Basketball Africa League Season To Feature Record Six New Teams

The Basketball Africa League BAL has announced the 12 teams and schedule for the opening leg of its milestone fifth season, which will tip off with the Kalahari Conference group phase from April 5 to April 13 at Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex in Rabat, Morocco.

The 2025 BAL, which will feature three regular-season group phases and culminate with the playoffs and finals at SunBet Arena in Pretoria in June, will feature a record six first-time BAL participants.

This includes the first BAL teams from Cape Verde Kriol Star Basketball and Kenya Nairobi City Thunder, plus defending champions Petro de Luanda Angola and 2022 champions US Monastir Tunisia.

Petro and Monastir are the only teams to have qualified for all five BAL seasons.

The Basketball Africa League BAL, a partnership between the International Basketball Federation FIBA and the National Basketball Association NBA, is a new professional league featuring 12 club teams from across Africa.