2021 BAL qualification

2021 BAL qualification
(Road to BAL 2021)
AssociationFIBA Africa
LeagueRoad to BAL
SportBasketball
Duration16 October – 21 December 2019
Number of games89
Number of teams31
West Division
Division championsAlgeria GS Pétroliers
Top scorerTimothy Kwaor (Nigelec)
East Division
Division championsRwanda Patriots
Top scorerBaraka Athumani (JKT)
Seasons

The 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments were the inaugural qualifying tournaments of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the newly launched premier basketball league of Africa jointly organized by the NBA and FIBA. While the NBA will co-organise from the regular season, the qualifiers are completely organised by FIBA Africa.

A total of 31 teams[1] from 31 countries participate in the qualifying tournaments in order to determine which six teams will play in the 2020 BAL regular season, along with six directly placed six teams. The qualifying tournaments are divided into the First round and Second round, which run from 16 October until 21 December 2019.

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