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<\/div>\n <\/figure><\/div>\n\n <\/article>In the season opener, first-time BAL participant FUS Rabat Basketball (Morocco) will face Petro de Luanda at 4:00 p.m. CAT.\u00a0 In the second game, home team Cape Town Tigers (South Africa) will take on first-time BAL participant Dynamo Basketball Club (Burundi) at 7:00 p.m. CAT.\u00a0 On the opening day of the Nile Conference, home team Al Ahly (Egypt) will begin its title defense against two-time BAL participant City Oilers (Uganda) at 5:00 p.m. GMT.\u00a0 The complete game schedule is available at\u00a0BAL.NBA.com<\/a>\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3uClvzq<\/a>).<\/p>\n Tickets for the Kalahari Conference group phase in Pretoria and the Sahara Conference group phase in Dakar are on sale now at\u00a0BAL.NBA.com<\/a>\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3HZz0vV<\/a>),\u00a0Ticketmaster.co.za<\/a>\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3uDzIvR<\/a>) (Pretoria) and\u00a0Teewtickets.com<\/a>\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/48j6vUR<\/a>) (Dakar).\u00a0 Single game tickets start at 75 ZAR for the Kalahari Conference group phase and 2,500 XOF for the Sahara Conference group phase.\u00a0 Fans can save up to 35% off single game ticket prices for group packages by emailing\u00a0BalTickets@thebal.com<\/a>, and up to 20% off single game ticket prices for all games during the Sahara Conference group phase by selecting two, four or all games.\u00a0 Fans who purchase tickets will also have free access to BAL Fan Zones at the arena in each market.\u00a0 Ticket sales information for the Nile Conference group phase in Cairo and the Playoffs and Finals Kigali will be announced at a later date.\u00a0<\/p>\n Champions from the national leagues in Angola, Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal and Tunisia earned their participation in the 2024 BAL season by winning their respective national leagues.\u00a0 The remaining six teams, which come from Burundi, Central African Republic, Libya, Morocco, South Africa and Uganda, secured their participation through the Road to the BAL qualifying tournaments\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/49Au50l<\/a>) conducted by FIBA Africa across the continent from October to November 2023.<\/p>\n Rwanda Development Board, NIKE, Jordan Brand and Wilson will return as BAL Foundational Partners.\u00a0 The league\u2019s roster of world-class marketing partners also includes Afreximbank, Hennessy and RwandAir.<\/p>\n Additional information about the 2024 BAL season will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n About the BAL:<\/strong> Five new teams and three new countries are among the 12 club teams from 12 African countries that will compete in the 2024 BAL season which will tip off on Saturday, March 9 at SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2653],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[2583],"class_list":{"0":"post-143508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-article"},"authors":[{"term_id":2583,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"mermar","display_name":"mermar","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b97554d899a7ce8df2bc286c2f73beda56ebbc97d5d9ced74f7a04498e0fb0d3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143837,"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143508\/revisions\/143837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143508"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afromagazine.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=143508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Basketball Africa League (BAL), a partnership between the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and NBA Africa, is a professional league featuring 12 club teams from across Africa that will tip off its fourth season in March 2024.\u00a0 Headquartered in Dakar, Senegal, the BAL builds on the foundation of club competitions FIBA Africa has organized across the continent and marks the NBA\u2019s first collaboration to operate a league outside North America.\u00a0 Fans can follow the BAL (@theBAL<\/a>) on Facebook (https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3TQoHlc<\/a>), Instagram (https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3TNa7e0<\/a>), X (https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3OKg9ci<\/a>), and YouTube (https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3twvshm<\/a>) and register their interest in receiving more information at\u00a0BAL.NBA.com<\/a>\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3HE6GiI<\/a>).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"