2023 BAL season

Augustí Julbe of Al Ahly was the only coach this season to already have won a BAL championship, as he won the 2021 title with Zamalek.

Team	Head coach	Captain
ABC Fighters	Liz Mills[17]	Stéphane Konaté
Al Ahly	Augustí Julbe[18]	Seif Samir
AS Douanes	Pabi Guèye	Alkaly Ndour
Cape Town Tigers	Rasheed Hazzard[19]	Pieter Prinsloo
City Oilers	Mandy Juruni	James Okello
Ferroviário da Beira	Luís Lopes Hernandez[20]	Will Perry
Kwara Falcons	Baba Jubril	Victor Ezeh
Petro de Luanda	José Neto[21]	Carlos Morais
REG	Dean Murray[22]	Olivier Shyaka
SLAC	Željko Zečević	Ibrahima Kalil Fofana
Stade Malien	Kaba Kanté	Makan Keita
US Monastir	Miodrag Perišić[23]	Radhouane Slimane

Each BAL team was allowed to have four foreign players on its roster, including only two non-African players. Players in italics were signed only for the playoffs. If players have multiple nationalities, the nationality of an African nation is shown.

Each team also featured one player from the NBA Academy Africa, under the BAL Elevate program.[24] The players were drafted in an online meeting by the teams and the official list were announced on 28 February 2023.[25]

Team	Players					Elevate player[25]
	1	2	3	4
ABC Fighters[lower-roman 1]	Omar Abada[28]	Tylor Ongwae[28]	Ousmane Dramé[28]	Abdoulaye Harouna[26]		Joy Ighovodja
Al Ahly	Nuni Omot[29]	Michael Fakuade[30]	Michael Thompson[29]	Corey Webster[31]		Ladji Camara
AS Douanes	Matthew Bryan-Amaning[32]	Michael Ochereobia[33]	Terrell Stoglin[34]	Chris Crawford[35]		Khaman Maluach
Cape Town Tigers[lower-roman 2]	Evans Ganapamo[36]	Michael Gbinije[36]	Zaire Wade[37]	Marvin Smith Jr.[38]		Parby Musongela
City Oilers	Ngor Barnaba[39]	Falando Jones[39]	James Justice Jr.[40]	—		Obe Ezekiel
Ferroviário da Beira	Makhtar Gueye[41]	Bourama Sidibe[42]	William Perry[42]	Najeal Young[42]		Paul Kabenga Mbiya
Kwara Falcons	Sita Conteh[43]	Kevin Nyemeck[43]	A. J. Wilson[44]	Ruot Monyyong[43]		Modou Fall Thiam[45]
Petro de Luanda	Solo Diabate[46]	Damian Hollis[47]	Ater Majok[48]	—		Seifeldin Hendaway
REG	Pitchou Kambuy Manga[49]	Beleck Bell Engelbert[49]	Cleveland Thomas[50]	Delwan Graham[49]		Ulrich Chomche
SLAC	Michael Nwabuzor[39]	Uchenna Iroegbu[39]	Dane Miller Jr.[51]	Sedrick Barefield[39]		Mabilmawut Mabil
Stade Malien	Kelvin Amayo[52]	Gregory Foster[38]	Brian Bridgeford[52]	John Wilkins[52]		Rueben Chinyelu
US Monastir	Ibrahima Thomas[53]	Jerome Randle[54]	—	—		Churchill Abass

Notes

• On 23 September 2022, Petro de Luanda signed two-time BAL champion Solo Diabate, who came over from US Monastir.[46]
• On 10 January 2023, AS Douanes announced the signing of two-time BAL scoring champion Terrell Stoglin. They signed Chris Crawford, who played in the two previous BAL seasons, as well to complete their back court.[55]
• On 21 January 2023, US Monastir signed Jerome Randle, a former NBL MVP winner in Australia.[54]
• On 4 February 2023, the Cape Town Tigers signed Zaire Wade. Because Zaire is the son of Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade, the signing gained attention in the United States.[37]
• On 23 February 2023, ABC Fighters announced the signing of Abdoulaye Harouna, who lined up for his third BAL season.[56]
• On 10 March 2023, Petro de Luanda signed Ater Majok, reigning BAL champion and the reigning Defensive Player of the Year. Majok came over from US Monastir.[57]
• In May, ahead of the playoffs, the ABC Fighters signed Omar Abada, who was an All-BAL First Team selection in 2021.[28]

The league hosted their official second BAL Combine on 15 and 16 January 2023 at The One Ball Training Center in Paris.[60] The combine featured 30 players and was directed by former NBA head coach Quin Snyder.[61] Several players signed a contract with a BAL team after participating in the Combine.[62]

The games of the Sahara Conference were played from 11 March to 21 March 2023 and were hosted in the Dakar Arena in Dakar, Senegal for a second consecutive season. Stade Malien finished as Conference winner, due to their head-to-head point difference that determined the ranking of five teams with a 3–2 record. The defending BAL champions, US Monastir, missed the playoffs after they lost on the last game day.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification		SML	ASD	REG	ABC	USM	KWA
1	Stade Malien	5	3	2	378	361	+17	.600	Advance to playoffs		—	—	84–64	—	68–78	—
2	AS Douanes (H)	5	3	2	350	331	+19	.600			74–58	—	—	70–76	—	—
3	REG	5	3	2	356	344	+12	.600			—	69–55	—	—	79–84	64–48
4	ABC Fighters	5	3	2	389	390	−1	.600			71–90	—	73–80	—	90–74	—
5	US Monastir	5	3	2	381	388	−7	.600			—	60–76	—	—	—	85–74
6	Kwara Falcons	5	0	5	341	381	−40	.000			74–78	68–75	—	76–79	—	—

The games of the Nile Conference will be played from 26 April to 6 May 2023 and will be played in the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in 6th of October, Cairo, Egypt.

Petro de Luanda went undefeated and won the conference, after defeating four teams with a margin of at least 17 points. In the most notable match-up of the conference, Petro de Luanda defeated Al Ahly on a buzzer-beater by Gerson Gonçalves.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Petro de Luanda	5	5	0	463	363	+100	1.000	Advance to playoffs
2	Al Ahly (H)	5	4	1	425	380	+45	.800
3	Ferroviário da Beira	5	2	3	416	462	−46	.400[lower-alpha 1]
4	Cape Town Tigers	5	2	3	354	398	−44	.400[lower-alpha 1]
5	SLAC	5	1	4	409	427	−18	.200[lower-alpha 2]
6	City Oilers	5	1	4	375	412	−37	.200[lower-alpha 2]