2022 BAL Season Opener Will Feature Senegal’s Dakar Université Club (DUC) Taking on Guinea’s Seydou Legacy Athlétique Club (S.L.A.C) at the Dakar Arena on Saturday, March 5 at 5:30 p.m. GMT; Fans Can Visit NBA.com/BAL to Register Their Interest in Tickets.
The Basketball Africa League (BAL) announced the top 12 club teams from 12 African countries that will compete in the 2022 BAL season (https://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)* (www.ASSbasketball.com) – Morocco | BC Espoir Fukash (https://bit.ly/3oAZBGx) – Democratic Republic of the Congo |
DUC (Dakar Université Club) (https://bit.ly/3LhVh8O) – Senegal | Cape Town Tigers (www.CapeTownTigers.com) – South Africa |
Ferroviário da Beira or CFV - Beira (Clube Ferroviário da Beira) (https://bit.ly/3LlVg3K) – Mozambique | Cobra Sport (Cobra Sports Club) (https://bit.ly/3JcRWpz) – South Sudan |
REG (Rwanda Energy Group) (https://bit.ly/339ShtW) (REG) – Rwanda | F.A.P (Forces Armeés et Police Basketball) (http://FAPBasketball.com/)* – Cameroon |
S.L.A.C (Seydou Legacy Athlétique Club) (https://bit.ly/3GEMQRg) – Guinea | Petro de Luanda (Clube Atlético Petroleos de Luanda) (https://Petroatletico.co.ao)* – Angola |
US Monastir (Union Sportive Monastirienne) (www.usmonastir.org.tn/)* – Tunisia | Zamalek (http://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 (https://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
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of National Basketball Association (NBA).Media Contact:
Edwin Eselem
BAL Communications
+221 78 615 4287, EEselem@theBAL.com
About the BAL:
The BAL, a partnership between the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the NBA, is a new professional league featuring 12 club teams from across Africa. The BAL, which is headquartered in Dakar, Senegal, builds on the foundation of club competitions FIBA Regional Office Africa has organized in Africa and marks the NBA’s first collaboration to operate a league outside North America. Fans can follow the BAL @theBAL on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube and register their interest in receiving more information at www.NBA.com/theBAL.
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