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2025 BAL season
LeagueBasketball Africa League
SportBasketball
DurationTBA
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

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.

Association Team Qualifying

date

Qualification method Ref.
Cameroon Cameroon Kadji Sports Academy 22 May 2024 2023–24 Elite Messieurs champions [2]
Gabon Gabon Moanda 3 April 2024 2024 Gabonese Basketball Cup champions [3]
Kenya Kenya Nairobi City Thunder 20 July 2024 2023–24 KBF Premier League champions [4]
 Libya Al Ahli Tripoli July 14, 2024 2023–24 Libyan Division I Basketball League champions [5]
Mozambique Mozambique Costa do Sol 20 December 2023 2023 LMB season champions [6]
Tanzania Tanzania JKT [data missing] 2023 National Basketball League champions [citation needed]
Madagascar Madagascar GNBC 30 October 2023 2024 N1A champions [7]
 Malawi Bravehearts [data missing] 2023–24 BASMAL National Championship winners [data missing]
Zambia Zambia Matero Magic 6 January 2024 2023–24 Zambia Basketball League champions [8]

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 time.[9] Al Ittihad Alexandria will make its debut, becoming the third Egyptian club to play in the league.[10] ASCVD became the third Senegalese club to qualify following their Nationale 1 title.[11]

Team Method of qualification Date of qualification Previous appearances
(winners in bold) 		Ref.
Angola Petro de Luanda 2023–24 Angolan Basketball League champions 12 May 2024 4 (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) [9]
Egypt Al Ittihad Alexandria 2023–24 Egyptian Basketball Premier League champions 13 June 2024 0 (debut) [10]
Tunisia US Monastir 2023–24 Championnat Pro A champions 27 June 2024 4 (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) [12]
Senegal ASCVD 2024 Nationale 1 champions 27 June 2024 0 (debut) [11]
Rwanda TBD 2024 RBL season champions TBD
Nigeria TBD 2024 NBBF Premier League champions TBD
TBD Road to BAL East Division top three teams TBA
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TBD
TBD Road to BAL West Division top three teams TBA
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TBD

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. ^ "KSA de Douala are 2024 Champions!". www.afrobasket.com. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Basket-ball/ Coupe du Gabon 2024 : Moanda BB et Naba au pinacle". L'UNION | L'actualité du Gabon (in French). 3 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  4. ^ Olobulu, Timothy (20 July 2024). "INVINCIBLES! – Stylish Thunder strike down KPA to clinch first ever league title". Capital Sports. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Al-Ahly Tripoli wins Libyan Basketball League for an eighth time". Afrobasket.com. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  6. ^ Nhamurave, Samuel. "basquetebol: costa do sol sagra-se campeão 20 anos depois" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  7. ^ Raherinjatovo, Donné (30 October 2023). "BASKETBALL-N1A HOMMES - La GNBC d'Analamanga sur le trône". L'Express de Madagascar (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Magic wins unprecented 11th title". Times of Zambia. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ a b "الاتحاد السكندري يهزم الأهلي ويتوج بلقب دوري السوبر لكرة السلة". btolat.com (in Arabic). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Basketball : Union sportive monastirienne championne de Tunisie". Réalités Online. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
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