Basketball Africa League coming back to Pretoria end of March

Basketball Africa League is back again, where the relatively new Johannesburg Giants will be representing South Africa amongst Africa’s basketball elite in the Kalahari Conference.

For the sixth season of the Basketball Africa League, Pretoria will play host to Al Ahly Ly (Libya), APR (Rwanda), Dar City (Tanzania), Johannesburg Giants (South Africa), Nairobi City Thunder (Kenya), and Petro de Luanda (Angola) for the Kalahari Conference.

The Sahara Conference of the league comprises Al Ahly (Egypt), ASC Ville de Dakar (Senegal), Club Africain (Tunisia), FUS Rabat (Morocco), Jeunesse Club d’Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), and Maktown Flyers (Nigeria), which are scheduled to take place in Rabat, Morocco, in April and May.

The Kalahari Conference will take place from 27 March to 05 April 2026 at SunBet Arena, Time Square in Pretoria.

The Basketball Africa League Format

According to bal.nba.com, 12 teams are split into two conferences (Kalahari and Sahara), with six teams in each. 

The top four teams in each conference will advance to the BAL Playoffs to compete in two rounds of quarter-final series, with the winners advancing to the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals will advance to the final, while the losing teams will compete for third place.

A total of 42 games will be played for the league.

Tickets are now available through Ticket Master.

The Schedule

Al Ahly Ly (LIBYA)  vs APR (RWANDA) – March 27, 2026, 4 pm

Johannesburg Giants (SOUTH AFRICA) vs Dar City Basketball Club (TANZANIA) – March 27, 2026, 7 pm

Dar City Basketball Club (TANZANIA) vs Nairobi City Thunder (KENYA) – March 28, 2026, 3 pm

Petro de Luanda (ANGOLA) vs  Al Ahly Ly (LIBYA) –  March 28, 2026, 6 pm

Petro de Luanda (ANGOLA)  vs APR (RWANDA) – March 29, 2026, 3 pm

Johannesburg Giants (SOUTH AFRICA) vs Nairobi City Thunder (KENYA) – March 29, 2026, 6 pm

Dar City Basketball Club (TANZANIA) vs Al Ahly Ly (LIBYA) – March 31, 2026, 7 pm

Nairobi City Thunder (KENYA) vs Petro de Luanda (ANGOLA) – April 1, 2026, 4 pm

 APR (RWANDA) vs Johannesburg Giants (SOUTH AFRICA) – April 1, 2026, 7 pm

Nairobi City Thunder (KENYA) vs Al Ahly Ly (LIBYA) – April 3, 2026, 4 pm

Petro de Luanda (ANGOLA) vs Dar City Basketball Club (TANZANIA) – April 3, 2026, 7 pm

Dar City Basketball Club (TANZANIA) vs APR (RWANDA) – April 4, 2026, 3 pm

Al Ahly Ly (LIBYA) vs Johannesburg Giants (SOUTH AFRICA) – April 4, 2026, 6 pm

APR (RWANDA) vs Nairobi City Thunder (KENYA) – April 5, 2026, 3 pm

Petro de Luanda (ANGOLA) vs Johannesburg Giants (SOUTH AFRICA) – April 5, 2026, 6 pm