List of BAL finals

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BAL Finals
Organising bodyBasketball Africa League
First season2021
2022 BAL Finals

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) is a seasonal basketball league established in 2019 and first held in 2021. 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.

Champions

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 Champions Coach Result Runners-up Coach Arena Attendance Reference
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] [1]
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 N/A

Performances

By team

Teams Win Loss Total Year(s) won Year(s) lost
Tunisia US Monastir 1 1 0 2022 2021
Egypt Zamalek 1 0 1 2021
Angola Petro de Luanda 0 1 0 2022

By nation

Teams from two nations have been to a BAL final, and teams from one has won the competition thus far.

Performances in finals by nation
Nation Titles Runners-up Total
Tunisia Tunisia 1 1 2
Egypt Egypt 1 0 1
Angola Angola 0 1 1

Finals hosted by arena

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.

Arena Location Finals Years hosted
BK Arena[b] Rwanda Kigali, Rwanda 3 2021, 2022, 2023

Top scorer

Clubs denoted in italics lost the finals in that year.

Year Top scorer Club Points
2021 Nigeria Michael Fakuade Egypt Zamalek 15
2022 Angola Gerson Gonçalves Angola Petro de Luanda 28

Players with multiple BAL titles

BAL titles Player (years)
2 Ivory Coast Solo Diabate (2021, 2022)

Notes

  1. ^ The attendance in the 2021 finals was limited due to government regulations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, as social distancing was enforced.
  2. ^ The BK Arena was known as Kigali Arena until 2021.

References

  1. ^ "Egypt's Zamalek wins inaugural Basketball Africa League". www.nba.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.