List of BAL finals

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) is a seasonal basketball league established in 2019 and first held in 2021. The league is open to national champions of FIBA Africa member countries. The finals of each season are played in a single-game format, which is held at an arena that is chosen by the BAL organisation.

BAL Finals

Organising body	Basketball Africa League
Founded	2021
First season	2021
International cup(s)	FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Current champions	Al Ahly (1st title) (2023)
Website	thebal.com
2022 BAL Finals

The data below does not include the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup, the predecessor of the BAL that was held from 1972 to 2019.

Champions

The first parentheses in the champions and runners-up columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second parentheses indicate the number of times that teams have appeared in an BAL Finals as well as each respective team's BAL Finals record to date.

Season	Year	Champions	Coach	Result	Runners-up	Coach	Arena	Attendance	Reference
1	2021	Zamalek (2) (1, 1–0)	Augustí Julbe	76–63	US Monastir (1) (1, 0–1)	Mounir Ben Slimane	Kigali Arena, Kigali, Rwanda	1,789^[a]	^[1]
2	2022	US Monastir (2) (2, 1–1)	Miodrag Perišić	83–72	Petro de Luanda (2) (1, 0–1)	José Neto	BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (2)	10,000	^[2]^[3]^[4]
3	2023	Al Ahly (2) (1, 1–0)	Augustí Julbe	80–65	AS Douanes (2) (1, 0–1)	Pabi Gueye	BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda (3)	7,532	^[5]

Performances

Performance by club

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
US Monastir	1	1	2022	2021
Al Ahly	1	0	2023	—
Zamalek	1	0	2021	—
Petro de Luanda	0	1	—	2022
AS Douanes	0	1	—	2023

Performance by country

Teams from three nations have been to a BAL final, and teams from two countries have won the competition thus far.

Performances in finals by nation

Nation	Titles	Runners-up	Total
Egypt	2	0	2
Tunisia	1	1	2
Angola	0	1	1
Senegal	0	1	1

Performance by head coach

 

Augustí Julbe is the only coach to have won two BAL titles

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Augustí Julbe	2	0	2021, 2023	—
Miodrag Perišić	1	0	2022	—
Mounir Ben Slimane	0	1	—	2021
José Neto	0	1	—	2022
Pabi Gueye	0	1	—	2023

Finals hosted by arena

 

The BK Arena hosted three finals and will host three more finals starting from 2024

The finals are played in a pre-determined venue, from 2021 to 2023 this was the BK Arena (formerly the Kigali Arena) in Kigali as the BAL agreed with the Rwandan Ministry of Sports. Later, the BAL and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) agreed to host the finals of 2024, 2026 and 2028 as well.^[6]

Arena	Location	Finals	Years hosted
BK Arena^[b]	Kigali, Rwanda	6	2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026, 2028

Top scorer

Clubs denoted in italics lost the finals in the given year.

Year	Top scorer	Club	Points
2021	Michael Fakuade	Zamalek	15
2022	Gerson Gonçalves	Petro de Luanda	28
2023	Nuni Omot	Al Ahly	22

Players with multiple BAL titles

No. of championships	Player	Position	Seasons		Championship teams	Ref.
			Played	Winning Percentage
2	Solo Diabate	G	3	67%	Zamalek (2021) US Monastir (2022)
	Michael Fakuade	F	2	100%	Zamalek (2021) Al Ahly (2023)

Notes

1. The attendance in the 2021 finals was limited due to government regulations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, as social distancing was enforced.
2. The BK Arena was known as Kigali Arena until 2021.

References

1. "Egypt's Zamalek wins inaugural Basketball Africa League". www.nba.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
2. "US Monastir are the 2022 Basketball Africa League Champions". The BAL. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
3. "Kings in the North: Tunisia's US Monastir crowned BAL champions". ESPN.com. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
4. "BAL Announces Teams, Conferences & Game Schedule Ahead of 2023 Season Tipping off March 11th". BAL. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
5. "Al Ahly are the 2023 BAL champions". The BAL. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
6. "Basketball Africa League and Rwanda Development Board extend to play games | Times Aerospace". www.timesaerospace.aero. Retrieved 19 June 2023.