The Basketball Africa League (BAL) is a seasonal basketball league established in 2019 and first held in 2021. The league is a joint venture by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and FIBA, and 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. The winner automatically qualifies for that year's FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
The data below does not include the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup, the predecessor of the BAL that was held between 1972 and 2019.
Zamalek won the inaugural final in 2021. Petro de Luanda are the current champions, having won the 2024 final. Four different teams have won the BAL championship so far. Egyptian teams have won the competition the most times with two wins. Al Ahli Tripoli is the only team that has started from the Road to BAL qualifiers to have won the finals.
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 Zamalek (2) (1, 1–0) Augustí Julbe 76–63 US Monastir (1) (1, 0–1) Mounir Ben Slimane Kigali Arena, Kigali, Rwanda 2 2022 US Monastir (2) (2, 1–1) Miodrag Perišić 83–72 Petro de Luanda (2) (1, 0–1) José Neto BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (2) 3 2023 Al Ahly (2) (1, 1–0)Augustí Julbe 80–65 AS Douanes (2) (1, 0–1)Pabi Gueye BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (3)42024 Petro de Luanda (6) (2, 1–1)Sergio Valdeolmillos107–94 Al Ahly Ly (7) (1, 0–1)Ivan JeremićBK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (4)52025 Al Ahli Tripoli (2) (1, 1–0)Fouad Abou Chakra88–67 Petro de Luanda (6) (3, 1–2)Sergio ValdeolmillosSunBet Arena, Pretoria, South Africa62026 RSSB Tigers (3) (1, 1–0)Henry Mwinuka90–88 Petro de Luanda (1) (4, 1–3)Sergio ValdeolmillosBK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (5)
Performances
Performance by club
+Performances in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) by clubClubTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up Petro de Luanda1320242022, 2025, 2026 US Monastir1120222021 RSSB Tigers102026 Al Ahli Tripoli102025 Al Ahly102023 Zamalek102021 AS Douanes012023 Al Ahly Ly012024
Performance by country Teams from six nations have been to a BAL final, and teams from five countries have won the competition thus far. <onlyinclude> + Performances in finals by nation Nation Titles Runners-up Total Angola 1 3 4 Egypt 2 0 2 Libya112 Tunisia 1 1 2 Rwanda101 Senegal011
Performance by head coach
ClubTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up Augustí Julbe202021, 2023 Sergio Valdeolmillos1220242025, 2026 Henry Mwinuka102026 Fouad Abou Chakra102025 Miodrag Perišić102022 Mounir Ben Slimane01 2021 José Neto012022 Pabi Guèye012023 Ivan Jeremić012024
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. Later, the BAL and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) agreed to host the finals of 2024, 2026 and 2028 as well. ArenaLocationFinalsYears BK Arena Kigali, Rwanda 6 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026, 2028SunBet Arena Pretoria, South Africa12025
Top scorer Clubs denoted in italics and an asterisk lost the finals in the given year. +Top scorers in the final of the Basketball Africa League by yearYearTop scorerClubPoints2021 Michael Fakuade Zamalek 152022 Gerson Gonçalves Petro de Luanda* 282023 Nuni Omot Al Ahly222024 Nick Faust Petro de Luanda24 Majok Deng Al Ahly Ly*2025 Assem Marei Al Ahli Tripoli222026 Craig Randall II RSSB Tigers33
Players with multiple BAL titles No. of championshipsPlayerPositionSeasonsChampionship teamsRef.PlayedWinning Percentage2 Solo DiabateG4Zamalek (2021)US Monastir (2022) Michael FakuadeF2Zamalek (2021)Al Ahly (2023)
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