In the Basketball Africa League
| Season | Representative | Road to BAL | Main competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | Result | Qualified | W | L | Result | |||
| 2021 | SLAC | 1 | 2 | First phase |  | DNQ | |||
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |  Silver |  | 3 | 3 | Quarter-finalist | ||
| 2023 | 4 | 1 |  Gold | | TBA | ||||
| Total | 8 | 6 | 2/3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Organising body | FGB |
|---|---|
| Country | Guinea |
| Number of teams | 6 (2021) |
| Current champions | SLAC (6th title) (2021) |
| Most championships | SLAC (6 titles) |
The Ligue 1 is the top tier men's basketball league in Guinea. The defending champion is SLAC, which won its sixth title in 2021. Most games of the league are played in the Palais des Sports next to the Stade du 28 Septembre in Conakry.
Since 2021, the league has not been organised because of a dispute between the Guinean Basketball Federation (FGBB) and Guinea's Ministry of Sport. In February 2023, President of the FGBB Sakoba Keita announced his plans to professionalize the league by allowing teams to have a corporate status and by introducing a minimum salary for players. [1]
In October 2023, instead of organising a league, the federation organised a qualification tournament to decide the country's representative in the Road to BAL. SLAC won the tournament. [2]
In the 2021 season, the league featured six teams: [3]
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Final score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | SLAC | Horoya Athletic Club | 86–44 [6] |
| Season | Representative | Road to BAL | Main competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | Result | Qualified | W | L | Result | |||
| 2021 | SLAC | 1 | 2 | First phase | | DNQ | |||
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | Silver | | 3 | 3 | Quarter-finalist | ||
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | Gold | | TBA | ||||
| Total | 8 | 6 | 2/3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
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