Basketball Africa League announces 12 teams and game schedule for League’s 2022 season tipping off march 5

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) announced the top 12 club teams from 12 African countries that will compete in the 2022 BAL season (bit.ly/3oAYOFz), which will tip off Saturday, March 5 at the Dakar Arena in Dakar, Senegal, and will include stops in Cairo, Egypt and Kigali, Rwanda.
In the season opener, Senegal’s Dakar Université Club (DUC) will take on Guinea’s Seydou Legacy Athlétique Club (S.L.A.C) at 5:30 p.m. GMT in the first of 38 games taking place across three cities over three months in 2022.
The 12 teams, which include defending BAL Champion Zamalek (Egypt) and four other teams returning from the inaugural BAL season in 2021, will be divided into two conferences – the Sahara Conference and the Nile Conference.
Each conference will play a 15-game group phase during which each team will face the other five teams in its conference once.
The Sahara Conference’s group phase will take place at the Dakar Arena from March 5-15, and the Nile Conference’s group phase will take place at Hassan Mostafa Indoor Sports Complex in Cairo from April 9-19.
The top four teams from each conference will qualify for the BAL Playoffs, which will feature a single-elimination tournament and Finals at Kigali Arena from May 21-28.
The 2022 BAL season will reach fans in more than 200 countries and territories.  Fans can register their interest in tickets and in receiving more information at NBA.com/BAL.

                     SAHARA CONFERENCE                      NILE CONFERENCE
AS Salé (Association Sportive Salé)* (ASSbasketball.com) – Morocco BC Espoir Fukash (bit.ly/3oAZBGx) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
DUC (Dakar Université Club) (bit.ly/3LhVh8O) – Senegal Cape Town Tigers (CapeTownTigers.com) – South Africa
Ferroviário da Beira or CFV – Beira (Clube Ferroviário da Beira) (bit.ly/3LlVg3K) – Mozambique Cobra Sport (Cobra Sports Club) (bit.ly/3JcRWpz) – South Sudan
REG (Rwanda Energy Group) (bit.ly/339ShtW) (REG) – Rwanda F.A.P (Forces Armeés et Police Basketball) (FAPBasketball.com/)* – Cameroon
S.L.A.C (Seydou Legacy Athlétique Club) (bit.ly/3GEMQRg) – Guinea Petro de Luanda (Clube Atlético Petroleos de Luanda) (Petroatletico.co.ao)* – Angola
US Monastir (Union Sportive Monastirienne) (usmonastir.org.tn/)* – Tunisia Zamalek (el-Zamalek.com/)* (2021 BAL Champion) – Egypt

 

*Returning team from inaugural BAL season
“We are thrilled to welcome seven new teams and four new countries into the second season of the BAL,” said BAL President Amadou Gallo Fall.  “Defending Champion Zamalek will anchor the five returning teams, after representing the BAL in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup this month in Cairo.  The competition to bring home the 2022 BAL Championship Trophy is heating up, and we are excited that more fans will have an opportunity to watch the games live in three world-class African cities.  To BAL fans across the continent and around the world – Game On!”
“We are excited for the tip off of this highly anticipated season two of the BAL,” said FIBA Africa and BAL Board President Anibal Manave.  “The Road to BAL 2022, which was successfully completed at the end of last year, provided fans with some exciting close games and captivating action.  We are optimistic that this expanded BAL season will be a huge success.”
Champions from the national leagues in Angola, Egypt, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal and Tunisia earned their participation in the 2022 BAL season by winning their respective national leagues.  The remaining six teams, which come from Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Mozambique, South Africa and South Sudan, secured their participation through the Road to BAL qualifying tournaments conducted by FIBA Regional Office Africa across the continent from October to December 2021.
New Fortress Energy (NFE), Rwanda Development Board (RDB), NIKE, Jordan Brand and Wilson will return as BAL Foundational Partners.  The league’s roster of world-class marketing partners also includes Flutterwave and Hennessy.
On May 30, Zamalek defeated US Monastir 76-63 to win the inaugural BAL Championship (bit.ly/3oAWVZw), which took place at Kigali Arena and was broadcast to fans in 215 countries and territories in 15 languages.
Below is the complete 2022 BAL season game schedule.  Additional details about the 2022 BAL season will be announced in the coming weeks.

DATE

DAY

HOME

AWAY

GROUP

LOCAL TIME

ET

 

SAHARA CONFERENCE

3/5/2022

Saturday

DUC

S.L.A.C

G1

5:30pm

12:30pm

 

3/6/2022

Sunday

REG

AS Salé

G2

2:00pm

9:00am

 

3/6/2022

Sunday

US Monastir

CFV – Beira

G3

5:30pm

12:30pm

 

3/8/2022

Tuesday

S.L.A.C

US Monastir

G4

5:30pm

12:30pm

 

3/8/2022

Tuesday

CFV – Beira

DUC

G5

9:00pm

4:00pm

 

3/9/2022

Wednesday

REG

S.L.A.C

G6

5:30pm

12:30pm

 

3/9/2022

Wednesday

AS Salé

CFV – Beira

G7

9:00pm

4:00pm

 

3/11/2022

Friday

AS Salé

US Monastir

G8

5:30pm

12:30pm

 

3/11/2022

Friday

DUC

REG

G9

9:00pm

4:00pm

 

3/12/2022

Saturday

S.L.A.C

CFV – Beira

G10

2:00pm

9:00am

 

3/12/2022

Saturday

US Monastir

DUC

G11

5:30pm

12:30pm

 

3/14/2022

Monday

REG

US Monastir

G12

5:30pm

1:30pm

 

3/14/2022

Monday

AS Salé

S.L.A.C

G13

9:00pm

5:00pm

 

3/15/2022

Tuesday

CFV – Beira

REG

G14

5:30pm

1:30pm

 

3/15/2022

Tuesday

DUC

AS Salé

G15

9:00pm

5:00pm

 

NILE CONFERENCE

4/9/2022

Saturday

Zamalek

Cobra Sport

G16

8:00pm

2:00pm

 

4/10/2022

Sunday

F.A.P

Espoir Fukash

G17

6:30pm

12:30pm

 

4/10/2022

Sunday

Cape Town

Petro de Luanda

G18

10:00pm

4:00pm

 

4/12/2022

Tuesday

Petro de Luanda

Cobra Sport

G19

6:30pm

12:30pm

 

4/12/2022

Tuesday

Cape Town

Zamalek

G20

10:00pm

4:00pm

 

4/13/2022

Wednesday

Cobra Sport

Espoir Fukash

G21

6:30pm

12:30pm

 

4/13/2022

Wednesday

F.A.P

Cape Town

G22

10:00pm

4:00pm

 

4/15/2022

Friday

Cobra Sport

Cape Town

G23

6:30pm

12:30pm

 

4/15/2022

Friday

Zamalek

Petro de Luanda

G24

10:00pm

4:00pm

 

4/16/2022

Saturday

Petro de Luanda

F.A.P

G25

6:30pm

12:30pm

 

4/16/2022

Saturday

Espoir Fukash

Zamalek

G26

10:00pm

4:00pm

 

4/18/2022

Monday

Petro de Luanda

Espoir Fukash

G27

6:30pm

12:30pm

 

4/18/2022

Monday

F.A.P

Cobra Sport

G28

10:00pm

4:00pm

 

4/19/2022

Tuesday

Espoir Fukash

Cape Town

G29

6:30pm

12:30pm

 

4/19/2022

Tuesday

Zamalek

F.A.P

G30

10:00pm

4:00pm

 

PLAYOFFS

QUARTER-FINALS

5/21/2022

Saturday

Seed 1 Sahara

Seed 4 Nile

G31

1:30pm

7:30am

 

5/21/2022

Saturday

Seed 2 Nile

Seed 3 Sahara

G32

6:00pm

12:00pm

 

5/22/2022

Sunday

Seed 1 Nile

Seed 4 Sahara

G33

1:30pm

7:30am

 

5/22/2022

Sunday

Seed 2 Sahara

Seed 3 Nile

G34

6:00pm

12:00pm

 

SEMIFINALS

5/25/2022

Wednesday

W31

W32

G35*

6:00pm

12:00pm

 

5/25/2022

Wednesday

W33

W34

G36*

9:30pm

3:30pm

 

THIRD PLACE

5/27/2022

Friday

L35

L36

G37*

6:00pm

12:00pm

 

CHAMPIONSHIP

5/28/2022

Saturday

W35

W36

G38*

6:00pm

12:00pm

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
G35* – G38* => highest-seeded team will be home team

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