2023 Basketball Africa League Season: By the Numbers The 2023 BAL season is reaching fans in 214 countries and territories in 17 languages through free-to-air and paid TV broadcast partnerships KIGALI, Rwanda, May 19, 2023/APO Group/ -- Top Eight BAL Teams to Compete at BAL Playoffs and Finals in Kigali, Rwanda from May 20-27 ; tickets On Sale Now at BAL.NBA.com. The 2023 Basketball Africa League (BAL) Playoffs will tip off on Saturday, May 20 at BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda and will culminate with the third BAL Finals on Saturday, May 27.  The top eight teams from the league’s Sahara and Nile Conference group phases in Dakar, Senegal and Cairo, Egypt, respectively, will compete in a single-elimination tournament with the winner crowned the third BAL champion. The quarterfinals will feature Stade Malien (Mali; 3-2) playing the Cape Town Tigers (South Africa; 2-3) at 4 p.m. CAT / 10 a.m. ET, followed by Al Ahly (Egypt; 4-1) taking on Rwanda Energy Group (REG; 3-2) at 7:30 p.m. CAT / 1:30 p.m. ET.  The quarterfinals will continue on Sunday, May 21 when AS Douanes (Senegal; 3-2) plays Clube Ferroviário da Beira (CFV - Beira; Mozambique; 2-3) at 4 p.m. CAT / 10 a.m. ET, followed by Club Atlético Petróleos de Luanda (Petro de Luanda; Angola; 5-0) taking on Abidjan Basketball Club (ABC Fighters; Côte d’Ivoire; 3-2) at 7:30 p.m. CAT / 1:30 p.m. ET. All eight Playoff and Finals games will air live on American Forces Network (AFN), Canal+, ESPN (sub-Saharan Africa), NBA TV, Tencent, TV5 Monde, Visionary TV, Voice of America (VOA) and select free-to-air channels across the continent through the BAL’s broadcast partnership with the African Union of Broadcasting.  The games will also livestream on NBA App (https://apo-opa.info/3leQJYr), NBA.com, Visionview.tv (https://apo-opa.info/3Hbf5uc) and BAL.NBA.com.  Fans can view the complete game schedule and purchase tickets at BAL.NBA.com. Below are notable facts and figures about the 2023 BAL season:

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