2021 BAL group phase

The 2021 BAL group phase began on 16 May 2021 and ended on 24 May 2021. A total of 12 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 8 places in the 2021 BAL Playoffs.

Initially, it was planned that in the regular season, twelve teams play in two Conferences with six teams each. Each team will play five games, one against each opponent, inside its conference. The top three teams from each conference advance to the Super 6.^[1] The games will be played in six arenas divided over the African continent.^[1] The regular season will start in March 2020.

The format was changed to a group phase as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In three groups of four each team plays the other one time and the first, second and best third-placed teams advance to the playoffs.^[2]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	USM	PAT	RIV	GNB
1	US Monastir	3	3	0	303	211	+92	6	Advance to playoffs	—	—	91–75	—
2	Patriots (H)	3	2	1	236	223	+13	5	Advance to playoffs	—	—	83–60	78–72
3	Rivers Hoopers	3	1	2	210	251	−41	4		70–99	—	—	—
4	GNBC	3	0	3	207	271	−64	3		66–113	—	69–80	—

16 May 2021	Patriots	83–60	Rivers Hoopers	Kigali
14:00 GMT	Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 26–16, 22–10, 18–16
	Pts: Costner 20 Rebs: Ibeh 11 Asts: Gasana 4	Boxscore	Pts: Sullivan 15 Rebs: Koko 8 Asts: Uzoh 5	Arena: Kigali Arena Attendance: 2,000

17 May 2021	GNBC	66–113	US Monastir	Kigali
19:00 GMT	Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 19–25, 11–30, 23–25
	Pts: Randriamampionona 26 Rebs: Mandimbison 4 Asts: Razanamahenina 7	Boxscore	Pts: Ben Romdhane 23 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 10 Asts: Crawford 8	Arena: Kigali Arena Attendance: 498

19 May 2021	Patriots	78–72	GNBC	Kigali
12:00 GMT	Scoring by quarter: 19-25, 23-19, 14-16, 22-12
	Pts: Costner 16 Rebs: Wamukota 11 Asts: Gasana 4	Boxscore	Pts: Razanamahenina 21 Rebs: Mory 9 Asts: Razanamahenina 6	Arena: Kigali Arena Attendance: 1,022

20 May 2021	Rivers Hoopers	70–99	US Monastir	Kigali
15:30 GMT	Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 10–25, 25–21, 23–29
	Pts: Daniels 25 Rebs: Daniels 11 Asts: Uzoh 8	Boxscore	Pts: Slimane 23 Rebs: Ghayaza, Lahyani, Majok 6 Asts: Abada 6	Arena: Kigali Arena

2021 BAL group phase

Group A

Group B

Group C

Ranking of third-placed teams

References

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	PDL	ASS	FAP	POL
1	Petro de Luanda	3	3	0	247	208	+39	6	Advance to playoffs	—	97–78	—	84–66
2	AS Salé	3	2	1	253	260	−7	5		—	—	87–84	88–79
3	FAP	3	1	2	235	218	+17	4		64–66	—	—	87–65
4	AS Police	3	0	3	210	259	−49	3			—	—	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	ZAM	FVM	ASD	GSP
1	Zamalek	3	3	0	254	181	+73	6	Advance to playoffs	—	71–55	—	97–64
2	Ferroviário de Maputo	3	2	1	229	218	+11	5		—	—	88–74	—
3	AS Douanes	3	1	2	230	250	−20	4		62–86	—	—	94–76
4	GS Pétroliers	3	0	3	213	277	−64	3		—	73–86	—	—

24 May 2021^{[Note 1]} ZML v GSP	Zamalek	97–64	GS Pétroliers	Kigali
19:00 GMT	Scoring by quarter: 37–16, 17–11, 14–24, 29–13
	Pts: Elmekawi 19 Rebs: Elmekawi 11 Asts: Mahmoud 7	Boxscore	Pts: Touati 20 Rebs: Touati 7 Asts: Bourkaib 7	Arena: Kigali Arena Attendance: 386