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|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Augustí Julbe]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-07-01 |title=Al Ahly Extend Augustí’s Contract For 2 More Years |work=[[Al Ahly (basketball)|Al Ahly]] |url=https://www.alahlyegypt.com/en/news/article/35013 |access-date=2023-02-08}}</ref>
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|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Rasheed Hazzard]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-07 |title=PRESS RELEASE - Cape Town Tigers - 06.02.23 |url=https://silverbacks.holdings/our-press-%26-publications/f/cape-town-tigers-welcomes-mr-eazi-signs-zaire-wade-new-coach |archive-date=2023-02-08 |website=Silverbacks.holding}}</ref>
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|{{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Luís Lopes Hernandez]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-25 |title=Luiz Hernandez no Ferroviário da Beira por duas temporadas - NoticiasAI |url=https://www.newsaiep.com/moz_news/luiz-hernandez-no-ferroviario-da-beira-por-duas-temporadas/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|{{Flagicon|NGR}} Jibril Baba
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|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[José Neto (basketball)|José Neto]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-08-06 |title=José Neto renova contrato com o Petro de Luanda |url=https://www.databasket.com.br/jose-neto-renova-contrato-com-o-petro-de-luanda/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Databasket |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[José Neto (basketball)|José Neto]]
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|{{flagicon|TAN}} Henry Mwinuka
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Revision as of 12:52, 8 February 2023

2023 BAL season
Season2023
DatesMarch 11 – May 27, 2023
Teams26 (qualifying rounds)
12 (competition proper)
2024 →

The 2023 BAL season, also known as BAL Season 3, will the third season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).[1] The season will begin on March 11, 2023 and end on May 27, 2023, with the final in the BK Arena in Kigali, which hosts the finals for a third season in a row. In line with the previous season, the regular season is played in both Dakar, Senegal and Cairo, Egypt.

The qualification games for the season, the Road to BAL, began on 11 October 2022.

Qualification

Main article: 2023 BAL qualification

The first round of the qualifying stage consists of 20 teams that play in four groups of five, each held in different cities. In the Elite 16, the teams are joined by 6 teams that successfully qualified during the previous 2022 BAL qualification. Two groups of five teams are played to determine the six teams that advance to the main tournament.[2]

On 21 September 2021, FIBA Africa announced the 26 teams in the qualifying tournaments as well as the six countries that would qualify directly.[2]

East Division

Group phase

Group A
(Niamey) 		Group B
(Yaoundé)

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Ivory Coast ABC Fighters 3 6
2 Mali Stade Malien 3 5
3 Benin Elan Coton (W) 3 4
4 Niger Nigelec (H) 3 3
Source: Road to BAL
(H) Hosts; (W) Advanced with wild card

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Central African Republic Bangui Sporting Club 2 4
2 Equatorial Guinea Nueva Era 2 3
3 Gabon Espoir 2 2
Source: Road to BAL

Elite 16

Group A
(Abidjan) 		Group B
(Abidjan)

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Central African Republic Bangui Sporting Club 3 6
2 Ivory Coast ABC Fighters 3 4
3 Morocco AS Salé 3 4
4 Benin Elan Coton 3 4
Source: Road to BAL

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Mali Stade Malien 3 6
2 Guinea SLAC 3 5
3 Cameroon FAP 3 4
4 Equatorial Guinea Nueva Era 3 3
Source: Road to BAL

Final round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 November 2022
 
 
Central African Republic Bangui Sporting Club61
 
19 November 2022
 
Guinea SLAC69
 
Guinea SLAC70
 
18 November 2022
 
Ivory Coast ABC Fighters81
 
Mali Stade Malien59
 
 
Ivory Coast ABC Fighters62
 
Third place game
 
 
19 November 2022
 
 
Central African Republic Bangui Sporting Club59
 
 
Mali Stade Malien62

East Division

Group phase

Group A
(Dar es Salaam) 		Group B
(Antananarivo)

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Burundi Urunani 3 6
2 Uganda City Oilers 3 5
3 Tanzania ABC (H) 3 4
4 Zambia Matero Magic (W) 3 3
Source: Road to BAL
(H) Hosts; (W) Advanced with wild card

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Madagascar COSPN (H) 2 4
2 Kenya KPA 2 3
3 Comoros Djabal Iconi 2 2
Source: Road to BAL
(H) Hosts

Elite 16

Group C
(Johannesburg) 		Group D
(Johannesburg)

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Burundi Urunani 3 5
2 South Africa Cape Town Tigers 3 5
3 NBA Academy Africa 3 5
4 Kenya KPA 3 3
Source: Road to BAL

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Uganda City Oilers 3 6
2 Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira 3 5
3 Zambia Matero Magic 3 4
4 Madagascar COSPN 3 3
Source: Road to BAL

Final round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 November
 
 
Burundi Urunani62
 
27 November
 
Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira68
 
Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira71
 
26 November
 
South Africa Cape Town Tigers81
 
Uganda City Oilers69
 
 
South Africa Cape Town Tigers75
 
Third place game
 
 
27 November
 
 
Burundi Urunani62
 
 
Uganda City Oilers71

Teams

Thus far, 8 teams have qualified as representatives of their respective federations for the regular season. The teams are subject to confirmation by the BAL.

Qualified teams

Four teams, Al Ahly, Kwara Falcons, ABC Fighters and Stade Malien, will make their BAL debuts. ABC Fighters is the first team from Ivory Coast to play in the BAL, while City Oilers is the first team from Uganda.[3]

Team Method of

qualification

Date of

qualification

Finals

appearance

Last

time qualified

Current

consecutive appearances

Previous best

performance

Angola Petro de Luanda Angolan Basketball League winners 10 May 2022[4] 3rd 2022 3 Runners-up (2022)
Tunisia US Monastir Championnat National A winners 16 May 2022 3rd 2022 3 Champions (2022)
Egypt Al Ahly Egyptian Super League winners 16 May 2022[5] 1st – 1 –
Rwanda REG RBL winners 19 September 2022[6] 2nd 2022 2 Quarter-finals (2022)
Senegal AS Douanes Nationale 1 winners 15 October 2022[7] 2nd 2021 1 Quarter-finals (2021)
Nigeria Kwara Falcons NBBF Premier League winners 12 November 2022[8] 1st – 1 –
Ivory Coast ABC Fighters Road to BAL West Division winners 17 November 2022[3] 1st – 1 –
Guinea SLAC Road to BAL West Division runners-up 17 November 2022[9] 2nd 2022 2 Quarter-finals (2022)
Mali Stade Malien Road to BAL West Division third place 18 November 2022[10] 1st – 1 –
Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira Road to BAL East Division winners 26 November 2022[11] 2nd 2022 2 Group stage (2022)
South Africa Cape Town Tigers Road to BAL East Division runners-up 26 November 2022[12] 2nd 2022 2 Quarter-finals (2022)
Uganda City Oilers Road to BAL East Division third place 27 November 2022 1st – 1 –

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach
ABC Fighters Australia Liz Mills[13]
Al Ahly Spain Augustí Julbe[14]
AS Douanes Senegal Pabi Gueye
Cape Town Tigers United States Rasheed Hazzard[15]
City Oilers Uganda Mandy Juruni
Ferroviário da Beira Spain Luís Lopes Hernandez[16]
Kwara Falcons Nigeria Baba Jibril
Petro de Luanda Brazil José Neto[17]
REG Vacant
SLAC Serbia Željko Zečević
Stade Malien Mali Kaba Kante
US Monastir Cyprus Linos Gavriel[18]

Schedule

Phase Round Draw date Games
Qualifying First Round – 12–30 October 2022
Elite 16 3 November 2022 14–27 November 2022
Group phase Sahara Conference TBA 11–21 March 2023
Nile Conference 26 April – 6 May 2023
Playoffs Quarter-finals 21–28 May 2022
Semi-finals
Final and third place

References

  1. ^ "NBA, FIBA launching 12-team league in Africa; Barack Obama to have hands-on role". USA TODAY.
  2. ^ a b "African clubs to compete in 2022 Road to BAL and Elite 16 Qualifying Tournaments confirmed". FIBA.basketball. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Stephane spurs Abidjan Basket Club to BAL Season 3". FIBA.basketball. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  4. ^ "PETRO TRICAMPEÃO NACIONAL DE BASQUETEBOL". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Historic control .. Al-Ahly is the champion of the Super League by sweeping Al-Ittihad". Fourals. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  6. ^ Sikubwabo, Damas (19 September 2022). "REG retain championship after Patriots win". The New Times. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Finale Playoffs / DOUANES 73-70 DUC : Les gabelous champions du Sénégal ! | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). 15 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  8. ^ Omoniyi, Oluwaferanmi (13 November 2022). "NBBF Final 8: Kwara Falcons wins first title as High school student emereges MVP". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Miller, Poole, Fofana power SLAC to Basketball Africa League Season 3". FIBA.basketball. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Stade Malien pick last ticket from West Division for BAL 2023". FIBA.basketball. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Ferroviario da Beira punch ticket to the BAL 2023". FIBA.basketball. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Tigers earn a hard-fought victory over Oilers to qualify for the BAL 2023". FIBA.basketball. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  13. ^ Sikubwabo, Damas (2 December 2022). "Liz Mills joins Ivory Coast's ABC ahead of BAL 2023". The New Times. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  14. ^ "Al Ahly Extend Augustí's Contract For 2 More Years". Al Ahly. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  15. ^ "PRESS RELEASE - Cape Town Tigers - 06.02.23". Silverbacks.holding. 7 February 2023. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)
  16. ^ "Luiz Hernandez no Ferroviário da Beira por duas temporadas - NoticiasAI". 25 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  17. ^ "José Neto renova contrato com o Petro de Luanda". Databasket (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  18. ^ "Basket: Le Greco-Chypriote Linos Gavriel nouvel entraineur de l'USMo". RadioMosaiqueFM (in French). 29 October 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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