2025 BAL season group phase

The 2025 BAL season group phase begins on 4 April and will end on 25 May 2024. The 12 teams of the group phase are allocated into three conferences. The BAL announced the official schedule on 28 February 2025. ^[1]

It is the first time that the any BAL game is hosted in Morocco, and the first time that Kigali hosted a group phase, as the previous games they were hosted were playoffs and finals games.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the regular season was determined as follows: ^{[2] [3]}

1. Win-loss record;
2. Head-to-head record;
3. Point differential in the games between the respective teams;
4. Number of points scored in the games between the respective teams;
5. Average point differential in all games against other teams in the Conference;
6. Average number of points scored in all games played against other teams in the Conference;
7. Drawing.

Kalahari Conference

All times are in local time (UTC+01:00).

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification		AIA	RIV	FUS	SMB
1	Al Ittihad Alexandria	6	6	0	526	428	+98	1.000	Advance to playoffs		—	94–77	98–74	91–68
2	Rivers Hoopers	6	4	2	484	466	+18	.667			80–100	—	88–82	79–59
3	FUS Rabat (H)	6	2	4	456	475	−19	.333	Possibly advance to the playoffs		60–71	71–79	—	92–72
4	Stade Malien	6	0	6	395	492	−97	.000			69–72	60–81	67–77	—

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: BAL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Stade Malien v Rivers Hoopers

5 April 2025	Stade Malien	60–81	Rivers Hoopers	Rabat, Morocco
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 12–25, 12–21, 13–19
	Pts: Coulibaly 20 Rebs: Doumbya 11 Asts: Coulibaly 6	Boxscore	Pts: Amayo 19 Rebs: Olisemeka 12 Asts: Akec, Shamba 4	Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah Attendance: 3,329 Referees: Ian Mcclenny, Oumar Sy, Natascha Onono

FUS Rabat v Al Ittihad Alexandria

5 April 2025	FUS Rabat	60–71	Al Ittihad Alexandria	Rabat, Morocco
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 7–17, 18–18, 14–16
	Pts: Jordan 22 Rebs: Jordan, Fofana 5 Asts: Zouzoua 5	Boxscore	Pts: King 19 Rebs: Deng 12 Asts: Vinales 4	Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah Attendance: 5,180 Referees: Julian Mcfadden, Erick Otieno, Sarty Nghixulifwa

Stade Malien v Al Ittihad Alexandria

6 April 2025	Stade Malien	69–72	Al Ittihad Alexandria	Rabat, Morocco
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 22–18, 11–15, 15–20
	Pts: Diarra 19 Rebs: Doumbya 7 Asts: Coulibaly 5	Boxscore	Pts: Deng 21 Rebs: Khalaf 11 Asts: Vinales 4	Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah Referees: Yann Davidson, Arnold Moseya, Dorothy Okatch

Rivers Hoopers v FUS Rabat

6 April 2025	Rivers Hoopers	88–82	FUS Rabat	Rabat, Morocco
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 27–25, 15–25, 23–15
	Pts: Akec 25 Rebs: Olisemeka 14 Asts: Shamba 6	Boxscore	Pts: Zouzoua 21 Rebs: Jordan 9 Asts: Jordan 11	Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah Attendance: 4,372 Referees: Leah Lanie, Erik Aellig, Didier Gaga

Rivers Hoopers v Al Ittihad Alexandria

8 April 2025	Rivers Hoopers	80–100	Al Ittihad Alexandria	Rabat, Morocco
17:00	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Rivers Hoopers v Al Ittihad		Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah

FUS Rabat v Stade Malien

8 April 2025	FUS Rabat	92–72	Stade Malien	Rabat, Morocco
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 29–12, 16–29, 21–19, 26–12
	Pts: Zouzoua 22 Rebs: Diagne 6 Asts: Zouita 8	Boxscore	Pts: Doumbya 15 Rebs: Coulibaly 5 Asts: Diarra, Doumbia 5	Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah Attendance: 3,520 Referees: Julian McFadden, Yann Vezo Davidson, Natascha Onono

Al Ittihad Alexandria v Stade Malien

10 April 2025	Al Ittihad Alexandria	91–68	Stade Malien	Rabat, Morocco
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 22–15, 20–15, 29–23
	Pts: King 22 Rebs: Deng 9 Asts: Metwaly 5	Boxscore	Pts: Coulibaly 25 Rebs: Enan 8 Asts: Coulibaly, Enan 3	Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah Attendance: 915 Referees: Ian Mcclenny, Erick Otieno, Sarty Nghixulifwa

FUS Rabat v Rivers Hoopers

10 April 2025	FUS Rabat	71–79	Rivers Hoopers	Rabat, Morocco
20:00	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Rabat v Rivers Hoopers		Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah

Al Ittihad Alexandria v Rivers Hoopers

12 April 2025	Al Ittihad Alexandria	94–77	Rivers Hoopers	Rabat, Morocco
16:00	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Al Ittihad v Rivers Hoopers		Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah

Stade Malien v FUS Rabat

12 April 2025	Stade Malien	67–77	FUS Rabat	Rabat, Morocco
19:00	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Stade Malien v Rabat		Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah

Rivers Hoopers v Stade Malien

13 April 2025	Rivers Hoopers	79–59	Stade Malien	Rabat, Morocco
16:00	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Rivers Hoopers v Stade Malien		Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah

Al Ittihad Alexandria v FUS Rabat

13 April 2025	Al Ittihad Alexandria	98–74	FUS Rabat	Rabat, Morocco
19:00	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Al Ittihad v Rabat		Arena: Salle Moulay Abdellah

Sahara Conference

Main article: 2025 BAL Sahara Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification		AVD	BBB	CCC	DDD
1	ASCVD (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to playoffs		—
2	Kriol Star	0	0	0	0	0	0	—				—
3	Petro de Luanda	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	Possibly advance to the playoffs				—
4	US Monastir	0	0	0	0	0	0	—						—

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: BAL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Nile Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification		APR	BBB	CCC	DDD
1	APR	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to playoffs		—
2	MBB	0	0	0	0	0	0	—				—
3	Al Ahli Tripoli	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	Possibly advance to the playoffs				—
4	Nairobi City Thunder	0	0	0	0	0	0	—						—

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: BAL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Sahara		0	0	0	0	0	0	—	Advance to playoffs
2	Kalahari		0	0	0	0	0	0	—
3	Nile		0	0	0	0	0	0	—

Source: BAL

References

2. "What can happen on the last day of the 2023 Sahara Conference?". The BAL. 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
3. "Who will clinch the last two tickets for the 2024 BAL Playoffs?". The BAL. Retrieved 2024-05-12.