2022 BAL season

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2022 BAL season
Season2022
Teams12
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The 2022 Basketball Africa League (BAL) season will be the second season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The league is a joint effort between the NBA and FIBA.[1] Rwanda's Minister of Sports Aurore Mimosa Munyangaju confirmed that the final stage will again be hosted in Kigali, Rwanda in 2022 and 2023.[2]

The start date of the season are not announced yet as the previous season is delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qualification[]

The twelve teams for the inaugural BAL season had to qualify in their domestic competitions to be able to play in the league, similar to other FIBA-organised competitions. Six teams qualify directly as domestic champions; six winners of the qualifying tournaments qualify as well.

Direct qualification[]

According to BAL regulations, FIBA announced that the national champions of Angola, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia are directly qualified for the regular season.

Qualified teams[]

On 22 May 2020, Petro de Luanda was announced as the first qualified team for the 2021 BAL season. The Angolan FAB had abandoned the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and awarded the team the place without naming it as champions.[3]

Team Home city Qualified as Qualified on Previous BAL seasons
Angola Petro de Luanda Luanda, Angola Champions of the 2020–21 Angolan Basketball League 22 May 2020[3] 1 (2021)
Tunisia US Monastir Monastir, Tunisia Champions of the 2020–21 Championnat National A 8 August 2020 1 (2021)
Egypt Zamalek Cairo, Egypt Champions of the 2020–21 Egyptian Basketball Super League 28 June 2021 1 (2021)
Senegal DUC Dakar Dakar, Senegal Champions of the 2021 Nationale 1 8 August 2021[4] Debut
Morocco AS Salé Salé Champions of the 2020–21 Division Excellence 27 July 2021[5] 1 (2021)
Nigeria

Qualfiying tournaments[]

Six teams will qualify through the qualifying tournaments. Teams that should qualify based on their national ranking are:

Reported teams to play in the 2022 BAL Qualification Tournaments
Madagascar ASCUT (1st) Kenya Ulinzi Warriors (1st) Uganda City Oilers (1st)
Rwanda Patriots (1st) Cameroon FAP (1st) South Africa Cape Town Tigers (1st)
Mali AS Police (1st) Tanzania Kurasini Heat (1st) Guinea SLAC (1st)
Ivory Coast SOA (1st)[6] Malawi Brave Hearts(1st)[7] Cameroon FAP (1st)[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "NBA, FIBA launching 12-team league in Africa; Barack Obama to have hands-on role". USA TODAY.
  2. ^ "What next for the Basketball Africa League?". The New Times | Rwanda. 2021-06-06. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Petro de Luanda earn right to represent Angola at Basketball Africa League 2020-21". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. ^ "APS - Le DUC gagne le titre chez les messieurs". aps.sn. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Basket: l'AS Salé sacrée championne du Maroc". Le360 Sport (in French).
  6. ^ "Finale Play-offs 2021 : La SOA tient son premier sacre". Sport-ivoire.ci (in French). 2021-06-29. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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