List of BAL finals

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) is a seasonal basketball league established in 2019 and first held in 2021. The league is open to national champions of FIBA Africa member countries. 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.

BAL Finals
Organising bodyBasketball Africa League
Founded2021
First season2021
International cup(s)FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Current championsTunisia US Monastir (1st title)
(2022)
Websitethebal.com
2022 BAL Finals

The data below does not include the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup, the predecessor of the BAL that was held from 1972 to 2019.

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 Year Champions Coach Result Runners-up Coach Arena Attendance Reference
1 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[lower-alpha 1] [1]
2 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 (2) 10,000[2] [3][4]
3 2023 To be played BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (3) TBA

Performances

Performance by club
TeamsWinLossTotalYear(s) wonYear(s) lost
Tunisia US Monastir 11020222021
Egypt Zamalek 1012021–
Angola Petro de Luanda 010–2022

Performance by country

Teams from three nations have been to a BAL final, and teams from two countries have 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

Performance by head coach
Nationality Manager Winner Runner-up Years won Years runner-up
 SRB Miodrag Perišić 1 0 2022 —
 ESP Augustí Julbe 1 0 2021 —
 TUN Mounir Ben Slimane 0 1 — 2021
 BRA José Neto 0 1 — 2022

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 LocationFinalsYears hosted
BK Arena[lower-alpha 2] 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.
  2. "BAL Announces Teams, Conferences & Game Schedule Ahead of 2023 Season Tipping off March 11th". BAL. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  3. "US Monastir are the 2022 Basketball Africa League Champions". The BAL. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  4. "Kings in the North: Tunisia's US Monastir crowned BAL champions". ESPN.com. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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