2023 BAL season

2023 BAL season
Al Ahly receiving the trophy after winning the final
League	Basketball Africa League
Season	2023
Dates	11 March – 27 May 2023
Number of games	38
Number of teams	12
Season
Season MVP	Nuni Omot (Al Ahly)
Finals
Champions	Al Ahly (1st title)
Runners-up	AS Douanes
Third place	Stade Malien
Fourth place	Petro de Luanda
Records
Biggest home win	41 points Petro de Landa 87–48 Cape Town Tigers (30 April 2023)
Highest attendance	9,874 AS Douanes 70–76 ABC Fighters (11 March 2023)
Lowest attendance	214 REG 64–48 Kwara Falcons (12 March 2023)
Seasons
← 2022 (Season 2) 2024 (Season 4) →

The 2023 BAL season, also known as BAL Season 3, was the third season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). ^[1] The season began on 11 March 2023 and ended on 27 May 2023. The playoffs were played in the BK Arena in Kigali, which hosted the final stage for a third season in a row. The regular season was played in Dakar, Senegal and Cairo, Egypt, both venues hosted a conference for a second year in a row.

Al Ahly defeated AS Douanes in the final, which was played in the BK Arena in Kigali, for a first-ever BAL title. ^[2] As the winners, Al Ahly automatically qualified for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Singapore. ^[3]

US Monastir were the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous edition, but were eliminated in the Sahara Conference.

Qualification

Main article: 2023 BAL qualification

The first round of the qualifying stage consists of 20 teams that play in four groups of five, each held in different cities. In the Elite 16, the teams are joined by 6 teams that qualified during the previous 2022 BAL qualification. Two groups of five teams are played to determine the six teams that advance to the main tournament. ^[4]

On 21 September 2021, FIBA Africa announced the 26 teams in the qualifying tournaments as well as the six countries that would qualify directly. ^[4]

East Division

Group phase

Group A (Niamey)	Group B (Yaoundé)
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 ABC Fighters 3 6 2 Stade Malien 3 5 3 Elan Coton (W) 3 4 4 Nigelec (H) 3 3 Source: Road to BAL (H) Hosts; (W) Advanced with wild card	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Bangui Sporting Club 2 4 2 Nueva Era 2 3 3 Espoir 2 2 Source: Road to BAL

Elite 16

Group A (Abidjan)	Group B (Abidjan)
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Bangui Sporting Club 3 6 2 ABC Fighters 3 4 3 AS Salé 3 4 4 Elan Coton 3 4 Source: Road to BAL	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Stade Malien 3 6 2 SLAC 3 5 3 FAP 3 4 4 Nueva Era 3 3 Source: Road to BAL

Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 November 2022
	Bangui Sporting Club	61
					19 November 2022
	SLAC	69
					SLAC	70
	18 November 2022
					ABC Fighters	81
	Stade Malien	59
	ABC Fighters	62
					Third place game
					19 November 2022
					Bangui Sporting Club	59
					Stade Malien	62

East Division

Group phase

Group A (Dar es Salaam)	Group B (Antananarivo)
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Urunani 3 6 2 City Oilers 3 5 3 ABC (H) 3 4 4 Matero Magic 3 3 Source: Road to BAL (H) Hosts	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 COSPN (H) 2 4 2 KPA 2 3 3 Djabal Iconi 2 2 Source: Road to BAL (H) Hosts

Elite 16

Group C (Johannesburg)	Group D (Johannesburg)
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Urunani 3 5 2 Cape Town Tigers 3 5 3 NBA Academy Africa 3 5 4 KPA 3 3 Source: Road to BAL	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 City Oilers 3 6 2 Ferroviário da Beira 3 5 3 Matero Magic 3 4 4 COSPN 3 3 Source: Road to BAL

Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 November
	Urunani	62
					27 November
	Ferroviário da Beira	68
					Ferroviário da Beira	71
	26 November
					Cape Town Tigers	81
	City Oilers	69
	Cape Town Tigers	75
					Third place game
					27 November
					Urunani	62
					City Oilers	71

Teams

Petro de Luanda was the first team to qualify for the season when it won the Angolan League on 10 May 2022. ^[5] The last qualified team was City Oilers who captured the third place in the Road to BAL East Division on 27 November 2022. The twelve teams of the 2023 BAL season were officially confirmed on 13 February 2023. ^[6] After an absence of a Nigerian representative in the 2022 season due to FIBA's punishment of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, ^[7] Kwara Falcons was directly qualified as winners of the Nigerian Premier League. ^[8]

Al Ahly, Kwara Falcons, ABC Fighters and Stade Malien made their league debuts. ABC Fighters was the first team from Ivory Coast to play in the BAL, while City Oilers was the first team from Uganda. ^{[9] [6]}

Two teams, defending champions US Monastir and runners-up Petro de Luanda, appear in their third consecutive season.

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Previous appearance	Consecutive appearances	Previous best performance
Petro de Luanda	Angolan Basketball League winners	10 May 2022 [5]	3rd	2022	3	Runners-up (2022)
US Monastir	Championnat National A winners	16 May 2022	3rd	2022	3	Champions (2022)
Al Ahly	Egyptian Super League winners	16 May 2022 [10]	1st	–	1	–
REG	RBL winners	19 September 2022 [11]	2nd	2022	2	Quarter-finals (2022)
AS Douanes	Nationale 1 winners	15 October 2022 [12]	2nd	2021	1	Quarter-finals (2021)
Kwara Falcons	NBBF Premier League winners	12 November 2022 [8]	1st	–	1	–
ABC Fighters	Road to BAL West Division winners	17 November 2022 [9]	1st	–	1	–
SLAC	Road to BAL West Division runners-up	17 November 2022 [13]	2nd	2022	2	Quarter-finals (2022)
Stade Malien	Road to BAL West Division third place	18 November 2022 [14]	1st	–	1	–
Ferroviário da Beira	Road to BAL East Division runners-up	26 November 2022 [15]	2nd	2022	2	Group stage (2022)
Cape Town Tigers	Road to BAL East Division winners	26 November 2022 [16]	2nd	2022	2	Quarter-finals (2022)
City Oilers	Road to BAL East Division third place	27 November 2022	1st	–	1	–

Personnel

Augustí Julbe of Al Ahly was the only coach this season to already have won a BAL championship, as he won the 2021 title with Zamalek.

Team	Head coach	Captain
ABC Fighters	Liz Mills [17]	Stéphane Konaté
Al Ahly	Augustí Julbe [18]	Seif Samir
AS Douanes	Pabi Guèye	Alkaly Ndour
Cape Town Tigers	Rasheed Hazzard [19]	Pieter Prinsloo
City Oilers	Mandy Juruni	James Okello
Ferroviário da Beira	Luís Lopes Hernandez [20]	Will Perry
Kwara Falcons	Baba Jubril	Victor Ezeh
Petro de Luanda	José Neto [21]	Carlos Morais
REG	Dean Murray [22]	Olivier Shyaka
SLAC	Željko Zečević	Ibrahima Kalil Fofana
Stade Malien	Kaba Kanté	Makan Keita
US Monastir	Miodrag Perišić [23]	Radhouane Slimane

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 BAL Elevate program. ^[24] The players were drafted in an online meeting by the teams and the official list were announced on 28 February 2023. ^[25]

Team	Players					Elevate player [25]
	1	2	3	4
ABC Fighters [lower-roman 1]	Omar Abada [28]	Tylor Ongwae [28]	Ousmane Dramé [28]	Abdoulaye Harouna [26]		Joy Ighovodja
Al Ahly	Nuni Omot [29]	Michael Fakuade [30]	Michael Thompson [29]	Corey Webster [31]		Ladji Camara
AS Douanes	Matthew Bryan-Amaning [32]	Michael Ochereobia [33]	Terrell Stoglin [34]	Chris Crawford [35]		Khaman Maluach
Cape Town Tigers [lower-roman 2]	Evans Ganapamo [36]	Michael Gbinije [36]	Zaire Wade [37]	Marvin Smith Jr. [38]		Parby Musongela
City Oilers	Ngor Barnaba [39]	Falando Jones [39]	James Justice Jr. [40]	—		Obe Ezekiel
Ferroviário da Beira	Makhtar Gueye [41]	Bourama Sidibe [42]	Will Perry [42]	Najeal Young [42]		Paul Kabenga Mbiya
Kwara Falcons	Sita Conteh [43]	Kevin Nyemeck [43]	A. J. Wilson [44]	Ruot Monyyong [43]		Modou Fall Thiam [45]
Petro de Luanda	Solo Diabate [46]	Damian Hollis [47]	Ater Majok [48]	—		Seifeldin Hendaway
REG	Pitchou Kambuy Manga [49]	Beleck Bell Engelbert [49]	Cleveland Thomas [50]	Delwan Graham [49]		Ulrich Chomche
SLAC	Michael Nwabuzor [39]	Uchenna Iroegbu [39]	Dane Miller Jr. [51]	Sedrick Barefield [39]		Mabilmawut Mabil
Stade Malien	Kelvin Amayo [52]	Gregory Foster [38]	Brian Bridgeford [52]	John Wilkins [52]		Rueben Chinyelu
US Monastir	Ibrahima Thomas [53]	Jerome Randle [54]	—	—		Churchill Abass

Notes

1. The ABC Fighters played the regular season with Chudier Bile (South Sudan), Alex Robinson (United States) and Chris Obekpa (Nigeria) as import players. They switched the three players ahead of the playoffs. ^{[26] [27]}
2. The Cape Town Tigers played in the regular season with Josh Hall as an import player, however, Hall was released and replaced with Marvin Smith Jr. ahead of the playoffs.

Notable transactions

• On 23 September 2022, Petro de Luanda signed two-time BAL champion Solo Diabate, who came over from US Monastir. ^[46]
• On 10 January 2023, AS Douanes announced the signing of two-time BAL scoring champion Terrell Stoglin. They signed Chris Crawford, who played in the two previous BAL seasons, as well to complete their back court. ^[55]
• On 21 January 2023, US Monastir signed Jerome Randle, a former NBL MVP winner in Australia. ^[54]
• On 4 February 2023, the Cape Town Tigers signed Zaire Wade. Because Zaire is the son of Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade, the signing gained attention in the United States. ^[37]
• On 23 February 2023, ABC Fighters announced the signing of Abdoulaye Harouna, who lined up for his third BAL season. ^[26]
• On 10 March 2023, Petro de Luanda signed Ater Majok, reigning BAL champion and the reigning Defensive Player of the Year. Majok came over from US Monastir. ^[56]
• In May, ahead of the playoffs, the ABC Fighters signed Omar Abada, who was an All-BAL First Team selection in 2021. ^[28]

Pre-season

US Monastir, as champions of the 2022 BAL season, participated in the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup. It was the second time a BAL team participated in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. In the competition, played in February and hosted in La Laguna in Spain, Monastir finished fourth after two losses against CB Canarias and Rio Grande Valley Vipers. ^[57]

ESPN declared Petro de Luanda, last year's runners-up, as the title favourites in their annual season preview. ^[58]

Combine

The league hosted their official second BAL Combine on 15 and 16 January 2023 at The One Ball Training Center in Paris. ^[59] The combine featured 30 players and was directed by former NBA head coach Quin Snyder. ^[60] Several players signed a contract with a BAL team after participating in the Combine. ^[61]

Signed players from the 2023 BAL Combine

Player	Team
Adonis Filer	REG
Chudier Bile	ABC Fighters
Makhtar Gueye	Ferroviário da Beira
Zaire Wade	Cape Town Tigers

Schedule

The schedule for the 2023 season was officially released on 13 February 2023. ^[6]

Phase	Round	Draw date	Games
Qualifying	First Round	–	12–30 October 2022
	Elite 16	3 November 2022	14–27 November 2022
Group phase	Sahara Conference	–	11–21 March 2023
	Nile Conference		26 April – 6 May 2023
Playoffs	Quarter-finals		21–27 May 2023
	Semi-finals
	Final and third place

Regular season

The regular season is played from 11 March to 6 May 2023. The twelve teams are divided into two conferences of six teams each. Teams in each group play each other one time, whereafter the top four teams advance to the playoffs.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the regular season is determined as follows: [62] Win-loss record; Head-to-head record; Point differential in the games between the respective teams; Number of points scored in the games between the respective teams; Average point differential in all games against other teams in the Conference; Average number of points scored in all games played against other teams in the Conference; Drawing.

Sahara Conference

Main article: 2023 BAL Sahara Conference

The games of the Sahara Conference were played from 11 March to 21 March 2023 and were hosted in the Dakar Arena in Dakar, Senegal for a second consecutive season. Stade Malien finished as Conference winner, due to their head-to-head point difference that determined the ranking of five teams with a 3–2 record. The defending BAL champions, US Monastir, missed the playoffs after they lost on the last game day.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification		SML	ASD	REG	ABC	USM	KWA
1	Stade Malien	5	3	2	378	361	+17	.600 [lower-alpha 1]	Advance to playoffs		—	—	84–64	—	68–78	—
2	AS Douanes (H)	5	3	2	350	331	+19	.600 [lower-alpha 1]			74–58	—	—	70–76	—	—
3	REG	5	3	2	356	344	+12	.600 [lower-alpha 1]			—	69–55	—	—	79–84	64–48
4	ABC Fighters	5	3	2	389	390	−1	.600 [lower-alpha 1]			71–90	—	73–80	—	90–74	—
5	US Monastir	5	3	2	381	388	−7	.600 [lower-alpha 1]			—	60–76	—	—	—	85–74
6	Kwara Falcons	5	0	5	341	381	−40	.000			74–78	68–75	—	76–79	—	—

Source: BAL, Flashscore
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Five tied teams were ranked on point differential in the games against each other: 1) Stade Malien +13; 2) AS Douanes +12; 3) REG –4; 4) ABC Fighters –4; 5) US Monastir –18.

Nile Conference

Main article: 2023 BAL Nile Conference

The games of the Nile Conference will be played from 26 April to 6 May 2023 and will be played in the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in 6th of October, Cairo, Egypt.

Petro de Luanda went undefeated and won the conference, after defeating four teams with a margin of at least 17 points. In the most notable match-up of the conference, Petro de Luanda defeated Al Ahly on a buzzer-beater by Gerson Gonçalves.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification		PDL	AAH	CFV	CTT	SLC	COI
1	Petro de Luanda	5	5	0	463	363	+100	1.000	Advance to playoffs		—	91–90	—	87–48	—	89–71
2	Al Ahly (H)	5	4	1	425	380	+45	.800			—	—	92–73	—	80–70	—
3	Ferroviário da Beira	5	2	3	416	462	−46	.400 [lower-alpha 1]			76–101	—	—	82–76	—	—
4	Cape Town Tigers	5	2	3	354	398	−44	.400 [lower-alpha 1]			—	75–91	—	—	—	80–70
5	SLAC	5	1	4	409	427	−18	.200 [lower-alpha 2]			78–95	—	97–109	68–75	—	—
6	City Oilers	5	1	4	375	412	−37	.200 [lower-alpha 2]			—	70–72	96–75	—	68–96	—

Source: BAL, Flashscore
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Head-to-head: Ferroviário da Beira defeated Cape Town Tigers 82–76 on 3 May 2023.
2. Head-to-head: SLAC defeated City Oilers 96–68 on 2 May 2023.

Playoffs

Main article: 2023 BAL Playoffs

The playoffs were held from 21 May to 27 May 2023 in the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda for the third consecutive season.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	21 May
	Al Ahly	94
					25 May
	REG	77
					Al Ahly	78
	21 May
					Stade Malien	73
	Stade Malien	78
									27 May
	Cape Town Tigers	69
									Al Ahly	80
	22 May
									AS Douanes	65
	Petro de Luanda	88
					25 May
	ABC Fighters	84
					Petro de Luanda	86
	22 May
					AS Douanes	92			Third place game
	AS Douanes	93
									26 May
	Ferroviário da Beira	73
									Petro de Luanda	65
									Stade Malien	73

Individual awards

Nuni Omot received the BAL Hakeem Olajuwon Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the Coach of the Year award was announced on 26 May. ^[63] The Defensive Player of the Year, Sportsmanship Award and Most Valuable Player were announced on 27 May. The BAL's community service award, the Ubuntu Award, was decided by an online fan vote and the winner was announced on 30 January 2024. ^[64]

• Most Valuable Player: Nuni Omot, Al Ahly
• Defensive Player of the Year: Aliou Diarra, Stade Malien
• Coach of the Year: Pabi Gueye, AS Douanes
• Sportsmanship Award: Will Perry, Ferroviário da Beira
• Ubuntu Award: Tonny Drileba, City Oilers ^[64]
• All-BAL First Team ^[65]
  • G Chris Crawford, AS Douanes
  • G Jean Jacques Boissy, AS Douanes
  • F Dane Miller Jr., SLAC
  • F Nuni Omot, Al Ahly
  • C Aliou Diarra, Stade Malien
• BAL All-Defensive Team
  • G Childe Dundão, Petro de Luanda
  • G Jean Jacques Boissy, AS Douanes
  • F Samkelo Cele, Cape Town Tigers
  • C Aliou Diarra, Stade Malien
  • C Ater Majok, Petro de Luanda

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Category	Player	Team(s)	Statistic
Points per game	Falando Jones	City Oilers	21.6
Rebounds per game	Aliou Diarra	Stade Malien	12.8
Assists per game	Cleveland Thomas	REG	6.7
Steals per game	Dane Miller Jr.	SLAC	3.2
Blocks per game	Aliou Diarra	Stade Malien	2.3
Minutes per game	Dane Miller Jr.	SLAC	39.3
FG%	Dane Miller Jr.	SLAC	55.6%
3P%	Ibrahima Thomas	US Monastir	44.8%
FT%	Will Perry	Ferroviário da Beira	96.7%

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points	Will Perry	Ferroviário da Beira	41
Rebounds	Aliou Diarra	Stade Malien	16
Assists	Cleveland Thomas	REG	10
	Dane Miller Jr.	SLAC
	Will Perry	Ferroviário da Beira
Steals	Ulrich Kra	ABC Fighters	6
Blocks	Aliou Diarra	Stade Malien	5
	Ater Majok	Petro de Luanda
	Mouhamadou Diagne	AS Douanes
Three pointers	Will Perry	Ferroviário da Beira	9

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