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The Basketball Africa League (BAL) (www.BAL.NBA.com<\/em><\/strong><\/a>) today announced that the league\u2019s milestone fifth season will tip off on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex in Rabat, Morocco and culminate with the 2025 BAL Finals on Saturday, June 14 at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa, marking the first BAL games in Morocco and the first time the BAL Finals will be held in South Africa.\u00a0 The 2025 BAL season will feature the top 12 club teams from 12 African countries playing 48 games in Rabat; Dakar, Senegal; Kigali, Rwanda; and Pretoria.<\/p>\n The 12 teams will once again be divided into three conferences of four teams each.\u00a0 Each conference will play a 12-game group phase during which each team will face the other three teams in its conference twice.\u00a0 The Kalahari Conference group phase will take place from April 5 \u2013 Sunday, April 13 in Rabat.\u00a0 The Sahara Conference group phase will take place from Saturday, April 26 \u2013 Sunday, May 4 at the Dakar Arena in Senegal.\u00a0 The Nile Conference group phase will take place from Saturday, May 17 \u2013 Sunday, May 25 at BK Arena in Kigali.\u00a0 Eight teams from across the three conferences will qualify for the Playoffs in Pretoria, which will tip off on Friday, June 6 and culminate with the 2025 BAL Finals on Saturday, June 14.\u00a0 Beginning today, fans can register their interest in tickets to games in all four markets at BAL.NBA.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have seen tremendous growth over the BAL\u2019s first four seasons in the level of on-court competition, attendance, and engagement from fans and partners in Africa and globally,\u201d said BAL President Amadou Gallo Fall.\u00a0 \u201cOur milestone fifth season will build on that momentum and further showcase the level of talent and passion for basketball in Africa, including through the first BAL games in Morocco and the first BAL Finals in South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Kalahari Conference marks another expansion of the BAL into a new country on our continent, and we are more than satisfied,\u201d said Anibal Manave, President of FIBA Africa.\u00a0 \u201cYear after year, this competition grows, giving greater exposure to our sport and helping to elevate the level of basketball in Africa by making the league more and more competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n This season, the national league champions from seven countries \u2013 Angola, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, and Tunisia \u2013 will automatically qualify for the BAL.\u00a0 The other five teams will qualify through the Road to the BAL qualifying tournaments (http:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3B0yqhx<\/a>) conducted by FIBA Africa across the continent from October \u2013 December 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n In addition to the games, the BAL will once again collaborate with its partners to conduct youth development and social impact programming in all four markets, including Jr. NBA, coaching and referee clinics, environmental days of service, the fourth BAL Innovation Summit, networking sessions to engage with members of the media, and a series of camps and workshops for young women as part of BAL4HER, the league\u2019s platform for advancing gender equality in the African sports ecosystem.\u00a0<\/p>\n Rwanda Development Board, NIKE, Jordan Brand, and Wilson will return as BAL Foundational Partners.\u00a0 The league\u2019s roster of marketing partners also includes Castle Lite, Hennessy and RwandAir.\u00a0<\/p>\n On June 1, Angola\u2019s Petro de Luanda became the first sub-Saharan African team to win the BAL Finals after previous champions from Egypt and Tunisia.\u00a0 The 2024 BAL season reached fans in 214 countries and territories in 17 languages, set an attendance record of more than 120,000 fans across the four host countries, and generated more than 1.2 billion impressions across NBA and BAL social media channels. \u00a0<\/p>\n Additional information about the 2025 BAL season will be announced in the coming months.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n