The qualification tournaments for the

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, also known as the Road to BAL 2022, were the qualification rounds for the second season of the

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(BAL). The tournaments began on 19 October 2021 and ended 16 December 2021. Similar to the first season, the competition consisted out of two stages: the

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and the elite 16. Six teams advanced to the group phase of the BAL.

Teams

On 13 October 2021,

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announced the 26 teams from 26 countries which participate in the qualification round. *1st, 2nd, etc.: ranking in national leagues *CW: Cup winner ;Notes

Withdrawing teams

Six teams were drawn in a group for the first round, but withdrew prior to the start of the games.

First round

The first two teams of each group advance to the elite 16 and two wild cards were given to teams from each division.

West Division

Group A

Initially, four teams were drawn in Group A, which was played in

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, Guinea. However, Prédio and

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failed to travel to Conakry.

Group B

Venue:

, Guinea

Group C

Group C was hosted in

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, Cameroon. FAP, who play in the 2021 regular season, returned while Tondema and Espoir Fukash made their debuts in the competition. Malabo Kings forfeited the last day.

East Division

Because Hawassa City and ASCUT of Group D withdrew, the groups were divided again. New Star was moved to Group D.

Group D

Venue:

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, Tanzania

Group E

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.'' Venue:

, Tanzania

Group F

The venue of Group F was the Inzibio Hall in

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, South Africa. Five teams were placed in this group, however,

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pulled out before the start. The

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and Roche-Bois Warriors made their debut in the international level. The Group featured two former

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players in

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and

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, who both played with Cape Town.

Elite 16

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. On 20 November 2021, the draw was held in

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. On 11 December, FIBA announced ASPAC had withdrawn and AS Salé was not available.

Division West

Group G1

Group G2

Final stage

=Semi-finals

=Third place game

=Final

Division East

The Division East games were played from 6 December until 11 December at the Wembley Stadium in

, South Africa.

Group H1

Group H2

Final stage

=Semi-finals

=Third place game

= The third place game was supposed to be played on 11 December 2021, however, the game was cancelled after six players tested positive on

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hours before the tip-off. It was a later announced that Cape Town qualified as New Star was forced to forfeit.

=Final

Statistics

The following were the statistical leaders in the qualification games.

Individual statistic leaders

Individual game highs

Notes

References

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