BAL 2026: Complete calendar and schedule of matches

The sixth season of the Basketball Africa League enters its decisive phase. Eight teams qualified after the Kalahari (Pretoria) and Sahara (Rabat) conferences meet from May 22 to 31, 2026 at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, to compete for the title of African champion during the Final 8. Here is the full schedule.

QUARTER-FINALS TO GO

22 May

3:00 pm: Al Ahly (Egypt) vs ASC City of Dakar (Senegal)

18:00: FUS Rabat (Morocco) vs RSSB Tigers (Rwanda)

23 May

14:00: Club Africain (Tunisia) vs Al Ahly Benghazi (Libya)

17:00: Petro de Luanda (Angola) vs Dar City (Tanzania) 

QUARTERFINALS RETURN

25 May

ASC City of Dakar vs Al Ahly (Egypt)

RSSB Tigers vs FUS Rabat (Morocco)

26 May

Al Ahly Benghazi vs Club Africain (Tunisia)

Dar City vs Petro de Luanda (Angola)

SEMI-FINALS

28 May

Semi-final 1: QF1 winner vs QF4 winner

Semi-final 2: QF2 winner vs QF3 winner

FINAL

31 May: BK Arena, Kigali

The BAL 2026 champion will be crowned

The ranking of the 8 qualified
 The final ranking at the end of the two group phases is as follows: 

Petro de Luanda (Angola) 
Al Ahly (Egypt)
RSSB Tigers (Rwanda)
African Club (Tunisia)
Al Ahly Benghazi (Libya)
FUS Rabat (Morocco)
ASC City of Dakar (Senegal)
Dar City (Tanzania) 
Al Ahly from Tripoli, the defending champion, will be one of the teams to watch. For its part, ASC Ville de Dakar will try to do better than AS Douanes, a finalist in 2023.