List of BAL finals

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BAL Finals
BAL Finals logo.jpeg
Organising body Basketball Africa League
Founded2021
First season 2021
International cup(s) FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Current champions Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly (1st title)
(2023)
Website thebal.com
Basketball current event.svg 2022 BAL Finals

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) is a seasonal basketball league established in 2019 and first held in 2021. The league is open to national champions of FIBA Africa member countries. The finals of each season are played in a single-game format, which is held at an arena that is chosen by the BAL organisation.

Contents

The data below does not include the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup, the predecessor of the BAL that was held from 1972 to 2019.

Champions

The first parentheses in the champions and runners-up columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second parentheses indicate the number of times that teams have appeared in an BAL Finals as well as each respective team's BAL Finals record to date.

SeasonYearChampionsCoachResultRunners-upCoachArenaAttendanceReference
1 2021 Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek (2)(1, 1–0) Augustí Julbe 76–63 Flag of Tunisia.svg US Monastir (1) (1, 0–1) Mounir Ben Slimane Kigali Arena, Kigali, Rwanda1,789 [lower-alpha 1] [1]
2 2022 Flag of Tunisia.svg US Monastir (2)(2, 1–1) Miodrag Perišić 83–72 Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda (2) (1, 0–1) José Neto BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (2)10,000 [2] [3] [4]
3 2023 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly (2) (1, 1–0) Augustí Julbe 80–65 Flag of Senegal.svg AS Douanes (2) (1, 0–1) Pabi Gueye BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (3)7,532 [5]

Performances

Performance by club

ClubTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
Flag of Tunisia.svg US Monastir 11 2022 2021
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 10 2023
Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek 10 2021
Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda 01 2022
Flag of Senegal.svg AS Douanes 01 2023

Performance by country

Teams from three nations have been to a BAL final, and teams from two countries have won the competition thus far.

Performances in finals by nation
NationTitlesRunners-upTotal
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 202
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 112
Flag of Angola.svg Angola 011
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 011

Performance by head coach

Augusti Julbe is the only coach to have won two BAL titles Augusti Julbe.jpg
Augustí Julbe is the only coach to have won two BAL titles
ClubTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
Flag of Spain.svg Augustí Julbe 20 2022, 2023
Flag of Serbia.svg Miodrag Perišić 10 2021
Flag of Tunisia.svg Mounir Ben Slimane 01 2021
Flag of Brazil.svg José Neto 01 2022
Flag of Senegal.svg Pabi Gueye 01 2023

Finals hosted by arena

The finals are played in a pre-determined venue, from 2021 to 2023 this was the BK Arena (formerly the Kigali Arena) in Kigali as the BAL agreed with the Rwandan Ministry of Sports.

ArenaLocationFinalsYears hosted
BK Arena [lower-alpha 2] Flag of Rwanda.svg Kigali, Rwanda 3 2021, 2022, 2023

Top scorer

Clubs denoted in italics lost the finals in that year.

YearTop scorerClubPoints
2021 Flag of Nigeria.svg Michael Fakuade Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek 15
2022 Flag of Angola.svg Gerson Gonçalves Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda 28
2023 Flag of South Sudan.svg Nuni Omot Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 22

Players with multiple BAL titles

No. of championshipsPlayerPositionSeasonsChampionship teamsRef.
PlayedWinning Percentage
2 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Solo Diabate G3 Zamalek (2021)
US Monastir (2022)
Flag of Nigeria.svg Michael Fakuade F2 Zamalek (2021)
Al Ahly (2023)

Notes

  1. The attendance in the 2021 finals was limited due to government regulations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, as social distancing was enforced.
  2. The BK Arena was known as Kigali Arena until 2021.

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References

  1. "Egypt's Zamalek wins inaugural Basketball Africa League". www.nba.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  2. "US Monastir are the 2022 Basketball Africa League Champions". The BAL. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  3. "Kings in the North: Tunisia's US Monastir crowned BAL champions". ESPN.com. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  4. "BAL Announces Teams, Conferences & Game Schedule Ahead of 2023 Season Tipping off March 11th". BAL . 13 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  5. "Al Ahly are the 2023 BAL champions". The BAL. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.