BAL Finals

Organising body	Basketball Africa League
Founded	2021
First season	2021
Number of teams	2
International cup(s)	FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Current champions	Petro de Luanda (1st title) (2024)
Most championships	4 teams (1 title each)
Website	thebal.com
2022 BAL Finals

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) is a seasonal basketball league established in 2019 and first held in 2021. The league is a joint venture by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and FIBA, and 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. The winner automatically qualifies for that year's FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

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

Zamalek won the inaugural final in 2021. Petro de Luanda are the current champions, having won the 2024 final. Four different teams have won the BAL championship so far. Egyptian teams have won the competition the most times with two wins.

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	Zamalek (2) (1, 1–0)	Augustí Julbe	76–63	US Monastir (1) (1, 0–1)	Mounir Ben Slimane	Kigali Arena, Kigali, Rwanda	1,789[a]	[1]
2	2022	US Monastir (2) (2, 1–1)	Miodrag Perišić	83–72	Petro de Luanda (2) (1, 0–1)	José Neto	BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (2)	10,000	[2][3][4]
3	2023	Al Ahly (2) (1, 1–0)	Augustí Julbe	80–65	AS Douanes (2) (1, 0–1)	Pabi Gueye	BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (3)	7,532	[5]
4	2024	Petro de Luanda (6) (2, 1–1)	Sergio Valdeolmillos	107–94	Al Ahly Ly (7) (1, 0–1)	Ivan Jeremić	BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (4)	6,404	[6]
Upcoming finals
5	2025						SunBet Arena, Pretoria, South Africa

Al Ahly

Zamalek

Monastir

Petro

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Location of BAL champions.

Performances in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) by club

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
US Monastir	1	1	2022	2021
Petro de Luanda	1	1	2024	2022
Al Ahly	1	0	2023	—
Zamalek	1	0	2021	—
AS Douanes	0	1	—	2023
Al Ahly Ly	0	1	—	2024

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
Egypt	2	0	2
Tunisia	1	1	2
Angola	1	1	2
Senegal	0	1	1
Libya	0	1	1

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Augustí Julbe	2	0	2021, 2023	—
Miodrag Perišić	1	0	2022	—
Sergio Valdeolmillos	1	0	2024	—
Mounir Ben Slimane	0	1	—	2021
José Neto	0	1	—	2022
Pabi Guèye	0	1	—	2023
Ivan Jeremić	0	1	—	2024

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. Later, the BAL and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) agreed to host the finals of 2024, 2026 and 2028 as well.^[7]

Arena	Location	Finals	Years
BK Arena[b]	Kigali, Rwanda	6	2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026, 2028
SunBet Arena	Pretoria, South Africa	1	2025

Clubs denoted in italics lost the finals in the given year.

Year	Top scorer	Club	Points	Ref.
2021	Michael Fakuade	Zamalek	15
2022	Gerson Gonçalves	Petro de Luanda	28
2023	Nuni Omot	Al Ahly	22
2024	Nick Faust	Petro de Luanda	24	[8]
	Majok Deng	Al Ahly Ly

No. of championships	Player	Position	Seasons		Championship teams	Ref.
			Played	Winning Percentage
2	Solo Diabate	G	4	50%	Zamalek (2021) US Monastir (2022)	[9]
	Michael Fakuade	F	2	100%	Zamalek (2021) Al Ahly (2023)	[9]