Basketball Africa League Playoffs Tip-Off In Rwanda
The Basketball Africa League (BAL) playoffs are set to tip-off on Friday May 24th, with the organisers confirming that all tickets for the opening fixtures have been sold out.
The BAL playoffs will run until June 1st, 2024 at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda.
Al Ahly Benghazi of Libya will battle Cape Town Tigers of South Africa in the first seeding game, before Egypt’s Al Ahly faces FUS Rabat of Morocco in the second fixture on Friday night.
The moment you’ve been waiting for… ARE YOU READY FOR THE #BAL4 PLAYOFFS? pic.twitter.com/S59tRl49Zk
— Basketball Africa League (@theBAL) May 21, 2024
Action will continue on Saturday when Rivers Hoopers of Nigeria engage AS Douanes of Senegal in another seeding game. Petro de Luanda of Angola will face off against US Monastir of Tunisia to bring an end to the seeding series.
Rivers Hoopers won the Savannah Conference and have been joined in the playoffs by AS Douanes and US Monastir of Tunisia who followed in second and third respectively.
Al Ahly of Egypt, FUS Rabat of Morocco and Al Ahly Benghazi of Libya sealed qualification for the playoffs from the Nile Conference, while Petro de Luanda of Angola and Cape Town Tigers of South Africa secured tickets from the Kalahari Conference.
Following the seeding games on Saturday, the playoff picture will be set with quarter-final pairings determined.
The BAL Playoffs are here, and will begin with a classification round, where the top team will play against the next best team to determine their seeding for the quarterfinals.
Friday, 24 May:
17:00: Al Ahly LY vs Cape Town Tigers
20:00: Al Ahly vs FUS de Rabat … pic.twitter.com/QnBTBwpzHr— Basketball Africa League (@theBAL) May 24, 2024
