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== Play-offs ==
== Play-offs ==
{{{2018–19 Africa Basketball League bracket}}}
{{2018–19 Africa Basketball League bracket}}


=== Elite 8 ===
=== Elite 8 ===

Revision as of 20:34, 12 March 2019

2019 FIBA Africa Basketball League
Tournament details
DatesSeptember 2018 – April 2019
Teams42 (Qualifying tournament)
16 (Group stage)
Official website
Official website
← 2017

The 2018–19 Africa Basketball League or Africa League is the 33nd edition of FIBA Africa's premier club Basketball tournament and the first under the new format of Africa Basketball League.

Competition format

FIBA Africa has increased the number of participating teams from twelve to sixteen.[1] These teams get their ticket for the AfroLeague through regional qualifiers (Zone 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of FIBA Africa).

The qualifiers for the FIBA AfroLeague Group stage was held from September and until mid-December 2018, while the final phase will take place from January 11 to April 21, 2019, in various African cities.

Group stage

The 16 teams qualified for the round of 16 will be divided into 4 groups of 4 teams each and the competition will take place in the form of a championship where each team will face respectively the 3 opponents of his group.

Elite 8

Then, the first two clubs in each group will qualify for the Elite 8 where the clubs will be divided into four groups of two teams each and then games will be played in a home and away format.[2]

At this stage, the competition will be played in a one-way match against the principle of direct elimination.

Final four

The Four winners will advance to the Final 4, that will be played on April 20 while the final take place the next day.

Qualification tournament

Zone Qualified teams Eliminated teams
Zone 1 Tunesien ES Radès, Marokko AS Salé, Tunesien JS Kairouan Marokko Wydad AC, Libyen Al Ahly Tripoli and Libyen Ittihad Tripoli
Zone 2 Guinea SLAC Guinea MBC and Mali USFAS Bamako
Zone 3 Nigeria Rivers Hoopers, Nigeria Civil Defenders, Benin Elan Sportif Ghana Custom Braves, Liberia Harbel Pointer and Niger AS Police
Zone 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo BC Terreur, Democratic Republic of the Congo BC Mazembe Gabun CAS 1987 Le Phoenix, Äquatorial-Guinea San Antonio and Äquatorial-Guinea Jet 7 CB
Zone 5 Ägypten Al Ahly, Ägypten Smouha, Ruanda REG Äthiopien Ethiopia Water, Äthiopien Wolekite City, Kenia Kenya Ports Authority, Kenia Strathmore, Ruanda Patriots, Tansania JKT and Tansania Oilers
Zone 6 Mosambik Ferroviário da Beira, Angola Primeiro de Agosto, Angola Petro Luanda Mosambik Ferroviario de Maputo, Bravehearts, Central Knight, City Hornets and Foxes.
Zone 7 Madagaskar COSPN Seychellen Premium Cobras, Mauritius Mahebourg Flippers and Seychellen Beau Vallon Heat

Teams

A total of 16 teams from 10 countries will contest the league.

Venues and locations

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Location of teams in 2018–19 FIBA AfroLeague
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Tunesien ES Radès Tunis Salle Taoufik-Bouhima 3,500
Marokko AS Salé Salé Salle El Bouâzzaoui 2,000
Tunesien JS Kairouan Kairouan Salle Kairouan
Guinea SLAC Conakry
Nigeria Rivers Hoopers Port Harcourt
Nigeria Civil Defenders Abuja Abuja Sports Hall 3,000
Benin Elan Sportif Porto-Novo
Democratic Republic of the Congo BC Terreur Kinshasha
Democratic Republic of the Congo BC Mazembe Lubumbashi
Ägypten Al Ahly Cairo Al Ahly Sports Hall 3,500
Ägypten Smouha SC Alexandria
Mosambik Ferroviário da Beira Beira
Angola Primeiro de Agosto Luanda Pavilhão Victorino Cunha 1,500
Angola Petro de Luanda Luanda Pavilhão da Cidadela 6,873
Madagaskar COSPN Antananarivo Palais des Sports Mahamasina 7,090
Ruanda REG Kigali

Group stage

The draw was held in Abidjan on 12 January 2019.[3]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Marokko AS Salé 3 3 0 272 222 +50 6 Advance to Elite 8
2 Tunesien JS Kairouan 3 2 1 241 212 +29 5
3 Nigeria Rivers Hoopers 3 1 2 205 254 −49 4
4 Guinea S.A.L.C 3 0 3 233 263 −30 3
Source: FIBA

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tunesien Étoile Sportive de Radès 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Elite 8
2 Nigeria Defenders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Benin Élan Sportif 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo BC Terreur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: FIBA

Group C

Main article: 2018–19 Africa Basketball League Group C
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ägypten Al Ahly 3 2 1 0 0 0 5 Advance to Elite 8
2 Angola Primeiro de Agosto 3 3 0 0 0 0 6
3 Ruanda REG BBC 3 1 2 0 0 0 4
4 Mosambik Ferroviário da Beira 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Source: FIBA

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ägypten Smouha 3 3 0 276 177 +99 6 Advance to Elite 8
2 Angola Petro de Luanda 3 2 1 235 216 +19 5
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 3 1 2 220 222 −2 4
4 Madagaskar COSPN 3 0 3 196 312 −116 3
Source: FIBA

Play-offs

Template:2018–19 Africa Basketball League bracket

Elite 8

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
TBD Marokko AS Salé
JS Kairouan Tunesien TBD
Smouha Ägypten Angola Primeiro de Agosto
Petro de Luanda Angola Ägypten Al Ahly

References

  1. ^ Découvrez l’Afroleague, la nouvelle compétition de clubs de FIBA Afrique
  2. ^ Zone 3 champions Rivers Hoopers Basketball Club will know their opponents for the 2019 FIBA AfroLeague later in December
  3. ^ Draw Results FIBA Basketball
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