L. MathekaBAL announce teams and 2022 schedule
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Reading Time: 3min | Wed. 09.02.22. | 16:00
Kenyan representatives, Ulinzi Warriors, were eliminated in the final round of qualification in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Basketball Africa League (BAL) announced the top 12 club teams that will compete in the 2022 BAL season set to tip-off on Saturday, March 5 at the Dakar Arena in Dakar, Senegal.
The 2022 season of BAL will include stops in Cairo, Egypt and Kigali, Rwanda. In the season opener, Senegal’s Dakar Université Club (DUC) will take on Guinea’s Seydou Legacy Athlétique Club (S.L.A.C) in the first of 38 games taking place across three cities over three months in 2022.
The 12 teams, which include defending BAL champion Zamalek and four other teams returning from the inaugural BAL season in 2021, will be divided into two conferences the Sahara Conference and the Nile Conference.
• 12 Teams
— Basketball Africa League (@theBAL) February 9, 2022
• 2 Conferences
• 1 CHAMPION 🏆
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Each conference will play a 15-game group phase during which each team will face the other five teams in its conference once. The Sahara Conference’s group phase will take place at the Dakar Arena from 5 to 15 March. The Nile Conference’s group phase will take place at Hassan Mostafa Indoor Sports Complex in Cairo from 9 to 19 April.
The top four teams from each conference will qualify for the BAL Playoffs, which will feature a single-elimination tournament and Finals at Kigali Arena from 21 t0 28 May.
“We are thrilled to welcome seven new teams and four new countries into the second season of the BAL,” said BAL president Amadou Gallo Fall. “Defending Champion Zamalek will anchor the five returning teams, after representing the BAL in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup this month in Cairo. The competition to bring home the 2022 BAL Championship Trophy is heating up, and we are excited that more fans will have an opportunity to watch the games live in three world-class African cities. To BAL fans across the continent and around the world, Game On!”
“We are thrilled to welcome seven new teams and four new countries into the second season of the BAL. To BAL fans across the continent and around the world – Game On!” said BAL President @amadougallofall pic.twitter.com/DFKLtCD8LI
— Basketball Africa League (@theBAL) February 9, 2022
“We are excited for the tip-off of this highly anticipated season two of the BAL,” said FIBA Africa and BAL Board President Anibal Manave. “The Road to BAL 2022, which was successfully completed at the end of last year, provided fans with some exciting close games and captivating action. We are optimistic that this expanded BAL season will be a huge success.”
Champions from the national leagues in Angola, Egypt, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal and Tunisia earned their participation in the 2022 BAL season by winning their respective national leagues.
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— Basketball Africa League (@theBAL) February 9, 2022
The remaining six teams, which come from Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Mozambique, South Africa and South Sudan, secured their participation through the Road to BAL qualifying tournaments conducted by FIBA Regional Office Africa across the continent from October to December 2021.
Sahara Conference
AS Salé (Association Sportive Salé) -Morocco
DUC (Dakar Université Club)- Senegal
Ferroviário da Beira - Mozambique
REG (Rwanda Energy Group)- Rwanda
S.L.A.C (Seydou Legacy Athlétique Club)- Guinea
US Monastir - Tunisia
Nile Conference
BC Espoir Fukash- Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cape Town Tigers- South Africa
Cobra Sport -South Sudan
F.A.P (Forces Armeés et Police Basketball)- Cameroon
Petro de Luanda- Angola
Zamalek -Egypt
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