2026 BAL qualification

2026 BAL qualification
AssociationFIBA Africa
LeagueRoad to BAL
SportBasketball
DurationTBA
Number of teamsTBA
West Division
Division championsTBD
Top scorerTBD
East Division
Division championsTBD
Top scorerTBD

The qualification for the 2026 BAL season, also known as Road to BAL 2026, were the qualifying tournaments for the sixth season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The tournaments were organised by FIBA Africa.

Teams

The following list is provisional and subject to confirmation by FIBA.

West Division

Association Team Qualification method Participation Years qualified Ref.
Entered in first round
 Benin [1]
 Burkina Faso [2]
Cameroon Cameroon BEAC 2024–25 Elite Messieurs champions 1st – [3]
 Cape Verde
 Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
 Ivory Coast JCA 2025 Ligue d'Or 1st – [4]
 Gabon
 Ghana
 Mali CRB Tombouctou 2025 Ligue 1 1st – [5]
 Liberia
 Libya Al Ahly Ly 2024–25 Libyan Division I Basketball League 2nd 1 (2024) [6]

East Division

Association Team Qualification method Participation Years qualified Ref.
 Uganda
 South Africa
 Botswana
 Burundi Dynamo 2025 Burundian Basketball Championship 3rd 1 (2024) [7]
 Comoros
 Ethiopia
Kenya Kenya
 Mozambique
 Madagascar
 Malawi Bravehearts 2025 BASMAL National Championship 3rd – [8]
 South Sudan
 Seychelles
 Tanzania Dar City 2024 National Basketball League 1st – [9]
 Zambia Matero Magic 2024–25 Zambia Basketball League 4th – [10]
 Zimbabwe Basket Hounds 2025 BUZ National Championship 2nd – [11]

References

  1. ^ "YOUZOU LIGUE PRO MASCULINE - FEDERATION BENINOISE DE BASKETBALL". FEDERATION BENINOISE DE BASKETBALL (in French). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Championnat national de basketball : L'USFA détrône l'AOA en hommes, l'AS Douanes sacrée chez les dames". Burkina24.com - Actualité du Burkina Faso 24h/24 (in French). 24 September 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  3. ^ "BEAC celebrate 2025 title!". www.afrobasket.com. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  4. ^ GONLI, Donald (10 May 2025). "Basket-ball: La JCA double champion de Côte d'Ivoire grâce à un coaching gagnant de Stéphane Konaté". www.linfodrome.com. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  5. ^ "HISTORY MADE!". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Al Ahly Benghazi are Libya Basketball League champions!". www.afrobasket.com. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  7. ^ "VBL – Playoffs Finals : Urunani BBC de Jean-Jacques Boissy est champion du Burundi !" (in French). 29 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  8. ^ "ElevateTheGame: Bravehearts win CDH basketball tourney". Malawi Institute of Journalism. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Dar City outshine ABC to win National Basketball League title". The Citizen. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Matero Magic, Lusaka Queens retain ZBF titles". Zambia: News Diggers!. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
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