Kalahari Conference

{{Infobox Sports conference

| title = Kalahari Conference

| logo = Kalahari Conference logo.png

| pixels = 150px

| sport = Basketball

| league = Basketball Africa League

| formerly =

| founded = 2024

| inaugural = 2024

| teams = 4

| venue =

| champion = {{flagicon|EGY}} Al Ittihad Alexandria (1st title)

| champ_season = 2025

| most_champs =

| current =

| color = red

| font_color = yellow

}}

The Kalahari Conference is one of the three conferences that make up the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the other two being the Sahara Conference and the Nile Conference. All conferences currently consist of four teams.

The conference was introduced two years after the other two, in the 2024 BAL season.

History

The creation of the Kalahari Conference as the league's third conference was announced on January 5, 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-05 |title=Basketball Africa League announces host cities, venues and dates for 2024 regular season tipping off March 9 in Pretoria, South Africa |url=https://www.nba.com/news/basketball-africa-league-announces-2024-cities-venues-dates-official-release |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=NBA.com |language=en}} The inaugural conference phase was organised in the SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa.

Current standings

Conference winners

Although no official trophy or title is awarded, the team ending at the top of the standings in the conference is lauded as "Conference winners" by the BAL.

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|+ Kalahari Conference results

!Season

!Winners

!Conference

record

!Playoffs result

!{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

2024
(Details)

| {{flagicon|MAR}} FUS Rabat (MAR)

|{{Ntsh|.750}} 3–1 (.750)

|Quarterfinalists

|align="center"| {{Cite web |date=2024-03-17 |title=FUS Rabat are the 2024 Kalahari Conference champions |url=https://bal.nba.com/news/fus-rabat-are-the-2024-kalahari-conference-champions |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=The BAL |language=en}}

2025
(Details)

| {{flagicon|EGY}} Al Ittihad Alexandria (EGY)

|{{Ntsh| }}6–0 (1.000)

|TBD

|align="center"| {{Cite web |title=Al Ittihad win 2025 Kalahari Conference with dominant performance over Rivers Hoopers |url=https://bal.nba.com/news/ittihad-win-2025-kalahari-conference-with-dominant-performance-over-rivers-hoopers |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=The BAL |language=en}}

Standings

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| width="10px" align="center" bgcolor="#FFCC00" |^

|Denotes team that won the BAL championship

width="10px" align="center" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |⁺

|Denotes team that lost in the BAL finals

width="10px" align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |*

|Denotes team that qualified for the BAL playoffs

width="10px" align="center" bgcolor="grey" |#

|Denotes team that was disqualified

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" !rowspan=2\|Season ! colspan="4" \|Positions (by team)
width=150px\|1st !width=150px\|2nd !width=150px\|3rd !width=150px\|4th
2024 \| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" \|FUS Rabat* (3–1) \| bgcolor="#FFCC00" \|Petro de Luanda^{^} (2–2) \| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" \|Cape Town Tigers (1–3) \| bgcolor="grey" \|Dynamo# (Disqualified)
2025 \|bgcolor="#CCFFCC" \|Al Ittihad Alexandria* (6–0) \|bgcolor="#CCFFCC" \|Rivers Hoopers* (4–2) \|bgcolor="#CCFFCC" \|FUS Rabat* (2–4) \|Stade Malien (0–6)

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!rowspan=2|Season

! colspan="4" |Positions (by team)

width=150px|1st

!width=150px|2nd

!width=150px|3rd

!width=150px|4th

2024

| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |FUS Rabat*
(3–1)

| bgcolor="#FFCC00" |Petro de Luanda^{^}
(2–2)

| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |Cape Town Tigers
(1–3)

| bgcolor="grey" |Dynamo#
(Disqualified)