Basketball Africa League
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Established
2021 (4 years old)
First Recorded Event
2022-03-05
Current Season
2025
Current Round
Sport
BasketballLocation
Worldwide
Gender
Male
TV Rights
Africa: ESPN Africa, Canal+ Afrique, Arryadia, OnTime Sports, Télévision Tunisienne
Canada: TSN
China: Tencent Video
United States: ESPN+, NBA TV, Voice of America
International: beIN Sports, theBAL.com
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Description
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, similar to the format of the UEFA Champions League. The league is a joint effort between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and International Basketball Federation (FIBA) with sponsorship from Nike, Air Jordan and Pepsi.
Its inaugural season started with the qualifying rounds in October 2019 and the regular season in May 2021. The competition replaces FIBA's Africa Basketball League as the continent's top-tier league.
BAL president, Amadou Gallo Fall, announced at the 2020 NBA All-Star Game Africa Luncheon in Chicago, that the season will tip off on 13 March. At the event, Nike and Jordan unveiled the official jerseys for the twelve teams (six of the teams will be outfitted by Nike and the other six by Jordan). The BAL also launched the league's official website and social media accounts.
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.
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