2019 Africa Basketball League Final
Event2018–19 Africa Basketball League
AS Salé Primeiro de Agosto
Morocco Angola
71 83
Head coach:
Željko Zečević		 Head coach:
Paulo Macedo
Date26 May 2019
VenueKilamba Arena, Luanda, Rwanda
MVPEduardo Mingas
Attendance5,500[1]

The 2019 Africa Basketball League Final was the 33rd final of the FIBA Africa Basketball League, and the first under the new name. The game was played at 26 May 2019 at the Kilamba Arena in the Angolan capital of Luanda. It was also the last final of FIBA Africa's premier competition, before it was replaced by the Basketball Africa League.

Approximately 5,500 fans attended the game.[1] Primeiro de Agosto won its record ninth African title. Primeiro's Eduardo Mingas was named MVP after the game.[2]

Venue

The Kilamba Arena in Luanda featured as the arena for the Final Four.

Road to the finals

Morocco AS Salé Round Angola Primeiro de Agosto
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Nigeria Rivers Hoopers 88–59 Round 1 Egypt Al Ahly 86–77
Tunisia JS Kairouan 77–70 Round 2 Rwanda REG 70–64
Guinea SLAC 107–93 Round 3 Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira 87–55
Opponent Results Playoffs Opponent Results
Nigeria Civil Defenders 69–69 96–77 Quarterfinals Angola Petro de Luanda 70–57 74–57
Tunisia JS Kairouan 81–73 Semifinals Egypt Smouha 86–76

Game

26 May 2019 AS Salé Morocco 71–83 Angola Primeiro de Agosto Luanda
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 17–16, 19–13, 18–28
Pts: Arnold 21
Rebs: Najah 13
Asts: El Mahsini 5
PIR: Najah 18		 Report Pts: Mingas
Rebs: Mingas 11
Asts: Quezada 7
PIR: Quezada 21		 Arena: Kilamba Arena
Attendance: 5,500[1]


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 5 Morocco Yassine El Mahsini 6 6 5
SG 9 United States Wayne Arnold 21 1 0
SF 11 Morocco Abdelhakim Zouita 15 3 2
PF 15 Morocco Abderrahim Najah 12 13 1
C 6 Morocco Soufiane Kourodu 6 6 1
Reserves:
G 7 Morocco Zakaria El Masbahi 0 0 0
SF 10 Morocco Mohamed Choua 5 7 2
PG 32 United States Brandon Wood 6 4 1
SF 12 Morocco Mohammed Belhaddar DNP
C 14 Morocco Hamza Jaddi DNP
C 15 Morocco Adam El Ghazi DNP
F 17 Morocco Yacine Baeri 0 0 0
Head coach:
Serbia Zeljko Zecevic
Salé jersey
Team colours
Salé
Primeiro jersey
Team colours
Primeiro

SaléStatisticsPrimeiro
25/66 (38%)2-pt field goals30/75 (40%)
5/18 (28%)3-pt field goals14/34 (41%)
16/24 (67%)Free throws9/13 (69%)
17Offensive rebounds18
28Defensive rebounds29
45Total rebounds47
12Assists21
18Turnovers11
5Steals10
6Blocks3
14Fouls22


2019 FIBA Africa Basketball League champions
Angola
Primeiro de Agosto
9th title
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 16 Angola Hermenegildo Santos 10 1 8
SG 12 Dominican Republic Manny Quezada 17 6 7
F 3 Angola Malick Cisse 2 3 0
PF 15 Angola Eduardo Mingas 20 11 1
C 9 Angola Felizardo Ambrosio 9 8 0
Reserves:
PG 1 Angola Pedro Bastos DNP
G 4 Angola Edson Ndoniema 2 3 0
PG 5 Angola Armando Costa 9 0 2
PG 10 Angola Carlos Cabral DNP
C 11 Angola Mutu Fonseca 0 1 2
SF 18 Angola Islando Manuel 12 7 2
PF 20 United States Andre Harris 0 1 1
Head coach:
Angola Paulo Macedo

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Huge crowd witnesses D'Agosto set a record 9th African title". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Eduardo Mingas claims MVP award of #AfricaLeague 2019 FINAL FOUR". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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