{"id":52533,"date":"2024-02-15T16:04:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T14:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/more-sport\/five-new-teams-three-new-countries-to-compete-in-2024-basketball-africa-league-season-tipping-off-on-march-9-in-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T16:04:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T14:04:27","slug":"five-new-teams-three-new-countries-to-compete-in-2024-basketball-africa-league-season-tipping-off-on-march-9-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/more-sport\/five-new-teams-three-new-countries-to-compete-in-2024-basketball-africa-league-season-tipping-off-on-march-9-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Five new teams, three new countries to compete in 2024 Basketball Africa League season tipping off on March 9 in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n DAKAR, Senegal, February 15, 2024\/APO Group\/ —
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Defending BAL Champion Al Ahly (Egypt) Among Seven Teams That Have Competed in the BAL (https:\/\/BAL.NBA.com\/<\/a>) Before, Alongside First-Time Participants from Burundi, Central African Republic, Libya, Morocco and Rwanda.\u00a0Season will Tip Off with First-Ever BAL Game in South Africa Featuring 2022 Runner-Up Petro de Luanda (Angola) Taking on First-Time BAL Participant FUS Rabat Basketball (Morocco) at SunBet Arena in Pretoria at 4:00 p.m. CAT.\u00a0<\/strong>Tickets on Sale Now at BAL.NBA.com<\/strong>\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/49CJjBQ<\/a>), Ticketmaster.co.za<\/strong>\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/4bBotol<\/a>) (Pretoria, South Africa) and Teewtickets.com<\/strong>\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/49yd8Uc<\/a>)\u00a0(Dakar, Senegal); Fans Can Save Up to 35% On Group Packages.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) today announced that five new teams and three new countries are among the 12 club teams from 12 African countries that will compete in the 2024 BAL season\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/42IkW3v<\/a>), which will tip off on Saturday, March 9 at SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

The 12 teams have been divided into three conferences of four teams each.\u00a0 Seven of the teams have competed in the BAL before, two of which \u2013 Petro de Luanda (Angola) and US Monastir (Tunisia) \u2013 will be competing for a record fourth season.\u00a0 Five teams are making their BAL debut, including the first BAL teams from Burundi, Central African Republic and Libya<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0KALAHARI<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0NILE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 SAHARA<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cape Town Tigers (South Africa)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Al Ahly (Egypt)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Arm\u00e9e Patriotique Rwandaise Basketball (APR; Rwanda)*<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Dynamo Basketball Club (Burundi)*<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Al Ahly Ly (Libya)*<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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AS Douanes (Senegal)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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FUS Rabat <\/strong>Basketball (Morocco)*<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Bangui Sporting Club (Central African Republic)*<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Rivers Hoopers (Nigeria)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Petro de Luanda (Angola)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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City Oilers (Uganda)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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US Monastir (Tunisia)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*First-time BAL participant<\/em><\/p>\n

Each conference will play a 12-game group phase during which each team will face the other three teams in its conference twice.\u00a0 New this season, the home team in each market will play on every gameday, including on the weekends.\u00a0 The inaugural Kalahari Conference group phase will take place from Saturday, March 9 \u2013 Sunday, March 17 at the SunBet Arena.\u00a0 The Nile Conference group phase will take place from Friday, April 19 \u2013 Saturday, April 27 at Hassan Mostafa Indoor Sports Complex in Cairo.\u00a0 The Sahara Conference group phase will take place from Saturday, May 4 \u2013 Sunday, May 12 at the Dakar Arena in Dakar.\u00a0 The top two teams from each conference and the top two third-place teams from across the three conferences will travel to BK Arena in Kigali for four seeding games followed by an eight-game, single-elimination Playoffs and Finals from Friday, May 24 \u2013 Saturday, June 1.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the season opener, first-time BAL participant FUS Rabat Basketball (Morocco) will face Petro de Luanda at 4:00 p.m. CAT.\u00a0 In the second game, home team Cape Town Tigers (South Africa) will take on first-time BAL participant Dynamo Basketball Club (Burundi) at 7:00 p.m. CAT.\u00a0 On the opening day of the Nile Conference, home team Al Ahly (Egypt) will begin its title defense against two-time BAL participant City Oilers (Uganda) at 5:00 p.m. GMT.\u00a0 The complete game schedule is available at BAL.NBA.com\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3uClvzq<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Tickets for the Kalahari Conference group phase in Pretoria and the Sahara Conference group phase in Dakar are on sale now at BAL.NBA.com\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3HZz0vV<\/a>), Ticketmaster.co.za\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3uDzIvR<\/a>) (Pretoria) and Teewtickets.com\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/48j6vUR<\/a>) (Dakar).\u00a0 Single game tickets start at 75 ZAR for the Kalahari Conference group phase and 2,500 XOF for the Sahara Conference group phase.\u00a0 Fans can save up to 35% off single game ticket prices for group packages by emailing BalTickets@thebal.com<\/a>, and up to 20% off single game ticket prices for all games during the Sahara Conference group phase by selecting two, four or all games.\u00a0 Fans who purchase tickets will also have free access to BAL Fan Zones at the arena in each market.\u00a0 Ticket sales information for the Nile Conference group phase in Cairo and the Playoffs and Finals Kigali will be announced at a later date.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Champions from the national leagues in Angola, Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal and Tunisia earned their participation in the 2024 BAL season by winning their respective national leagues.\u00a0 The remaining six teams, which come from Burundi, Central African Republic, Libya, Morocco, South Africa and Uganda, secured their participation through the Road to the BAL qualifying tournaments\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/49Au50l<\/a>) conducted by FIBA Africa across the continent from October to November 2023.<\/p>\n

Rwanda Development Board, NIKE, Jordan Brand and Wilson will return as BAL Foundational Partners.\u00a0 The league\u2019s roster of world-class marketing partners also includes Afreximbank, Hennessy and RwandAir.<\/p>\n

Additional information about the 2024 BAL season will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

BAL Season 4 <\/strong>announcement video<\/strong>\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/48gFVf6<\/a>) (Credit: Basketball Africa League)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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