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2025 BAL season
LeagueBasketball Africa League
SportBasketball
DurationTo be announced
Number of teams12
Seasons
2026 →

The 2025 BAL season, also known as BAL Season 5, will be the 5th season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). It will be the first season in which the playoffs of the league will be held outside of Rwanda.[1]

Petro de Luanda will be the defending champions, having won the previous season. The winners will earn the right to play in the 2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Qualification

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Main article: 2025 BAL qualification

The number of directly qualified teams changed from the previous four seasons, as the BAL now allocated eight direct slots to designated leagues and markets. As such, the champions of Morocco and South Africa were given a direct spot in the tournament, while only four teams qualified through the Road to BAL.[2]

Road to BAL teams

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The following teams are eligible to play in the Road to BAL qualifying tournaments, based on their results in domestic leagues and championships. The final team composition is to be confirmed by FIBA. The Road to BAL will run from 10 October to December 2024.[3]

Teams

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The defending champions Petro de Luanda were the first team to qualify, as they won the 2023–24 Angolan Basketball League on 12 May 2024 to qualify for a record-extending fifth season in a row.[4] Al Ittihad Alexandria will make its debut, becoming the third Egyptian club to play in the league and it is the greatest Egyptian basketball club in history.[5] ASCVD became the third Senegalese club to qualify following their Nationale 1 title.[6]

Method of qualification and statistics

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Team Method of qualification Date of qualification App. Previous year Cons. Best performance Ref.
Angola Petro de Luanda 2023–24 Angolan Basketball League champions 12 May 2024 5th 2024 5 Champions (2024) [4]
Egypt Al Ittihad Alexandria 2023–24 Egyptian Basketball Premier League champions 13 June 2024 1st — 1 — [5]
Tunisia US Monastir 2023–24 Championnat Pro A champions 27 June 2024 5th 2024 5 Champions (2022) [7]
Senegal ASCVD 2024 Nationale 1 champions 27 June 2024 1st — 1 — [6]
Rwanda APR 2024 RBL season champions 23 September 2024 2nd 2024 2 Group stage (2024) [8]
Nigeria TBD 2024 NBBF Premier League champions TBD
Morocco FUS Rabat 2023–24 Division Excellence champions TBA 2nd 2024 2 Quarterfinalist (2024) [9]
South Africa MBB[a] 2024 South African National Basketball Championship winners 26 August 2024 1st — 1 — [10]
TBD Road to BAL top two teams from each division TBA
TBD
TBD
TBD


Personnel

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Team Head coach Captain
Al Ittihad Alexandria Egypt Ahmed Omar Egypt Ahmed El Sabbagh
ASCVD Senegal Libasse Faye
Petro de Luanda Spain Sergio Valdeolmillos Angola Childe Dundão
US Monastir Egypt Mohamed Kerdani Tunisia Mokhtar Ghyaza

Pre-season

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As the champions of the 2024 BAL season, Petro de Luanda played in the 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in September 2024. They finished in fifth place.[11]

Notes

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  1. ^ The representative of South Africa is presumed to be MBB, as the champions of the federation-organised national championship.

References

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  1. ^ "Basketball Africa League and Rwanda Development Board announce multi-year extension to play BAL games in Kigali". NBA.com: NBA Communications. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Overview - FIBA Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L 2025 | FIBA.basketball". www.fiba.basketball. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Road to BAL 2025 - Meet the first candidates". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b Da Silva, Juscelino (12 May 2024). "Jornal de Angola - Notícias - Basquetebol: Petro de Luanda revalida título e conquista o Penta". Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b "الاتحاد السكندري يهزم الأهلي ويتوج بلقب دوري السوبر لكرة السلة". btolat.com (in Arabic). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Finale - N1 Masculin : L'ASCVD remporte son premier titre de champion de son histoire en dominant le DUC (65-45)" (in French). 28 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Basketball : Union sportive monastirienne championne de Tunisie". Réalités Online. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  8. ^ Sikubwabo, Damas (23 September 2024). "PHOTOS: APR see off Patriots in Game 6, win record 15th championship". The New Times. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Overview - FIBA Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L 2025 | FIBA.basketball". www.fiba.basketball. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Overview - FIBA Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L 2025 | FIBA.basketball". www.fiba.basketball. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Classification games decided in the clutch: Drmic wins it for JackJumpers, Diabate for Luanda". www.fiba.basketball. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
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