Egyptian Basketball Premier League

The Egyptian Basketball Premier League (Arabic: بطولة الدورى العام الممتاز (أ) رجال) is the top professional basketball division of the Egyptian basketball league system. Administered by the Egyptian Basketball Federation (EBBFED), it is contested by 16 teams, with the two lowest-placed teams relegated to the Egyptian Basketball Premier League B and replaced by the top two teams in that division.

Egyptian Basketball Premier League

Organising body	Egyptian Basketball Federation (EBBFED)
Founded	1972; 53 years ago (1972)
First season	1972–73
Country	Egypt
Confederation	FIBA Africa
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Egyptian Basketball Premier League B
Domestic cup(s)	Egypt Cup
Supercup	Egypt Super Cup
International cup(s)	Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Current champions	Al Ahly (8th title) (2024–25)
Most championships	Zamalek (15 titles)
TV partners	OnTime Sports, Nile Sports
Website	egypt.basketball
2023–24 Egyptian Basketball Premier League

A total of five clubs have been crowned champions of the Egyptian Basketball Super League since its inception in 1972, with Zamalek winning the title a record 15 times and Al Ittihad 14 times, though the Egyptian Basketball Super League also saw other champions, including Gezira (11 times), Al Ahly (8 times) and Sporting (3 times). The champions of each season qualify for the Basketball Africa League (BAL) regular season.^{[citation needed]}

Format

The Premier League is the basic and qualifying league for the Basketball Africa League (BAL), as Egypt has been identified as a key market by the league's organisation.

The typical season currently consists of three stages:

1. The preliminary stage: where 1 meets 16, 2 meets 15, and so on in terms of ranking in the Mortabt-League.
2. The regular season: After the rise of eight teams compete among themselves In back and forth matches. The season is divided into the Super League (teams ranked 1st–8th) and the bottom group (teams ranked 9th–16th).
3. Playoffs stage: It starts from the final round, where the 1st place holder of the regular league meets the 8th place holder in a series of three matches, then the semi-finals and the final is a series of 5 matches.
4. Classification stages: possibly, the lower-ranked teams from the regular season play each other in a play-off format to determine the final rankings as well as relegation.^{[citation needed]}

Clubs

2023–24 teams

The following 16 teams play in the 2023–24 Egyptian Basketball Premier League:.

Club	Location	Venue
Al Ahly	Cairo	Al Ahly Sports Hall
Al Ittihad	Alexandria	Kamal Shalaby Hall
Al Gaish Army	Cairo	Tala'ea El Gaish Hall
Aviation Club	Cairo
Al Zohour	Cairo
Desouk	Desouk
Eastern Company	Cairo
El Shams	Cairo
Egypt Insurance	Cairo
Gezira	Cairo (Zamalek)	Cairo Stadium
Heliopolis	Cairo	Heliopolis Hall
Horse Owners' Club	Alexandria
Olympic Club	Alexandria	El Olympi Arena
Smouha	Alexandria	Smouha Arena
Sporting Alexandria	Alexandria	Sporting Club Hall
Suez Canal	Ismailia
Telecom Egypt	Cairo
Zamalek	Giza	Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

Former teams

Club	Location	Founded	Last season
6th of October SC	6th of October	1984	2020
Desouk	Desouk
El Shams	Cairo	1962	2022
El Teram	Cairo		2019
Geziret El Ward	Cairo		2021
Horse Owners' Club	Alexandria	1934	2023
Tanta	Tanta	1928	2022

Titles by club

Thus far, five teams have won the Premier League at least once. Zamalek holds the record for most championship with fifteen titles.^[1][2][3]

Club	Titles	Winning seasons
Zamalek	15	1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2018–19, 2020–21
Al Ittihad	14	1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2019–20, 2023–24
Gezira	11	1972–73, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2016–17
Al Ahly	8	1988–89, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2021-22, 2022-23 , 24-25
Sporting	3	2012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18

List of champions

Season	Champion	Series	Runners-up	MVP	Ref.
1972–73	Gezira (1)
1973–74	Zamalek (1)
1974–75	Zamalek (2)
1975–76	Zamalek (3)
1976–77	Zamalek (4)
1977–78	Zamalek (5)
1978–79	Al Ittihad (1)
1979–80	Zamalek (6)
1980–81	Zamalek (7)
1981–82	Al Ittihad (2)
1982–83	Al Ittihad (3)
1983–84	Al Ittihad (4)
1984–85	Cancelled
1985–86	Al Ittihad (5)
1986–87	Al Ittihad (6)
1987–88	Zamalek (8)
1988–89	Al Ahly (1)
1989–90	Al Ittihad (7)
1990–91	Zamalek (9)
1991–92	Al Ittihad (8)
1992–93	Gezira (2)
1993–94	Gezira (3)
1994–95	Al Ittihad (9)
1995–96	Cancelled
1996–97	Zamalek (10)
1997–98	Zamalek (11)
1998–99	Al Ittihad (10)
1999–00	Al Ahly (2)
2000–01	Al Ahly (3)
2001–02	Gezira (4)
2002–03	Zamalek (12)				[4]
2003–04	Gezira (5)				[5]
2004–05	Gezira (6)				[6]
2005–06	Gezira (7)				[7]
2006–07	Zamalek (13)
2007–08	Gezira (8)	—	Zamalek	—
2008–09	Al Ittihad (11)	—	Al Ahly	Wael Badr	[8]
2009–10	Al Ittihad (12)	—	Gezira	—
2010–11	Gezira (9)	—	Zamalek	—
2011–12	Al Ahly (4)	—	Gezira	—
2012–13	Sporting Alexandria (1)	—	Al Ittihad	—
2013–14	Gezira (10)	—	Al Ittihad	—
2014–15	Sporting Alexandria (2)	—	Al Ittihad	MaJic Dorsey
2015–16	Al Ahly (5)	—	Sporting Alexandria	Un­known
2016–17	Gezira (11)	—	Sporting Alexandria	Un­known
2017–18	Sporting Alexandria (3)			Un­known
2018–19	Zamalek (14)	3–2	Gezira	Terrell Stoglin
2019–20	Al Ittihad (13)	3–1	Al Ahly	Ismail Ahmed
2020–21	Zamalek (15)	3–2	Al Ittihad	Anas Mahmoud
2021–22	Al Ahly (6)	3–2	Al Ittihad	Ehab Amin
2022–23	Al Ahly (7)	3–1	Al Ittihad	Ehab Amin	[9]
2023–24	Al Ittihad (14)	3–1	Al Ahly	Ahmed Adel	[10]
2024–25	Al Ahly (8)	3–2	Al Ittihad	Ehab Amin	[11][12]