2024 BAL final

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2024 BAL final
Event2024 BAL season
Petro de Luanda Al Ahly Ly
Angola Libya
(4–3) (6–3)
107 94
Head coach:
Sergio Valdeolmillos
Head coach:
Ivan Jeremić
1234 Total
Petro de Luanda 26143532 107
Al Ahly Ly 24282319 94
Date1 June 2024
VenueBK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda
Attendance6,404
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The 2024 BAL final is the championship game of the 2024 BAL season, the third season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), and the conclusion of the playoffs. The final will be played on 1 June 2024 in the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, which hosts the final for a fourth consecutive year. The final was contested by Angolan club Petro de Luanda and Libyan club Al Ahly Ly.

The winners will qualify for the 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Teams[edit]

In the following table, finals played in the FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, the previous highest pan-African competition, are in small text.

Petro de Luanda became the second team to play in two BAL finals, returning after just one season and having already played and lost the 2022 finals.[1] Al Ahly Ly were the first Libyan team to play in a final, as well as the first team that qualified through the Road to BAL qualifiers the same season to play in a final.[1]

Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Angola Petro de Luanda 1 (2022)

8 (1994, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015)

Libya Al Ahly Ly None

Venue[edit]

On June 19, 2023, the BAL announced that BK Arena was used as the host arena for the playoffs and final for a fourth straight year, under an agreement with the Rwanda Development Board.[2]

Kigali
2024 BAL final (Africa)
BK Arena
Capacity: 10,000

Game[edit]

1 June 2024
4:00 PM
Petro de Luanda Angola 107–94 Libya Al Ahly Ly
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 14–28, 35–23, 32–19
Pts: Faust 24
Rebs: Gonçalves 8
Asts: Gonçalves 8
Pts: Deng 24
Rebs: Lual-Acuil 9
Asts: Golden 8
BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda
Attendance: 6,404
Referees: Hortencia Sánchez, Yann Davidson, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "How did Al Ahly Ly and Petro de Luanda make it to the 2024 BAL Final?". The BAL. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Basketball Africa League and Rwanda Development Board announce multi-year extension to play BAL games in Kigali". NBA.com: NBA Communications. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.