FIBA Africa Basketball League

For the current premier league in Africa, see Basketball Africa League. For the women's tournament, see FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup.

The FIBA Africa Basketball League (formerly named the FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup) was the highest caliber men's professional basketball competition for clubs until 2020, organized by the FIBA Africa and played by the champions of the leagues of the African countries. The league was replaced by the Basketball Africa League (BAL) from 2020.

FIBA Africa Basketball League

Organising body	FIBA Africa
Founded	1971
First season	1972
Folded	2019
Replaced by	Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Country	FIBA Africa member countries
Confederation	FIBA Africa
Number of teams	4–16
Level on pyramid	1
Last champions	Primeiro de Agosto (9th title) (2019)
Most championships	Primeiro de Agosto (9 titles)

History

The competition was founded in 1971. A year later, in 1972, Hit Trésor SC won the inaugural championship. For the first 33 years in existence, it was a biennial league. From 2004, the ACC was held yearly.^[1]

Notable players who have played in the competition are Serge Ibaka and Bismack Biyombo, who both went on to play in the United States' National Basketball Association (NBA).

In February 2019, FIBA Africa announced the reformulation of the league, expanding it from 12 to 16 teams. The name of the tournament was changed to "FIBA Africa Basketball League", or "FIBA AfroLeague".^[2]

FIBA has in the past announced plans to expand the FIBA Intercontinental Cup to possibly include the champion teams from the FIBA Africa Basketball League, FIBA Asia Champions Cup, NBL from Australia, and possibly the NBA, at some point in the future.^[3][4]

Results

The following is a list of all the winners of the FIBA Africa Basketball League.^[5] The most common final was between the Angolan arch-rivals Petro de Luanda and Primeiro de Agosto, who faced each other four times.

Edition	Year	Hosts		Champions	Score and Venue	Runners-up		Third place	Score and Venue	Fourth place		No. of teams
1	1972	Bangui		Red Star Ndongo	71–68	Stade Malien		Zamalek		ASFA		4
2	1973	Cairo		Hit Trésor	61–55	Dial Diop		Gezira
3	1975	Cairo		ASFA	78–69	Zamalek		Hit Trésor
4	1976	Bangui		Hit Trésor	89–76	Zamalek		ASFA
5	1979	Bangui		ASFA	77–76	CAMAIR		Spot Club
6	1981	Bamako		ASFA	63–49	ASEC Mimosas		Stade Malien
7	1983	Dakar		AS Police	78–74	ASFA		Zamalek
8	1985	Maputo		Maxaquene	89–62	AS Police		Kano Pillars
9	1987	Alexandria		Al Ittihad Alexandria	86–83 (OT)	Primeiro de Agosto		Kano Pillars		ABC
10	1989	Abidjan		ASEC Mimosas	71–63	Stade Malien		Primeiro de Agosto	66–51	Al Ittihad Alexandria
11	1991	Dakar		Jeanne d'Arc	69–64	ONCPB		Wydad AC
12	1992	Cairo		Zamalek	83–75	Jeanne d'Arc		AS Biao
13	1994	Cairo		Gezira	66–59	Primeiro de Agosto		AS Kaloum Star
14	1996	Alexandria		Gezira	Round-robin	Al Ittihad Alexandria		Red Star Ndongo	Round-robin	Stade Malien		4
15	1998	Fez		MAS Fes	Round-robin	Zamalek		ASA	Round-robin	Gezira		4
16	2000	Abidjan		ASEC Mimosas	63–61 Treichville Sports Palace	Petro de Luanda		Lagos Islanders	83–76 Treichville Sports Palace	Onatra
17	2002	Luanda		Primeiro de Agosto	Round-robin	ASEC Mimosas		Inter Club Brazzaville	Round-robin	Capo Libreville		7
18	2004	Cairo		Primeiro de Agosto	71–53	ABC		Al Ahly	59–56	Petro de Luanda
19	2005	Abidjan^[6]		ABC	67–66	Interclube		Primeiro de Agosto	103–67	Union Bank
20	2006	Lagos^[7]		Petro de Luanda	76–71	Primeiro de Agosto		Dodan Warriors	75–66	Inter Club Brazzaville		12
21	2007	Luanda^[8]		Primeiro de Agosto	61–53	Petro de Luanda		ABC	65–60	Interclube
22	2008	Sousse^[9]		Primeiro de Agosto	57–54	ES Sahel		ASA	60–55	Stade Nabeulien
23	2009	Kigali		Primeiro de Agosto	88–64	Petro de Luanda		APR	92–80	Mazembe		9
24	2010	Cotonou		Primeiro de Agosto	73–41	Condor		AS Salé	75–71	Mazembe		12
25	2011	Salé		ES Sahel	82–60	Primeiro de Agosto		AS Salé	80–75	Petro de Luanda
26	2012	Malabo^[10]		Primeiro de Agosto	80–69	Petro de Luanda		Al Ahly	76–64	Al Ittihad Alexandria
27	2013	Sousse^[11]		Primeiro de Agosto	68–61	ES Sahel		Rec do Libolo	79–70	Sporting Alexandria
28	2014	Tunis^[12]		Rec do Libolo	86–68	ES Radès		Club Africain	79–74	Sporting Alexandria		11
29	2015	Luanda^[13]		Petro de Luanda	89–75 Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda	Rec do Libolo		AS FAR	72–62 Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda	Primeiro de Agosto		10
30	2016	Cairo		Al Ahly	68–66 Al Ahly Sports Hall	Rec do Libolo		AS Salé	88–76 Al Ahly Sports Hall	Kano Pillars
31	2017	Radès		AS Salé	77–69 Salle Omnisport de Radès	ES Radès		US Monastir	77–74 Salle Omnisport de Radès	Benfica Libolo		12
32	2019	Luanda		Primeiro de Agosto	83–71 Kilamba Arena	AS Salé		Smouha	69–58 Kilamba Arena	JS Kairouan		16

Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Angola	12	11	5	28
2	Egypt	5	4	6	15
3	Senegal	5	4	1	10
4	Ivory Coast	3	3	2	8
5	Central African Republic	3	0	3	6
6	Morocco	2	1	5	8
7	Tunisia	1	4	2	7
8	Mozambique	1	0	0	1
9	Mali	0	2	1	3
10	Nigeria	0	0	4	4
11	Congo	0	0	1	1
	Guinea	0	0	1	1
	Rwanda	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		32	29	32	93

MVP award winner

Year	Winner
2002	Abdel Bouckar
2004	?
2005	Stéphane Konaté
2006	Mílton Barros
2007	Olímpio Cipriano
2008	Joaquim Gomes "Kikas"
2009	Vladimir Ricardino
2010	Joaquim Gomes "Kikas"
2011	Makrem Ben Romdhane
2012	Carlos Morais
2013	Cedric Isom
2014	Eduardo Mingas
2015	Manny Quezada
2016	Wayne Arnold
2017	Abdelhakim Zouita
2018–19	Eduardo Mingas

Clubs performance

Club
	1972–1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
		5	4	?	7	7	7	12	12	12	9	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	12	12
Abidjan Basket Club					5			6						8		11				7
AD Bairro																	8			1
Africa Sports								9												1
Al Ahly Cairo																				3
Al Ahly Benghazi												11	9		8					3
Al Gezira Cairo			4														6			5
Al-Ittihad Alexandria														4						3
Al Hoceima													6							1
Al Shabab										6										1
APR									6	8										3
AS Douanes						7														1
AS Police																				2
AS Salé																				4
AS Swallows										9										1
ASA																				2
ASB Kauka									8											1
ASB Mazembe											4	4	5	11		7			10	6
ASB New Generation																			12	1
ASCUT																	10			1
ASEC Mimosas																				4
ASFA																				5
ASO Modele												10								1
ASPAC									10		6									2
BACK							7	11		11										3
BC Onatra								10	7	10										3
BC M'Tsapere^[a]																8				1
BEAC																		7		1
CAMAIR																				1
Capo Libreville					4															1
City Oilers																		9	5	2
Club Africain																		5		2
Condor de Yaoundé																				1
Co-op Bank											8									1
CS Constantine															5					1
Dial Diop																				1
Dodan Warriors																				1
Ebun Comets						6														1
ES du Sahel														6						4
ES Radès																	5			3
ESPN / AND 1								5												1
Espoir														12						1
FAR Rabat																				1
Ferroviário da Beira									12						10				6	3
Gombe Bulls																			11	1
GS Pétroliers																		6	8	2
Hit Trésor																				3
Interclube									4										7	3
Inter Club Brazzaville							6	4			7	8					9			6
Jeanne d'Arc																				2
Johannesburg		5																		2
Kano Pillars										5	5	5		9	9		7	4	9	10
KCB Lions								12												1
Kenya Ports Authority					7															1
LPRC Oilers															12					1
Lupopo										12										1
Malabo Kings													12		7	10				3
Manga BB												6		7						2
Mark Mentors																9				1
MAS Fez																				2
Maxaquene												7								3
MBC Conakry									9											1
Mongomo BC														10						1
Niger Potters									5											1
Nzui Manto																		10		1
ONCPB																				1
Plateau Peaks								7												1
Petro Atlético						4	5						4							11
Primeiro de Agosto																6	4	8		16
Recreativo do Libolo													7	5					4	7
Red Star																				2
Royal Hoopers												9	11							2
Sporting Alexandria															4	4				2
Stade Malien		4			6	5			11											7
Stade Nabeulien										4										1
Tali															6					1
Union Bank							4			7			8							3
Urunani													10		11					2
US Monastir																5				2
Kyambogo Warriors											9									1
Zamalek SC																				6
Zenith								8												1
# Teams		1996 5	1998 4	2000 ?	2002 7	2004 6	2005 7	2006 12	2007 12	2008 12	2009 9	2010 11	2011 12	2012 12	2013 12	2014 11	2015 10	2016 10	2017 12

1. BC M'Tsapere is a club from Mayotte, an island off the African southeast coast under French rule.

See also

• FIBA Africa Championship
• Basketball in Africa
• Basketball Africa League

References

1. "Revisit the early days of the Basketball Africa League". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
2. Découvrez l'Afroleague, la nouvelle compétition de clubs de FIBA Afrique
3. Esportes.Opovobr Com Copa Intercontinental, Fiba ensaia Campeonato Mundial. 2019-01-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
4. Estadao.com Pinheiros e Olympiacos começam a disputar o título da Intercontinental. (in Portuguese)
5. "Palmarès Club champions Hommes" (in French). FIBAAfrica.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 Dec 2014.
6. . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 3 Dec 2013.
7. . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 3 Dec 2013.
8. . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 3 Dec 2013.
9. . FIBA.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 3 Dec 2013.
10. "M.S. Champions Cup 2012". FIBAAfrica.com. Retrieved 3 Dec 2013.
11. "28th Champions Cup". FIBAAfrica.com. Retrieved 21 Dec 2013.
12. "2014 FIBA Africa Cup for Men's Clubs". FIBA.com. Retrieved 21 Dec 2014.
13. "2015 FIBA Africa Cup for Men's Clubs". FIBA.com. Retrieved 20 Dec 2015.

External links

• (in English) FIBA Africa
• (in Arabic and English) African Basketball Champions Cup – goalzz.com