2022–23 Libyan Division I Basketball League

The 2022–23 Libyan Basketball League, is top level of professional basketball in Libya, Al-Ahly Tripoli were defending champions.

Libyan Division I Basketball League
Season	2022–23
Dates	11 December 2022 - 18 July 2023
Teams	13
Finals
Champions	Al-Ahly Benghazi (3rd title)
Runners-up	Al Ahly Tripoli
Finals MVP	Kyndall Dykes (Al-Ahly B.)
Statistical leaders
Points Dykes (142) (Ahly B.) Dykes (23.7) (Ahly B.) Rebounds Anosike (Ahly B.) Osama (Ahly T.) (70) Harat (15.5) Assists Osama (Ahly T.) El-Sadi (Ahly T.) (23) Osama (Ahly T.) El-Sadi (Ahly T.) (3.8) Efficiency Kikanović (129.0) (Al-Nasser)
Records
Biggest home win	Ahly B. 125 - 38 Al-Tahadi Jan. 26, 2023
Biggest away win	Al-Tahadi 26 - 116 Al-Nasser Jan. 14, 2023
Winning streak	23 Al-Ahly Benghazi
Losing streak	13 Al-Madina
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Preliminary round

Teams are divided into two groups, one with 7 teams and one with 6 teams. All teams play a double round-robin format in their respective group. Only the top 4 teams in each group advance to the next round of the season.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Ahly Tripoli (Q)	12	11	1	845	583	+262	23	Advance to the second round
2	Al-Ittihad (Q)	12	10	2	796	628	+168	22
3	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi (Q)	12	9	3	713	639	+74	21
4	Al-Madina (Q)	12	5	7	640	682	−42	17
5	Al-Jazeera (E)	12	4	8	711	813	−102	16	Eliminated
6	Abu Salem (E)	12	3	9	582	785	−203	15
7	Belkhaier (E)	12	0	12	671	828	−157	12

Source: Kooora Website
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Ahly Benghazi (Q)	10	10	0	738	517	+221	20	Advance to the second round
2	Al-Nasser (Q)	10	8	2	708	469	+239	18
3	Al-Muroj (Q)	10	5	5	757	646	+111	15
4	Al-Hilal (Q)	10	5	5	691	688	+3	15
5	Ittihad Al-Marj (E)	10	2	8	501	598	−97	12	Eliminated
6	Al-Tahadi (E)	10	0	10	380	857	−477	10

Source: Kooora Website
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Second round

The top 4 teams in each group qualified for this round. All teams in the second round will play a double round-robin format. Only the top four teams then proceed to the Final Four.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Ahly Benghazi	14	13	1	1128	979	+149	27	Advanced to Final Four
2	Al-Ahly Tripoli	14	12	2	1130	854	+276	26
3	Al-Nasser	14	10	4	1078	933	+145	24
4	Ittihad	14	9	5	1060	995	+65	23
5	Al-Muroj	14	4	10	957	1042	−85	18	Eliminated
6	Al-Hilal	14	4	10	883	1049	−166	18
7	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	14	3	11	940	1086	−146	17
8	Al-Madina	14	1	13	787	1025	−238	15

Source: Kooora Website

Al-Ahly Tripoli v Al-Muroj

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29)	Al-Ahly Tripoli	80–68	Al-Muroj	Tripoli
				Arena: Grand Gymnasium

Al-Ahly Benghazi v Al-Shabab Al-Arabi

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29)	Al-Ahly Benghazi	89–61	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	Benghazi
				Arena: Suliman Ad-Dharrath Arena

Ittihad v Al-Hilal

30 April 2023 (2023-04-30)	Ittihad	vs.	Al-Hilal	Tripoli
				Arena: Tripoli Grand Hall

Al-Nasser v Al-Madina

30 April 2023 (2023-04-30)	Al-Nasser	vs.	Al-Madina	Benghazi
				Arena: Suliman Ad-Dharrath Arena

Al-Ahly Tripoli v Al-Hilal

30 April 2023 (2023-04-30)	Al-Ahly Tripoli	vs.	Al-Hilal	Tripoli
				Arena: Tripoli Grand Hall

Al-Ahly Benghazi v Al-Madina

30 April 2023 (2023-04-30)	Al-Ahly Benghazi	vs.	Al-Madina	Benghazi
				Arena: Suliman Ad-Dharrath Arena

Final Four Tournament

Squads

Each team will have a roster of minimum 14 players and maximum 16 players.

Al-Ahly Benghazi

Al Ahly Benghazi roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F 0 Al-Zway, Hamado 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1996-09-29)29 September 1996 G 00 Dykes, Kyndall 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 37 – (1987-11-12)12 November 1987 SG 1 Al-Rashed, Wajdi 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 31 – (1993-10-10)10 October 1993 PG 3 Saeed, Mahmud 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 32 – (1993-04-15)15 April 1993 PG 6 Mekraz, Zain 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 33 – (1991-10-02)2 October 1991 G 8 Zew, Idris 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 25 – (2000-05-10)10 May 2000 F 9 Gomange, Sofian 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1998-10-16)16 October 1998 C 10 El-Shakmak, Yahya 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 39 – (1985-08-08)8 August 1985 C 12 Al-Derfily, Omar 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 27 – (1997-12-11)11 December 1997 G/F 14 Al-Gohamy, Esmail 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 25 – (1999-09-08)8 September 1999 G 19 Abdo, Ibrahim 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 38 – (1986-10-10)10 October 1986 SG 20 Al-Sokany, Abdullah 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 22 – (2002-08-07)7 August 2002 C 21 Anosike, OD 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 34 – (1991-01-03)3 January 1991 F 23 Al-Shatiti, Abdulhamid 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 29 – (1996-07-06)6 July 1996	Head coach Abdelmoaem Oune Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 17 July 2023

Al-Ahly Tripoli

Al Ahly Tripoli roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C 00 Osama, Anas 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 30 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995	Head coach Ashraf Tawfeek Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 17 July 2023

Al-Nasser

Al Naser roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F 00 Tahir, Nouralden 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 25 – (2000-01-01)1 January 2000	Head coach Joe Ghattas Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 17 July 2023

Ittihad

Ittihad roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F 0 El-Mabrook, Mohamed 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 28 – (1997-01-20)20 January 1997	Head coach Fouad Abo Shakra Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 17 July 2023

Final standings

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Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1.	Al-Ahly Benghazi	6	5	4	11
2.	Al-Ahly Tripoli	6	4	2	10
3.	Al-Nasser	6	3	3	9
4.	Ittihad	6	0	6	6

Results

Week[2]	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
Great Hall "Tripoli"
1	July 7, 2023	Al-Ahly Tripoli	84-79	Ittihad
	July 7, 2023	Al-Naser	72-66	Al-Ahly Benghazi
2	July 8, 2023	Ittihad	71-74	Al-Naser
	July 8, 2023	Al-Ahly Tripoli	75-78	Al-Ahly Benghazi
3	July 10, 2023	Al-Ahly Tripoli	69-49	Al-Naser
	July 10, 2023	Al-Ahly Benghazi	76-74	Ittihad
Suliman Darrat Arena "Benghaz"
1	July 15, 2023	Al-Ahly Benghazi	81-70	Al-Naser
	July 15, 2023	Ittihad	68-82	Al-Ahly Tripoli
2	July 16, 2023	Al-Ahly Benghazi	67-57	Al-Ahly Tripoli
	July 16, 2023	Al-Naser	79-76	Ittihad
3	July 18, 2023	Al-Naser	72-78	Al-Ahly Tripoli
	July 18, 2023	Ittihad	47-50	Al-Ahly Benghazi

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Category[3]	Player	Team(s)	Statistic
Points per game	Kyndall Dykes	Al-Ahly Benghazi	23.7
Rebounds per game	Mohamed Harat	Ittihad	15.5
Assists per game	Anas Osama	Al-Ahly Tripoli	3.8
	Mohamed Sadi	Al Ahly Tripoli	3.8
Steals per game	Ahmed El-Fallah	Ittihad	2.2
	Mohamed Ramdan	Al-Nasser	2.2
Blocks per game	Anas Osama	Al-Ahly Tripoli	3.8
Turnovers per game	Mohamed Ramdan	Al-Nasser	5
Fouls per game	Abdolusalam Ahmed	Al-Nasser	4
	Yahya Elshakmak	Al-Ahly Benghazi	4
	Ahmed El-Fallah	Ittihad	4
Minutes per game	Elmedin Kikanović	Al-Nasser	39.3

Team statistic leaders

Category[4]	Team	Statistic
Points per game	Al-Ahly Tripoli	74.2
Rebounds per game	Al-Ahly Benghazi	42.3
Assists per game	Al-Ahly Tripoli	17.5
Steals per game	Ittihad	9.3
Blocks per game	Al-Ahly Tripoli	4.8
Turnovers per game	Ittihad	16.2
2P%	Al-Ahly Tripoli	46.6%
3P%	Al-Ahly Tripoli	27.9%
FT%	Al-Ahly Benghazi	58.6%

Awards

Category[5]	Player	Team(s)
Finals MVP	Kyndall Dykes	Al-Ahly Benghazi
Player of the Year	Naseem Badroosh	Al-Ahly Tripoli
Point Guard of the Year	Mohamed El-Sadi	Al-Ahly Tripoli
Shooting Guard of the Year	Naseem Badroosh	Al-Ahly Tripoli
Small Forward of the Year	Mohamed Buzgaiya	Al-Nasser
Power Forward of the Year	Sofian Gomange	Al-Ahly Benghazi
Center of the Year	Abdelgader Masenga	Ittihad
Import Player of the Year	Kyndall Dykes	Al-Ahly Benghazi
Rookie Player of the Year	Abdulsalam Al-Rashde	Al-Nasser
Most Improved Player of the Year	Mohsen Elkrmi	Ittihad
Defensive Player of the Year	Mahmoud Bilhaj	Al-Ahly Tripoli
Coach of the Year	Mounem Oune	Al-Ahly Benghazi

See also

• Libyan Division I Basketball League
• Libya national basketball team
• Libyan Arab Basketball Federation