FULL - Rivers Hoopers (NGR) vs AS Douanes (SEN) | BAL 2024 | Kigali, 25 May 2024

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) is Africa's premier men's basketball league. The league consists of twelve teams, each qualified through their domestic competition. The league is a joint effort between the NBA and FIBA. The inaugural season was postponed on 3 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 29 March 2021, it was announced that the inaugural season would start on 16 May 2021, and would end on 30 May. BAL announced the venues and cities for the inaugural season, which included a Final Four played in BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda. On 30 May 2021, Zamalek from Egypt won the first-ever BAL championship after beating US Monastir in the inaugural Finals. US Monastir from Tunisia won the 2022 BAL championship and Al Ahly from Egypt won the 2023 BAL championship. #TheBAL #Finals #Playoffs