2022 BAL season

2022 BAL season
Season2022
Dates5 March – 28 May 2022
Games played38
Teams12
Regular season
Season MVPMichael Dixon
(US Monsatir)
Finals
ChampionsTunisia US Monastir (1st title)
  Runners-upAngola Petro de Luanda
Third placeEgypt Zamalek
Fourth placeCameroon FAP
Records
Biggest home win39 points
Monastir 106–67 Cape Town
(22 May 2022)
Winning streak6 games
Zamalek
Highest attendance7,576
REG 63–66 FAP
(21 May 2022)
Seasons

The 2022 BAL season, also known as BAL Season 2, was the second season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).[1] The season began on 2 March 2022 and ended with the Finals on 28 May 2022.[2][3] The group phase was played in the Dakar Arena in Dakar and the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in Cairo. The playoffs and finals were played in the BK Arena[A] in Kigali for a second year in a row.

Tunisian club US Monastir won the finals to win its first-ever BAL title, after defeating Angolan club Petro de Luanda in the 2022 BAL Finals.[5] As winners, Monastir qualified for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

  1. ^ "NBA, FIBA launching 12-team league in Africa; Barack Obama to have hands-on role". USA TODAY.
  2. ^ BAL, NBA-. "BASKETBALL AFRICA LEAGUE TO TIP OFF EXPANDED SECOND SEASON MARCH 5". NBA - BAL. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. ^ "What next for the Basketball Africa League?". The New Times | Rwanda. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Kigali Arena rebrands to BK Arena". The New Times | Rwanda. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
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