Basketball Africa League Completes Second Phase in Cairo, Builds Towards Playoffs and Finals in Kigali, Rwanda

The Basketball Africa League completed the second phase of its season with the Nile Conference group phase in Cairo, Egypt last month. Cape Town Tigers (South Africa), FAP (Cameroon), Petro de Luanda (Angola) and defending BAL champion Zamalek (Egypt) advanced to the BAL Playoffs in Kigali, Rwanda later this month, where they will join REG (Rwanda), US Monastir (Tunisia), AS Salé (Morocco) and S.L.A.C (Guinea).

The eight playoff teams will compete in a single-elimination tournament and Finals, with the winner crowned the second BAL champion. The 2022 BAL Finals will be held Saturday, May 28 at 12:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. GMT and will air on Canal+, ESPNews, TSN, the NBA App, NBA.com and NBA.com/BAL.

So far this season, the BAL has reached more than 400 million fans through its online platforms, including 66 million influencer engagements, 22 million video views, 12 million social media engagements and four million visits to the official BAL website.

Fans can register their interests for tickets on NBA.com/BAL. 

April 28, 2022