All eyes will be on the Moroccan capital city of Rabat as the 2026 Basketball Africa League (BAL) Sahara Conference play tips off on Friday, April 24.
Action at Salle Moulay Abdellah will run until Sunday, May 3, as six teams battle for four playoff spots.
Al Ahly SC (Egypt), ASC Ville de Dakar (Senegal), Club Africain (Tunisia), FUS Rabat (Morocco), JCA Kings (Cote d’Ivoire) and Maktown Flyers (Nigeria) are the six teams that will be competing to advance to the BAL Playoffs, which are scheduled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda, later in May.
Club Africain, Maktown Tigers and JCA Kings are making their first appearance in the league, ASC Ville de Dakar are appearing in the BAL for the second time, FUS Rabat are returning for the third consecutive time, while Al Ahly SC are the only team in the 2026 Sahara Conference to have previously won the league.
The six teams will compete in a round-robin system over eight game days with the top four teams in the conference advancing to the playoffs, where they will join four other teams from the Kalahari Conference to fight for the 2026 title.
It should be noted that veteran Ugandan shooting guard Robinson Opong will be turning out for JCA Kings.
