2024 BAL final
Event | 2024 BAL season | ||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 1 June 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
Venue | BK Arena, Kigali, Rwanda | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 6,404 | ||||||||||||||||||
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) |
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Petro de Luanda | 1 (2022) |
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) |
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BK Arena | |
Capacity: 10,000 | |
Game[edit]
1 June 2024
4:00 PM |
Petro de Luanda | 107–94 | 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 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "How did Al Ahly Ly and Petro de Luanda make it to the 2024 BAL Final?". The BAL. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "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.