2021–22 Zamalek SC (basketball) season

Zamalek

2021-22 season
President	Hussein Labib (Interim)
Head coach	Vangelis Angelou
Arena	The Covered Hall Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall
Egyptian Basketball Super League	Semifinalist (eliminated by Al Ittihad)
Egypt Cup	Third place
BAL	Third place
Home Away
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2021–22 Zamalek SC is a season for Egyptian Basketball Super League, in which Zamalek competes for all tournaments, starting with the Egyptian Super Cup as the holder of the Super League title, and Basketball Africa League, along with the Super League for Basketball, the Associated League and the Egypt Basketball Cup

The following was Zamalek's roster for the Egyptian Super League, including youth players.^[1]

Zamalek roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age F 00 Abdelwahab, Ahmed 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – (2001-06-18)18 June 2001 SG 4 Hesham, Omar 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995 PG 6 Hatem, Ahmed 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1995-09-02)2 September 1995 PG 7 Essam, Adham PG 8 Sosa, Édgar 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 36 – (1988-01-15)15 January 1988 SG 9 Salem, Eslam 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 35 – (1989-03-20)20 March 1989 PF 10 Osama Mahmoud, Anas 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 29 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 F 11 Osama Mahmoud, Ahmed 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) C 14 Kejo, Mostafa (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1994-10-24)24 October 1994 C 17 Hegazy, Mohammed SG 21 Ayman, Moaaz 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2000-02-29)29 February 2000 PG 22 Elessawy, Sleem 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 22 – (2002-09-28)28 September 2002 PF 35 Nedal, Ahmed 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 18 – (2006-05-03)3 May 2006 F 41 Assem, Ahmed 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – (2001-01-01)1 January 2001 C 55 Elmashad, Hazem 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1999-02-22)22 February 1999	Head coach Will Voigt Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: April 7, 2022

The following was Zamalek's 13-man roster for the 2022 BAL season.^[2]

Zamalek roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 00 Essam, Adham 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 32 – (1991-11-25)25 November 1991 G 1 Azab Faraq, Ahmed 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 29 – (1995-02-21)21 February 1995 G 2 Strawberry, D. J. (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 39 – (1985-06-15)15 June 1985 SG 4 Hesham, Omar 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995 PG 5 Sosa, Édgar (I) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 36 – (1988-01-15)15 January 1988 PF/C 6 Diogu, Ike (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 41 – (1983-09-11)11 September 1983 PF 10 Mahmoud, Anas 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 29 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 PG 11 McKinney, Mikh (I) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 32 – (1992-01-26)26 January 1992 SG 12 Salem, Eslam 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 35 – (1989-03-20)20 March 1989 G 14 Rassoul Mboup, Khadim (E) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 18 – (2006-09-14)14 September 2006 F 23 Yasser, Ahmed 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (2001-06-18)18 June 2001 C 28 Elmashad, Hazem 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1999-02-22)22 February 1999 C 41 Kejo, Mostafa (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1994-10-24)24 October 1994	Head coach Will Voigt Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player (E): BAL Elevate program player Injured Roster Updated: April 9, 2022

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2		Inactive
C	Mostafa Kejo	Hazem Elmashad	Mohammed Hegazy		Mohammed Hegazy
PF	Anas Osama Mahmoud	Aly Hegazy	Ahmed Assem		Anas Osama Mahmoud
SF	Eslam Salem	Ahmed Abdelwahab	Ahmed Osama Mahmoud		Eslam Salem
SG	Édgar Sosa	Omar Hesham	Moaaz Ayman
PG	Ahmed Hatem	Adham Essam	Sleem Elessawy

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
8	PG		Édgar Sosa	36	Rasta Vechta		Transfer	June 2022	Free	2 September 2021	[3]
22	PG		Sleem Elessawy	22	Sporting		Transfer	June 2022	Free	28 July 2021	[4]
11	SF		Ahmed Osama Mahmoud				Transfer	June 2023	Free	28 July 2021	[5]
41	PF		Ahmed Assem	23	Gezira		Transfer	June 2025	Free	28 July 2021	[6]
	PF/C		Ike Diogu	41	Chemidor		Free Agent	2022	Free	16 January 2022	[7]
	PG		Omar Abada	31	Al-Ittihad Jeddah		Free Agent	2022	Free	16 January 2022	[7]
	G		Tony Wroten	31	Élan Béarnais		Free Agent	2022	Free	16 January 2022	[7]
	CG		Dewarick Spencer	42			Free Agent	2022	Free	16 January 2022	[7]
	SG		Mohab Yasser	2	East Tennessee State Buccaneers		End of season	Free	9 May 2022	[8]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
41	SF		Haytham El-Saharty	39			Retirement		20 September 2021
44	F/C		Mostafa Meshaal	38	Free agent		End of contract	Free	20 September 2021	[6]
	F/C		Kariem Eldahshan		Egypt Insurance		End of contract	Free	20 September 2021	[6] [6]
2	SG		Mohab Yasser	22	East Tennessee State			Free	10 June 2021	[9]
0	PG		Walter Hodge	38	Capitanes de Arecibo		End of contract	Free	10 June 2021	[6]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Win %
Mortabt-League	14 October 2021	20 November 2021	Round 1	5th	14	9	0	5	1,017	1,000	+17	064.29
Super-League	26 November 2021	TBC	Best of 3	TBC	9	3		6	632	637	−5	033.33
Super-Cup	1 November 2021	1 November 2021	final	Runner-Up	1			1	46	92	−46	000.00
Cup	23 November 2021		R 1/16	TBC	1	1			78	66	+12	100.00
Total					25	13	0	12	1,773	1,795	−22	052.00

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Overall						Home					Away
Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD
14	9	5	1000	976	+24	5	2	541	476	+65	4	3	459	500	−41

Last updated: 21 November 2021.
Source: Competitive matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt Insurance	6	6	0	441	380	+61	12	Advance to playoffs
2	Zamalek	6	4	2	451	423	+28	8
3	Al Geish Army	6	2	4	410	417	−7	4
4	Al Shams	6	0	6	351	433	−82	0

• Matches

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• Day (1)^[11]

• Day (2)^[12]

• Day (3)^[13]

• Day (4)

• Day (5)

• Day (6)

• Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

A2

Zamalek

2

B3

Heliopolis

0

A2

Zamalek

0

C1

Smouha

2

C1

Smouha

2

D4

Tanta

9

C1

Smouha

B1

Al Ittihad

B1

Al Ittihad

2

A4

Al Shams

0

B1

Al Ittihad

2

D2

Sporting

0

D2

Sporting

2

C3

Ashab Aljead

0

A1

Egypt Insurance

1

B4

Olympi

1

A1

Egypt Insurance

0

C2

Gezira

2

C2

Gezira

2

D4

El Tayaran

0

C2

Gezira

D1

Al Ahly

B2

Etisalat

1

A3

Al Geish Army

1

B2

Etisalat

0

D1

Al Ahly

2

D1

Al Ahly

2

C4

Al Qana

0

• Although the Egypt Insurance and Olympi teams tied in the number of wins, the victory of the (U18) team to the Egypt Insurance Club favored the team to rise.
• Although the Etisalat and Al Geish Army teams tied in the number of wins, the victory of the (U18) team to the Etisalat Club favored the team to rise.
• Matches
• Round 1/16

• Quarter-finals

• Positions from 5 to 8
• After the loss of Zamalek in the quarter-finals, Zamalek competed for places from 5 to 8
• Bracket

	Positions from 5 to 8					Positions 5-6
	A2	Zamalek	2
	D2	Sporting	0
						A2	Zamalek	1
						A1	Egypt Insurance	1
	A1	Egypt Insurance	1
	B2	Etisalat	1			Positions 7-8
						D2	Sporting	1
						B2	Etisalat	1

• 5-8 MATCH Although the Egypt Insurance and Etisalat teams tied in the number of wins, the victory of the (U18) team to the Egypt Insurance Club favored the team to rise.
• 5-6 MATCH Although the Zamalek and Egypt Insurance teams tied in the number of wins, the victory of the (U18) team to the Zamalek Club favored the team to rise.
• 6-7 MATCH Although the Sporting and Etisalat teams tied in the number of wins, the victory of the (U18) team to the Sporting Club favored the team to rise.
• Positions from 5 to 8

• Zamalek finished the league in fifth place out of 16 ^[14]

Rank	Player
4	Zamalek
5	Egypt Insurance
6	Sporting
7	Etisalat

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• The Egyptian Basketball Super Cup, an annual tournament held between the Egyptian Super League and Egypt Cup champions, enters Zamalek as the champion of the 2020–21 League, and Al Ittihad as the champion of the Egypt Cup.

*NOTS In objection from the Zamalek club's board of directors to the unfair decisions against the club, the club decided to enter the Super match with the list of players under twenty years old.^[15]

• Player statistics

Rank	Player	PTS	REB	ASS	STE	BLK	TO
1	Ali Hegazy (c)	15	10	1	2	0	2
2	Yassin Yasser	12	7	3	6	0	8
3	Ahmed Assem	5	5	1	0	0	3
4	Selim Elssawy	4	4	2	2	0	3

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Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Zamalek

78

Egypt Insurance

66

Zamalek

Etisalat

El Tayaran

58

Etisalat

83

Ashab Aljead

74

Gezira Elward

73

Ashab Aljead

Al Ahly

Al Ahly

86

Eltorram

47

Al Geish Army

64

Sporting

69

Sporting

Smouha

Gezira

82

Smouha

83

Al Shams

Al Qana

Al Ittihad

Heliopolis

54

Al Ittihad

84

• Round 1/16 ^[16]

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The 2022 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 31st edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The tournament was held in February 2022.^[17] The competition will be played in the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in Cairo, which marks the first time ever the Intercontinental Cup is played in Africa.^[18] In September 2021, the Egyptian Basketball Federation announced that Zamalek, as the defending BAL champions, would play in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.^[17] It was the first time an African team played in the competition. On 19 November 2021, FIBA officially announced the four competing teams.^[18]

• System
• |Egyptian Basketball Super League is the basic and qualifying league for the BAL Championship. The league consists of three stages:
• (1)The preliminary stage: where 1 meets 16, 2 meets 15, and so on in terms of ranking in the Mortabt-League.
• (2)The regular league: After the rise of eight teams compete among themselves In back and forth matches.
• (3)Playoffs stage: It starts from the final round, where the 1st place holder of the regular league meets the 8th place holder in a series of three matches, then the semi-finals and the final is a series of 5 matches.

• Zamalek finished fifth in the league associated with it, and it will meet the 12th place holder, the Olympi, in a series of three matches, to ascend the first to win the

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zamalek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to playoffs

• Matches

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Zamalek (H)	5	5	0	444	367	+77	1.000	Advance to playoffs
2	Petro de Luanda	5	4	1	421	326	+95	.800
3	Cape Town Tigers	5	2	3	386	436	−50	.400[a]
4	FAP	5	2	3	341	347	−6	.400[a]
5	Cobra Sport	5	1	4	370	408	−38	.200[b]
6	Espoir Fukash	5	1	4	394	472	−78	.200[b]

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	High index	Arena (attendance) City
Group phase
April 9, 2022 19:00	vs.  Cobra Sport	W 80–63  Boxscore	1–0	17 – Diogu	11 – Mahmoud	8 – Sosa	28 – Mahmoud	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall (230) Cairo
April 12, 2022 22:00	vs.  Cape Town Tigers	W 101–77  Boxscore	2–0	25 – Sosa	11 – Mahmoud	5 – Mahmoud	29 – Mahmoud	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall (250) Cairo
April 15, 2022 22:00	vs.  Petro de Luanda	W 85–72  Boxscore	3–0	19 – Sosa	11 – Mahmoud	6 – Sosa	25 – Mahmoud	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall (1,132) Cairo
April 16, 2022 22:00	vs.  Espoir Fukash	W 101–92  Boxscore	4–0	28 – McKinney	10 – Kejo	7 – McKinney	29 – McKinney	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall (259) Cairo
April 19, 2022 22:00	vs.  FAP	W 77–63  Boxscore	5–0	27 – Sosa	11 – Diogu	5 – Tied	29 – Mahmoud	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall (865) Cairo
Playoffs
May 22, 2022 13:30	vs.  SLAC Quarterfinals						Kigali Arena  Kigali
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

• Official website
• FIBA official website