2024 BAL season
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The 2024 BAL season, also known as BAL Season 4, will be the 4th season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The season began on 9 March 2024 and will finish with the final on 1 June 2024, which will be played in the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda for a fourth consecutive season.[1]
2024 BAL season | |
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League | Basketball Africa League |
Season | 2024 |
Dates | 9 March – 1 June 2024[upper-alpha 1] |
Number of games | 48 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Playoffs | |
Champions | Petro de Luanda (1st title) |
Runners-up | Al Ahly Ly |
Third place | Rivers Hoopers |
Fourth place | Cape Town Tigers |
Awards | |
MVP | Jo Lual-Acuil (Al Ahly Ly) |
Seasons | |
This season the league was expanded to 48 games, and from two conferences to three conferences, as South Africa will host the inaugural Kalahari Conference.[2]
Al Ahly were the defending champions, having won the previous edition, but were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Al Ahly Ly. Petro de Luanda from Angola won their first BAL championship after defeating Al Ahly Ly from Libya in the final.[3] As winners, Petro de Luanda, earned the right to play in the 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.