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The qualification for the 2025 BAL season, also known as Road to BAL 2025, is the 5th season of the qualifying tournaments for the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The tournaments are organised by FIBA Africa and will begin on 8 October and will finish in November 2024. The format was the same as to the previous seasons, with six teams qualifying to the league.[1]

Teams

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West Division

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Association Team Date of qualification Qualification method Ref.
Entered in first round
 Algeria WA Boufarik 2 July 2024 2023–24 Algerian Basketball Championship champions [2]
 Benin Elan Coton 27 April 2024 2023–24 Benin Basketball Super League [3]
 Botswana TBA 2024 Botswana Basketball League champions
 Burundi Urunani 29 September 2024 2024 Viva Basketball League champions [4]
 Central African Republic TBA 2024 Bangui Basketball Leaguechampion
Cameroon Cameroon Kadji Sports Academy 22 May 2024 2023–24 Elite Messieurs champions [5]
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo Chaux Sport 7 September 2024 2024 Coupe du Congo winners [6]
 Ivory Coast ABC Fighters 24 June 2024 2024 Ligue d'Or season champions [7]
 Gabon Moanda 3 April 2024 2024 Gabonese Basketball Cupchampions [8]
 Ghana Spintex Knights 14 December 2023 2023 Accra Basketball League champions [9]
 Guinea TBA
Kenya Kenya Nairobi City Thunder 20 July 2024 2023–24 KBF Premier Leaguechampions [10]
 Liberia Mighty Barrolle 24 September 2024 2024 Liberia Basketball Association Division 1 champions [11]
 Libya Al Ahli Tripoli 14 July 2024 2023–24 Libyan Division I Basketball League champions [12]
 Morocco FUS Rabat 10 July 2024 2023–24 Division Excellence [2]
 Mozambique Costa do Sol 20 December 2023 2023 LMB season champions [13]
 Namibia TBA 2024 KBA Premier League champions
 Niger TBA
 South Africa MBB 26 August 2024 2024 South African National Basketball Championship winners [14]
 Tanzania JKT [data missing] 2023 National Basketball Leaguechampions [citation needed]
 Madagascar GNBC 30 October 2023 2024 N1A champions [15]
 Malawi Bravehearts [data missing] 2023–24 BASMAL National Championship winners [data missing]
 Uganda City Oilers 4 September 2024 2024 NBL Uganda season champions [16]
 Zambia Matero Magic 6 January 2024 2023–24 Zambia Basketball Leaguechampions [17]
 Zimbabwe Basket Hounds 9 June 2024 2024 BUZ National Championshipwinners [18]

First round

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West Division

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The West Division will begin with a group in Tripoli, Libya, from 8 to 13 October 2024.[19]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Cape Verde Kriol Star 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Elite 16
2 Mali Stade Malien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Libya Al Ahli Tripoli (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Burkina Faso USFA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2024. Source: FIBA – Road to BAL
(H) Hosts

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Liberia Mighty Barrolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Elite 16
2 Ghana Spintex Knights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Benin Elan Coton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Ivory Coast ABC Fighters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2024. Source: FIBA – Road to BAL

East Division

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The East Division will be hosted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 15 to 20 October 2024.[19] The other group will be held in Harare, Zimbabwe, from 22 to 27 October 2024.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Overview - FIBA Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L 2025 | FIBA.basketball". www.fiba.basketball. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Road to BAL 2025 - Meet the first candidates". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  3. ^ "YOUZOU LIGUE PRO MASCULINE - FEDERATION BENINOISE DE BASKETBALL". FEDERATION BENINOISE DE BASKETBALL (in French). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  4. ^ "VBL – Playoffs Finals : Urunani BBC de Jean-Jacques Boissy est champion du Burundi !" (in French). 29 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  5. ^ "KSA de Douala are 2024 Champions!". www.afrobasket.com. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  6. ^ Muhima, Georges Ben (7 September 2024). "Coupe du Congo de Basketball : Chaux Sport Brille pour Clôturer la Compétition". Kivu Morning Post (in French). Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Abidjan Basket Club clinch 2023/24 title". Afrobasket.com. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Basket-ball/ Coupe du Gabon 2024 : Moanda BB et Naba au pinacle". L'UNION | L'actualité du Gabon (in French). 3 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Spintex Knights are champions of Accra Basketball League". Ghanaweb.com. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Olobulu, Timothy (20 July 2024). "INVINCIBLES! – Stylish Thunder strike down KPA to clinch first ever league title". Capital Sports. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Liberia: Defending Champions Mighty Barrolle Retain Crown in LBA". FrontPageAfrica. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Al-Ahly Tripoli wins Libyan Basketball League for an eighth time". Afrobasket.com. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  13. ^ Nhamurave, Samuel. "basquetebol: costa do sol sagra-se campeão 20 anos depois" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  14. ^ "FIBA Africa Zone 6 Weekly Review: 20/08/2024 | AfricaBasket". www.africabasket.net. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  15. ^ Raherinjatovo, Donné (30 October 2023). "BASKETBALL-N1A HOMMES - La GNBC d'Analamanga sur le trône". L'Express de Madagascar (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  16. ^ "City Oilers Cruise to 10th NBL title". ChimpReports. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Magic wins unprecented 11th title". Times of Zambia. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  18. ^ "From underdogs to top dogs: Hounds' quick rise". The Sunday Mail. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  19. ^ a b c "Latest news in the run-up to the Road to BAL 2025". www.fiba.basketball. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
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