2023–24 Egyptian Basketball Premier League
Egyptian Basketball Premier League | |
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Season | 2023–24 |
Dates | 8 January 2024 – 13 June 2024 |
Teams | 16 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | Ahmed Adel (Al Ittihad) |
Relegated | Eastern Company Olympic |
Finals | |
Champions | Al Ittihad Alexandria (14th title) |
Runners-up | Al Ahly |
← 2022–23 2024–25 → |
The 2023–24 Egyptian Basketball Premier League is the 49th season of the Premier League, the top level of professional basketball in Egypt. The preliminary round began on 8 January 2024, and the season ended with the final game of the finals on 13 June 2024.[1]
Al Ahly were the defending champions.[2] Al Ittihad Alexandria won their 14th title, ending a three-year drought, after beating Al Ahly in the finals.[3]
Teams
[edit]Promoted from 2022 to 2023 Second Division | Relegated from 2022–23 Egyptian Basketball Premier League |
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El Shams Al Zohor |
Desouk Horse Owners' Club |
Preliminary round
[edit]The teams were matched based on their rankings in the 2022–23 Egyptian Basketball Premier League, with the 1st ranked team playing the 16th ranked team, and so forth.
The winners of the preliminary round were placed in the Super League, while the losing teams played in the bottom group.
The team denoted as "Team 1" played the first leg at home. The first leg was played on 8 or 9 January, the second leg on 11 January and the third leg (if necessary) on 14 January 2024.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Al Ahly | 2–0 | Aviation Club | 86–57 | 88–57 | – |
Smouha | 2–1 | Al Zohor | 79–64 | 62–66 | 56–66 |
Al Ittihad Alexandria | 2–0 | El Shams | 76–40 | 80–60 | – |
Gezira | 2–0 | Eastern Company | 95–59 | 41–59 | – |
Telecom Egypt | 2–0 | El Gaish Army | 78–74 | 63-37 | – |
Sporting Alexandria | 2–0 | Egypt Insurance | 76–40 | 80–60 | – |
Olympic | 0–2 | Heliopolis | 83–89 | 53–63 | – |
Zamalek | 2–0 | Suez Canal SC | 72–54 | 75–55 | – |
Super League
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Al Ittihad Alexandria | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1175 | 996 | +179 | 27 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
2 | Al Ahly | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1192 | 1073 | +119 | 25 | |
3 | Zamalek | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1087 | 967 | +120 | 24 | |
4 | Gezira | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1098 | 1042 | +56 | 22 | |
5 | Sporting Alexandria | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1070 | 1061 | +9 | 21 | |
6 | Smouha | 14 | 4 | 10 | 938 | 1035 | −97 | 18 | |
7 | Egypt Telecom | 14 | 2 | 12 | 938 | 1122 | −184 | 16 | Qualification to 7th-10th placement round |
8 | Heliopolis | 14 | 1 | 13 | 890 | 1092 | −202 | 15 |
9th-16th place round
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | Suez Canal | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1024 | 911 | +113 | 27 | Qualification to 7th-10th placement round |
2 | Army | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1021 | 890 | +131 | 26 | |
3 | El Shams | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1031 | 1000 | +31 | 22 | Qualification to classification round |
4 | Egypt Insurance | 14 | 6 | 8 | 874 | 910 | −36 | 20 | |
5 | Al Zohor | 14 | 5 | 9 | 989 | 1022 | −33 | 19 | |
6 | Aviation Club | 14 | 5 | 9 | 944 | 988 | −44 | 19 | |
7 | Olympic | 14 | 4 | 10 | 920 | 1043 | −123 | 18 | |
8 | Eastern Company | 14 | 3 | 11 | 912 | 951 | −39 | 17 |
Playoffs
[edit]The playoffs began with the play-in round to decide the 7th and 8th seeds in the playoffs. The game were played on 25, 26 and 28 March 2024.
Placement 7th-10th | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Al Ittihad Alexandria | 85 | 84 | 99 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Heliopolis | 61 | 47 | 68 | 1 | 8 | Suez Canal | 62 | 66 | 64 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Suez Canal | 69 | 42 | 74 | 2 | 1 | Al Ittihad Alexandria | 89 | 68 | 88 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sporting Alexandria | 75 | 63 | 78 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Gezira | 67 | 76 | 89 | 85 | 61 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sporting Alexandria | 77 | 68 | 78 | 87 | 73 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Al Ittihad Alexandria | 71 | 79 | 80 | 76 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Al Ahly | 69 | 83 | 78 | 70 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Al Ahly | 83 | 89 | 83 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Telecom Egypt | 62 | 64 | 83 | 2 | 7 | Telecom Egypt | 70 | 69 | 57 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Army | 82 | 63 | 75 | 1 | 2 | Al Ahly | 79 | 76 | 83 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Zamalek | 60 | 71 | 80 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Zamalek | 77 | 68 | 87 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Smouha | 60 | 65 | 56 | 0 |
Classification round
[edit]The losers of the play-in round and the 11th to 16th ranked teams played in this round to determine which teams would play in the relegation round. The series are played in a best-of-five format. Team 1 played games one, two and five at home.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg | 4th leg |
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Egypt Insurance | 3–2 | Al Zohor | 59–67 | 63–49 | 69–72 | 64–62 |
Heliopolis | 3–0 | Eastern | 56–51 | 55–50 | 68–62 | – |
Army | 3–1 | Olympic | 67–60 | 78–63 | 63–74 | 79–73 |
Al Shams | 3–0 | Aviation Club | 75–71 | 75–71 | 87–82 | – |
Relegation round
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | Al Zohor | 6 | 5 | 1 | 449 | 386 | +63 | 11 | |
2 | Aviation Club | 6 | 4 | 2 | 378 | 388 | −10 | 10 | |
3 | Eastern Company (R) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 374 | 367 | +7 | 8 | Relegated to Premier League B |
4 | Olympic (R) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 376 | 436 | −60 | 7 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Egyptian Basketball Premier League". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "الخطيب يهنئ لاعبي السلة وجهازهم الفني والإداري والطبي ببطولة دوري السوبر". Al Ahly (in Arabic). 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ "الاتحاد السكندري يهزم الأهلي ويتوج بلقب دوري السوبر لكرة السلة". btolat.com (in Arabic). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.