2023 BAL Playoffs

The 2023 BAL Playoffs will be the postseason tournament of the 2023 BAL season to determine the champions of the third Basketball Africa League (BAL) season. For a third consecutive season, the playoffs will be hosted in the BK Arena in Kigali.

2023 BAL Playoffs
Dates21 – 27 May 2023
Finals venueBK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda
Teams8
Matches played8

Qualified teams

On 16 March 2023, the BAL incorrectly reported that REG became the first team to qualify for the playoffs.[1] US Monastir and ABC Fighters were also reported to have qualified on 20 March.[2][3] However, only on the last day of the Sahara Conference, the final ranking was determined and the four advancing teams were decided based on their head-to-head point difference. Petro de Luanda was the first team from the Nile Conference to qualify.[4]

Sahara Conference
Seed Team Record Clinched
Playoff berth Best record

in conference

1 Mali Stade Malien 3–2 21 March 21 March
2 Senegal AS Douanes 3–2 21 March —
3 Ivory Coast ABC Fighters 3–2 21 March —
4 Rwanda REG 3–2 21 March —

Nile Conference
Seed Team Record Clinched
Playoff berth Best record

in conference

1 Angola Petro de Luanda 5–0 3 May 5 May
2 Egypt Al Ahly 4–1 5 May —
3 Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira 2–3 6 May —
4 South Africa Cape Town Tigers 2–3 6 May —

Bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
21 May
 
 
Egypt Al Ahly
 
25 May
 
Rwanda REG
 
 
 
21 May
 
 
 
Mali Stade Malien
 
26 May
 
South Africa Cape Town Tigers
 
 
 
22 May
 
 
 
Senegal AS Douanes
 
25 May
 
Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira
 
 
 
22 May
 
 Third place game
 
Angola Petro de Luanda
 
27 May
 
Ivory Coast ABC Fighters
 
 
 
 
 
 

Games

Al Ahly vs. REG

This will be the second competitive game between the teams, who last met in the third round of Group C of the 2018–19 Africa Basketball League when Al Ahly won.[5]

21 May 2023
16:00
Al Ahly Egypt  vs. Rwanda REG

Stade Malien vs. Cape Town Tigers

This will be the first competitive game between the two teams.

AS Douanes vs. Ferroviário da Beira

This will be the first competitive game between the two teams.

Petro de Luanda vs. ABC Fighters

This is the first competitive game in the BAL between the two teams. They met twice in the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup, in the semi-final of the 2005 and in the group stage of the 2007.

Winner of Game 31 vs. Winner of Game 32
25 May 2023
17:00
Winner Game 31  vs. Winner Game 32

Winner of Game 33 vs. Winner of Game 34
25 May 2023
20:30
Winner Game 33  vs. Winner Game 34

Third place game
26 May 2023
18:00
Loser Game 35  vs. Loser Game 36

Finals
27 May 2023
18:00
Winner Game 35  vs. Winner Game 36

References
  1. "How REG secured the first 2023 BAL Playoffs spot". The BAL. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. "Bile's heroics send ABC to playoffs". The BAL. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. "Randle, Thomas lead Monastir to playoffs". The BAL. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  4. "Petro de Luanda become first Nile Conference team to qualify for the Playoffs". The BAL. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  5. "REG BBC v Al Ahly boxscore - FIBA Africa Basketball League 2019 - 10 February". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
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