BAL Qualifying Tournaments

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BAL Qualifying Tournaments
Organising bodyFIBA Africa
Founded2019; 3 years ago (2019)
First season2021
ConfederationFIBA Africa
Number of teams26
(depends on applications)
Current champions2 teams (1 title)
2022 BAL qualification

The BAL Qualifying Tournaments, also branded as the Road to BAL, are the qualifying tournaments of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The organization of the qualifiers is in hands of FIBA Africa. The first qualifying rounds were held on 16 October 2019.

The qualifiers are geographically divided into the West and East Division, with three teams qualifying out of each division. Semi-finals and finals are played to determine the winners of the qualifying tournaments.

Format[]

The national champions of each national federation (associated with FIBA Africa) can sign up for the BAL qualifiers.

A total of 31 teams[1] from 31 countries participate in the qualifying tournaments 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.

Winners[]

Edition Season East Division West Division Number
of teams
Champions Runners-up Third place Champions Runners-up Third place
1 2021 Rwanda
Patriots 		Madagascar
GNBC 		Mozambique
Ferroviário de Maputo 		Algeria
GS Pétroliers 		Cameroon
FAP 		Mali
AS Police 		31[1]
2 2022 Mozambique
Ferroviário da Beira 		South Sudan
Cobra Sport 		TBD Cameroon
FAP 		Guinea
SLAC 		Democratic Republic of the Congo
Espoir Fukash 		20[a]

All-time participants[]

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the BAL Qualifying Tournaments at any time since its formation in 2019.

Defunct Defunct teams
1st Champions
2nd Runners-up
3rd Third place
SF Semi-finalists
R1 First round
R2 Second round
DQ Disqualified
Team 21 22 Total
seasons 		Times
qualified
Algeria GS Pétroliers 1st – 1 1
Algeria WA Boufarik – DQ – –
Botswana Dolphins R1 – – –
Benin ASPAC R1 TBD 2 –
Burkina Faso AOA – DQ – –
Central African Republic DQ – – –
Central African Republic Tondema – R1 1 –
Comoros Usoni R1 – – –
Ivory Coast ABC 4th – – –
Ivory Coast SOA – R2 1 –
Cameroon FAP 2nd 1st 2 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo ASB Mazembe R2 – – –
Democratic Republic of the Congo Espoir Fukash – 3rd – –
Cape Verde Prédio – DQ – –
Gabon Manga BB R2 – 1 –
Guinea SLAC R1 2nd 2 –
Equatorial Guinea Virgen María de África R1 – 1 –
Equatorial Guinea Malabo Kings – DQ – –
Ethiopia Hawassa City R1 DQ 1 –
Uganda City Oilers 4th R2 2 –
Mali AS Police 3rd 4th 1 1
Tanzania JKT R2 – – –
Tanzania Kurasini Heat – R2 – –
South Sudan Cobra Sport R2 2nd 2 –
Burundi Dynamo R1 – – –
Burundi New Star – TBD – –
South Africa Jozi Nuggets R1 – – –
South Africa Cape Town Tigers – TBD – –
Mozambique Ferroviário de Maputo 3rd – 1 1
Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira – 1st 1 –
Mauritius Roche-Bois Warriors – R1 1 –
Namibia Lions R1 – – –
Seychelles Beau Vallon Heat R1 – – –
Libya Al-Nasr R2 – – –
Morocco AS Salé – DQ – –
Madagascar ASCUT – DQ – –
Madagascar GNBC 2nd – 1 1
Malawi Brave Hearts – R1 1 –
Kenya KPA R2 – 1 –
Kenya Ulinzi Warriors – R2 1 –
Zambia Matero Magic – R2 1 –
Zambia UNZA Pacers R2 – 1 –
Niger Nigelec R2 R2 – –
Liberia NPA Pythons R1 – – –
Rwanda Patriots 1st – 1 1
Zimbabwe Mercenaries R1 DQ – –

Notes[]

  1. ^ In the 2022 BAL qualification, initially 26 teams would participate but six teams withdrew.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "African clubs to compete in qualifying tournaments for the Basketball Africa League confirmed". FIBA Africa. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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