All-BAL First Team

Last updated July 18, 2023

The All-BAL First Team is an annual Basketball Africa League (BAL) honor bestowed on the best players in the league following every BAL season. The first selections were announced on 4 June 2021 after the inaugural season.^[1] Thus far, fifteen players from eight different teams have been named to the all-league team.

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 BAL Most Valuable Player in the same year

Season	Pos.	Player	Team	Ref.
2021	G	Walter Hodge	Zamalek	^[1]
	G	Wael Arakji	US Monastir
	G	Omar Abada ^	US Monastir
	F	Makrem Ben Romdhane	US Monastir
	C	Anas Mahmoud	Zamalek
2022 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	G	Édgar Sosa	Zamalek	^[2]
	G	Terrell Stoglin	AS Salé
	F	Carlos Morais ^	Petro de Luanda
	F	Radhouane Slimane ^	US Monastir
	C	Ater Majok ^	US Monastir
2023	G	Chris Crawford^	AS Douanes	^[3]
	G	Jean Jacques Boissy^	AS Douanes
	F	Dane Miller Jr.^	SLAC
	F	Nuni Omot ^	Al Ahly
	C	Aliou Diarra^	Stade Malien

Statistics

By club

US Monastir has delivered the most all-league selections, holding the record with five players.

Club	Selections
US Monastir	5
Zamalek	3
AS Douanes	2
Al Ahly	1
SLAC	1
Stade Malien	1
Petro de Luanda	1
AS Salé	1

By nationality

Players from Tunisia have been selected to the All-BAL First Team the most, with a total of three selections among Tunisians.

Nationality	Selections
Tunisia	3
United States	3
South Sudan	2
Mali	1
Senegal	1
United States Virgin Islands	1
Lebanon	1
Angola	1
Dominican Republic	1

Notes

↑ In the 2022 season, the BAL Most Valuable Player was not in the First Team, as Michael Dixon was not selected.

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References

1 2 @theBAL (4 June 2021). "The All-BAL First Team. ⭐" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 June 2021– via Twitter.
↑ "US Monastir are the 2022 Basketball Africa League Champions". The BAL. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
↑ "MVP Nuni Omot leads Al Ahly to BAL title in Kigali". ESPN.com. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

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[2] In the 2022 season, the BAL Most Valuable Player was not in the First Team, as Michael Dixon was not selected.

[:0-1] 1 2 @theBAL (4 June 2021). "The All-BAL First Team. ⭐" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 June 2021– via Twitter.

[3] "US Monastir are the 2022 Basketball Africa League Champions". The BAL. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

[4] "MVP Nuni Omot leads Al Ahly to BAL title in Kigali". ESPN.com. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

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