2024 BAL season

2024 BAL season
LeagueBasketball Africa League
Season2024
Dates9 March – 1 June 2024[A]
Number of games48
Teams12
Playoffs
ChampionsAngola Petro de Luanda (1st title)
  Runners-upLibya Al Ahly Ly
Third placeNigeria Rivers Hoopers
Fourth placeSouth Africa Cape Town Tigers
Awards
MVPJo Lual-Acuil (Al Ahly Ly)
Seasons

The 2024 BAL season, also known as BAL Season 4, was the 4th season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The season began on 9 March 2024 and ended with the final on 1 June 2024, which was played in the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda for a fourth consecutive season.[1]

This season the league was expanded to 48 games, and from two conferences to three conferences, as South Africa hosted the inaugural Kalahari Conference.[2]

Al Ahly were the defending champions, having won the previous edition, but were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Al Ahly Ly.[3] Petro de Luanda from Angola won their first BAL championship after defeating Al Ahly Ly from Libya in the final.[4] As winners, Petro de Luanda, earned the right to play in the 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Venues

On 19 June 2023, the BAL and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) announced they agreed on a multi-year extension to their collaboration. Under the extension, it was agreed that the BK Arena in Kigali was to host the playoffs and finals in the 2024, 2026 and 2028 seasons.[1]

On 5 January 2024, the host venues and schedule were announced. The SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa, was the fourth arena to host BAL games.[5]

Format changes

The BAL expanded the total games in the season from 38 to 48. In the group phase, there were three conferences as the Kalahari Conference was added to the already existing Nile Conference and Sahara Conference. The number of teams in the conferences was decreased to four, with all teams playing each other twice. The top two teams and the two best third-placed teams advanced to the playoffs. Before the playoffs, the eight teams played seeding teams to determine their opponents in the single-elimination playoffs. This was the second time the match-ups in the playoffs were determined by seeding, with teams ranked 1 to 8, as this was last done in the inaugural season.[2]

Qualification

Qualified teams

The six directly qualified teams were the champions of the national leagues of six pre-selected countries. The other six team qualified through the Road to BAL.

Road to BAL

Main article: 2024 BAL qualification

The Road to BAL began on 3 October and ended on 26 November 2023. On 21 September 2023, FIBA announced the 20 teams that had registered to play in the first round, which was played in five groups.[6] The final phase of the West Division was organised in Yaoundé, Cameroon, for a third time. Johannesburg, South Africa, hosted the East Division finals once again.[7][8]

Chad was represented for the first time in tournament history, by Lamantins, however, the team forfeited during halftime of their first game.[9]

Teams

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Location of teams of the 2024 BAL season main tournament.
Green: Nile Conference; Yellow: Sahara Conference; Red: Kalahari Conference.

Petro de Luanda were the first team to qualify, as they won the 2022–23 Angolan Basketball League on 19 April 2023.[10]

APR, Al Ahly Ly, Bangui Sporting Club, Dynamo and FUS Rabat made their league debuts. Al Ahly Ly, Bangui Sporting Club and Dynamo were the first teams from Libya, the Central African Republic, and Burundi, respectively, to play in the BAL.

Team Method of qualification Date of qualification BAL appearance Previous appearance Consecutive appearances Previous best performance Ref.
Angola Petro de Luanda 2022–23 Angolan League champions 19 April 2023 4th 2023 4 Runners-up (2022) [10]
Egypt Al Ahly 2022–23 Egyptian Premier League champions 15 May 2023 2nd 2023 2 Champions (2023) [11]
Tunisia US Monastir 2022–23 Championnat Pro A champions 27 May 2023 4th 2023 4 Champions (2022) [12]
Rwanda APR 2023 RBL season champions 9 September 2023 1st — 1 — [13]
Senegal AS Douanes 2023 Nationale 1 champions 17 September 2023 3rd 2023 2 Runners-up (2023) [14]
Central African Republic Bangui Sporting Club Road to BAL West Division champions 4 November 2023 1st — 1 — [15]
Morocco FUS Rabat Road to BAL West Division runners-up 4 November 2023 1st — 1 — [16]
Libya Al Ahly Ly[B] Road to BAL West Division third place 5 November 2023 1st — 1 — [17]
Uganda City Oilers Road to BAL East Division runners-up 25 November 2023 2nd 2023 2 Group phase (2023) [18]
South Africa Cape Town Tigers Road to BAL East Division champions 25 November 2023 3rd 2023 3 Quarterfinals (2022, 2023) [19]
Nigeria Rivers Hoopers 2023 NBBF Premier League champions 25 November 2023 2nd 2021 1 Group phase (2021) [20]
Burundi Dynamo Road to BAL East Division third place 26 November 2023 1st — 1 — [21]

Personnel

Team Head coach Captain
Al Ahly Spain Augustí Julbe[22] Egypt Seif Samir
Al Ahly Ly Serbia Ivan Jeremić[23] Libya Sofian Hamad[23]
APR Jordan Maz Trakh Rwanda Jean Jacques Nshobozwa
AS Douanes Senegal Pabi Guèye Senegal Alkaly Ndour
Bangui Sporting Club Cameroon François Enyengue[23] Central African Republic Jimmy Djimrabaye[23]
Cape Town Tigers South Africa Mlungisi Ngwenya South Africa Lebesa Selepe[24]
City Oilers Morocco Nesba Karim[25] Uganda James Okello[26]
Dynamo France Julien Chaignot[27] United States Bryton Hobbs[24]
FUS Rabat Morocco Said El Bouzidi Morocco Abdelhakim Zouita[28]
Petro de Luanda Brazil José Neto (Conference Stage)[29][C] Angola Carlos Morais[28]
Spain Sergio Valdeolmillos (Playoffs)[30][C]
Rivers Hoopers Nigeria Ogoh Odaudu Nigeria Victor Anthony Koko[31]
US Monastir Egypt Mohamed El Kardani Tunisia Mokhtar Ghyaza[31]


Foreign and Elevate players

Each BAL team was allowed to have four foreign players on its roster, including only two non-African players. Players in italics were signed only for the playoffs. If players have multiple nationalities, the nationality of an African nation is shown.

Each team had one player from the NBA Academy Africa, under the "BAL Elevate" program. This year the league allocated the players to teams, a switch from the draft system used in the previous seasons.[32] Players were allocated based on the following criteria, in order: "country of birth, country of nationality, country where majority of life was spent, past BAL team, country of past BAL team."[32]

Team Players Elevate player[33]
1 2 3 4 5
Al Ahly Ghana Prince Ali[34] Libya Tony Mitchell[35] United States Mark Lyons[36] Egypt Seifeldin Hendawy
Al Ahly Ly South Sudan Jo Lual-Acuil[37] United States Pierre Jackson^[38] United States Kevin Murphy[39] South Sudan Majok Deng[40] Ivory Coast Solo Diabate[23] Senegal Assane Mandian
APR United States Dario Hunt[41] Guyana Obadiah Noel[42] Egypt Abdullah Ahmed[42] Kenya Tom Wamukota[43] Senegal Mouhamed Camara[D]
AS Douanes Niger Abdoulaye Harouna[45] Ivory Coast Mike Fofana[46] Nigeria Chris Obekpa[46] Nigeria Ifeanyichukwu Ochereobia[46] South Sudan Madut Akec[46] Senegal Khadim Mboup
Bangui Sporting Club Democratic Republic of the Congo Rolly Fula Nganga[23] United States Curtis Hollis[23] South Sudan Moses Bol[47] Nigeria Emeka Nwabuzor[47] South Sudan Nyang Wek[23] Egypt Ahmed Abouelela
Cape Town Tigers Mali Cartier Diarra[48] United States Billy Preston[48] South Sudan Ngor Manyang[48] Senegal Mouhamadou Ndoye[48] South Sudan Dhieu Deing*[49] Senegal Yakhya Diop
City Oilers United States Patrick Rembert[50] United States Dane Miller Jr.[50] United States Randy Culpepper[50] Ghana Bashir Ahmed[50] South Sudan Khaman Maluach
Dynamo South Sudan Dhieu Deing[27] United Kingdom Morakinyo Williams[51] United States Bryton Hobbs[52] Senegal Makhtar Gueye[53] Nigeria Israel Otobo[53] Senegal Mohamed Camara
FUS Rabat Mali Aliou Diarra[54] United States Ken Brown[55] United States John Jordan[56] Belgium Ayoub Nouhi[56] Belgium Yacine Baeri[56] Ivory Coast Mohamed Sylla
Petro de Luanda United States Markeith Cummings[57] United States Anthony Nelson^[58] United States Nick Faust[49] Angola Aginaldo Neto
Rivers Hoopers United States Will Perry[59] Morocco John Wilkins[60] Nigeria David Ugonna
US Monastir South Sudan Ater Majok[61] Mali Sadio Doucouré[31] United States Chris Crawford[31] United States George Williams[31] United States Avry Holmes*[49] Tunisia Ahmed Bedoui

Notes:
* Playoffs only.
^ Player left the team after the conference phase.


Pre-season

For a second consecutive season, the BAL champions directly qualified for the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. At the 2023 Singapore edition, Al Ahly represented the league. Al Ahly finished in the fourth place, after previously beating the NBA G League Ignite to become the first African team to win a game in the competition's history.

The league hosted the third BAL Combine at the Ibn Yassine Omnisports Hall in Rabat, Morocco, between 5 January and 7 January 2024. It was the first combine to be held on the African continent, after the previous editions were hosted in Paris and New York.[5] A total of 30 players participated under combine director Robert Pack.[5]

Schedule

The schedule for the 2024 season was officially released on 5 January 2024.[5]

Phase Round Draw date Games
Qualifying rounds
(Road to BAL) 		First Round – 3 – 23 October 2023
Elite 16 23 October 2023 31 October – 26 November 2023
Regular season Kalahari Conference – 9 – 17 March 2024
Nile Conference 19 – 27 April 2024
Sahara Conference 4 – 12 May 2024
Seeding games 24 May – 1 June 2024
Playoffs Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final and third place

Conference phase

The conference phase was played between 9 March and 12 May 2024. The 12 teams of the conference phase were divided into three conferences. In addition to the Sahara Conference and Nile Conference, the inaugural Kalahari Conference took place.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the regular season was determined as follows:[62][63]

  1. Win-loss record;
  2. Head-to-head record;
  3. Point differential in the games between the respective teams;
  4. Number of points scored in the games between the respective teams;
  5. Average point differential in all games against other teams in the Conference;
  6. Average number of points scored in all games played against other teams in the Conference;
  7. Drawing.

Kalahari Conference

Main article: 2024 BAL Kalahari Conference

The Kalahari Conference games began on 9 March and ended on 17 March 2024 and were played at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa. In the opening day game between Burundi's Dynamo and South Africa's Cape Town Tigers, the Burundian side taped off the logo of league sponsor Visit Rwanda. Political tensions between the two border nations Burundi and Rwanda had been rising, as Burundi has accused Rwanda of supporting the RED-Tabara rebel militia in the country.[64][65] Dynamo forfeited their second game against FUS Rabat on 10 March, with the BAL citing "refusing to comply with the league’s rules governing jersey and uniform requirements" as the reason why.[66] Following Dynamo's second forfeit on 12 March, the team was automatically withdrawn from the group as per FIBA rules.[67] Dynamo players Bryton Hobbs and Makhtar Gueye stated that the Burundian government had prohibited the team to wear the logo and ordered the club to forfeit its games if necessary.[64][68]

Pos Team
 Pld W L GF GA GD PCT Qualification FUS PDL CTT DBC
1 Morocco FUS Rabat 4 3 1 363 295 +68 .750 Advance to playoffs — 86–89 84–78 20–0
2 Angola Petro de Luanda 4 2 2 360 340 +20 .500 73–82 — 100–88 Canc.
3 South Africa Cape Town Tigers (H) 4 1 3 305 346 −41 .250 58–84 84–78 — 73–86
4 Burundi Dynamo (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Withdrew Canc. Canc. Canc. —
Source: BAL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(D) Disqualified; (H) Hosts

Nile Conference

Main article: 2024 BAL Nile Conference

Defending champions Al Ahly captured its first Nile Conference title,[69] despite surprisingly losing one game to lower-ranked City Oilers.[70] Al Ahly Ly edged out Bangui SC for the second place, winning the tiebreaker on head-to-head performance. City Oilers center Khaman Maluach, only 17 at the time, impressed by leading the league and blocks.[71]

Pos Team
 Pld W L GF GA GD PCT Qualification ASC AAL BSC COB
1 Egypt Al Ahly (H) 6 5 1 544 470 +74 .833 Advance to playoffs — 98–88 94–71 99–76
2 Libya Al Ahly Ly 6 3 3 537 498 +39 .500[a] 76–87 — 93–71 110–78
3 Central African Republic Bangui SC 6 3 3 509 529 −20 .500[a] 79–85 96–93 — 101–88
4 Uganda City Oilers 6 1 5 468 561 −93 .167 82–81 68–79 76–91 —
Source: BAL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head: Al Ahly Ly and Bangui SC were tied 1–1 in their games, +19 point differential for Al Ahly Ly over these two games.

Sahara Conference

Main article: 2024 BAL Sahara Conference

The Rivers Hoopers clinched the Sahara Conference title and qualified for their first playoff appearance, after having missed out in 2021.[72] AS Douanes took the second place, while US Monastir advanced as one of the best-ranked third place teams. APR was eliminated after a loss to Douanes on the final gameday, becoming the first Rwandan team to fail to qualify for the playoffs.[73]

Pos Team
 Pld W L GF GA GD PCT Qualification RIV ASD USM APR
1 Nigeria Rivers Hoopers 6 4 2 441 413 +28 .667 Advance to playoffs — 54–56 62–73 78–71
2 Senegal AS Douanes (H) 6 3 3 409 385 +24 .500[a] 68–77 — 76–59 79–54
3 Tunisia US Monastir 6 3 3 437 450 −13 .500[a] 63–84 75–69 — 84–89
4 Rwanda APR 6 2 4 432 471 −39 .333 82–86 66–61 70–83 —
Source: BAL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head: AS Douanes 1–1 US Monastir, AS Douanes won on aggregrate point difference (+1).

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Sahara Tunisia US Monastir 4 2 2 270 287 −17 .500 Advance to playoffs
2 Kalahari South Africa Cape Town Tigers 4 1 3 305 346 −41 .250[a]
3 Nile Central African Republic Bangui SC 4 1 3 317 365 −48 .250[a]
Source: BAL
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Cape Town Tigers won the tie-breaker over Bangui SC based on point differential.

Playoffs

Main article: 2024 BAL playoffs

The playoffs and finals were held from 24 May to 1 June 2024 in the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda.[2] This was the first year in which seeding games are part of the playoffs.

Three out of four quarterfinal games were won by the lower seeded team. Petro de Luanda became the first team to reach four consecutive semi-finals, while the Al Ahly Ly, the Cape Town Tigers and the Rivers Hoopers made their semi-final debuts and became the first teams from Libya, South Africa and Nigeria, respectively, to qualify for the stage.[74]

Seeding games

The seeding games between the eight teams that advanced from the group phase were played on 24 and 25 May.[2] The match-ups were determined based on an aggregate ranking of all teams, with four pairings to decide the final seeds.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Al Ahly Egypt 78–89
(1st–2nd seed) 		Morocco FUS Rabat
Rivers Hoopers Nigeria 57–63
(3rd–4th seed) 		Senegal AS Douanes
Petro de Luanda Angola 67–70
(5th–6th seed) 		Tunisia US Monastir
Al Ahly Ly Libya 87–67
(7th–8th seed) 		South Africa Cape Town Tigers

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
1 Morocco FUS Rabat 88
8 South Africa Cape Town Tigers (OT) 91
8 South Africa Cape Town Tigers 86
6 Angola Petro de Luanda (OT) 96
3 Senegal AS Douanes 65
6 Angola Petro de Luanda 66
6 Angola Petro de Luanda 107
7 Libya Al Ahly Ly 94
2 Egypt Al Ahly 77
7 Libya Al Ahly Ly 86
7 Libya Al Ahly Ly (OT) 89 Third place game
4 Nigeria Rivers Hoopers 83
4 Nigeria Rivers Hoopers 92 4 Nigeria Rivers Hoopers 80
5 Tunisia US Monastir 88 8 South Africa Cape Town Tigers 57

Individual awards

The winner of the Coach of the Year award was announced before the third place game on 31 May. Following the final on 1 June, the remainder of the awards were announced.[75] Jo Lual-Acuil became the first player to win both the MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards, as well as the first player on a losing team to be named MVP.[75]

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Category Player Team(s) Statistic
Points per game Jo Lual-Acuil Al Ahly Ly 21.1
Rebounds per game Khaman Maluach City Oilers 13.5
Assists per game Chris Crawford US Monastir 9.0
Steals per game Abdoulaye Harouna AS Douanes 4.0
Blocks per game Abdou Ndoye Cape Town Tigers 3.5
Minutes per game Rolly Fula Nganga Bangui SC 37.7
FG% Aliou Diarra FUS Rabat 66.7%
3P% Billy Preston Cape Town Tigers 50.0%
FT% Will Perry Rivers Hoopers 91.9%

Individual game highs

The league's all-time records for points, rebounds, steals and blocks in a single game were all broken this year.

Category Player Team Statistic
Points Jo Lual-Acuil Al Ahly Ly 42 (record)
Rebounds Nkosinathi Sibanyoni Cape Town Tigers 25 (record)
Assists Chris Crawford US Monastir 14
Steals Mark Lyons Al Ahly 8 (record)
Blocks Khaman Maluach City Oilers 7 (record)
Three pointers Abdoulaye Harouna AS Douanes 8

Team statistic leaders

Category Team Statistic
Points per game Al Ahly Ly 89.3
Rebounds per game Rivers Hoopers 49.7
Assists per game Dynamo 21.0
Steals per game Dynamo 12.0
Blocks per game FUS Rabat 5.5
Turnovers per game FUS Rabat 16.5
APR
Fouls per game Petro de Luanda 20.6
FG% Dynamo 52.2%
FT% US Monastir 73.0%
3P% Al Ahly Ly 36.6%

Notes

  1. ^ The qualification rounds began on 3 October 2023 and ended 20 November 2023.
  2. ^ During the 2024 BAL qualification, Al Ahly Ly was officially represented as Al Ahly Benghazi by FIBA.
  3. ^ a b José Neto coached Petro de Luanda during the Kalahari Conference, but was fired on 21 March 2024.[29] Sergio Valdeolmillos was signed as his successor at 28 March 2024.[30]
  4. ^ Ulrich Chomche was initially drafted by APR, however, he was left off the roster as he prepared for the 2024 NBA draft. He was replaced by Mouhamed Camara.[44]

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