2019 FIBA Africa Basketball League

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

The qualifiers for the Africa Basketball League 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.

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. 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. The Four winners will advance to the Final 4, that will be played on April 20 while the final take place the next day.[3]

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

Venues and locations

ES Radès

AS Salé

JS Kairouan

SLAC

Hoopers

Defenders

Elan

BC Terreur

BC Mazembe

Al Ahly

Smouha

Ferroviário

1º Agosto

Petro

COSPN

REG

Location of teams in 2018–19 FIBA AfroLeague

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
AS Salé	Salé	Salle El Bouâzzaoui	2,000
ES Radès	Tunis	Salle Taoufik-Bouhima	3,500
JS Kairouan	Kairouan	Salle Aziz Miled	2,000
SLAC	Conakry	Palais de Sport du Stade du 28 Septembre	–
Rivers Hoopers	Port Harcourt	Rivers State Basketball Complex	2,000
Civil Defenders	Abuja	Abuja Sports Hall	3,000
Elan Sportif	Porto-Novo	Hall des Arts Loisirs et Sports Boulevard Saint-Michel[lower-alpha 1]	–
BC Terreur	Kinshasha	Martyrs Sports Complex	2,000
BC Mazembe	Lubumbashi		–
Al Ahly	Cairo	Al Ahly Sports Hall	3,500
Smouha	Alexandria	Ittihad Sports Arena	2,000
Ferroviário da Beira	Beira	Estádio do Ferroviário Indoor Hall	–
Primeiro de Agosto	Luanda	Pavilhão Victorino Cunha	1,500
Petro de Luanda	Luanda	Pavilhão da Cidadela	6,873
COSPN	Antananarivo	Palais des Sports Mahamasina	7,090
REG	Kigali	Amahoro Indoor Stadium	2,500

1. Despite being from Porto-Novo, Elan Sportif hosted the team games at the Hall des Arts Loisirs et Sports Boulevard Saint-Michel (H.A.L.S.) in Cotonou.

The draw was held in Abidjan on 12 January 2019.[4]

The two teams with the best records for each group qualified to Elite 8.[5]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	AS Salé (H)	3	3	0	272	222	+50	6	Advance to Elite 8
2	JS Kairouan	3	2	1	241	212	+29	5
3	Rivers Hoopers	3	1	2	205	254	−49	4
4	SLAC	3	0	3	233	263	−30	3

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ES Radès	3	3	0	236	187	+49	6	Advance to Elite 8
2	Civil Defenders	3	2	1	209	213	−4	5
3	Élan Sportif (H)	3	1	2	193	207	−14	4
4	Terreur	3	0	3	185	216	−31	3

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Group C

Main article: 2018–19 Africa Basketball League Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Primeiro de Agosto	3	3	0	243	196	+47	6	Advance to Elite 8
2	Al Ahly (H)	3	2	1	241	239	+2	5
3	REG	3	1	2	226	225	+1	4
4	Ferroviário da Beira	3	0	3	209	259	−50	3

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Smouha	3	3	0	276	177	+99	6	Advance to Elite 8
2	Petro de Luanda	3	2	1	235	216	+19	5
3	ASB Mazembe	3	1	2	220	222	−2	4
4	COSPN (H)	3	0	3	196	312	−116	3

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

The individual awards were announced on May 26, after the conclusion of the final.

• Most Valuable Player: Eduardo Mingas (Primeiro de Agosto)[10]
• All-Star Team:[11]
  • Eduardo Mingas (Primeiro de Agosto)
  • Soufiane Kourdou (AS Salé)
  • Manny Quezada (Primerio de Agosto)
  • Abderrahim Najah (AS Salé)
  • James Justice Jr. (Smouha)

Statistics as of the ending of the season.[12]

• Official website
• FIBA Africa Official website