2023–24 Egyptian Basketball Premier League

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Egyptian Basketball Premier League
Season2023–24
Dates8 January 2024 – TBD
Number of teams16
Premier League, the top level of professional basketball in Egypt. The preliminary round began on 8 January 2024.[1]

Al Ahly were the defending champions.[2]

Teams

Increase Promoted from 2022 to 2023 Second Division Decrease Relegated from 2022–23 Egyptian Basketball Premier League
Al Zohor
Desouk
Horse Owners' Club

Preliminary round

The teams were matched based on their rankings in the 2022–23 Egyptian Basketball Premier League, with the 1st ranked team playing the 16th ranked team, and so forth.

The winners of the preliminary round were placed in the Super League, while the losing teams played in the bottom group.

The team denoted as "Team 1" played the first leg at home. The first leg was played on 8 or 9 January, the second leg on 11 January and the third leg (if necessary) on 14 January 2024.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Al Ahly 2–0
Aviation Club
86–57 88–57
Smouha 2–1
Al Zohor
79–64 62–66 56–66
Al Ittihad Alexandria 2–0 El Shams 76–40 80–60
Gezira 2–0 Eastern Company 95–59 41–59
Telecom Egypt
2–0 El Gaish Army 78–74 63-37
Sporting Alexandria
2–0 Egypt Insurance 76–40 80–60
Olympic 0–2 Heliopolis 83–89 53–63
Zamalek 2–0 Suez Canal SC 72–54 75–55

Super League

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ittihad Alexandria 14 13 1 1175 996 +179 27 Qualification to quarterfinals
2 Al Ahly 14 11 3 1192 1073 +119 25
3 Zamalek 14 10 4 1087 967 +120 24
4 Gezira 14 8 6 1098 1042 +56 22
5 Sporting Alexandria 14 7 7 1070 1061 +9 21
6 Smouha 14 4 10 938 1035 −97 18
7 Egypt Telecom 14 2 12 938 1122 −184 16 Qualification to 7th-10th placement round
8 Heliopolis 14 1 13 890 1092 −202 15
Source: Goalzz

9th-16th place round

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1 Suez Canal 14 13 1 1024 911 +113 27 Qualification to 7th-10th placement round
2 Army 14 12 2 1021 890 +131 26
3 El Shams 14 8 6 1031 1000 +31 22 Qualification to classification round
4
Egypt Insurance
14 6 8 874 910 −36 20
5
Al Zohor
14 5 9 989 1022 −33 19
6
Aviation Club
14 5 9 944 988 −44 19
7 Olympic 14 4 10 920 1043 −123 18
8 Eastern Company 14 3 11 912 951 −39 17
Source: Goalzz

Playoffs

The playoffs began with the play-in round to decide the 7th and 8th seeds in the playoffs. The game were played on 25, 26 and 28 March 2024.

Placement 7th-10th Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 Al Ittihad Alexandria 85 84 99 3
8 Heliopolis 61 47 68 1 8 Suez Canal 62 66 64 0
9 Suez Canal 69 42 74 2 1 Al Ittihad Alexandria
 
4 Gezira 67 76 1
5
Sporting Alexandria
77 68 1
 
 
2 Al Ahly 83 89 83 3
7
Telecom Egypt
62 64 83 2 7
Telecom Egypt
70 69 57 0
10 Army 82 63 75 1 2 Al Ahly
 
3 Zamalek 77 68 2
6 Smouha 60 65 0


Classification round

The losers of the play-in round and the 11th to 16th ranked teams played in this round to determine which teams would play in the relegation round.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Egypt Insurance 1–1 Al Zohor 59–57 63–49
Heliopolis 2–0 Eastern 59–57 63–49
Army 2–0 Olympic 67–60 78–63 19 April
Al Shams 2–0 Aviation Club 75–71 75–71

Relegation round

References

  1. ^ "Egyptian Basketball Premier League". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. ^ "الخطيب يهنئ لاعبي السلة وجهازهم الفني والإداري والطبي ببطولة دوري السوبر". Al Ahly (in Arabic). 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.