2022 BAL season

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2022 BAL season
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The BK Arena hosted the playoffs and finals
Champions Tunisia US Monastir (1st title)
Runners-up Angola Petro de Luanda
Third place Egypt Zamalek
Fourth place Cameroon FAP
Teams 12
Games played 38
Duration 5 March – 28 May 2022
Awards
MVP Michael Dixon, US Monsatir
Records
Winning streak 6 games
Zamalek
Home win 39 points
Monastir 106–67 Cape Town
(22 May 2022)
Highest attendance 7,576
REG 63–66 FAP
(21 May 2022)

The 2022 BAL season, also known as BAL Season 2, was the second season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).[1] The season began on 2 March 2022 and ended with the Finals on 28 May 2022.[2][3] The group phase was played in the Dakar Arena in Dakar and the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in Cairo. The playoffs and finals were played in the BK Arena[upper-alpha 1] in Kigali for a second year in a row.

Tunisian club US Monastir won the finals to win its first-ever BAL title, after defeating Angolan club Petro de Luanda in the 2022 BAL Finals.[5] As winners, Monastir qualified for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Format

On December 9th 2021, the BAL announced a new format for the season, with an expansion of the number of total games to 38. The twelve qualified teams are divided over two conference of six teams, in which all teams play the other teams once. The top eight teams from both conferences advance to the playoffs, which remains a single-elimination tournament.[2]

Team allocation

On 13 October 2021, FIBA announced the 26 teams from 26 countries which participate in the qualification round.[6] Eventually, 8 teams withdrew from the qualifications.

  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: Place in the domestic competition
  • TH: Title holder
  • CW: Cup winner
  • QT: National qualification tournament
Group phase
Egypt ZamalekTH (1st) Tunisia US Monastir (1st) Senegal DUC (1st) Angola Petro de Luanda (1st)
Nigeria Rivers Hoopers (1st)[Note NGR] Rwanda REG (1st)[Note RWA] Morocco AS Salé (1st)[Note MOR]
First qualifying round
Algeria WA Boufarik Mali AS Police (1st) Cape Verde Prédio Uganda City Oilers (1st)
Guinea SLAC (1st) Burkina Faso AOA (1st) Benin ASPAC (1st) Niger Nigelec
Ivory Coast SOA (1st) Democratic Republic of the Congo Espoir Fukash (CW)[Note COD] Cameroon FAP (1st) Equatorial Guinea Malabo Kings (1st)
Central African Republic Tondema (1st) Madagascar ASCUT (1st) South Sudan Cobra Sport Ethiopia Hawassa City
Tanzania Kurasini Heat (1st) Burundi New Star South Africa Cape Town Tigers (1st) Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira (QT)
Mauritius Roche-Bois Warriors Zambia Matero Magic Zimbabwe Mercenaries[Note ZIM] Kenya Ulinzi Warriors (1st)
Malawi Brave Hearts (1st)
Notes
  1. ^ DR Congo (COD): In FIBA's team list of 13 October, 2020 national champions ASB Mazembe was announced to be the Congolese representative. However, the Fédération de basketball du Congo (FEBACO) eventually decided to enter 2021 champions Espoir Fukash.[7]
  2. ^ Morocco (MOR): AS Salé was initially drawn into the second qualifying round, which it withdrew from. Later, the team was awarded the void spot left after the exclusion of the Rivers Hoopers of Nigeria.
  3. ^ Nigeria (NGR): Nigeria's Rivers Hoopers were excluded from the competition as FIBA Africa ruled the championship it won was not valid because it was not hosted by the Nigeria Basketball Federation.[8].
  4. ^ Rwanda (RWA): The national champions from Rwanda were given direct qualification, as the country will host the semi-finals and finals. Morocco's representative, AS Salé, has been dropped from the six countries which qualified directly and will enter the Elite 16 of the qualifying tournament.[9]
  5. ^ Zimbabwe (ZIM): The representative team from Zimbabwe, Mercenaries pulled out before its games in Group F started.[10]

Teams

The twelve teams for the inaugural BAL season had to qualify in their domestic competitions to be able to play in the league, similar to other FIBA-organised competitions. Six teams qualify directly as domestic champions; six winners of the qualifying tournaments qualify as well.

Qualified teams

On 22 May 2020, Petro de Luanda was announced as the first qualified team for the 2021 BAL season. The Angolan FAB had abandoned the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and awarded the team the place without naming it as champions.[11] Four teams made their debut in the competition. On January 14, 2022, FIBA Africa decided to exclude the Rivers Hoopers as it stated that the Nigeria Basketball Federation failed to organise a national championship.[12] The BAL chose to give AS Salé direct qualification to replace the Nigerian team. REG qualified directly for the regular season as Rwanda hosted the playoffs and finals.

The twelve teams were confirmed by the BAL on 9 December 2021.[2]

Cape Town Tigers (South Africa), Cobra Sport (South Sudan), SLAC (Guinea) and Espoir Fukash (DR Congo) all were the first teams from their countries to play in the BAL.

Team Home city Qualified as Qualified on Previous BAL seasons Arena Capacity
Angola Petro de Luanda Luanda, Angola Champions of the 2020–21 Angolan Basketball League 22 May 2020[11] 1 (2021) Pavilhão da Cidadela 6,873
Tunisia US Monastir Monastir, Tunisia Champions of the 2020–21 Championnat National A 8 August 2020 1 (2021) Mohamed-Mzali Sports Hall 4,075
Egypt Zamalek Giza, Egypt Champions of the 2020–21 Egyptian Basketball Super League 28 June 2021 1 (2021) Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall 4,000
Senegal DUC Dakar Dakar, Senegal Champions of the 2021 Nationale 1 8 August 2021[13] Debut Marius Ndiaye Stadium 3,000
Rwanda REG Kigali, Rwanda Champions of the 2020–21 NBL Rwanda 30 October 2021[14] Debut Amahoro Indoor Stadium 2,000
Morocco AS Salé Salé, Morocco Champions of the 2020–21 Division Excellence 9 December 2021[2] 1 (2021) Salle El Bouâzzaoui 2,000
South Sudan Cobra Sport Juba, South Sudan Runners-up of East Division 10 December 2021[15] Debut Dr. Biar Sports Complex N/A
Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira Beira, Mozambique Winners of East Division 10 December 2021[15] Debut Estádio do Ferroviário Indoor Hall N/A
Guinea SLAC Conakry, Guinea Runners-up of West Division 15 December 2021[16] Debut Palais des Sports du Stade du 28 Septembre N/A
Cameroon FAP Yaoundé, Cameroon Winners of West Division 15 December 2021[17] 1 (2021) Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex 5,263
Democratic Republic of the Congo Espoir Fukash Kinshasa, DR Congo Third place of West Division 16 December 2021[18] Debut N/A
South Africa Cape Town Tigers Cape Town, South Africa Third place of East Division 11 December 2021[lower-greek 1] Debut N/A

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Bold: the team won the BAL championship in that year.

Personnel and sponsorship

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See also: 2022 BAL season rosters
Team Head coach Team captain
AS Salé Australia Liz Mills[21] Morocco Yassine El Mahsini
Cape Town Tigers South Africa Relton Booysen South Africa Pieter Prinsloo
Cobra Sport South Sudan Manny Berberi[22] United States Jared Harrington
DUC Dakar Senegal Parfait Adjivon Senegal Abel Diop
Espoir Fukash Democratic Republic of the Congo Raven Mwimba Democratic Republic of the Congo Rolly Fula
FAP Cameroon François Enyegue Cameroon Ebaku Akumenzoh
Ferroviário da Beira Spain Luis Lopez Hernandez Mozambique Armando Baptista
Petro de Luanda Brazil José Neto Angola Carlos Morais
REG United States Robert Pack[23] Rwanda Elie Kaje
SLAC Serbia Željko Zečević Guinea Mamadi Keita
US Monastir Serbia Miodrag Perišić Tunisia Radhouane Slimane
Zamalek United States Will Voigt Egypt Mostafa Kejo

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 also featured one player from the NBA Academy Africa, under the new BAL Elevate program.[24]

Team African Non-African Elevate player
1 2 3 4
AS Salé Niger Abdoulaye Harouna[25] Guinea Ousmane Drame[26] United States Terrell Stoglin[25] Spain Álvaro Calvo Masa[25] Morocco Nadir Bennis
Cape Town Tigers Democratic Republic of the Congo Myck Kabongo[27] Central African Republic Evans Ganapamo[27] United States Billy Preston[27] United States Cleanthony Early[28]
(replaced United States Jamel Artis[27])		 Senegal Matar Diop
Cobra Sport Kenya Tom Wamukota[29] N/A United States Jared Harrington[30] United States Leon Hampton[29] South Sudan Khaman Maluach
DUC Ivory Coast Abraham Sie[31] Democratic Republic of the Congo Chadrack Lufile[32] United States Hameed Ali[32] France Jordan Aboudou[32] Senegal Babacar Sané
Espoir Fukash N/A N/A Canada Narcisse Ambanza[33] N/A Nigeria Emmanuel Okorafor
FAP Cape Verde Joel Almeida[34] Senegal Abou Diallo[35] United States Tyjhai Byers[34] United States Deshaun Norman[34] Cameroon Ulrich Chomche
Ferroviário da Beira N/A N/A United States Will Perry[36] Canada Jermel Kennedy[36] Nigeria Rueben Chinyelu
Petro de Luanda Cape Verde Anderson Correia[37] N/A United States E. C. Matthews[38] N/A Central African Republic Thierry Darlan
REG Democratic Republic of the Congo Pitchou Kambuy Manga[39] Senegal Abdoulaye N'Doye[40] United States Cleveland Thomas[39] United States Anthony Walker[39] Nigeria Joy Ighovodja
SLAC Nigeria Josh Nzeakor[41] Nigeria Chris Obekpa[41] United States Dane Miller Jr.[41] United States Malcolm Griffin
(replaced United States Chris Crawford[41])		 Senegal Serigne Mbaye
US Monastir Ivory Coast Solo Diabate[42] South Sudan Ater Majok[43] Georgia (country) Michael Dixon[44] United States Julius Coles Jr.[45] Cameroon Charles Loic Onana
Zamalek Cameroon D. J. Strawberry[46] Nigeria Ike Diogu[47] Dominican Republic Édgar Sosa[48] United States Mikh McKinney[49] Senegal Khadim Rassoul Mboup


Schedule

File:2022-03-06 BAL Press Conference.jpg
A press conference of the BAL in March 2022
Phase Round Draw date Games
Qualifying First round 13 October 2021 21–31 October 2021
Elite 16 20 November 2021 6–16 December 2021
Group phase Dakar – 5–15 March 2022
Cairo 9–19 April 2022
Playoffs Quarter-finals 21–28 May 2022
Semi-finals
Final and third place

Qualifying tournaments

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Main article: 2022 BAL qualification

The qualifying tournaments started on 21 October 2021 and ended on 16 December 2021, with 23 teams from 23 countries participating. Six teams qualified for the group phase.

Group phase

The group phase began on 5 March 2022 in the Dakar Arena in Dakar, where 15 games will be played. From 9 April to 19 April 2022, the group phase continued in Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in Giza. The four best teams of each conference advanced to the playoffs.

Sahara Conference

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Main article: 2022 BAL Sahara Conference

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Nile Conference

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Playoffs

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Main article: 2022 BAL Playoffs

The playoffs began on 21 May and ended on 28 May with the Finals. All games were played in a single-elimination format, and the entire tournament was played at the Kigali Arena in Kigali.

Bracket

 
 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
 
                    
 
 21 May
 
 
N2
Angola Petro de Luanda		 102
 
 25 May
 
S3
Morocco AS Salé		 89
 
 Angola Petro de Luanda 88
 
 21 May
 
 Cameroon FAP 74
 
S1
Rwanda REG		 63
 
 28 May
 
N4
Cameroon FAP		 66
 
 Angola Petro de Luanda 72
 
 22 May
 
 Tunisia US Monastir 83
 
N1
Egypt Zamalek		 66
 
 25 May
 
S4
Guinea SLAC		 49
 
 Egypt Zamalek 81
 
 22 May
 
 Tunisia US Monastir 88 Third place game
 
S2
Tunisia US Monastir		 106
 
 27 May
 
N3
South Africa Cape Town Tigers		 67
 
 Cameroon FAP 74
 
 
 Egypt Zamalek 97
 

Awards

This season, the Coach of the Year award and All-Defensive First Team were introduced and announced on 27 May.[50][51] The MVP and Defensive Player of the Year were announced on 28 May 2022.[5] The BAL Ubuntu Award, for the player that made the greatest contribution to his community, was awarded on 16 March 2023 after a fan vote.[52]

Statistics

The following were the statistical leaders in 2022 BAL season, including all playoff games.[53]

Team statistic leaders

Category Team Statistic
Points per game AS Salé 90.5
Rebounds per game Espoir Fukash 47.8
Assists per game Petro de Luanda 21.5
Steals per game 10.6
Blocks per game SLAC 4.8
Turnovers per game Espoir Fukash 20.6
Fouls per game REG 22.3
FG% US Monastir 48.1%
FT% 75.3%
3FG% AS Salé 38.9%

Notes

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