Africa Basketball League All-Star Team

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The FIBA Africa Basketball League All-Star Team was a selection of the five best players in the now defunct FIBA Africa Basketball League (ABL) season. Formerly the league was named the FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup (ACC).

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Eduardo Mingas holds the record for most selections, with five.

Selections

^Denotes players who are still active in the BAL
*Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has been selected
Player
(in bold text)
Indicates the player who won the Most Valuable Player in the same year
Serge Ibaka, at age 17, was named to the 2006 team Serge Ibaka, Markieff Morris (26715101498) (cropped).jpg
Serge Ibaka, at age 17, was named to the 2006 team
Eduardo Mingas has been selected a record 5 times for the All-Star Team Eduardo Mingas.JPG
Eduardo Mingas has been selected a record 5 times for the All-Star Team
Kikas Gomes has been named to three all-star teams Gomes.JPG
Kikas Gomes has been named to three all-star teams
SeasonPositionPlayerTeamRef.
2006 G Flag of Angola.svg Milton Barros Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda
G Flag of Angola.svg Armando Costa Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto
F Flag of Nigeria.svg Bukar Muhammed Flag of Nigeria.svg Dodan Warriors
F Flag of Nigeria.svg Stanley Gumut Flag of Nigeria.svg Plateau Peaks
C Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Serge Ibaka Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Inter Club
2007 G Flag of the United States.svg Shannon Crooks Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda
G Flag of Angola.svg Olímpio Cipriano Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto
F Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stephané Konaté Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ABC
F Flag of Angola.svg Eduardo Mingas Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda
C Flag of Angola.svg Kikas Gomes Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto
2008 G Flag of Tunisia.svg Omar Mouhli Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Sahel
G Flag of Libya.svg Mohamed Mrsal Flag of Libya.svg Al Shabab
F Flag of Tunisia.svg Atef Maoua
F Flag of Nigeria.svg Dennis Ebikoro Flag of Nigeria.svg Kano Pillars
C Flag of Angola.svg Kikas Gomes (2) Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto
2009 G Flag of Rwanda.svg Cedric Isom Flag of Rwanda.svg APR
G Flag of the United States.svg Curtis Terry Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda
F Flag of Angola.svg Vladimir Gerónimo Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto
F Flag of Cape Verde.svg Rodrigo Mascarenhas Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto
C Flag of Angola.svg Eduardo Mingas (2) Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda
2010 G Flag of Nigeria.svg Aboubakar Usman Flag of Nigeria.svg Kano Pillars
G Flag of Cameroon.svg Christian Bayang Flag of Cameroon.svg Condor
F Flag of Angola.svg Felizardo Ambrósio (2) Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto
F Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Echols Flag of Mozambique.svg Maxaquene
F Flag of Angola.svg Kikas Gomes (3) Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto
2011 G Flag of Angola.svg Carlos Morais Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda
G Flag of Cameroon.svg Christian Bayang (2) Flag of Morocco.svg Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
F Flag of the United States.svg Willie Kemp Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Sahel
F Flag of Tunisia.svg Makrem Ben Romdhane Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Sahel
F Flag of Cape Verde.svg Mário Correia Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto
2012 G Flag of Angola.svg Armando Costa (2) Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto
G Flag of Angola.svg Carlos Morais (2) Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto
F Flag of Angola.svg Olímpio Cipriano (2) Flag of Angola.svg Rec do Libolo
F Flag of the United States.svg Torrington Cox Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ittihad
C Flag of Egypt.svg Tarek El-Ghannam Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
2013 G Flag of Rwanda.svg Cedric Isom (2) Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto
F Flag of Tunisia.svg Hamdi Braa Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Sahel
F Flag of Angola.svg Eduardo Mingas (3) Flag of Angola.svg Rec do Libolo
F Flag of Angola.svg Kikas Gomes (4) Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto
C Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Bridgewater Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Sahel
2014 G Flag of Angola.svg Mílton Barros Flag of Angola.svg Benfica do Libolo
F Flag of Angola.svg Eduardo Mingas (4) Flag of Angola.svg Benfica do Libolo
F Flag of Tunisia.svg Makrem Ben Romdhane (2) Flag of Egypt.svg Sporting Alexandria
F Flag of the United States.svg Averon Mathews Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Radès
C Flag of the United States.svg Marcus Haislip Flag of Tunisia.svg Club Africain
2015 G Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Manny Quezada Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda
G Flag of Angola.svg Carlos Morais Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda
F Flag of Angola.svg Leonel Paulo Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda
F Flag of Cape Verde.svg Fidel Mendonça Flag of Cape Verde.svg AD Bairro
C Flag of Morocco.svg Omar Laânani
2016 G Flag of the United States.svg Wayne Arnold Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
G Flag of the United States.svg Je'Kel Foster Flag of Angola.svg Benfica do Libolo
F Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelhakim Zouita Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé
F Flag of Egypt.svg Tarek El-Ghannam (2) Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
C Flag of Angola.svg Valdelício Joaquim Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda
2017 G Flag of Tunisia.svg Omar Abada Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile de Radès [1]
F Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelhakim Zouita Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé
F Flag of Morocco.svg Abderrahim Najah Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé
F Flag of Algeria.svg Mohamed Harat Flag of Algeria.svg GS Pétroliers
C Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Evariste Shonganya Flag of Tunisia.svg US Monastir
2018–19 G Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Manny Quezada (2) Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto [2]
G Flag of the United States.svg James Justice Jr. Flag of Egypt.svg Smouha
F Flag of Angola.svg Eduardo Mingas (5) Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto
F Flag of Morocco.svg Abderrahim Najah (2) Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé
C Flag of Morocco.svg Soufiane Kourdou Flag of Morocco.svg AS Salé

Selections by player

SelectionsPlayer
5 Eduardo Mingas
4 Kikas Gomes
2 Makrem Ben Romdhane
Manny Quezada
Abderrahim Najah
Tarek El-Ghannam
Christian Bayang
Cedric Isom
Armando Costa
Olímpio Cipriano
Felizardo Ambrósio

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