2021 BAL qualification

2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments
2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments
Season	2021 BAL season
Teams	31
Games played	89
Dates	16 October – 21 December 2019
TV	YouTube
Final positions
Champions	West Division:; GS Pétroliers; East Division:; Patriots
Statistical leaders
Efficiency
Efficiency	Álvaro Calvo Masa
Points	Baraka Athumani
Rebounds	Michael Mukumbutaa
Assists	Kenny Gasana
	2022 →

The 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments were the inaugural qualifying tournaments of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the newly launched premier basketball league of Africa jointly organized by the NBA and FIBA. While the NBA will co-organise from the regular season, the qualifiers are completely organised by FIBA Africa.

A total of 31 teams^[1] from 31 countries participate in the qualifying tournaments in order to determine which six teams will play in the 2020 BAL regular season, along with six directly placed six teams. The qualifying tournaments are divided into the First Round and Second Round, which run from 16 October until 21 December 2019.

Team allocation[]

A total of 31 teams from 31 countries played in the qualifying tournaments. League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses. On 9 October 2019 the official list of participating teams in the qualifying rounds was announced by FIBA.^[1]

First round
GS Pétroliers (1st)	Al-Nasr (1st)	AS Police (1st)	SLAC (1st)
ABC (1st)	ASPAC (1st)	Braves of Customs (1st)	Nigelec (1st)
NPA Pythons (1st)	FAP (2nd)^{[Note CMR]}	Usoni (1st)	Manga (1st)
Virgen María de África	ASB Mazembe	Patriots (1st)	Hawassa City
City Oilers (1st)	JKT (1st)	Dynamo	Cobra^{[Note SSD]}
Ferroviário de Maputo (1st)	Jozi Nuggets	Mercenaries (1st)	UNZA Pacers
Dolphins (1st)	Lions Club	KPA ()	GNBC (1st)
Beau Vallon Heat (1st)	^{[Note FIBA]}	~~Brave Hearts~~^{[Note FIBA]}

Notes

^
Cameroon (CMR): FAP, runners-up of the Cameroon Basketball League, replaced national champions Condor.^[2]
^
FIBA: Brave Hearts from Malawi and Abeilles from the Central African Republic were announced by FIBA on the team list released on 9 October 2019.^[1] However, eventually the teams did not participate in their respective allocated groups.
^
South Sudan (SSD): Cobra of South Sudan was not listed on the official team list released on 9 October 2019.^[1] They were placed in Group F.

First Round[]

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Location of tournaments of the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.

Red: Group A;

Yellow: Group B;

Green: Group C;

Dark Green: Group D;

Purple: Group E.

Pink: Group F;

Blue: Group G.

In the first round, thirtytwo teams participate in six groups divided over two geographical divisions (West and East). Groups were selected by geographical criteria. The winners and runners-up of each group qualify for the second round while four other teams were invited with wild cards, chosen by FIBA.

The first games were played at 15 October and the last on 3 November 2019.^[1]

West Division[]

Group A[]

Venue: Bamako, Mali

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	POL	GSP	ALN	SLAC
1	Police (H)	3	2	1	231	222	+9	5^[a]	Advance to second round	—		79–71	69–75
2	GS Pétroliers	3	2	1	278	213	+65	5^[a]		76–83	—	106–80
3	Al Naser (W)	3	1	2	227	257	−30	4^[b]				—	76–72
4	SLAC	3	1	2	197	241	−44	4^[b]			50–96		—

Source: FIBA
(H) Host; (W) Advanced with a wild card
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head to head: Police 83, GS Pétroliers 76.
^ ^a ^b Head to head: Al Naser 76, SLAC 72.

25 October 2019	GS Pétroliers	106–80	Al Naser	Bamako
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 31-12, 23-21, 21-26, 31-21
	Pts: 22 Rebs: 9 Asts: 7	Boxscore	Pts: Donald Cole 19 Rebs: Donald Cole 9 Asts: Four players 3	Arena: Palais des Sports Salamatou Maïga

25 October 2019	Police	69–75	SLAC	Bamako
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 20-19, 19-12, 13-30, 17-14
	Pts: 20 Rebs: Benke Diarouma 14 Asts: Ousmane Traore 3	Boxscore	Pts: 24 Rebs: 10 Asts: 5	Arena: Palais des Sports Salamatou Maïga

26 October 2019	SLAC	50–96	GS Pétroliers	Bamako
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 7-26, 14-21, 16-26, 13-23
	Pts: 13 Rebs: 8 Asts: Ibrahim Fofana 4	Boxscore	Pts: 19 Rebs: 14 Asts: Mohamed Touati 10	Arena: Palais des Sports Salamatou Maïga

26 October 2019	Police	79–71	Al Naser	Bamako
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 23-18, 19-24, 20-11, 17-18
	Pts: Benke Diarouma 20 Rebs: Benke Diarouma 17 Asts: 5	Boxscore	Pts: Donald Cole 25 Rebs: Ibrahima Thomas 21 Asts: & 4	Arena: Palais des Sports Salamatou Maïga

27 October 2019	Al Naser	76–72	SLAC	Bamako
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 9-16, 23-20, 16-20, 28-16
	Pts: Ibrahima Thomas 22 Rebs: Ibrahima Thomas 7 Asts: 4	Boxscore	Pts: 29 Rebs: 16 Asts: & 3	Arena: Palais des Sports Salamatou Maïga

27 October 2019	GS Pétroliers	76–83	Police	Bamako
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 12-18, 17-19, 19-16, 28-30
	Pts: 16 Rebs: 11 Asts: 4	Boxscore	Pts: 20 Rebs: 14 Asts: 4	Arena: Palais des Sports Salamatou Maïga

Group B[]

Venue: Cotonou, Benin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	ABC	NIG		NPA	BRA
1	ABC	4	3	1	286	241	+45	7^[a]	Advance to second round	—	74–68		76–62
2	Nigelec	4	3	1	292	257	+35	7^[a]	Advance to second round		—	65–60		64–46
3	ASPAC (H)	4	2	2	257	265	−8	6		55–83		—		82–59
4	NPA Pythons	4	1	3	271	301	−30	5^[b]			77–95	58–60	—
5	Braves of Customs	4	1	3	231	273	−42	5^[b]		56–53			70–74	—

Source: FIBA
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head: ABC 74, Nigelec 68.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head: NPA Pythons 74, Braves of Customs 70.

29 October 2019	82–59	Braves of Customs	Cotonou

	Boxscore		Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

29 October 2019	ABC	74–68	Nigelec	Cotonou

		Boxscore		Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

30 October 2019	Braves of Customs	70–740(OT)	NPA Pythons	Cotonou

		Boxscore		Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

30 October 2019	Nigelec	65–600(OT)	Cotonou

		Boxscore	Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

31 October 2019	Nigelec	64–46	Braves of Customs	Cotonou

		Boxscore		Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

31 October 2019	ABC	76–62	NPA Pythons	Cotonou

		Boxscore		Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

1 November 2019	NPA Pythons	77–95	Nigelec	Cotonou

		Boxscore		Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

1 November 2019	55–83	ABC	Cotonou

	Boxscore		Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

2 November 2019	Braves of Customs	56–53	ABC	Cotonou

		Boxscore		Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

2 November 2019	NPA Pythons	58–60	Cotonou

		Boxscore	Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

Group C[]

Venue: Libreville, Gabon

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	FAP	MAN	MAZ	VMA
1	FAP	3	3	0	236	176	+60	6	Advance to second round	—	64–63		101–46
2	Manga (H)	3	2	1	244	186	+58	5			—	60–59	121–63
3	ASB Mazembe (W)	3	1	2	211	186	+25	4		67–71		—
4	Virgen María de África	3	0	3	164	307	−143	3				55–85	—

Source: FIBA
(H) Host; (W) Advanced with wild card

16 October 2019	Manga	121–63	Virgen María de África	Libreville
	Scoring by quarter: 26-26, 26-15, 22-7, 48-15
	Pts: 34 Rebs: 11 Asts: 5		Pts: 16 Rebs: 9 Asts: 7	Arena: Palais des Sports de Libreville

17 October 2019	ASB Mazembe	67–71	FAP	Libreville
	Scoring by quarter: 15-13, 10-21, 24-16, 18-21
	Pts: 19 Rebs: 10 Asts: 5		Pts: 12 Rebs: 7 Asts: Arnold Kome 3	Arena: Palais des Sports de Libreville

18 October 2019	FAP	101–46	Virgen María de África	Libreville
	Scoring by quarter: 25-4, 22-8, 28-10, 26-24
	Pts: Arnold Kome 24 Rebs: 10 Asts: 4		Pts: 13 Rebs: 8 Asts: 3	Arena: Palais des Sports de Libreville

18 October 2019	Manga	60–59	ASB Mazembe	Libreville
	Scoring by quarter: 28-15, 15-12, 9-17, 18-15
	Pts: 15 Rebs: 10 Asts: & 2		Pts: 20 Rebs: Kami Kabange 11 Asts: 5	Arena: Palais des Sports de Libreville

19 October 2019	Virgen María de África	55–85	ASB Mazembe	Libreville
	Scoring by quarter: 16-15, 15-27, 8-26, 16-17
	Pts: 19 Rebs: 5 Asts: 5		Pts: Kami Kabange 30 Rebs: Kami Kabange & 9 Asts: Kami Kabange & 4	Arena: Palais des Sports de Libreville

19 October 2019	FAP	64–63	Manga	Libreville
	Scoring by quarter: 25-11, 12-22, 15-14, 12-16
	Pts: 12 Rebs: 6 Asts: 6		Pts: 15 Rebs: 12 Asts: 4	Arena: Palais des Sports de Libreville

Division West[]

Group D[]

Venue: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	PAT	CIT	JKT	DYN	HAW
1	Patriots	4	4	0	351	242	+109	8	Advance to second round	—	74–63	79–65		125–50
2	City Oilers	4	3	1	319	236	+83	7			��	85–54	71–57
3	JKT (H, W)	4	2	2	296	279	+17	6				—		87–47
4	Dynamo	4	1	3	279	275	+4	5		64–73		68–88	—
5	Hawassa City	4	0	4	189	402	−213	4			49–100		43–90	—

Source: FIBA
(H) Host; (W) Advanced with wild card


16 October 2019
City Oilers	71–57	Dynamo
JKT	87–47
17 October 2019
Dynamo	64–73	Patriots
	49–100	City Oilers
18 October 2019
City Oilers	85–54	JKT
Patriots	125–50
19 October 2019
	43–90	Dynamo
Patriots	79–65	JKT
20 October 2019
Patriots	74–63	City Oilers
Dynamo	68–88	JKT

Group E[]

Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	FER	UZP	MER	LIO	JZN	DOL
1	Ferroviário de Maputo	5	5	0	467	335	+132	10	Advance to second round	—	84–69				94–64
2	UNZA Pacers	5	4	1	365	348	+17	9	Advance to second round		—	80–74		72–54	72–54
3	Mercenaries	5	3	2	356	366	−10	8		72–100		—	64–55
4	Lions Club	5	1	4	343	396	−53	6^[a]		60–102	66–70		—
5	Jozi Nuggets (H)	5	1	4	338	361	−23	6^[a]		70–87		63–66	67–74	—
6	Dolphins	5	1	4	339	402	−63	6^[a]				68–80	93–88	60–68	—

Source: FIBA
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head point difference: Lions Club +2, Jozi Nuggets 1, Dolphins –3.

22 October 2019	Mercenaries	64–55	Lions Club	Johannesburg

	Pts: Maturure 17 Rebs: Maturure 12 Asts: 5 PIR: 24	Boxscore	Pts: 13 Rebs: 11 Asts: 4 PIR: 15	Arena: Wembley Arena

22 October 2019	Ferroviário de Maputo	94–64	Dolphins	Johannesburg

		Boxscore		Arena: Wembley Arena

22 October 2019	UNZA Pacers	74–70	Jozi Nuggets	Johannesburg

		Boxscore		Arena: Wembley Arena

23 October 2019	Lions	60–102	Ferroviário de Maputo	Johannesburg

		Boxscore		Arena: Wembley Arena

23 October 2019	UNZA Pacers	80–74	Mercenaries	Johannesburg

		Boxscore		Arena: Wembley Arena

23 October 2019	Dolphins	60–68	Jozi Nuggets	Johannesburg

		Boxscore		Arena: Wembley Arena

24 October 2019	Mercenaries	72–100	Ferroviário de Maputo	Johannesburg

		Boxscore		Arena: Wembley Arena

24 October 2019	UNZA Pacers	72–54	Dolphins	Johannesburg

		Boxscore		Arena: Wembley Arena

24 October 2019	Jozi Nuggets	67–74	Lions Club	Johannesburg

		Boxscore		Arena: Wembley Arena

26 October 2019	Dolphins	93–88	Lions	Johannesburg

		Boxscore		Arena: Wembley Arena

26 October 2019	Ferroviário de Maputo	84–69	UNZA Pacers	Johannesburg

		Boxscore		Arena: Wembley Arena

26 October 2019	Jozi Nuggets	63–66	Mercenaries	Johannesburg

		Boxscore		Arena: Wembley Arena

27 October 2019	Lions Club	66–70	UNZA Pacers	Johannesburg

		Boxscore		Arena: Wembley Arena

27 October 2019	Dolphins	68–80	Mercenaries	Johannesburg

		Boxscore		Arena: Wembley Arena

27 October 2019	Jozi Nuggets	70–87	Ferroviário de Maputo	Johannesburg

		Boxscore		Arena: Wembley Arena

Group F[]

Venue: Antananarivo, Madagascar

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	KPA	GNBC	COB	BVH	USO
1	KPA	4	4	0	431	290	+141	8	Advance to second round	—	98–84	81–78
2	GNBC (H)	4	3	1	386	281	+105	7			—		92–67	124–53
3	Cobra (W)	4	2	2	359	259	+100	6			63–86	—		124–48
4	Beau Vallon Heat	4	1	3	185	317	−132	5		54–131		44–94	—
5	Usoni	4	0	4	175	389	−214	4		74–121			0–20	—

Source: FIBA
(H) Host; (W) Advanced with wild card

30 October 2019	Beau Vallon Heat	44–94	Cobra	Antananarivo
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 8–25, 7–16, 13–17, 16–36
	Pts: 9 Rebs: 10 Asts: & 3	Boxscore	Pts: 29 Rebs: 13 Asts: 7	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

30 October 2019	GNBC	124–53	Usoni	Antananarivo
22:30	Scoring by quarter: 27-6, 21-26, 38-11, 38-10
	Pts: 17 Rebs: 13 Asts: 6	Boxscore	Pts: Hamid Said 16 Rebs: Hamid Said 6 Asts: 4	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

31 October 2019	Usoni	0–20^[a]	Beau Vallon Heat
20:00
				Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

31 October 2019	KPA	98–84	GNBC	Antananarivo
22:30	Scoring by quarter: 26-23, 25-20, 23-19, 24-22
	Pts: 20 Rebs: 12 Asts: & 5	Boxscore	Pts: 36 Rebs: & Randriamampionona 8 Asts: 5	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

1 November 2019	Cobra	124–48	Usoni	Antananarivo
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 27-9, 35-5, 19-10, 43-24
	Pts: 24 Rebs: 10 Asts: 7	Boxscore	Pts: 19 Rebs: 7 Asts: , 2	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

1 November 2019	Beau Vallon Heat	54–131	KPA	Antananarivo
22:30	Scoring by quarter: 12-33, 6-28, 12-34, 24-36
	Pts: 24 Rebs: 8 Asts: 3	Boxscore	Pts: 27 Rebs: 11 Asts: 9	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

2 November 2019	KPA	81–78	Cobra	Antananarivo
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 24-15, 16-20, 17-21, 24-22
	Pts: 20 Rebs: 14 Asts: 5	Boxscore	Pts: Three players 20 Rebs: 10 Asts: 5	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

2 November 2019	GNBC	92–67	Beau Vallon Heat	Antananarivo
22:30	Scoring by quarter: 22-19, 21-9, 30-14, 19-25
	Pts: 30 Rebs: 10 Asts: 6	Boxscore	Pts: 14 Rebs: 9 Asts: 3	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

3 November 2019	Usoni	74–121	KPA	Antananarivo
20:00
	Pts: 33 Rebs: 7 Asts: , 4	Boxscore		Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

3 November 2019	Cobra	63–86	GNBC	Antananarivo
22:30
	Pts: , 11 Rebs: 11 Asts: 3	Boxscore	Pts: Elly Randriamampionona 22 Rebs: 9 Asts: Elly Randriamampionona 4	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

Second Round[]

In the Second Round (also referred to as "Elite 16" by FIBA), the sixteen teams that advanced from the first round teams play in four groups of four, divided over two geographical divisions. The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. Winners of each semi-finals qualify for the regular season while the losers play in a third place game for the final regular season spot.^[4] On 7 November, FIBA announced the four wild card receivers.^[5]

The Division West tournament will be played at the Kigali Arena in the Rwandan city of Kigali.^[6] The Division East tournament is played in the Multipurpose Sports Complex in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The Elite 16 will start on 26 November and end 22 December 2019.

Qualified teams[]

The draw was held on 21 November in Abidjan.^[7]

Division	Group	Winners	Runners-up	Wild cards
West	A	Police	GS Pétroliers	Al Naser
	B	ABC	Nigelec
	C	FAP	Manga	ASB Mazembe
East	D	Patriots	City Oilers	JKT
	E	Ferroviário de Maputo	UNZA Pacers
	F	KPA	GNBC	Cobra

West Division – Group G[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	GS Pétroliers	3	2	1	286	257	+29	5^[b]	Advance to Semi-finals
2	FAP	3	2	1	256	255	+1	5^[b]	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Al Naser	3	2	1	261	245	+16	5^[b]
4	Nigelec	3	0	3	231	277	−46	3

Source: FIBA
Notes:

^ Usoni withdrew its game against Beau Vallon Heat on 31 October 2019, automatically losing 0–20.^[3]
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head point difference: GS Pétroliers +3, FAP –1, Al Naser –2.

26 November 2019	Nigelec	89–115	GS Pétroliers	Yaoundé

	Pts: 29 Rebs: 7 Asts: 3 PIR: 15	Boxscore	Pts: Touati 26 Rebs: Three players 8 Asts: 4	Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

26 November 2019	FAP	95–99	Al Naser	Yaoundé

	Pts: & 21 Rebs: 9 Asts: 7 PIR: 24	Boxscore	Pts: 39 Rebs: 11 Asts: Sadi 5	Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

27 November 2019	Al Naser	85–67	Nigelec	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

27 November 2019	GS Pétroliers	85–87	FAP	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

28 November 2019	GS Pétroliers	86–81	Al Naser	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

28 November 2019	FAP	77–75	Nigelec	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	ABC	3	2	1	249	231	+18	5^[a]	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Police	3	2	1	229	220	+9	5^[a]	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Manga	3	2	1	232	214	+18	5^[a]
4	ASB Mazembe	3	0	3	232	277	−45	3

Source: FIBA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head point difference: ABC +12, AS Police –2, Manga –10.

26 November 2019	ABC	77–78	Police	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

26 November 2019	ASB Mazembe	70–98	Manga	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

27 November 2019	Manga	67–80	ABC	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

27 November 2019	Police	87–76	ASB Mazembe	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

28 November 2019	Manga	67–64	Police	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

28 November 2019	ABC	92–86	ASB Mazembe	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

Final round[]

Qualification finals

Semi-finals		Final

30 November

GS Pétroliers	76
		1 December
Police	61
		GS Pétroliers	92
30 November
		FAP	88
FAP	77

ABC	64
		Third place game

		1 December

		Police	71

		ABC	69

Semi-finals[]

30 November 2019	GS Pétroliers	76–61	Police	Yaoundé
15:30	Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 22–14, 14–14, 17–16
	Pts: 21 Rebs: Touati 17 Asts: Green 4 PIR: Touati 25	Boxscore	Pts: & 14 Rebs: Keita 8 Asts: 4 PIR: 14	Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

30 November 2019	FAP	77–64	ABC	Yaoundé
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 10–16, 24–15, 20–17
	Pts: & 15 Rebs: 15 Asts: 4 PIR: 21		Pts: 20 Rebs: S. Konaté & 11 Asts: Sie 5 PIR: 19	Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

Third place game[]

1 December 2019	Police	71–69	ABC	Yaoundé
13:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 23–11, 15–17, 14–21
	Pts: 20 Rebs: Diarouma 13 Asts: 8 PIR: 20	Boxscore	Pts: Sie 25 Rebs: 11 Asts: Sie 8 PIR: Sie & 21	Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

Final[]

1 December 2019	GS Pétroliers	92–88	FAP	Yaoundé
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 26–12, 17–22, 23–33
	Pts: & Touati 20 Rebs: Touati 14 Asts: & Green 5 PIR: Touati 31	Boxscore	Pts: 15 Rebs: 8 Asts: 5 PIR: Kome 16	Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

East Division – Group H[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Patriots	3	3	0	283	205	+78	6	Advance to Semi-finals
2	GNBC	3	2	1	253	232	+21	5	Advance to Semi-finals
3	UNZA Pacers	3	1	2	197	209	−12	4
4	JKT	3	0	3	179	269	−90	3

First match(es) will be played on 17 December 2019. Source: FIBA

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ferroviário de Maputo	3	2	1	233	225	+8	5	Advance to Semi-finals
2	City Oilers	3	2	1	215	163	+52	5	Advance to Semi-finals
3	KPA	3	2	1	162	140	+22	5
4	Cobra	3	0	3	183	265	−82	3

First match(es) will be played on 17 December 2019. Source: FIBA

Final round[]

Qualification finals

Semi-final round		Final round

21 December

Patriots	81
		22 December
City Oilers	59
		Patriots	94
21 December
		GNBC	63
Ferroviário de Maputo	90

GNBC	94
		Third place

		22 December

		City Oilers	57

		Ferroviário de Maputo	74

Semi-finals[]

21 December 2019	Patriots	81–59	City Oilers	Kigali
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 25-19, 17-14, 19-13, 20-13
	Pts: Nijimbere 14 Rebs: 12 Asts: Gasana 5 PIR: 17	Boxscore	Pts: 9 Rebs: Lumanyika 9 Asts: Opong & Lumanyika 4 PIR: 10	Arena: Kigali Arena

21 December 2019	Ferroviário de Maputo	90–94	GNBC	Kigali
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 29–14, 19–29, 14–24
	Pts: Calvo Masa 33 Rebs: Muchate 10 Asts: Muchate & 5 PIR: Calvo Masa 28	Boxscore	Pts: Randriamampionona & 22 Rebs: 10 Asts: 6 PIR: 33	Arena: Kigali Arena

Third place game[]

22 December 2019	Ferroviário de Maputo	74–57	City Oilers	Kigali

				Arena: Kigali Arena

Final[]

22 December 2019	Patriots	94–63	GNBC	Kigali

				Arena: Kigali Arena

Statistical leaders[]

As retrieved from FIBA.^[8]

Individual statistics leaders[]

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Efficiency per game	Álvaro Calvo Masa	Ferroviário de Maputo	23.6
Points per game	Baraka Athumani	JKT	25.3
Rebounds per game	Michael Mukumbutaa	Lions Club	14.8
Assists per game	Kenny Gasana	Patriots	5.1
Steals per game	Ibrahima Haidara	AS Police	3.4
Blocks per game	Ibrahima Haidara	AS Police	2.6
Turnovers per game	Ofentse Barrows	Dolphins	5.4
Minutes per game	Joe Sinala Banda	Lions Club	38.8
FG%	Okall Oranga	KPA	58.3%
3P%	Kennedy Wachira	KPA	50.0%

Individual game highs[]

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points	Braka Athumani	JKT	45
Rebounds	Michael Mukumbutaa	Lions	26
Assists	Stephano Mshana	JKT	12
Steals	Abdoulaye Harouna	Nigelec	9
Blocks	Pitchou Kambuy Manga	ASB Mazembe	5
Three pointers	Timothy Kwaor	Nigelec	9

Notes[]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "African clubs to compete in qualifying tournaments for the Basketball Africa League confirmed". FIBA Africa. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
^ "Eliminatoires Basketball Africa League : FAP affute ses armes pour le second tour". 6 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ "Michael Kazunguzibwa and KPA hold off GNBC to secure first win". FIBA. 31 October 2019. Earlier today, Comoros’ Usoni BC forfeited the game against Seychelles’ representative. The islanders grabbed a 20-0 victory without playing.
^ "Host cities for Second Round of Basketball Africa League Qualifiers confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
^ "ASB Mazembe, Al Naser,Cobra Sports and JKT awarded wild Cards for the Second Round of the BAL 2020 Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
^ https://www.newtimes.co.rw/sports/bal-qualifiers-rwanda-host-final-round-games
^ "Draw for final BAL qualifiers held". 21 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Players statistics of the Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L 2020 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

[cnote_Note_CMR] 
Cameroon (CMR): FAP, runners-up of the Cameroon Basketball League, replaced national champions Condor.^[2]

[cnote_Note_FIBA] 
FIBA: Brave Hearts from Malawi and Abeilles from the Central African Republic were announced by FIBA on the team list released on 9 October 2019.^[1] However, eventually the teams did not participate in their respective allocated groups.

[cnote_Note_SSD] 
South Sudan (SSD): Cobra of South Sudan was not listed on the official team list released on 9 October 2019.^[1] They were placed in Group F.

[table_hth_POL0.54404985138404-3] Head to head: Police 83, GS Pétroliers 76.

[table_hth_ALN0.54404985138404-4] Head to head: Al Naser 76, SLAC 72.

[table_hth_ABC0.042373466325166-5] Head-to-head: ABC 74, Nigelec 68.

[table_hth_BRA0.042373466325166-6] Head-to-head: NPA Pythons 74, Braves of Customs 70.

[table_hth_LIO0.42543304405428-7] Head-to-head point difference: Lions Club +2, Jozi Nuggets 1, Dolphins –3.

[9] Usoni withdrew its game against Beau Vallon Heat on 31 October 2019, automatically losing 0–20.^[3]

[table_hth_GSP0.12176118144848-14] Head-to-head point difference: GS Pétroliers +3, FAP –1, Al Naser –2.

[table_hth_ABC0.33319736241046-15] Head-to-head point difference: ABC +12, AS Police –2, Manga –10.

[teams-1] "African clubs to compete in qualifying tournaments for the Basketball Africa League confirmed". FIBA Africa. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

[2] "Eliminatoires Basketball Africa League : FAP affute ses armes pour le second tour". 6 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

[8] "Michael Kazunguzibwa and KPA hold off GNBC to secure first win". FIBA. 31 October 2019. Earlier today, Comoros’ Usoni BC forfeited the game against Seychelles’ representative. The islanders grabbed a 20-0 victory without playing.

[10] "Host cities for Second Round of Basketball Africa League Qualifiers confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[11] "ASB Mazembe, Al Naser,Cobra Sports and JKT awarded wild Cards for the Second Round of the BAL 2020 Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[12] ttps://www.newtimes.co.rw/sports/bal-qualifiers-rwanda-host-final-round-games

[13] "Draw for final BAL qualifiers held". 21 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

[16] "Players statistics of the Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L 2020 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

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