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In South Africa, Al Ahli defeated Petro de Luanda to be crowned 2025 BAL champions.
Libya’s Al Ahli Tripoli triumphed over Angola’s Petro de Luanda with a score of 88-67 to clinch the 2025 Basketball Africa League (BAL) Championship at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa.
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07:16 - 14.06.2025
BAL: APR explodes for scoring record to claim 3rd place
The BAL 3rd place belongs to APR of Rwanda after a 123-point scoring explosion.
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11:00 - 12.06.2025
BAL: Al Ahli and Petro de Luanda set for final in South Africa
The 2025 BAL Finals in South Africa are set to feature Al Ahli and Petro Luanda.
The event was broadcast to fans in 214 countries and territories in 17 languages.
This season, Al Ahli Tripoli, which is making its debut in the BAL, became the first Libyan team to win the BAL Championship.
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The BAL’s landmark fifth season saw a remarkable turnout of 141,564 fans at games.
After the match, Amadou Gallo Fall, president of BAL, and Anibal Manave, president of FIBA Africa, awarded Al Ahli Tripoli with the BAL Championship Trophy and presented Jean Jacques Boissy, a forward for Al Ahli Tripoli, with The Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy for being named the 2025 BAL Most Valuable Player.
In BAL history, the 2025 champions were awarded championship rings for the first time, in accordance with a tradition that has long been linked to global basketball excellence.
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During the Nile Conference group phase in Kigali, Rwanda, Alahli Tripoli achieved a 9-1 record and continued their success into the Playoffs, defeating Kriol Star from Cape Verde in the quarterfinals and Rwanda’s APR in the semifinals to reach the Finals.
In league history, Al Ahli Tripoli is the inaugural team to secure victories in both its conference and the championship within the same season.
In the third-place match yesterday, APR triumphed over Egypt’s Al Ittihad with a score of 123–90, establishing a league record for the highest number of points scored in one game.
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In addition to being the 2025 BAL Scoring Champion, Boissy was selected for the 2025 All-BAL First Team and the 2025 All-BAL Defensive Team, with averages of 18.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.2 steals, and 1.9 assists per game.
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2025 BAL Coach of the Year
Al Ahli Tripoli head coach Abou Chacra Joseph Fouad led his team to a BAL Championship with a 9-1 record during the Nile Conference group phase and the Playoffs.
2025 Defensive Player of the Year
APR center Aliou Diarra won The Dikembe Mutombo Trophy as the 2025 Defensive Player of the Year.
Diarra led APR to a 6-4 record during the Nile Conference group phase, and the Playoffs, averaging 17.4 points, 11.6 rebounds, and 3.4 blocks in 10 games this season.
2025 BAL Sportsmanship Award
Petro de Luanda (Angola) guard Souleyman Diabate received The Manute Bol Trophy for exemplifying the ideals of sportsmanship and camaraderie.
2025 All-BAL First Team
Jean Jacques Boissy Al Ahli Tripoli (Libya)
Jaylen Adams Al Ahli Tripoli (Libya)
Majok Machar Deng Al Ittihad (Egypt)
Patrick Gardner Jr. Petro de Luanda (Angola)
Aliou Diarra APR (Rwanda)
2025 BAL Ubuntu Award
Kriol Star Basketball (Cape Verde) guard Joel Almeida won the 2025 BAL Ubuntu Award in recognition of his ongoing efforts to use the game of basketball to positively impact the lives of youth in his native Cape Verde.
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