| 2021 BAL qualification | |
| League: | Road to BAL |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Association: | FIBA Africa |
| Duration: | 16 October – 21 December 2019 |
| No Of Teams: | 31 |
| No Of Games: | 89 |
| Season2: | East Division |
| Season: | West Division |
| Top Scorer: | Timothy Kwaor (Nigelec) |
| Nextseason Link: | 2022 BAL qualification |
| Nextseason Year: | 2022 |
| Season Champs: | GS Pétroliers |
| Season Champs2: |  Patriots |
| Season Champ Name: | Division champions |
| Season Champ2 Name: | Division champions |
| Top Scorer2: | Baraka Athumani (JKT) |
The 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments were the inaugural qualifying tournaments of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the newly launched premier basketball league of Africa jointly organized by the NBA and FIBA. While the NBA will co-organise from the regular season, the qualifiers are completely organised by FIBA Africa.
A total of 31 teams from 31 countries participate in the qualifying tournaments in order to determine which six teams will play in the 2020 BAL regular season, along with six directly placed six teams. The qualifying tournaments are divided into the First round and Second round, which run from 16 October until 21 December 2019.
A total of 31 teams from 31 countries played in the qualifying tournaments. League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses. On 9 October 2019, the official list of participating teams in the qualifying rounds was announced by FIBA.
| First round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| West Division | East Division | ||
| GS Pétroliers (1st) | Al-Nasr (1st) | Patriots (1st) |  Hawassa City (1st) |
 ABC (1st) |  ASPAC (1st) |  Dynamo (1st) | Cobra Sport |
 NPA Pythons (1st) |  FAP (2nd) | Mercenaries (1st) | UNZA Pacers (1st) |
 Mazembe (1st) | Virgen María de África |  KPA (1st) | GNBC (1st) |
 Braves of Customs (1st) | Nigelec (1st) |  Usoni (1st) | Dolphins (1st) |
| SLAC (1st) |  AS Police (1st) |  City Oilers (1st) | JKT (1st) |
 Manga (1st) |  |  Ferroviário de Maputo (1st) | Jozi Nuggets (1st) |
 Lions (1st) |  Beau Vallon Heat (1st) | ||
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In the first round, thirtytwo teams participate in six groups divided over two geographical divisions (West and East). Groups were selected by geographical criteria. The winners and runners-up of each group qualify for the second round while four other teams were invited with wild cards, chosen by FIBA.
The first games were played at 15 October and the last on 3 November 2019.[1]
Venue: Bamako, Mali
Venue: Cotonou, Benin
Venue: Libreville, Gabon
Venue: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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| 16 October 2019 | |||||||||
| City Oilers | 71–57 | Dynamo | |||||||
| 87–47 | Hawassa City | ||||||||
| 17 October 2019 | |||||||||
| Dynamo | 64–73 | Patriots | |||||||
| Hawassa City | 49–100 | City Oilers | |||||||
| 18 October 2019 | |||||||||
| City Oilers | 85–54 | JKT | |||||||
| Patriots | 125–50 | Hawassa City | |||||||
| 19 October 2019 | |||||||||
| Hawassa City | 43–90 | Dynamo | |||||||
| Patriots | 79–65 | JKT | |||||||
| 20 October 2019 | |||||||||
| Patriots | 74–63 | City Oilers | |||||||
| Dynamo | 68–88 | JKT | |||||||
Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa
Venue: Antananarivo, Madagascar
In the Second Round (also referred to as "Elite 16" by FIBA), the sixteen teams that advanced from the first round teams play in four groups of four, divided over two geographical divisions. The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. Winners of each semi-finals qualify for the regular season while the losers play in a third place game for the final regular season spot.[2] On 7 November, FIBA announced the four wild card receivers.[3]
The Division West tournament will be played at the Kigali Arena in the Rwandan city of Kigali.[4] The Division East tournament is played in the Multipurpose Sports Complex in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The Elite 16 will start on 26 November and end 22 December 2019.
The draw was held on 21 November in Abidjan.[5]
| Division | Group | width=220 | Winners | width=220 | Runners-up | width=220 | Wild cards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West | A | Police | GS Pétroliers |  Al Naser | |||
| B | ABC | Nigelec | |||||
| C | FAP | Manga | ASB Mazembe | ||||
| East | D | Patriots | City Oilers | JKT | |||
| E | Ferroviário de Maputo | UNZA Pacers | |||||
| F | KPA | GNBC | Cobra |
Qualification finals
;Qualification finals
| Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Efficiency per game | Ferroviário de Maputo | 23.6 | |
| Points per game | Baraka Athumani | JKT | 25.3 |
| Rebounds per game | Michael Mukumbutaa | Lions Club | 14.8 |
| Assists per game | Patriots | 5.1 | |
| Steals per game | Ibrahima Haidara | AS Police | 3.4 |
| Blocks per game | Ibrahima Haidara | AS Police | 2.6 |
| Turnovers per game | Ofentse Barrows | Dolphins | 5.4 |
| Minutes per game | Joe Sinala Banda | Lions Club | 38.8 |
| FG% | Okall Oranga | KPA | 58.3% |
| 3P% | Kennedy Wachira | KPA | 50.0% |
| Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Braka Athumani | JKT | 45 |
| Rebounds | Michael Mukumbutaa | Lions | 26 |
| Assists | Stephano Mshana | JKT | 12 |
| Steals | Nigelec | 9 | |
| Blocks | Pitchou Kambuy Manga | ASB Mazembe | 5 |
| Three pointers | Timothy Kwaor | Nigelec | 9 |