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2025 BAL qualification

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The qualification for the 2025 BAL season, also known as "Road to BAL 2025", were the qualifying tournaments for the 5th season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The tournaments were organised by FIBA Africa and began on 8 October and finished on 4 December 2024.[1]

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A total of 26 teams played in this season's qualifying system, The format was slightly altered, as this season only five teams qualified from the qualifying system, opposed to four in all previous years.

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Format changes

The format was changed from the previous four tournaments, as this season only four teams qualified through the Road to BAL, a decrease from the six teams in previous years.[2][3] The national champions from Morocco and South Africa received direct qualification.[3] In the first round, five groups in two divisions were played, with the top teams advancing to the elite 16. In the Elite 16 phase, the teams will be placed in two groups of eight teams each. After a round-robin tournament, the top two teams in each group will advance to the 2025 BAL season.[2]

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Teams

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The first list of teams was announced by FIBA on 9 October 2024.[4]

denotes that a team withdrew.

West Division (Sahara Conference)

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First round

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West Division

The West Division will begin with a group in Tripoli, Libya, from 8 to 13 October 2024.[24]

Group A

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(H) Hosts; (W) Wild card
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Group B

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(W) Wild card
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  1. Head-to-head point differential: 1) Spintex Knights, 1–1 (+9); 2) Mighty Barrolle, 1–1 (–1); 3) Elan Coton, 1–1 (–8).
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Group C

The Group C games were played in Douala, Cameroon, from 27 October to 1 November 2024.[4]

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East Division

The East Division will be hosted in Kibaha, Tanzania from 15 to 20 October 2024.[24] The other group will be held in Harare, Zimbabwe, from 22 to 27 October 2024.[24]

Group A

Venue: City Sports Center, Harare, Zimbabwe

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Group B

Times are in GMT+3.

Venue: The Filbert Bayi Olympafrica Centre, Kibaha, Tanzania

Hawassa City from Ethiopia and Ushindzi Club from the Comoros were also initially announced to be in the group, before they withdrew.

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Elite 16

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The top eight teams from each division qualify for the Elite 16, in which teams in each division are split up in two groups. Here, they are joined by teams that already played in the 2024 BAL season and were national champions, as well as by the NBA Academy Africa.[3]

West Division

The West Division will be played from 5 to 10 November 2024 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.[4] Moanda and Mighty Barrolle were given wild cards.[25]

Draw

The draw was held on 3 November 2024 at the FIBA Africa headquarters in Abidjan.[25]

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East Division

The East Division will be held in the Kasarani Indoor Arena in Nairobi, Kenya, from 28 November to 3 December 2025. Kriol Star from Cape Verde and Fox from South Sudan received wild cards.[26][1]

Draw

The draw was held on 24 November 2024 in Abidjan.[1]

Group A

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28 November 2024
18:30
Kriol Star Cape Verde 8958 Malawi Bravehearts
Scoring by quarter: Not published
Kasarani Indoor Arena, Nairobi
Referees: Jerome Oliver Denis (MRI), Didier Shema (RWA)
28 November 2024
20:00
MBB South Africa 59102 Kenya Nairobi City Thunder
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 18–31, 17–22, 5–32
Pts: Mothiba 14
Rebs: Mokwena 12
Asts: Pfachi 6
Pts: Harouna 18
Rebs: Koranga 8
Asts: Iroegbu 7
Kasarani Indoor Arena, Nairobi
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Michel Djeugoue (CMR), Amr Zahed (EGY), Shabani Shabani (TAN)

29 November 2024
18:30
Bravehearts Malawi 6190 South Africa MBB
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 17–20, 9–28, 13–18
Pts: Banda, Lele 10
Rebs: Banda 12
Asts: Limbe 3
Pts: Pfachi 32
Rebs: Mothiba 10
Asts: Pfachi 6
Kasarani Indoor Arena, Nairobi
Attendance: 200
Referees: Didier Gaga (RWA), Michel Djeugoue (CMR), David João Domingos (ANG)
29 November 2024
20:00
Nairobi City Thunder Kenya 10471 Cape Verde Kriol Star
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 27–15, 21–17, 32–23
Pts: Odero 15
Rebs: Okoth 11
Asts: Adera 4
Pts: McGlynn 17
Rebs: Enoh 11
Asts: Almeida, Richardson 3
Kasarani Indoor Arena, Nairobi
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Tonton Banza Kalume (COD), Mahamadou Diallo (MLI), Amr Zahed (EGY)

30 November 2024
17:00
MBB South Africa 5863 Cape Verde Kriol Star
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 11–21, 13–7, 19–18
Pts: Mothiba 20
Rebs: Mokwena 15
Asts: Pfachi 4
Pts: McGlynn 20
Rebs: Mendes 13
Asts: Three players 4
Kasarani Indoor Arena, Nairobi
Attendance: 300
Referees: Walelign Fikadu Gebeto (ETH), Mahamadou Diallo (MLI), Jerome Denis (MRI)
30 November 2024
20:00
Bravehearts Malawi 6891 Kenya Nairobi City Thunder
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 20–21, 14–27, 21–23
Pts: Williams 25
Rebs: Banda 15
Asts: Banda 2
Pts: Ogechi 18
Rebs: Diing 10
Asts: Iroegbu 4
Kasarani Indoor Arena, Nairobi
Attendance: 500
Referees: Shabani Shabani (TAN), Francisco Tando (ANG), Didier Shema (RWA)

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