2022–23 Egyptian Basketball Premier League Explained

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Egyptian Basketball Premier League
Season:2022–23
Champions:Al Ahly (7th title)
Runners Up:Al Ittihad
Relegated:Desouk
Horse Owners' Club
Teams:16
Dates:16 December 2022 - 15 May 2023
Mvp:Ehab Amin (Al Ahly)
Mvp Link:Egyptian Basketball Super League

The 2022–23 Egyptian Basketball Premier League was the 48th season of the Premier League, the top level of professional basketball in Egypt. The preliminary round began on 16 December 2022, with six-teen teams making up the league. The season ended on 15 May 2023 with the final game of the finals.[1]

Al Ahly were the defending champions, having won the 2021–22 season. Al Ahly defeated Al Ittihad 3–1 in the finals, to win their seventh Premier League title.[2]

Preliminary round

The teams were matched based on their rankings in the 2021–22 Egyptian Basketball Super 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 preliminary round began on 16 December and ended on 19 December 2022.|}

Regular season

Standings

The teams ranked 1st–8th played in the Super League (or Top Group), while the teams 9th–16th played in the bottom group.

Super League

2022–23 Super League regular season[3]
Team
1Al Ittihad Alexandria141311171892279
2Al Ahly141311133869264
3Zamalek14951081104437
4Gezira1477102510187
5Smouha14599681013–45
6El Gaish Army14599791102–123
7Telecom Egypt143119661090–124
8Egypt Insurance141138121107–295
Source: Goalzz.com

Bottom Group

2022–23 Super League regular season
Team
9Alexandria Sporting Club141221023895128
10Suez Canal SC1394986872114
11Heliopolis1495907913–6
12Horse Owners' Club1477972977–5
13Aviation Club1376102296854
14Al Zohor146810061035–29
15Olympic Club1459982988–6
16Desouk140149291179–250

Source: Goalzz.com

Playoffs

The playoffs began with the 7th-9th place classification round on 17 March 2023 and ended on 15 May 2023 with the final game of the finals.

Classification rounds

The classification games were held in a best-of-three series format and were played from 26 March to 31 March 2023. The losers of the four games had to play the relegation rounds.|}

Relegation round

The relegation round games were played on 9, 10 and 11 April 2023.

2022–23 Premier League relegation round
Team
1Al Zohor330239218+21
2Olympic Club312212207+5
3Desouk312221232–11
4Horse Owners' Club312236251–15

References

  1. Web site: goalzz.com: Live sports scores, news and more . 2023-03-28 . www.goalzz.com.
  2. News: 2023-05-16 . الخطيب يهنئ لاعبي السلة وجهازهم الفني والإداري والطبي ببطولة دوري السوبر . ar . . 2023-05-16.
  3. Web site: Competitions – Rwanda Basketball Federation . 2022-08-20 . en-US.