 

Awards

This season, the Coach of the Year award and All-Defensive First Team were introduced and announced on 27 May. [50] [51] The MVP and Defensive Player of the Year were announced on 28 May 2022. [5] The BAL Ubuntu Award, for the player that made the greatest contribution to his community, was awarded on 16 March 2023 after a fan vote. [52]

Statistics

The following were the statistical leaders in 2022 BAL season, including all playoff games. [53]

Team statistic leaders

CategoryTeamStatistic
Points per game AS Salé 90.5
Rebounds per game Espoir Fukash 47.8
Assists per game Petro de Luanda 21.5
Steals per game10.6
Blocks per game SLAC 4.8
Turnovers per gameEspoir Fukash20.6
Fouls per game REG 22.3
FG% US Monastir 48.1%
FT%75.3%
3FG%AS Salé38.9%

Notes

  1. The BK Arena was named the Kigali Arena as the name was changed during the season. On May 24, 2022, the arena's name was changed to the BK Arena after a six-year sponsorship deal worth 7 billion RF with the Bank of Kigali. [4]

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