Nile Conference
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Short description|Conference of the Basketball Africa League}}
{{Infobox Sports conference
| title = Nile Conference
| logo = Nile Conference logo.png
| pixels = 150px
| sport = Basketball
| league = Basketball Africa League
| formerly =
| founded = 2022
| inaugural = 2022
| teams = 4
(2024–present)
6
(2022–2023)
| venue =
| champion = {{flagicon|LBY}} Al Ahli Tripoli (1st title)
| champ_season = 2025
| most_champs =
| most successful club = Four different teams (1 title each)
| current = 2024 BAL Sahara Conference
| color = red
| font_color = yellow
}}
The Nile Conference is one of the three conferences that make up the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the other two being the Sahara Conference and the Kalahari Conference. All conferences currently consist of four teams.
The conference alignment began in the 2022 season, although plans to have conferences were already set up before the inaugural season. Named after the Nile River, the conference has been played at a single venue thus far, the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in Cairo, Egypt for the past two seasons.
Venues
From 2022 to 2024, all games of the Nile Conference were played at the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall located in Cairo, Egypt.{{Efn|Officially, the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall is located in the town of 6th of October City.}} In 2025, the conference was played in the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda.
Current standings
{{2025 BAL tables|Nile Conference|show_matches=no}}
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.
| class="wikitable"
|+ Nile Conference results !Season !Winners !Conference record !Playoffs result !Ref. |
| 2022 (Details)
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Zamalek (EGY) |{{Ntsh|1.000}} 5–0 (1.000) |Won third place game |
| 2023 (Details)
| {{flagicon|ANG}} Petro de Luanda (ANG) |{{Ntsh|.1000}} 5–0 (1.000) |Lost third place game |align="center"| {{Cite web |date=2023-05-05 |title=Petro de Luanda are the 2023 Nile Conference champions |url=https://bal.nba.com/news/petro-de-luanda-are-the-2023-nile-conference-champions |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=Basketball Africa League |language=en}} |
| 2024 (Details)
|{{flagicon|EGY}} Al Ahly (EGY) |{{Ntsh|.833}} 5–1 (.833) |
| 2025 (Details)
|{{flagicon|LBY}} Al Ahli Tripoli (LBY) |{{Ntsh|.1000}} 6–0 (1.000) |TBD |
= Titles by team =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Team !Titles !Season(s) won |
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Zamalek
|1 |2022 |
| {{flagicon|ANG}} Petro de Luanda
|1 |2023 |
| {{flagicon|EGY}} Al Ahly
|1 |2024 |
| {{flagicon|LBY}} Al Ahli Tripoli
|1 |2025 |
Standings
| class="wikitable"
| 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 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=6|Positions (by team) |
| width=150px|1st
!width=150px|2nd !width=150px|3rd !width=150px|4th !width=150px|5th !width=150px|6th |
|---|
| 2022
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |Zamalek* | bgcolor="silver" |Petro de Luanda+ | bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |Cape Town Tigers* | bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |FAP* |Cobra Sport |Espoir Fukash |
| 2023
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |Petro de Luanda* | bgcolor="gold" |Al Ahly^ | bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |Ferroviário da Beira* | bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |Cape Town Tigers* |SLAC |City Oilers |
| 2024
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |Al Ahly* |bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |Al Ahly Ly+ |Bangui SC |City Oilers | colspan="2" rowspan="2" |– |
| 2025
|bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |Al Ahli Tripoli* |bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |APR* |MBB |Nairobi City Thunder |
Notes
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