BAL Season 5 - Facts, figures, dates and everything else

As the Basketball Africa League (BAL) enters its fifth season, the excitement is building among the league's fans as they wait to see who will lift the trophy in Pretoria, South Africa on 14 June.

This article gives you all the facts, figures, dates and everything else you need to know about BAL Season 5.

And there is nothing like a first visit to Morocco, where the kingdom's capital Rabat will host the four-team Kalahari Conference at the magnificent Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex from Saturday 5 April to Sunday 13 April.

It's the first time Morocco hosts BAL games, although it already hosted two BAL Combines in 2024 and 2025.

The Kalahari Conference will feature hosts FUS Rabat, Nigeria's Rivers Hoopers, Egypt's Al Ittihad and Mali's Stade Malian.

After a 13-day break, BAL Season 5 will resume with the Sahara Conference in Dakar.
From 26 April to 4 May in the Senegalese capital, hosts ASC Ville de Dakar will take on reigning BAL champions Petro de Luanda of Angola, Kriol Star of Cape Verde and perennial Tunisian champions US Monastir.

After the first 24 games of the season, the season will resume in Kigali for the Nile Conference from 17-25 May.

Armees Patriotique Rwandaise (APR) will host the Nile Conference and will play Al Ahly Tripoli of Libya, Made by Basketball (MBB) of South Africa and Nairobi City Thunder of Kenya.

The 2025 BAL Playoffs and Finals will be held in Pretoria, South Africa, where eight teams will compete for the grand prize.

Of the 12 teams competing in BAL Season 5, six will be competing in the league for the first time.

Of the teams competing in the 2025 BAL Season, two - Petro de Luanda and US Monastir - have already won the league title.

Each conference will play a 12-game group phase in which each team will play the other three teams in its conference twice.

During the group stage, the home team from each country plays on each gameday.