2021 BAL qualification

2021 BAL qualification
(Road to BAL 2021)
2021 BAL qualification; (Road to BAL 2021)
Association	FIBA Africa
League	Road to BAL
Sport	Basketball
Duration	16 October – 21 December 2019
Number of games	89
Number of teams	31
West Division
Division champions	GS Pétroliers
Top scorer	Timothy Kwaor (Nigelec)
East Division
Division champions	Patriots
Top scorer	Baraka Athumani (JKT)
Seasons
	2022 →

The 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments were the inaugural qualifying tournaments of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the newly launched premier basketball league of Africa jointly organized by the NBA and FIBA. While the NBA will co-organise from the regular season, the qualifiers are completely organised by FIBA Africa.

A total of 31 teams^[1] from 31 countries participate in the qualifying tournaments in order to determine which six teams will play in the 2020 BAL regular season, along with six directly placed six teams. The qualifying tournaments are divided into the First round and Second round, which run from 16 October until 21 December 2019.

Team allocation

A total of 31 teams from 31 countries played in the qualifying tournaments. League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses. On 9 October 2019, the official list of participating teams in the qualifying rounds was announced by FIBA.^[1]

First round
West Division		East Division
GS Pétroliers (1st)	Al-Nasr (1st)	Patriots (1st)	Hawassa City (1st)
ABC (1st)	ASPAC (1st)	Dynamo (1st)	Cobra Sport^{[Note SSD]}
NPA Pythons (1st)	FAP (2nd)^{[Note CMR]}	Mercenaries (1st)	UNZA Pacers (1st)
Mazembe (1st)	Virgen María de África	KPA (1st)	GNBC (1st)
Braves of Customs (1st)	Nigelec (1st)	Usoni (1st)	Dolphins (1st)
SLAC (1st)	AS Police (1st)	City Oilers (1st)	JKT (1st)
Manga (1st)	~~Abeilles~~ (1st)^{[Note FIBA]}	Ferroviário de Maputo (1st)	Jozi Nuggets (1st)
		Lions (1st)	Beau Vallon Heat (1st)
		~~Brave Hearts~~^{[Note FIBA]} (1st)

Notes

^
Cameroon (CMR): FAP, runners-up of the Cameroon Basketball League, replaced national champions Condor.^[2]
^
FIBA: Brave Hearts from Malawi and Abeilles from the Central African Republic were announced by FIBA on the team list released on 9 October 2019.^[1] However, eventually the teams did not participate in their respective allocated groups.
^
South Sudan (SSD): Cobra of South Sudan was not listed on the official team list released on 9 October 2019.^[1] They were placed in Group F.

First round

Location of tournaments of the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.

Red: Group A;

Yellow: Group B;

Green: Group C;

Dark Green: Group D;

Purple: Group E.

Pink: Group F;

Blue: Group G.

In the first round, thirtytwo teams participate in six groups divided over two geographical divisions (West and East). Groups were selected by geographical criteria. The winners and runners-up of each group qualify for the second round while four other teams were invited with wild cards, chosen by FIBA.

The first games were played at 15 October and the last on 3 November 2019.^[1]

West Division

Group A

Venue: Bamako, Mali

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	POL	GSP	ALN	SLAC
1	Police (H)	3	2	1	231	222	+9	5^[a]	Advance to second round	—		79–71	69–75
2	GS Pétroliers	3	2	1	278	213	+65	5^[a]		76–83	—	106–80
3	Al Naser (W)	3	1	2	227	257	−30	4^[b]				—	76–72
4	SLAC	3	1	2	197	241	−44	4^[b]			50–96		—

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts; (W) Advanced with a wild card
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head to head: Police 83, GS Pétroliers 76.
^ ^a ^b Head to head: Al Naser 76, SLAC 72.

25 October 2019	GS Pétroliers	106–80	Al Naser	Bamako
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 31-12, 23-21, 21-26, 31-21
	Pts: Benayad-Cherif 22 Rebs: Bourkaib 9 Asts: Bourkaib 7	Boxscore	Pts: Cole 19 Rebs: Cole 9 Asts: Four players 3	Arena: Palais des Sports Salamatou Maïga

25 October 2019	AS Police	69–75	SLAC	Bamako
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 20-19, 19-12, 13-30, 17-14
	Pts: Tandina 20 Rebs: Diarouma 14 Asts: Traoré 3	Boxscore	Pts: McFarlan 24 Rebs: Pohohoulou 10 Asts: McFarlan 5	Arena: Palais des Sports Salamatou Maïga

26 October 2019	SLAC	50–96	GS Pétroliers	Bamako
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 7-26, 14-21, 16-26, 13-23
	Pts: Pohohoulou 13 Rebs: Pohohoulou 8 Asts: Fofana 4	Boxscore	Pts: Hamdini 19 Rebs: Koibe 14 Asts: Touati 10	Arena: Palais des Sports Salamatou Maïga

26 October 2019	AS Police	79–71	Al Naser	Bamako
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 23-18, 19-24, 20-11, 17-18
	Pts: Diarouma 20 Rebs: Diarouma 17 Asts: Tandina 5	Boxscore	Pts: Cole 25 Rebs: Thomas 21 Asts: Al Beigow, Alfaqlyah 4	Arena: Palais des Sports Salamatou Maïga

27 October 2019	Al Naser	76–72	SLAC	Bamako
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 9-16, 23-20, 16-20, 28-16
	Pts: Thomas 22 Rebs: Thomas 7 Asts: Mohamed 4	Boxscore	Pts: McFarlan 29 Rebs: McFarlan 16 Asts: McFarlan, Pohohoulou 3	Arena: Palais des Sports Salamatou Maïga

27 October 2019	GS Pétroliers	76–83	Police	Bamako
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 12-18, 17-19, 19-16, 28-30
	Pts: Hamdini 16 Rebs: Hamdini 11 Asts: Kante 4	Boxscore	Pts: White 20 Rebs: White 14 Asts: Coulibaly 4	Arena: Palais des Sports Salamatou Maïga

Group B

Venue: Cotonou, Benin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	ABC	NIG	ASP	NPA	BRA
1	ABC	4	3	1	286	241	+45	7^[a]	Advance to second round	—	74–68		76–62
2	Nigelec	4	3	1	292	257	+35	7^[a]	Advance to second round		—	65–60		64–46
3	ASPAC (H)	4	2	2	257	265	−8	6		55–83		—		82–59
4	NPA Pythons	4	1	3	271	301	−30	5^[b]			77–95	58–60	—
5	Braves of Customs	4	1	3	231	273	−42	5^[b]		56–53			70–74	—

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head: ABC 74, Nigelec 68.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head: NPA Pythons 74, Braves of Customs 70.

29 October 2019	ASPAC	82–59	Braves of Customs	Cotonou
	Scoring by quarter: 15-18, 22-11, 22-15, 23-15
	Pts: Lougbegnon 34 Rebs: Three players 7 Asts: Sassou 5	Boxscore	Pts: Aryee 18 Rebs: Dzogbetsi, Pappoe 5 Asts: Aryee 3	Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

29 October 2019	ABC	74–68	Nigelec	Cotonou
	Scoring by quarter: 19-20, 15-14, 24-16, 16-18
	Pts: Konaté 20 Rebs: Konaté 10 Asts: Traoré, Kone 2	Boxscore	Pts: Kwaor 16 Rebs: Ademola 10 Asts: Kwaor, Moussa 2	Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

30 October 2019	Braves of Customs	70–740(OT)	NPA Pythons	Cotonou
	Scoring by quarter: 18-20, 19-9, 12-13, 8-12, Overtime: 8-12
	Pts: Aryee 15 Rebs: Alhassan 9 Asts: Brimah 5	Boxscore	Pts: Davidson 14 Rebs: Davidson 21 Asts: Baker Jr., Petors 3	Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

30 October 2019	Nigelec	65–600(OT)	ASPAC	Cotonou
	Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 9-16, 12-12, 20-12, Overtime: 11-6
	Pts: Ademola 18 Rebs: Ademola 21 Asts: Ademola 2	Boxscore	Pts: Lougbegnon 17 Rebs: Ejeh 22 Asts: Ahivohozin 5	Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

31 October 2019	Nigelec	64–46	Braves of Customs	Cotonou

		Boxscore		Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

31 October 2019	ABC	76–62	NPA Pythons	Cotonou

		Boxscore		Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

1 November 2019	NPA Pythons	77–95	Nigelec	Cotonou

		Boxscore		Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

1 November 2019	ASPAC	55–83	ABC	Cotonou

		Boxscore		Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

2 November 2019	Braves of Customs	56–53	ABC	Cotonou

		Boxscore		Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

2 November 2019	NPA Pythons	58–60	ASPAC	Cotonou

		Boxscore		Arena: Palais des Sports de Cotonou

Group C

Venue: Libreville, Gabon

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	FAP	MAN	MAZ	VMA
1	FAP	3	3	0	236	176	+60	6	Advance to second round	—	64–63		101–46
2	Manga (H)	3	2	1	244	186	+58	5			—	60–59	121–63
3	ASB Mazembe (W)	3	1	2	211	186	+25	4		67–71		—
4	Virgen María de África	3	0	3	164	307	−143	3				55–85	—

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts; (W) Advanced with wild card

16 October 2019	Manga	121–63	Virgen María de África	Libreville
	Scoring by quarter: 26-26, 26-15, 22-7, 48-15
	Pts: Tsangue 34 Rebs: Moupomo 11 Asts: Ndong 5		Pts: Shuj 16 Rebs: Shuj 9 Asts: Shuj 7	Arena: Palais des Sports de Libreville

17 October 2019	Mazembe	67–71	FAP	Libreville
	Scoring by quarter: 15-13, 10-21, 24-16, 18-21
	Pts: Fula Nganga 19 Rebs: Mwamba 10 Asts: Mwamba 5		Pts: Keumoe 12 Rebs: Hezekiah 7 Asts: Kome 3	Arena: Palais des Sports de Libreville

18 October 2019	FAP	101–46	Virgen María de África	Libreville
	Scoring by quarter: 25-4, 22-8, 28-10, 26-24
	Pts: Kome 24 Rebs: Dzou 10 Asts: Rezendes 4		Pts: Maye 13 Rebs: Diouf 8 Asts: Diouf 3	Arena: Palais des Sports de Libreville

18 October 2019	Manga	60–59	Mazembe	Libreville
	Scoring by quarter: 28-15, 15-12, 9-17, 18-15
	Pts: Bidias 15 Rebs: Nolba 10 Asts: Nguyabama, Moupomo 2		Pts: Fula Nganga 20 Rebs: Kabange 11 Asts: Mwamba 5	Arena: Palais des Sports de Libreville

19 October 2019	Virgen María de África	55–85	Mazembe	Libreville
	Scoring by quarter: 16-15, 15-27, 8-26, 16-17
	Pts: Nzang 19 Rebs: Roku 5 Asts: Diouf 5		Pts: Kabange 30 Rebs: Kabange, Isungu 9 Asts: Kabange, Banzai 4	Arena: Palais des Sports de Libreville

19 October 2019	FAP	64–63	Manga	Libreville
	Scoring by quarter: 25-11, 12-22, 15-14, 12-16
	Pts: Rezendes 12 Rebs: Dzou 6 Asts: Kalume 6		Pts: Bidias 15 Rebs: Mopoumo 12 Asts: Ndong 4	Arena: Palais des Sports de Libreville

Division West

Group D

Venue: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	PAT	CIT	JKT	DYN	HAW
1	Patriots	4	4	0	351	242	+109	8	Advance to second round	—	74–63	79–65		125–50
2	City Oilers	4	3	1	319	236	+83	7			—	85–54	71–57
3	JKT (H, W)	4	2	2	296	279	+17	6				—		87–47
4	Dynamo	4	1	3	279	275	+4	5		64–73		68–88	—
5	Hawassa City	4	0	4	189	402	−213	4			49–100		43–90	—

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts; (W) Advanced with wild card


16 October 2019
City Oilers	71–57	Dynamo
JKT	87–47	Hawassa City
17 October 2019
Dynamo	64–73	Patriots
Hawassa City	49–100	City Oilers
18 October 2019
City Oilers	85–54	JKT
Patriots	125–50	Hawassa City
19 October 2019
Hawassa City	43–90	Dynamo
Patriots	79–65	JKT
20 October 2019
Patriots	74–63	City Oilers
Dynamo	68–88	JKT

Group E

Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	FER	UZP	MER	LIO	JZN	DOL
1	Ferroviário de Maputo	5	5	0	467	335	+132	10	Advance to second round	—	84–69				94–64
2	UNZA Pacers	5	4	1	365	348	+17	9	Advance to second round		—	80–74		72–54	72–54
3	Mercenaries	5	3	2	356	366	−10	8		72–100		—	64–55
4	Lions Club	5	1	4	343	396	−53	6^[a]		60–102	66–70		—
5	Jozi Nuggets (H)	5	1	4	338	361	−23	6^[a]		70–87		63–66	67–74	—
6	Dolphins	5	1	4	339	402	−63	6^[a]				68–80	93–88	60–68	—

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head point difference: Lions Club +2, Jozi Nuggets 1, Dolphins –3.

22 October 2019	Mercenaries	64–55	Lions	Johannesburg
13:00	Scoring by quarter: 13-17, 27-10, 7-21, 17-7
	Pts: Maturure 17 Rebs: Maturure 12 Asts: Chitsinde 5	Boxscore	Pts: Nghixulifwa 13 Rebs: Nghixulifwa 11 Asts: Mukumbutaa 4	Arena: Wembley Arena

22 October 2019	Ferroviário de Maputo	94–64	Dolphins	Johannesburg
15:30	Scoring by quarter: 19-14, 27-21, 25-15, 23-14
	Pts: Martins 19 Rebs: Calvo Masa 14 Asts: Matos 4	Boxscore	Pts: Warikandwa 21 Rebs: Ramabu 12 Asts: Barrows, Ndawanyana 3	Arena: Wembley Arena

22 October 2019	UNZA Pacers	74–700(OT)	Jozi Nuggets	Johannesburg
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 21-16, 17-21, 17-13, 10-15, Overtime: 9-5
	Pts: Lubinda 18 Rebs: Kashishi 12 Asts: Mauwe 5	Boxscore	Pts: Mothiba 20 Rebs: Mabotja 12 Asts: Mothiba 4	Arena: Wembley Arena

23 October 2019	Lions	60–102	Ferroviário de Maputo	Johannesburg
13:00	Scoring by quarter: 12-9, 9-28, 15-23, 24-32
	Pts: Kazeurua, Mukumbutaa 13 Rebs: Mukumbutaa 12 Asts: Three players 3	Boxscore	Pts: De Barros 18 Rebs: Calvo Masa 10 Asts: Novela 5	Arena: Wembley Arena

23 October 2019	UNZA Pacers	80–740(OT)	Mercenaries	Johannesburg
15:30	Scoring by quarter: 15-21, 16-21, 16-12, 23-16, Overtime: 10-4
	Pts: Banda, Chelebela 13 Rebs: Kashishi 12 Asts: Lubinda 7	Boxscore	Pts: Maturure 30 Rebs: Chivanganye 13 Asts: Pfachi 5	Arena: Wembley Arena

23 October 2019	Dolphins	60–68	Jozi Nuggets	Johannesburg
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 17-8, 15-25, 19-20, 12-15
	Pts: Ramadu 19 Rebs: Ramabu 9 Asts: Ramoshebi, Warikandwa 3	Boxscore	Pts: Mothiba 18 Rebs: Mothiba 13 Asts: Mothiba, Selepe 3	Arena: Wembley Arena

24 October 2019	Mercenaries	72–100	Ferroviário de Maputo	Johannesburg
13:00	Scoring by quarter: 21-20, 21-28, 14-28, 16-24
	Pts: Maturure 27 Rebs: Sithole 7 Asts: Maturure 3	Boxscore	Pts: Calvo Masa 28 Rebs: Calvo Masa 12 Asts: Canivete Jr. 5	Arena: Wembley Arena

24 October 2019	UNZA Pacers	72–54	Dolphins	Johannesburg
15:30	Scoring by quarter: 10-16, 19-16, 22-17, 21-5
	Pts: Banda, Mapani 15 Rebs: Banda, Ngonga 13 Asts: Hara 3	Boxscore	Pts: Barrows 19 Rebs: Ramabu 16 Asts: Ramabu 5	Arena: Wembley Arena

24 October 2019	Jozi Nuggets	67–74	Lions	Johannesburg
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 13-19, 25-14, 15-21, 14-20
	Pts: Sithole Rebs: Mothiba 15 Asts: Nyawo, Sithole 3	Boxscore	Pts: Nghixulifwa 20 Rebs: Mukumbutaa 15 Asts: Three players 3	Arena: Wembley Arena

26 October 2019	Dolphins	93–880(OT)	Lions	Johannesburg
13:00	Scoring by quarter: 20-24, 22-26, 19-18, 23-16, Overtime: 9-4
	Pts: Barrows 25 Rebs: Ramabu 13 Asts: Warikandwa 6	Boxscore	Pts: Banda 28 Rebs: Mukumbutaa 15 Asts: Mukumbutaa 5	Arena: Wembley Arena

26 October 2019
15:30

Box score

Ferroviário de Maputo	84–69	UNZA Pacers
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 21–18, 25–12, 18–22
Pts: Calvo Masa 22 Rebs: Calvo Masa 13 Asts: Novela 5		Pts: Banda 15 Rebs: Banda 8 Asts: Lubinda 4

Wembley Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa

26 October 2019
18:00 (GMT+2)

Box score

Jozi Nuggets	66–63	Mercenaries
Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 18–26, 12–18, 15–11
Pts: Mothiba 20 Rebs: Mthembu 9 Asts: Nyawo 3		Pts: Chitsinde 17 Rebs: Chivanganye 20 Asts: Five players 2

Wembley Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa

27 October 2019	Lions Club	66–70	UNZA Pacers	Johannesburg
13:00	Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 10-14, 23-8, 18-28
	Pts: Mukumbutaa 26 Rebs: Mukumbutaa 26 Asts: Mukumbutaa 3	Boxscore	Pts: Hara 16 Rebs: Mauwe, Ngonga 7 Asts: Kashishi 3	Arena: Wembley Arena

27 October 2019	Dolphins	68–80	Mercenaries	Johannesburg
15:30	Scoring by quarter: 19-15, 15-29, 17-19, 17-17
	Pts: Barrows 26 Rebs: Ramabu 16 Asts: Ramabu 6	Boxscore	Pts: Maturure 16 Rebs: Chivanganye 10 Asts: Tswatswa 6	Arena: Wembley Arena

27 October 2019	Jozi Nuggets	70–87	Ferroviário de Maputo	Johannesburg
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 21-21, 25-24, 14-23, 10-19
	Pts: Selepe 23 Rebs: Mafeto 11 Asts: Selepe 7	Boxscore	Pts: Canivete Jr., Chimonzo 19 Rebs: Muchate 11 Asts: Novela 4	Arena: Wembley Arena

Group F

Venue: Antananarivo, Madagascar

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	KPA	GNBC	COB	BVH	USO
1	KPA	4	4	0	431	290	+141	8	Advance to second round	—	98–84	81–78
2	GNBC (H)	4	3	1	386	281	+105	7			—		92–67	124–53
3	Cobra (W)	4	2	2	359	259	+100	6			63–86	—		124–48
4	Beau Vallon Heat	4	1	3	185	317	−132	5		54–131		44–94	—
5	Usoni	4	0	4	175	389	−214	4		74–121			0–20	—

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts; (W) Advanced with wild card

30 October 2019	Beau Vallon Heat	44–94	Cobra Sport	Antananarivo
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 8–25, 7–16, 13–17, 16–36
	Pts: Adam 9 Rebs: Hoareau 10 Asts: Adam, Bouchereau 3	Boxscore	Pts: Anthony 29 Rebs: Leek 13 Asts: Morris 7	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

30 October 2019	GNBC	124–53	Usoni	Antananarivo
22:30	Scoring by quarter: 27-6, 21-26, 38-11, 38-10
	Pts: Razafimanantsoa 17 Rebs: De Claisse 13 Asts: Mandimbison 6	Boxscore	Pts: Said 16 Rebs: Said 6 Asts: Abdallah 4	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

31 October 2019	Usoni	0–20^[a]	Beau Vallon Heat	Antananarivo
20:00
				Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

31 October 2019	KPA	98–84	GNBC	Antananarivo
22:30	Scoring by quarter: 26-23, 25-20, 23-19, 24-22
	Pts: Ayodi 20 Rebs: Nyakinda 12 Asts: Odendo, Kazunguzibwa 5	Boxscore	Pts: Mory 36 Rebs: Rakotonirina, Randriamampionona 8 Asts: Mandimbison 5	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

1 November 2019	Cobra Sport	124–48	Usoni	Antananarivo
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 27-9, 35-5, 19-10, 43-24
	Pts: Makuei 24 Rebs: Rumubu 10 Asts: Tony Anthony 7	Boxscore	Pts: El-Had 19 Rebs: Maamoune 7 Asts: Abdallah, El-Had 2	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

1 November 2019	Beau Vallon Heat	54–131	KPA	Antananarivo
22:30	Scoring by quarter: 12-33, 6-28, 12-34, 24-36
	Pts: Adam 24 Rebs: Hoareau 8 Asts: Aglae 3	Boxscore	Pts: Wachira 27 Rebs: Koranga 11 Asts: Oyugi 9	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

2 November 2019	KPA	81–78	Cobra Sport	Antananarivo
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 24-15, 16-20, 17-21, 24-22
	Pts: Kazunguzibwa 20 Rebs: Koranga 14 Asts: Koranga 5	Boxscore	Pts: Three players 20 Rebs: Anthony 10 Asts: Lado 5	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

2 November 2019	GNBC	92–67	Beau Vallon Heat	Antananarivo
22:30	Scoring by quarter: 22-19, 21-9, 30-14, 19-25
	Pts: Mandimbison 30 Rebs: De Claisse 10 Asts: Razafimanantsoa 6	Boxscore	Pts: Bouchereau 14 Rebs: N'Ganga 9 Asts: Bouchereau 3	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

3 November 2019	Usoni	74–121	KPA	Antananarivo
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 17-34, 13-25, 15-28, 29-34
	Pts: El-Had 33 Rebs: Dachir 7 Asts: Dachir, Yousmine 4	Boxscore	Pts: Ayodi 24 Rebs: Ayodi 11 Asts: Oyugi 5	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

3 November 2019	Cobra	63–86	GNBC	Antananarivo
22:30	Scoring by quarter: 16-20, 15-25, 9-22, 23-19
	Pts: Lado, Rumudu 11 Rebs: Magol 11 Asts: Morris 3	Boxscore	Pts: Randriamampionona 22 Rebs: Rakotonirina 9 Asts: Randriamampionona 4	Arena: Palais des Sports et la Culture

Second round

In the Second Round (also referred to as "Elite 16" by FIBA), the sixteen teams that advanced from the first round teams play in four groups of four, divided over two geographical divisions. The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. Winners of each semi-finals qualify for the regular season while the losers play in a third place game for the final regular season spot.^[4] On 7 November, FIBA announced the four wild card receivers.^[5]

The Division West tournament will be played at the Kigali Arena in the Rwandan city of Kigali.^[6] The Division East tournament is played in the Multipurpose Sports Complex in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The Elite 16 will start on 26 November and end 22 December 2019.

Qualified teams

The draw was held on 21 November in Abidjan.^[7]

Division	Group	Winners	Runners-up	Wild cards
West	A	Police	GS Pétroliers	Al Naser
	B	ABC	Nigelec
	C	FAP	Manga	ASB Mazembe
East	D	Patriots	City Oilers	JKT
	E	Ferroviário de Maputo	UNZA Pacers
	F	KPA	GNBC	Cobra

West Division – Group G

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	GS Pétroliers	3	2	1	286	257	+29	5^[b]	Advance to Semi-finals
2	FAP	3	2	1	256	255	+1	5^[b]	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Al Naser	3	2	1	261	245	+16	5^[b]
4	Nigelec	3	0	3	231	277	−46	3

Source: FIBA
Notes:

^ Usoni withdrew its game against Beau Vallon Heat on 31 October 2019, automatically losing 0–20.^[3]
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head point difference: GS Pétroliers +3, FAP –1, Al Naser –2.

26 November 2019	Nigelec	89–115	GS Pétroliers	Yaoundé

	Pts: Kwaor 29 Rebs: Amadou 7 Asts: Amadou 3 PIR: Kwaor 15	Boxscore	Pts: Touati 26 Rebs: Three players 8 Asts: Bourkaib 4	Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

26 November 2019	FAP	95–99	Al Naser	Yaoundé

	Pts: Rezendes & Kalume 21 Rebs: Bileg II 9 Asts: Rezendes 7 PIR: Rezendes 24	Boxscore	Pts: Ali Haidar 39 Rebs: Ali Haiadar 11 Asts: Sadi 5	Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

27 November 2019	Al Naser	85–67	Nigelec	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

27 November 2019	GS Pétroliers	85–87	FAP	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

28 November 2019	GS Pétroliers	86–81	Al Naser	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

28 November 2019	FAP	77–75	Nigelec	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	ABC	3	2	1	249	231	+18	5^[a]	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Police	3	2	1	229	220	+9	5^[a]	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Manga	3	2	1	232	214	+18	5^[a]
4	ASB Mazembe	3	0	3	232	277	−45	3

Source: FIBA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head point difference: ABC +12, AS Police –2, Manga –10.

26 November 2019	ABC	77–78	Police	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

26 November 2019	ASB Mazembe	70–98	Manga	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

27 November 2019	Manga	67–80	ABC	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

27 November 2019	Police	87–76	ASB Mazembe	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

28 November 2019	Manga	67–64	Police	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

28 November 2019	ABC	92–86	ASB Mazembe	Yaoundé

		Boxscore		Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

Final round

Qualification finals

Semi-finals		Final

30 November

GS Pétroliers	76
		1 December
Police	61
		GS Pétroliers	92
30 November
		FAP	88
FAP	77

ABC	64
		Third place game

		1 December

		Police	71

		ABC	69

Semi-finals

30 November 2019	GS Pétroliers	76–61	Police	Yaoundé
15:30	Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 22–14, 14–14, 17–16
	Pts: Belkacemi 21 Rebs: Touati 17 Asts: Green 4 PIR: Touati 25	Boxscore	Pts: Haidara & Steed 14 Rebs: Keita 8 Asts: Traore 4 PIR: Haidara 14	Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

30 November 2019	FAP	77–64	ABC	Yaoundé
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 10–16, 24–15, 20–17
	Pts: Beleck & Rezendes 15 Rebs: Bileg II 15 Asts: Rezendes 4 PIR: Bileg II 21		Pts: S. Konaté 20 Rebs: S. Konaté & L. Konaté 11 Asts: Sie 5 PIR: S. Konaté 19	Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

Third place game

1 December 2019	Police	71–69	ABC	Yaoundé
13:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 23–11, 15–17, 14–21
	Pts: White 20 Rebs: Diarouma 13 Asts: Steed 8 PIR: White 20	Boxscore	Pts: Sie 25 Rebs: L. Konaté 11 Asts: Sie 8 PIR: Sie & L. Konaté 21	Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

Final

1 December 2019	GS Pétroliers	92–88	FAP	Yaoundé
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 26–12, 17–22, 23–33
	Pts: Benayad-Cherif & Touati 20 Rebs: Touati 14 Asts: Bourkaib & Green 5 PIR: Touati 31	Boxscore	Pts: Rezendes 15 Rebs: Beleck 8 Asts: Rezendes 5 PIR: Kome 16	Arena: Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex

East Division – Group H

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Patriots	3	3	0	283	205	+78	6	Advance to Semi-finals
2	GNBC	3	2	1	253	232	+21	5	Advance to Semi-finals
3	UNZA Pacers	3	1	2	197	209	−12	4
4	JKT	3	0	3	179	269	−90	3

First match(es) will be played: 17 December 2019. Source: FIBA

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ferroviário de Maputo	3	2	1	233	225	+8	5	Advance to Semi-finals
2	City Oilers	3	2	1	215	163	+52	5	Advance to Semi-finals
3	KPA	3	2	1	162	140	+22	5
4	Cobra	3	0	3	183	265	−82	3

First match(es) will be played: 17 December 2019. Source: FIBA

Final round

Qualification finals

Semi-final round		Final round

21 December

Patriots	81
		22 December
City Oilers	59
		Patriots	94
21 December
		GNBC	63
Ferroviário de Maputo	90

GNBC	94
		Third place

		22 December

		City Oilers	57

		Ferroviário de Maputo	74

Semi-finals

21 December 2019	Patriots	81–59	City Oilers	Kigali
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 25-19, 17-14, 19-13, 20-13
	Pts: Nijimbere 14 Rebs: Kaje 12 Asts: Gasana 5 PIR: Kaje 17	Boxscore	Pts: Mayes 9 Rebs: Lumanyika 9 Asts: Opong & Lumanyika 4 PIR: Elliott 10	Arena: Kigali Arena

21 December 2019	Ferroviário de Maputo	90–94	GNBC	Kigali
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 29–14, 19–29, 14–24
	Pts: Calvo Masa 33 Rebs: Muchate 10 Asts: Muchate & Novela 5 PIR: Calvo Masa 28	Boxscore	Pts: Randriamampionona & Mandimbison 22 Rebs: Mandimbison 10 Asts: Ralison 6 PIR: Mandimbison 33	Arena: Kigali Arena

Third place game

22 December 2019	City Oilers	57–74	Ferroviário de Maputo	Kigali
	Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 17–13, 15–23, 9–22
	Pts: Opong 18 Rebs: Komakech 10 Asts: Komakech, Petty 4	Boxscore	Pts: Calvo Masa 20 Rebs: Three players 8 Asts: Novela 4	Arena: Kigali Arena

Final

22 December 2019	Patriots	94–63	GNBC	Kigali
	Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 28–14, 21–18, 29–16
	Pts: Mukama 18 Rebs: Ndizeye 11 Asts: Gasana 6	Boxscore	Pts: Randriamampionona 14 Rebs: Mandimbison 6 Asts: Mandimbison 5	Arena: Kigali Arena

Statistical leaders

As retrieved from FIBA.^[8]

Individual statistics leaders

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
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[cnote_Note_CMR] 
Cameroon (CMR): FAP, runners-up of the Cameroon Basketball League, replaced national champions Condor.^[2]

[cnote_Note_FIBA] 
FIBA: Brave Hearts from Malawi and Abeilles from the Central African Republic were announced by FIBA on the team list released on 9 October 2019.^[1] However, eventually the teams did not participate in their respective allocated groups.

[cnote_Note_SSD] 
South Sudan (SSD): Cobra of South Sudan was not listed on the official team list released on 9 October 2019.^[1] They were placed in Group F.

[table_hth_POL0.21554549234712-3] Head to head: Police 83, GS Pétroliers 76.

[table_hth_ALN0.21554549234712-4] Head to head: Al Naser 76, SLAC 72.

[table_hth_ABC0.98922033141796-5] Head-to-head: ABC 74, Nigelec 68.

[table_hth_BRA0.98922033141796-6] Head-to-head: NPA Pythons 74, Braves of Customs 70.

[table_hth_LIO0.91513557076228-7] Head-to-head point difference: Lions Club +2, Jozi Nuggets 1, Dolphins –3.

[9] Usoni withdrew its game against Beau Vallon Heat on 31 October 2019, automatically losing 0–20.^[3]

[table_hth_GSP0.86707133560771-14] Head-to-head point difference: GS Pétroliers +3, FAP –1, Al Naser –2.

[table_hth_ABC0.65821138334377-15] Head-to-head point difference: ABC +12, AS Police –2, Manga –10.

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