List of BAL finals
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| name = BAL Finals
| image = BAL Finals logo 2024.png
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| organiser = Basketball Africa League
| founded = 2021
| first = 2021
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| teams =2
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| confed_cup =FIBA Intercontinental Cup
| champions ={{flagicon|ANG}} Petro de Luanda (1st title)
| season =2024
| most_champs =4 teams
(1 title each)
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| website ={{URL|thebal.com}}
| current = 2022 BAL Finals
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The Basketball Africa League (BAL) is a seasonal basketball league established in 2019 and first held in 2021. The league is a joint venture by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and FIBA, and is open to national champions of FIBA Africa member countries. The finals of each season are played in a single-game format, which is held at an arena that is chosen by the BAL organisation. The winner automatically qualifies for that year's FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
The data below does not include the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup, the predecessor of the BAL that was held between 1972 and 2019.
Zamalek won the inaugural final in 2021. Petro de Luanda are the current champions, having won the 2024 final. Four different teams have won the BAL championship so far. Egyptian teams have won the competition the most times with two wins.
Champions
The first parentheses in the champions and runners-up columns indicate the teams' playoff seed. The second parentheses indicate the number of times that teams have appeared in an BAL Finals as well as each respective team's BAL Finals record to date.
Performances
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{{Location map~|Africa|lat=30.0443879|long=31.2357257|label_size=80|label=Al Ahly|mark=Red pog.svg|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Africa|lat=30.0443879|long=31.2357257|label_size=80|label=Zamalek|mark=Red pog.svg|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Africa|lat=35.6054798|long=10.7876948|label_size=80|label=Monastir|mark=Red pog.svg|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Africa|lat=-8.8147 |long= 13.2302 |label_size=80|label=Petro|mark=Red pog.svg|position=bottom}}
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=Performance by club=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Performances in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) by club |
| scope="col"|Club
!scope="col"|Titles !scope="col"|Runners-up !scope="col"|Years won !scope="col"|Years runners-up |
|---|
| align="left" scope="row"|{{flagicon|TUN}} US Monastir
|align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |2022 |2021 |
| align="left" scope="row"|{{flagicon|ANG}} Petro de Luanda
|align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |2024 |2022 |
| align="left" scope="row"|{{flagicon|EGY}} Al Ahly
|align="center"|1 |align="center"|0 |2023 |align="center"|{{sort dash}} |
| align="left" scope="row"|{{flagicon|EGY}} Zamalek
|align="center"|1 |align="center"|0 |2021 |align="center"|{{sort dash}} |
| align="left" scope="row"|{{flagicon|SEN}} AS Douanes
|align="center"|0 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|{{sort dash}} |2023 |
| align="left" scope="row"|{{flagicon|LBY}} Al Ahly Ly
|align="center"|0 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|{{sort dash}} |2024 |
=Performance by country=
Teams from three nations have been to a BAL final, and teams from two countries have won the competition thus far.
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Performances in finals by nation |
| scope="col" | Nation
! scope="col" | Titles ! scope="col" | Runners-up ! scope="col" | Total |
|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|EGY}} Egypt
| 2 | 0 | 2 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|TUN}} Tunisia
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|ANG}} Angola
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|SEN}} Senegal
|0 |1 |1 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|LBY}} Libya
|0 |1 |1 |
= Performance by head coach =
File:Augusti Julbe.jpg is the only coach to have won two BAL titles]]
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" |Club ! scope="col" |Titles ! scope="col" |Runners-up ! scope="col" |Years won ! scope="col" |Years runners-up |
| scope="row" align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Augustí Julbe
| align="center" |2 | align="center" |0 |align="center" |{{sort dash}} |
|---|
| scope="row" align="left" |{{flagicon|SRB}} Miodrag Perišić
| align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 |2022 | align="center" |{{sort dash}} |
| scope="row" align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Valdeolmillos
| align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 |2024 | align="center" |{{sort dash}} |
| scope="row" align="left" |{{flagicon|TUN}} Mounir Ben Slimane
| align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 |align="center" |{{sort dash}} | 2021 |
| scope="row" align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} José Neto
| align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |{{sort dash}} |2022 |
| scope="row" align="left" |{{flagicon|SEN}} Pabi Guèye
| align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |{{sort dash}} |2023 |
| scope="row" align="left" |{{flagicon|SRB}} Ivan Jeremić
| align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |{{sort dash}} |2024 |
Finals hosted by arena
The finals are played in a pre-determined venue, from 2021 to 2023 this was the BK Arena (formerly the Kigali Arena) in Kigali as the BAL agreed with the Rwandan Ministry of Sports. Later, the BAL and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) agreed to host the finals of 2024, 2026 and 2028 as well.{{Cite web |title=Basketball Africa League and Rwanda Development Board extend to play games {{!}} Times Aerospace |url=https://www.timesaerospace.aero/news/flight-services-and-support/basketball-africa-league-and-rwanda-development-board-extend-to |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=www.timesaerospace.aero}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%"
!Arena !Location!!Finals!!Years |
| BK Arena{{efn|The BK Arena was known as Kigali Arena until 2021.}}
|{{Flagicon|RWA}} Kigali, Rwanda | 6 | style="text-align:left;" | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026, 2028 |
| SunBet Arena
|{{Flagicon|RSA}} Pretoria, South Africa |1 |2025 |
Top scorer
Clubs denoted in italics and an asterisk lost the finals in the given year.
| class="wikitable"
|+Top scorers in the final of the Basketball Africa League by year !Year !Top scorer !Club !Points !{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| align=center|2021
|{{Flagicon|NGR}} Michael Fakuade |{{flagicon|EGY}} Zamalek | align=center| 15 |
| align=center|2022
|{{Flagicon|ANG}} Gerson Gonçalves |{{flagicon|ANG}} Petro de Luanda* | align=center| 28 |
| 2023
|{{Flagicon|SSD}} Nuni Omot |{{flagicon|EGY}} Al Ahly |align="center" |22 |
| rowspan="2" |2024
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Nick Faust |{{flagicon|ANG}} Petro de Luanda | align=center rowspan="2" |24 | align=center rowspan="2" |{{Cite web |title=LiveStats: Petro de Luanda v Al Ahly Ly |url=https://geniussports.com/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=geniussports.com}} |
| {{Flagicon|SSD}} Majok Deng
|{{flagicon|LBY}} Al Ahly Ly* |
Players with multiple BAL titles
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%"
! rowspan="2" |No. of championships ! rowspan="2" |Player ! rowspan="2" |Position ! colspan="2" |Seasons ! rowspan="2" |Championship teams ! rowspan="2" |Ref. |
| scope="col" width="30px" |Played
!Winning Percentage |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |2
| align="left" |{{flagicon|CIV}} Solo Diabate |G |4 |{{percentage|2|4|0}} | align="left" |Zamalek (2021) |
| align="left" |{{flagicon|NGR}} Michael Fakuade
|F |2 |{{percentage|2|2|0}} |
Notes
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