2023–24 Egyptian Basketball Premier League

Egyptian Basketball Premier League
Season2023–24
Dates8 January 2024 – 13 June 2024
Teams16
Regular season
Season MVPAhmed Adel (Al Ittihad)
RelegatedEastern Company
Olympic
Finals
Champions Al Ittihad Alexandria (14th title)
  Runners-upAl Ahly
2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Egyptian Basketball Premier League is the 49th season of the Premier League, the top level of professional basketball in Egypt. The preliminary round began on 8 January 2024, and the season ended with the final game of the finals on 13 June 2024.[1]

Al Ahly were the defending champions.[2] Al Ittihad Alexandria won their 14th title, ending a three-year drought, after beating Al Ahly in the finals.[3]

Teams

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Increase Promoted from 2022 to 2023 Second Division Decrease Relegated from 2022–23 Egyptian Basketball Premier League
El Shams
Al Zohor 		Desouk
Horse Owners' Club

Preliminary round

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The teams were matched based on their rankings in the 2022–23 Egyptian Basketball Premier League, with the 1st ranked team playing the 16th ranked team, and so forth.

The winners of the preliminary round were placed in the Super League, while the losing teams played in the bottom group.

The team denoted as "Team 1" played the first leg at home. The first leg was played on 8 or 9 January, the second leg on 11 January and the third leg (if necessary) on 14 January 2024.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Al Ahly 2–0 Aviation Club 86–57 88–57 –
Smouha 2–1 Al Zohor 79–64 62–66 56–66
Al Ittihad Alexandria 2–0 El Shams 76–40 80–60 –
Gezira 2–0 Eastern Company 95–59 41–59 –
Telecom Egypt 2–0 El Gaish Army 78–74 63-37 –
Sporting Alexandria 2–0 Egypt Insurance 76–40 80–60 –
Olympic 0–2 Heliopolis 83–89 53–63 –
Zamalek 2–0 Suez Canal SC 72–54 75–55 –

Super League

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ittihad Alexandria 14 13 1 1175 996 +179 27 Qualification to quarterfinals
2 Al Ahly 14 11 3 1192 1073 +119 25
3 Zamalek 14 10 4 1087 967 +120 24
4 Gezira 14 8 6 1098 1042 +56 22
5 Sporting Alexandria 14 7 7 1070 1061 +9 21
6 Smouha 14 4 10 938 1035 −97 18
7 Egypt Telecom 14 2 12 938 1122 −184 16 Qualification to 7th-10th placement round
8 Heliopolis 14 1 13 890 1092 −202 15
Source: Goalzz

9th-16th place round

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1 Suez Canal 14 13 1 1024 911 +113 27 Qualification to 7th-10th placement round
2 Army 14 12 2 1021 890 +131 26
3 El Shams 14 8 6 1031 1000 +31 22 Qualification to classification round
4 Egypt Insurance 14 6 8 874 910 −36 20
5 Al Zohor 14 5 9 989 1022 −33 19
6 Aviation Club 14 5 9 944 988 −44 19
7 Olympic 14 4 10 920 1043 −123 18
8 Eastern Company 14 3 11 912 951 −39 17
Source: Goalzz

Playoffs

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The playoffs began with the play-in round to decide the 7th and 8th seeds in the playoffs. The game were played on 25, 26 and 28 March 2024.

Placement 7th-10th Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 Al Ittihad Alexandria 85 84 99 3
8 Heliopolis 61 47 68 1 8 Suez Canal 62 66 64 0
9 Suez Canal 69 42 74 2 1 Al Ittihad Alexandria 89 68 88 3
5 Sporting Alexandria 75 63 78 0
4 Gezira 67 76 89 85 61 2
5 Sporting Alexandria 77 68 78 87 73 3
1 Al Ittihad Alexandria 71 79 80 76 3
2 Al Ahly 69 83 78 70 1
2 Al Ahly 83 89 83 3
7 Telecom Egypt 62 64 83 2 7 Telecom Egypt 70 69 57 0
10 Army 82 63 75 1 2 Al Ahly 79 76 83 3
3 Zamalek 60 71 80 0
3 Zamalek 77 68 87 3
6 Smouha 60 65 56 0


Classification round

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The losers of the play-in round and the 11th to 16th ranked teams played in this round to determine which teams would play in the relegation round. The series are played in a best-of-five format. Team 1 played games one, two and five at home.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg 4th leg
Egypt Insurance 3–2 Al Zohor 59–67 63–49 69–72 64–62
Heliopolis 3–0 Eastern 56–51 55–50 68–62 –
Army 3–1 Olympic 67–60 78–63 63–74 79–73
Al Shams 3–0 Aviation Club 75–71 75–71 87–82 –

Relegation round

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1 Al Zohor 6 5 1 449 386 +63 11
2 Aviation Club 6 4 2 378 388 −10 10
3 Eastern Company (R) 6 2 4 374 367 +7 8 Relegated to Premier League B
4 Olympic (R) 6 1 5 376 436 −60 7
Source: Goalzz
(R) Relegated

References

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  1. ^ "Egyptian Basketball Premier League". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. ^ "الخطيب يهنئ لاعبي السلة وجهازهم الفني والإداري والطبي ببطولة دوري السوبر". Al Ahly (in Arabic). 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  3. ^ "الاتحاد السكندري يهزم الأهلي ويتوج بلقب دوري السوبر لكرة السلة". btolat.com (in Arabic). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
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