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2023 BAL qualification (Road to BAL 2023)
Association	FIBA Africa
League	Road to BAL
Sport	Basketball
Duration	10 October – 27 November 2022
Number of games	50
Number of teams	21
West Division
Division champions	ABC Fighters
Top scorer	Dane Miller Jr. (SLAC)
East Division
Division champions	Cape Town Tigers
Top scorer	Evans Ganapamo (Cape Town Tigers)
Seasons
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The qualification for the 2023 BAL season, also known as Road to BAL 2023, was the 3rd edition of the qualifying tournaments for the Basketball Africa League. The tournaments were organised by FIBA Africa and are held from 10 October to 27 November 2022. The format was similar to the previous two seasons, with a group phase and an elite 16 being held.

Team allocation

On 21 September 2021, FIBA Africa announced the teams in the qualifying tournaments as well as the six countries that would qualify directly.

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: standings in the domestic league
• BAL: Qualified as team that was directly qualified in the 2022 BAL season
• QS: Teams from a country that qualified for the 2022 BAL season through the qualifying tournaments
• WC: Wild card

West Division		East Division
Elite 16
FAP (1st)	AS Salé (1st)	Cobra Sport (1st)	Cape Town Tigers (1st)
SLAC (1st)		NBA Academy Africa (WC)	Ferroviário da Beira (1st)
Group phase
Elan Coton (1st)	ABC (1st)	Urunani (1st)	Matero Magic (1st)
Stade Malien (1st)	Nueva Era (1st)	City Oilers (1st)	ABC (1st)
Espoir (2nd)	Nigelec (1st)	COSPN (1st)	KPA (1st)
Bangui Sporting Club (1st)		Djabal Iconi (1st)

1. Cobra Sport was directly qualified for the Elite 16, but decided to withdraw.
2. Espoir, as runners-up of the 2022 Gabonese Cup, replaced champions Clutch Time, who were unable to finance their participation.

Withdrawing teams

Nine teams were drawn in a group for the group phase, but withdrew prior to the start of the games.

Group phase

Group A

The group was initially set to feature six teams, including the champions from Cape Verde and the Reformers of Prisons from Ghana. The Reformers of Prisons withdrew, leaving four teams in the group. The games of Group A are held in Niamey, Niger, and are played from 18 October to 23 October.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	ABC Fighters	3	3	0	236	166	+70	6	Advance to elite 16
2	Stade Malien	3	2	1	221	157	+64	5
3	Elan Coton (W)	3	1	2	167	239	−72	4
4	Nigelec (H)	3	0	3	176	238	−62	3

Stade Malien	54–66	ABC
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 14–28, 11–15, 10–15

Nigelec	65–75	Elan Coton
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 17–15, 15-17, 20–24

Elan Coton	36–85	Stade Malien
Scoring by quarter: 2–25, 10–20, 15–19, 9–21

ABC	81–56	Nigelec
Scoring by quarter: 26–9, 17–15, 18–14, 20–18

ABC	89–56	Elan Coton
Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 23–15, 20–19, 25–13

Nigelec	55–82	Stade Malien
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 16–26, 12–15, 16–20

Group B

Tempo BC from Chad withdrew. Vita Club from the DR Congo withdrew due to the lack of financial means.

The games of Group B were held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and were played from 11 October to 16 October.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bangui Sporting Club	2	2	0	140	109	+31	4	Advance to elite 16
2	Nueva Era	2	1	1	126	133	−7	3
3	Espoir	2	0	2	113	137	−24	2

Bangui Sporting Club	71–49	Espoir
Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 15–13, 19–12, 26–10
Pts: Claiborne, Nguepy Dongmo 15 Rebs: Kouguere 9 Asts: Kouguere 3		Pts: Aworet 17 Rebs: Loussi 10 Asts: Minko, Lendouga 2

Nueva Era	60–69	Bangui Sporting Club
Scoring by quarter: 9–25, 13–10, 18–22, 20–12
Pts: Terrell 14 Rebs: Soup Soup 11 Asts: Terrell, Soup Soup 3		Pts: Kouguere 17 Rebs: Nguepy Dongmo 8 Asts: Three players 4

Espoir	64–66	Nueva Era
Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 13–18, 19–16, 12–22
Pts: Minko, Ndoh-Mapangou 14 Rebs: Kanga Lendouga 12 Asts: Four players 2		Pts: Worthy 21 Rebs: Hinestrosa 10 Asts: Worthy 6

Group C

Although initially planned to take place on 25–30 October, the games were rescheduled to 28–30 October. Hawassa City from Ethiopia withdrew.

The games of Group C were schedules to be hosted in Kampala, Uganda, but were pulled from the country because of the 2022 Uganda Ebola outbreak. Dar es Salaam in Tanzania was announced as the new venue.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Urunani	3	3	0	206	156	+50	6	Advance to elite 16
2	City Oilers	3	2	1	219	181	+38	5
3	ABC (H)	3	1	2	165	193	−28	4
4	Matero Magic (W)	3	0	3	159	219	−60	3	Advance to elite 16

City Oilers	90–54	Matero Magic
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 24–9, 24–10, 23–16
Pts: Roebuck 26 Rebs: Azolibe 9 Asts: Okello 6		Pts: Mukelabai 11 Rebs: Mauwe 8 Asts: Mauwe 5

ABC	45–70	Urunani
Scoring by quarter: 7–21, 15–19, 14–13, 9–17
Pts: Athumani 9 Rebs: Chuma 8 Asts: Mwenda 2		Pts: Ndikumana 18 Rebs: Baru 9 Asts: Kazunguzibwa, Ngenzahayo 3

Urunani	64–58	City Oilers
Scoring by quarter: 19–9, 9–14, 18–20, 18–15
Pts: Kazunguzibwa 21		Pts: Roebuck, Azolide 17

ABC	57–52	Matero Magic
Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 11–8, 14–16, 20–15
Pts: Athumani 17		Pts: Leroy 13

Matero Magic	53–72	Urunani
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 11–15, 6–16, 17–23

City Oilers	71–63	ABC
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 10–15, 16–17, 18–11
Pts: Roebuck 31		Pts: Athumani 31

Group D

The games of Group D were held in Antananarivo, Madagascar, and are played from 18 to 23 October. Dekedaha from Somalia and Foxes from Zimbabwe withdrew, leaving four teams in the group. One day before the start, Roche-Bois Warriors from Mauritius withdrew as well.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	COSPN (H)	2	2	0	176	118	+58	4	Advance to elite 16
2	KPA	2	1	1	180	103	+77	3
3	Djabal Iconi	2	0	2	95	230	−135	2

COSPN	110–58	Djabal Iconi
Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 28–21, 22–11, 34–12
Pts: Randriamapionona 25 Rebs: Solondrainy 14 Asts: Randriamampionona, Rahajaniaina 6		Pts: Soilihi 12 Rebs: Aboubacar 8 Asts: Chaher 5

Djabal Iconi	37–120	KPA
Scoring by quarter: 10–27, 10–23, 7–39, 10–31
Pts: Mchangama 14 Rebs: Mchangama 11 Asts: Mchangama, Chaher 1		Pts: Koranga 24 Rebs: Kidong'o 12 Asts: Adera 6

COSPN	66–60	KPA
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 10–9, 27–16, 15–12
Pts: Rahajaniaina 15 Rebs: Ratianarivo 12 Asts: Randriamampionona 4		Pts: Wachira 13 Rebs: Koranga 11 Asts: Koranga, Khaemba 2

Elite 16

In the elite 16, the eight teams from the first round are joined by six teams that qualified in the 2022 qualification. The NBA Academy Africa and Elan Coton joined as wild cards.

Draw

The draw was held on 3 November 2022 on Abidjan.

West Division

The games of the East Division are held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and are played from 15 to 20 November.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bangui Sporting Club	3	3	0	201	179	+22	6	Advance to second round
2	ABC Fighters	3	1	2	233	214	+19	4
3	AS Salé	3	1	2	196	199	−3	4
4	Elan Coton	3	1	2	178	216	−38	4

1. ^ Ranking based on point difference: 1) ABC Fighters +24; 2) AS Salé +9; 3) Elan Coton –33.

Bangui Sporting Club	67–55	AS Salé
Scoring by quarter: 9–13, 16–13, 22–18, 20–11
Pts: Perriere 20 Rebs: Perriere 10 Asts: Fula Nganga, Djimrabaye 3		Pts: Kourdou 17 Rebs: Azouga 7 Asts: Harouna 3

ABC Fighters	96–56	Elan Coton
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 22–14, 25–19, 26–14
Pts: Westbrook 15 Rebs: Fofana 7 Asts: Kone 6		Pts: Gilchrist 13 Rebs: Gilchrist 10 Asts: Afuwape 7

AS Salé	58–62	Elan Coton
Scoring by quarter: 11–9, 27–13, 11–26, 9–14
Pts: El Masbahi 14 Rebs: Harouna 7 Asts: Harouna 4		Pts: Afuwape 19 Rebs: Gilchrist 9 Asts: Afuwape 6

Bangui Sporting Club	72–67	ABC Fighters
Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 18–22, 17–10, 25–19
Pts: Djimrabaye 18 Rebs: Gray 13 Asts: Djimrabaye 7		Pts: Fofana 19 Rebs: Lufile 9 Asts: Pacheco Ortiz 6

Elan Coton	57–62	Bangui Sporting Club
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 18–12, 14–16, 10–15
Pts: Afuwape 19 Rebs: Afuwape 8 Asts: Afuwape 5		Pts: Fula Nganga 22 Rebs: Gasana 8 Asts: Gasana 4

ABC Fighters	70–83	AS Salé
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 17–18, 9–22, 23–21
Pts: Fofana 15 Rebs: M. Kone 4 Asts: Lufile 3		Pts: Harouna 23 Rebs: Bakkali 15 Asts: El Mahsini 9

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Stade Malien	3	3	0	238	192	+46	6	Advance to second round
2	SLAC	3	2	1	252	226	+26	5
3	FAP	3	1	2	217	222	−5	4
4	Nueva Era	3	0	3	205	272	−67	3

Nueva Era	69–91	SLAC
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 14–20, 13–27, 24–23
Pts: Terrell 26 Rebs: Ntutumu 9 Asts: Ndong Midje		Pts: Poole 20 Rebs: Bah, Miller Jr. 10 Asts: Miller Jr. 4

FAP	52–65	Stade Malien
Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 18–17, 13–14, 11–17
Pts: Almeida 11 Rebs: Ngaransou 12 Asts: Tametong 6		Pts: Berthe 15 Rebs: Diarra 14 Asts: Berthe 5

Nueva Era	72–90	FAP
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 14–21, 14–26, 18–25
Pts: Terrell 26 Rebs: Hinestrosa 9 Asts: Hinestrosa 4		Pts: Mendes 20 Rebs: Ngaransou 12 Asts: Keumoe 6

SLAC	76–82	Stade Malien
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 18–23, 22–202, 15–19
Pts: Miller Jr. 22 Rebs: Miller Jr. 10 Asts: Nwabuzor 5		Pts: Mamadou Keita 20 Rebs: Diarra 11 Asts: Makan Keita 4

Stade Malien	91–64	Nueva Era
Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 18–18, 18–14, 27–18
Pts: Berthe 13 Rebs: Three players 3 Asts: Mamadou Keita 4		Pts: Worthy 21 Rebs: Hinestrosa 10 Asts: Bobepari 5

FAP	75–85	SLAC
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 18–20, 16–28, 16–18
Pts: Almeida, Keummoe 13 Rebs: Ngaransou 6 Asts: Keumoe 6		Pts: Miller Jr. 22 Rebs: Miller Jr. 14 Asts: Nwabuzor, Poole 5

Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 November
	Bangui Sporting Club	61
					19 November
	SLAC	69
					SLAC	70
	18 November
					ABC Fighters	81
	Stade Malien	59
	ABC Fighters	62
					Third place game
					19 November
					Bangui Sporting Club	59
					Stade Malien	62

Semi-finals

Bangui Sporting Club	61–69	SLAC
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 13–14, 18–18, 16–17
Pts: Gray 15 Rebs: Gray 20 Asts: Gasana 4		Pts: Poole 19 Rebs: Miller Jr. 13 Asts: Miller Jr. 4

Stade Malien	63–80	ABC Fighters
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 18–20, 13–22, 22–17
Pts: Berthe 15 Rebs: Diarra 12 Asts: Three players 3		Pts: Konaté 17 Rebs: Kone 10 Asts: Pacheco Ortiz 4

Third place game

Bangui Sporting Club	59–62	Stade Malien
Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 18–24, 17–10, 9–12
Pts: Gasana, Fula Nganga 15 Rebs: Gray 11 Asts: Nambaï 2		Pts: Berthe 22 Rebs: Diarra 18 Asts: Makan 5

Final

SLAC	70–81	ABC Fighters
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 8–29, 20–20, 21–14
Pts: Doumbouya 16 Rebs: Doumbouya 11 Asts: Thiam, Nwabuzor 5		Pts: Diarra, Otto 16 Rebs: Kone 10 Asts: Pacheco Ortiz 7

East Division

The games of the East Division are held in Ellis Park Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa, and are played from 22 to 27 November. Initially, it was announcned that games would be held in Cape Town.

Group A

The games played by the NBA Academy Africa are not scored and are ineligible to qualify for the next round; however, games against the team will be used for their opponents' standings.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Urunani	3	2	1	200	171	+29	5	Advance to semi-finals
2	Cape Town Tigers	3	2	1	230	191	+39	5
3	NBA Academy Africa	3	2	1	223	223	0	5	Unable to qualify for next round
4	KPA	3	0	3	184	252	−68	3

1. ^ Tie-breaker: Cape Town Tigers 49–59 Urunani.

Urunani	72–43	KPA
Scoring by quarter: 18–5, 18–8, 18–14, 18–16
Pts: Ndikumana 18 Rebs: Ndikumana 14 Asts: Ndikumana, Filer 4		Pts: Williams 13 Rebs: Wijass 8 Asts: Ogol 3

Cape Town Tigers	85–60	NBA Academy Africa
Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 28–19, 29–17, 14–14
Pts: Gbinije 22 Rebs: Gbinije 7 Asts: Deing 7		Pts: Darlan 20 Rebs: Chinyelu 12 Asts: Darlan 5

NBA Academy Africa	79–69	Urunani
Scoring by quarter: 25–30, 16–15, 20–13, 18–11
Pts: Darlan 24 Rebs: Chinyelu 17 Asts: Darlan 7		Pts: Filer 17 Rebs: Filer 8 Asts: Three players 4

KPA	72–96	Cape Town Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 19–22, 23–34, 11–21
Pts: Williams 24 Rebs: Williams 8 Asts: Ogol, Khaemba 3		Pts: Ganapamo 20 Rebs: Putney 9 Asts: Ganapamo, Deing 5

KPA	69–84	NBA Academy Africa
Scoring by quarter: 33–23, 14–17, 7–25, 15–19
Pts: Wachira 21 Rebs: Brady 7 Asts: Wachira, Brady 3		Pts: Darlan 25 Rebs: Chinyelu, Maluach 9 Asts: Darlan 5

Cape Town Tigers	49–59	Urunani
Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 13–8, 9–19, 15–7
Pts: Ganapamo 14 Rebs: Sibanyoni 10 Asts: Three players 2		Pts: Filer 28 Rebs: Parker-Rivera 11 Asts: Nijimbere, Baru 3

Group B

Matero Magic from Zambia were given a wild card to join Group B, after Cobra Sport from South Sudan withdrew.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	City Oilers	3	3	0	242	204	+38	6	Advance to second round
2	Ferroviário da Beira	3	2	1	242	198	+44	5
3	Matero Magic	3	1	2	213	227	−14	4
4	COSPN	3	0	3	193	238	−45	3

City Oilers	71–59	COSPN
Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 25–15, 11–23, 13–10
Pts: Roebuck 17 Rebs: Barnaba 10 Asts: Drileba 3		Pts: Randriamampionona 14 Rebs: Solondrainy, Rabibisoa 7 Asts: Randriamampionona, Todimasiniaina 4

Ferroviário da Beira	63–57	Matero Magic
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 16–9, 13–16, 13–18
Pts: Perry 24 Rebs: Murray 12 Asts: Nurmamade 4		Pts: Chona 11 Rebs: Kandulu 19 Asts: Ngoma 4

COSPN	53–84	Ferroviário da Beira
Scoring by quarter: 8–26, 15–28, 13–13, 17–17
Pts: Ratianarivo 15 Rebs: Coulter 15 Asts: Razakaria 3		Pts: Nurmamade 14 Rebs: Murray 8 Asts: Munguambe 7

Matero Magic	73–83	City Oilers
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 8–26, 18–17, 30–23
Pts: Phiri 18 Rebs: Kandulu 14 Asts: Ngoma 4		Pts: Jones 26 Rebs: Jones 9 Asts: Enabu 5

COSPN	81–83	Matero Magic
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 20–23, 23–19, 16–17
Pts: Ratianarivo 25 Rebs: Coulter 11 Asts: Rabibisoa, Randriamampionona 5		Pts: Phiri 22 Rebs: Kandulu 14 Asts: Kainda 3

Ferroviário da Beira	72–88	City Oilers
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 20–19, 14–23, 22–23
Pts: Perry 21 Rebs: Ubisse 9 Asts: Perry 7		Pts: Roebuck, Barnaba 17 Rebs: Barnaba 9 Asts: Enabu 7

Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 November
	Urunani	62
					27 November
	Ferroviário da Beira	68
					Ferroviário da Beira	71
	26 November
					Cape Town Tigers	81
	City Oilers	69
	Cape Town Tigers	75
					Third place game
					27 November
					Urunani	62
					City Oilers	71

Semi-finals

Urunani	62–68	Ferroviário da Beira
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 13–10, 16–19, 18–20
Pts: Ngenzahayo 16 Rebs: Parker-Rivera 10 Asts: Filer 5		Pts: Ubisse 21 Rebs: Ubisse 13 Asts: Nurmamade, Murray 4

City Oilers	69–75	Cape Town Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 7–14, 19–16, 26–21, 17–24
Pts: Jones 40

Third place game

Urunani	62–71	City Oilers
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 14–10, 14–19, 22–25

Final

Ferroviário da Beira	71–81	Cape Town Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 11–27, 20–17, 25–19, 15–18
Pts: Ubisse 18 Rebs: Ubisse, Murray 8 Asts: Malale 4		Pts: Ganapamo 34 Rebs: Putney 9 Asts: Putney 7

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Note: statistics from six games in Group A, as well as two games in the final round of the Eltie 16 East Division are missing.

Individual game highs

References

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