The Basketball Africa League (BAL) announced a thrilling 2024 season with five new teams, three new participating countries, and a record 48 games across four host cities.
The season begins on March 9th in Pretoria, South Africa. Morocco’s FUS Rabat will face Angolan powerhouse Petro de Luanda in Pretoria, followed by South Africa’s Cape Town Tigers taking on Burundi’s Dynamo Basketball Club.
The fourth BAL season will feature a record 48 games in Pretoria, Cairo, Egypt, Dakar, Senegal, and Kigali, Rwanda, marking the first BAL games in South Africa and the first time the league will play games in four different countries.
The 12 teams have been divided into three conferences of four teams each. Seven of the teams have competed in the BAL before, two of which—Petro de Luanda (Angola) and US Monastir (Tunisia)—will compete for a record fourth season. Five teams are debuting in BAL, including the first BAL teams from Burundi, the Central African Republic, and Libya.
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🏀 Discover the Top 12 African teams who will battle across 3 conferences in the Basketball Africa League Season 4! 🌍🏆
Ready for #BAL4⁉️ Who are you rooting for⁉️ pic.twitter.com/a4rV2I4O0u— Basketball Africa League (@theBAL) February 15, 2024
League Champions
National champions from Angola, Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, and Tunisia earned automatic bids, while six others qualified through continental tournaments.
