2019 Africa Basketball League Final

The 2019 Africa Basketball League Final was the 33rd final of the FIBA Africa Basketball League, and the first under the new name. The game was played at 26 May 2019 at the Kilamba Arena in the Angolan capital of Luanda. It was also the last final of FIBA Africa's premier competition, before it was replaced by the Basketball Africa League.

2019 Africa Basketball League Final

Event	2018–19 Africa Basketball League
AS Salé Primeiro de Agosto 71 83 Head coach: Željko Zečević Head coach: Paulo Macedo
Date	26 May 2019
Venue	Kilamba Arena, Luanda, Rwanda
MVP	Eduardo Mingas
Attendance	5,500[1]
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Approximately 5,500 fans attended the game.^[1] Primeiro de Agosto won its record ninth African title. Primeiro's Eduardo Mingas was named MVP after the game.^[2]

Venue

The Kilamba Arena in Luanda featured as the arena for the Final Four.

Road to the finals

AS Salé			Round	Primeiro de Agosto
Opponent	Result		Group stage	Opponent	Result
Rivers Hoopers	88–59		Round 1	Al Ahly	86–77
JS Kairouan	77–70		Round 2	REG	70–64
SLAC	107–93		Round 3	Ferroviário da Beira	87–55
Opponent	Results		Playoffs	Opponent	Results
Civil Defenders	69–69	96–77	Quarterfinals	Petro de Luanda	70–57	74–57
JS Kairouan	81–73		Semifinals	Smouha	86–76

Game

AS Salé v Primeiro de Agosto

26 May 2019	AS Salé	71–83	Primeiro de Agosto	Luanda
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 17–16, 19–13, 18–28
	Pts: Arnold 21 Rebs: Najah 13 Asts: El Mahsini 5 PIR: Najah 18	Report	Pts: Mingas Rebs: Mingas 11 Asts: Quezada 7 PIR: Quezada 21	Arena: Kilamba Arena Attendance: 5,500[1]

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Yassine El Mahsini 6 6 5 SG 9 Wayne Arnold 21 1 0 SF 11 Abdelhakim Zouita 15 3 2 PF 15 Abderrahim Najah 12 13 1 C 6 Soufiane Kourodu 6 6 1 Reserves: G 7 Zakaria El Masbahi 0 0 0 SF 10 Mohamed Choua 5 7 2 PG 32 Brandon Wood 6 4 1 SF 12 Mohammed Belhaddar DNP C 14 Hamza Jaddi DNP C 15 Adam El Ghazi DNP F 17 Yacine Baeri 0 0 0 Head coach: Zeljko Zecevic

Salé Primeiro 0 Salé Statistics Primeiro 25/66 (38%) 2-pt field goals 30/75 (40%) 5/18 (28%) 3-pt field goals 14/34 (41%) 16/24 (67%) Free throws 9/13 (69%) 17 Offensive rebounds 18 28 Defensive rebounds 29 45 Total rebounds 47 12 Assists 21 18 Turnovers 11 5 Steals 10 6 Blocks 3 14 Fouls 22 2019 FIBA Africa Basketball League champions Primeiro de Agosto 9th title

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 16 Hermenegildo Santos 10 1 8 SG 12 Manny Quezada 17 6 7 F 3 Malick Cisse 2 3 0 PF 15 Eduardo Mingas 20 11 1 C 9 Felizardo Ambrosio 9 8 0 Reserves: PG 1 Pedro Bastos DNP G 4 Edson Ndoniema 2 3 0 PG 5 Armando Costa 9 0 2 PG 10 Carlos Cabral DNP C 11 Mutu Fonseca 0 1 2 SF 18 Islando Manuel 12 7 2 PF 20 Andre Harris 0 1 1 Head coach: Paulo Macedo