PRETORIA (South Africa) - The 2025 Basketball Africa League (BAL) Playoffs look like a parade of AfroBasket stars.
Of the 16 national teams that qualified for this year's AfroBasket in Angola, 13 are represented in the BAL Playoffs, which will take place in Pretoria, South Africa, from Friday, June 6, to Sunday, June 14.
The large number of international players at the BAL Playoffs is intriguing, ranging from AfroBasket champions at the senior and junior levels to potential picks to represent their countries in Angola from August 12-24.
FIBA.basketball presents a list of current, former, and potential AfroBasket stars. Some of these players made an impact during the qualifiers for the African Championship.
PLAYER | 2025 BAL TEAM | NATIONAL TEAM | AFROBASKET | AFROBASKET QUALIFIERS | ACHIEVEMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jo Lual Acuil Jr | Al Ittihad | South Sudan | - | 2025 | - |
Ahmed Metwaly | Al Ittihad | Egypt | 2021 | 2025 | - |
Mohamed Abdelrahman | Al Ittihad | Egypt | 2014 - U18 | 2025 | - |
Anas Mahmoud | Al Ittihad | Egypt | 2013, 2021 | 2025 | 2nd - Place at 2013 AfroBasket |
Aly Ahmed | Al Ittihad | Egypt | 2015, 2021 | 2021 | MVP 2008 U18 AfroBasket |
Omar Abdelmeguid | Al Ittihad | Egypt | - | - | 2021 U16 AfroBasket champion |
Youssef Aboushousha | Al Ittihad | Egypt | 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021 | 2025 | 2nd - Place at 2013 AfroBasket |
Deng Angok Deng | Al Ittihad | South Sudan | - | 2025 | - |
Ahmed Khalaf | Al Ittihad | Egypt | 2021 | - | 2015 U16 AfroBasket champion |
Majok Deng | Al Ittihad | South Sudan | - | 2025 | - |
Michael Afuwape | Rivers Hoopers | Nigeria | - | 2025 | - |
Buchi Nwaiwu | Rivers Hoopers | Nigeria | - | 2025 | - |
Ahmed Doumbia | Rivers Hoopers | Guinea | - | 2021, 2025 | - |
Maxi Munanga | Rivers Hoopers | RD Congo | 2017, 2021 | 2025 | - |
Ifeanyi Anthony Koko | Rivers Hoopers | Nigeria | - | 2025 | - |
David Ike | Rivers Hoopers | Nigeria | 2024 U18 AfroBasket | - | - |
Ogoh Odaudu | Rivers Hoopers (Head Coach) | Nigeria | 2001 | Assistant Coach | - |
Mohamed Abdulrahman | Rivers Hoopers (Assistant Coach) | Nigeria | 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009 | Head Coach | - |
Mehdi Seyeh | US Monastir | Tunisia | 2015 |
| 3rd Place - 2015 AfroBasket |
Bechir Ben Yahia | US Monastir | Tunisia | - | 2025 | - |
Babacar Sane | US Monastir | Senegal | 2020 U18 AfroBasket | - | 2nd Place - 2020 U18 AfroBasket |
Acuoth Deng | US Monastir | South Sudan | 2021 | - | - |
Bilel Jaziri | US Monastir | Tunisia | - | 2025 | - |
Andrew Edogi | US Monastir | Nigeria | 2021 | - | - |
Firas Lahyani | US Monastir | Tunisia | 2017 | 2025 | 2017 - AfroBasket champion |
Mokhtar Ghayazi | US Monastir | Tunisia | 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021 | 2025 | AfroBasket champion in 2011, 2017, 2021 |
Radhouane Slimane | US Monastir | Tunisia | 2001, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2021 | 2025 | AfroBasket champion in 2011, 2017, 2021 |
Ahmed Bedoui | US Monastir | Tunisia | 2023 U16 AfroBasket | - | - |
Nuni Omot | APR | South Sudan | - | 2021, 2025 | - |
William Robeyns | APR | Rwanda | 2021 | 2025 | - |
Axel Mpoyo | APR | Rwanda | 2021 | 2025 | - |
Aliou Diarra | APR | Mali | - | 2025 | - |
Jean Jaques Nshobozwabyosenumukiza | APR | Rwanda | 2021 | 2025 | - |
Dick Rutatika Sano | APR | Rwanda | 2019 U16 AfroBasket | - | - |
Ntore Habimana | APR | Rwanda | 2021 | 2025 | - |
Dylan Schommer | APR | Rwanda | - | 2021, 2025 | - |
Youssou Ndoye | APR | Senegal | 2017, 2021 | 2025 | 3rd Place - AfroBasket 2017, 2021 |
Gerson Domingos | Petro de Luanda | Angola | - | 2021 | 2014 - U18 AfroBasket MVP |
Eduardo Simao | Petro de Luanda | Angola | - | 2025 | - |
Yanick Moreira | Petro de Luanda | Angola | 2015, 2017 | - | 2nd Place - 2015 AfroBasket |
Childe Dundao | Petro de Luanda | Angola | 2021 | 2025 | 2016 - U18 AfroBasket champion |
Solo Diabate | Petro de Luanda | Côte d'Ivoire | 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021 | 2025 | 2nd Place - 2021 AfroBasket |
Aboubacar Gakou | Petro de Luanda | Angola | 2021 | 2025 | - |
Glofate Buiamba | Petro de Luanda | Angola | - | 2025 | - |
Patrick Gardner | Petro de Luanda | Egypt | - | 2025 | - |
Kenneth Manuel | Petro de Luanda | Angola | - | 2025 | - |
Kenneti Mendes | Kriol Star | Cape Verde | 2013, 2015, 2021 | 2025 | - |
Joel Almeida | Kriol Star | Cape Verde | 2009, 2015, 2021 | 2025 | - |
Teotonio Do | Kriol Star | Angola | 2021 | 2025 | - |
Ivan Almeida | Kriol Star | Cape Verde | 2009, 2015, 2021 | 2025 | - |
Keven Gomes | Kriol Star | Cape Verde | 2015 | - | - |
Joel Ntambwe | Kriol Star | DR Congo | 2021 | - | - |
Nisre Zouzoua | FUS Rabat | Côte d'Ivoire | 2021 | 2025 | 2nd Place - 2021 AfroBasket |
Adelkarim El Haoua | FUS Rabat | Morocco | - | 2021, 2025 | - |
Soufiane Kourdou | FUS Rabat | Morocco | 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 | 2025 | - |
Ayoub Nouhi | FUS Rabat | Morocco | - | 2025 | - |
Soufiane Benhmine | FUS Rabat | Morocco | - | 2021, 2025 | - |
Omar Abada | FUS Rabat | Tunisia | 2015, 2017, 2021 | 2025 | AfroBasket champion in 2017, 2021 |
Abdelhakim Zouita | FUS Rabat | Morocco | 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 | 2025 | - |
Badr Azouga | FUS Rabat | Morocco | - | 2021, 2025 | - |
Jean Jacques Boissy | Al Ahli Tripoli | Senegal | 2018 - U18 AfroBasket | 2025 | 2nd Place - 2018 U18 AfroBasket |
Nasseim Badrush | Al Ahli Tripoli | Libya | - | 2025 | - |
Caleb Agada | Al Ahli Tripoli | Nigeria | - | 2021, 2025 | - |
Mohamed Sadi | Al Ahli Tripoli | Libya | - | 2025 | - |
Wadji Dawo | Al Ahli Tripoli | Libya | 2009 | 2025 | - |
Assem Marei | Al Ahli Tripoli | Egypt | 2011, 2013, 2015 | - | 2nd Place - 2013 AfroBasket |
Amine Rzige | Al Ahli Tripoli (Assistant Coach) | Tunisia | 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 | - | AfroBasket champion |
All eight of the BAL playoff teams have at least one player who has played in the AfroBasket or AfroBasket qualifiers.
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