List of BAL finals
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| Organising body | Basketball Africa League |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 |
| First season | 2021 |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| International cup | FIBA Intercontinental Cup |
| Current champions |  Al Ahli Tripoli (1st title) (2025) |
| Most championships | 5 teams (1 title each) |
| Website | thebal |
| File: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 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.[1]
Champions
[edit | edit source]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.
| Season | Year | Champions | Coach | Result | Runners-up | Coach | Arena | Attendance | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2021 | Egypt Zamalek (2) (1, 1–0) |
Augustí Julbe | 76–63 | Tunisia US Monastir (1) (1, 0–1) |
Mounir Ben Slimane | Kigali Arena, Kigali, Rwanda | 1,789[a] | [2] |
| 2 | 2022 | Tunisia US Monastir (2) (2, 1–1) |
Miodrag Perišić | 83–72 | Angola Petro de Luanda (2) (1, 0–1) |
José Neto | BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (2) | 10,000 | [3][4][5] |
| 3 | 2023 | Egypt Al Ahly (2) (1, 1–0) |
Augustí Julbe | 80–65 | Senegal AS Douanes (2) (1, 0–1) |
Pabi Gueye | BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (3) | 7,532 | [6] |
| 4 | 2024 | Angola Petro de Luanda (6) (2, 1–1) |
Sergio Valdeolmillos | 107–94 | Al Ahly Ly (7) (1, 0–1) |
Ivan Jeremić | BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (4) | 6,404 | [7] |
| 5 | 2025 | Al Ahli Tripoli (2) (1, 1–0) |
Fouad Abou Chakra | 88–67 | Angola Petro de Luanda (6) (3, 1–2) |
Sergio Valdeolmillos | SunBet Arena, Pretoria, South Africa | 6,853 | [1] |
Performances
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Performance by club
[edit | edit source]| Club | Titles | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up |
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| Angola Petro de Luanda | 1 | 2 | 2024 | 2022, 2025 |
| Tunisia US Monastir | 1 | 1 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Al Ahli Tripoli
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1 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| Egypt Al Ahly | 1 | 0 | 2023 | — |
| Egypt Zamalek | 1 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| Senegal AS Douanes | 0 | 1 | — | 2023 |
| Al Ahly Ly
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0 | 1 | — | 2024 |
Performance by country
[edit | edit source]Teams from three nations have been to a BAL final, and teams from two countries have won the competition thus far.
| Nation | Titles | Runners-up | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola Angola | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Egypt Egypt | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Libya
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1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tunisia Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Senegal Senegal | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Performance by head coach
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| Club | Titles | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up |
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| Error creating thumbnail: Augustí Julbe | 2 | 0 | 2021, 2023 | — |
| Error creating thumbnail: Sergio Valdeolmillos | 1 | 1 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Lebanon Fouad Abou Chakra | 1 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| Serbia Miodrag Perišić | 1 | 0 | 2022 | — |
| Tunisia Mounir Ben Slimane | 0 | 1 | — | 2021 |
| Brazil José Neto | 0 | 1 | — | 2022 |
| Senegal Pabi Guèye | 0 | 1 | — | 2023 |
| Serbia Ivan Jeremić | 0 | 1 | — | 2024 |
Finals hosted by arena
[edit | edit source]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.[8]
| Arena | Location | Finals | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| BK Arena[b] | Rwanda Kigali, Rwanda | 6 | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026, 2028 |
| SunBet Arena | South Africa Pretoria, South Africa | 1 | 2025 |
Top scorer
[edit | edit source]Clubs denoted in italics and an asterisk lost the finals in the given year.
| Year | Top scorer | Club | Points | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Nigeria Michael Fakuade | Egypt Zamalek | 15 | [9] |
| 2022 | Angola Gerson Gonçalves | Angola Petro de Luanda* | 28 | [10] |
| 2023 | South Sudan Nuni Omot | Egypt Al Ahly | 22 | [11] |
| 2024 | United States Nick Faust | Angola Petro de Luanda | 24 | [12] |
| South Sudan Majok Deng | Al Ahly Ly*
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| 2025 | Egypt Assem Marei | Al Ahli Tripoli
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22 | [1] |
Players with multiple BAL titles
[edit | edit source]| No. of championships | Player | Position | Seasons | Championship teams | Ref. | |
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| Played | Winning Percentage | |||||
| 2 | Ivory Coast Solo Diabate | G | 4 | 50% | Zamalek (2021) US Monastir (2022) |
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| Nigeria Michael Fakuade | F | 2 | 100% | Zamalek (2021) Al Ahly (2023) |
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Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ The attendance in the 2021 finals was limited due to government regulations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, as social distancing was enforced.
- ^ The BK Arena was known as Kigali Arena until 2021.
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