| 2022 Nationale 1 season | |
| League: | Nationale 1 |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| No Of Teams: | 16 |
| Top Seed: | DUC |
| Mvp: | Bara Ndiaye (DUC) |
| Relegate To: | Nationale 2 |
| Relegate: | USPA SLBC |
| Prevseason Link: | 2021 Nationale 1 season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2021 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2023 Nationale 1 season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2023 |
| Duration: | 16 July – 16 October (Playoffs) |
| Finals Champ: | AS Douanes (10th title) |
| Finals Runner-Up: | DUC |
| Finals: | Finals |
| Finals Mvp: | Samba Daly Fall (AS Douanes) |
The 2022 Nationale 1 season was the 55th season of the Nationale 1 (NM1), the top-tier basketball league in Senegal.
DUC were the defending champions, having won the 2021 season. The champions of this season qualified directly for the 2023 BAL season.
AS Douanes won its 10th national title, after defeating DUC in the finals. It was the fourth season in a row that the two teams met in the finals.[1]
ISEG Sports left the league, while US Parcelles Assainie (USPA) joined the league.
| Team | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| AS Douanes | Dakar | |
| ASC Thiès | Thiès | |
| Bopp | Dakar | |
| ASFA | Dakar | |
| DUC Dakar | Dakar | |
| Jeanne d'Arc | Dakar | |
| Louga | Louga | |
| Mermoz | Dakar | |
| SLBC | Saint-Louis | |
| Sibac | Dakar (Sicap-Liberté) | |
| UGB | Saint-Louis | |
| US Rail | Thiès | |
| USO | Dakar (Ouakam) | |
| USPA | Dakar (Parcelles Assainies Arrondissement) | |
| ASC Ville de Dakar | Dakar |
Standings at the ending of the regular season.[2]
| 2022 Nationale 1 Poule A | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | DUC | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 1075 | 841 | +234 | |
| 2 | Jeanne d'Arc | 14 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 1004 | 865 | +139 | |
| 3 | ASC Ville de Dakar | 14 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 965 | 924 | +41 | |
| 4 | US Rail | 14 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 924 | 885 | +39 | |
| 5 | Louga | 14 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 817 | 901 | –84 | |
| 6 | ASCC Bopp | 14 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 874 | 934 | –60 | |
| 7 | USCT Port | 14 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 862 | 1038 | –176 | |
| 8 | ASC Thiès | 14 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 838 | 971 | –133 | |
| 2022 Nationale 1 Poule B | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | AS Douanes | 131 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 967 | 675 | +292 | |
| 2 | US Ouakam | 14 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 867 | 818 | +49 | |
| 3 | UGB | 14 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 828 | 815 | +13 | |
| 4 | SIBAC | 14 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 829 | 826 | +3 | |
| 5 | ASFA | 14 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 808 | 912 | –104 | |
| 6 | Mermoz | 14 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 802 | 848 | –46 | |
| 7 | SLBC | 131 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 673 | 758 | –85 | |
| 8 | USPA | 14 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 890 | 1012 | –122 | |
The playoffs began on 16 July and ended 15 October 2022.[3]
The play-down is played in a round-robin format.[4]