The Egyptian Basketball Premier League () is the top professional

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division of the Egyptian basketball league system. Administered by the

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(EBBFED), it is contested by 16 teams, with the two lowest-placed teams

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to the Egyptian Basketball Premier League B and replaced by the top two teams in that division. A total of five clubs have been crowned champions of the Egyptian Basketball Super League since its inception in 1972, with

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winning the title a record 15 times and Al Ittihad 14 times, though the Egyptian Basketball Super League also saw other champions, including Gezira (11 times),

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(8 times) and Sporting (3 times). The champions of each season qualify for the

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(BAL) regular season.

Format

The Premier League is the basic and qualifying league for the

(BAL), as Egypt has been identified as a key market by the league's organisation. The typical season currently consists of three stages: # The preliminary stage: where 1 meets 16, 2 meets 15, and so on in terms of ranking in the Mortabt-League. # The regular season: After the rise of eight teams compete among themselves In back and forth matches. The season is divided into the Super League (teams ranked 1st–8th) and the bottom group (teams ranked 9th–16th). # Playoffs stage: It starts from the final round, where the 1st place holder of the regular league meets the 8th place holder in a series of three matches, then the semi-finals and the final is a series of 5 matches. # Classification stages: possibly, the lower-ranked teams from the regular season play each other in a play-off format to determine the final rankings as well as relegation.

Clubs

2023–24 teams

The following 16 teams play in the 2023–24 Egyptian Basketball Premier League:.

Former teams

Titles by club

Thus far, five teams have won the Premier League at least once.

holds the record for most championship with fifteen titles.

List of champions

References

External links

Egyptian basketball
at Asia-Basket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Egyptian Basketball Super League * Basketball competitions in Egypt Basketball leagues in Africa