2023–24 Al Ahly men's basketball season explained

Club:Al Ahly
Coach:Augustí Julbe
(3rd season)
League:BAL
League Result:Quarterfinalist
(lost to Al Ahly Ly)
Prevseason:2022–23
Nextseason:2024–25
Largest Loss:20 points
Franca 90–70 Al Ahly
(22 September 2023; Intercontinental Cup)
League2:Premier League
League2 Result:Runners-up
(lost to Al Ittihad)
Cup1:Egypt Cup
Cup1 Result:Runners-up
(lost to Al Ittihad)

The 2023–24 season Al Ahly men's basketball season is the 94th season of Al Ahly's men's basketball team. This season, the Reds are the defending champions in the Basketball Africa League (BAL). They also made their debut in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, finishing fourth,[1] and became the first African team to ever win a game in the competition following their 21 September win over the NBA G League Ignite.[2]

Al Ahly was unable to defend its BAL championship, as the second seed they were eliminated by seven seed Al Ahly Ly in the quarterfinals.[3] Domestically, the Reds had a disappointing campaign as well as they lost both the Premier League finals and Egyptian Cup finals to Al Ittihad Alexandria Club.

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Roster

The following is Al Ahly's roster for the Nile Conference of the BAL. Amr Zahran suffered from a torn ACL in December 2023 and was forced to miss the entire remainder of the season.[4]

Current roster

Competitions

FIBA Intercontinental Cup

See also: 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup (Singapore).

Third place game

Arab Club Championship

See also: 2023 Arab Club Basketball Championship. All games were played in Doha, Qatar.

Group phase

GamedayDateOpponentsH / AResultRecord
11 October 2023Dijlah University CollegeNW 92–771–0
22 October 2023Al Ittihad TripoliNW 55–652–0
33 October 2023USM AlgerNL 83–542–1
44 October 2023MTB Majd TangerNW 85–713–1

Knock-out phase

Third place game

Basketball Africa League

See main article: article and 2024 BAL season.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Egyptian Cup

See main article: article and 2024 Egyptian Basketball Cup.

Egyptian Super Cup

Player statistics

After all games.[5]

BAL

|-| || 8 || 18.8 || .612 || .000 || .524 || 5.5 || 0.8 || 0.0 || style=""|1.9 || 8.9|-| || 8 || style=""|26.2 || .402 || .295 || .737 ||style=""| 6.0 || 3.0 || 1.6 || 1.1 || 11.6|-| || 8 || 15.2 || .615 || style=""|.500 || .333 || 5.8 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 4.5|-| || 3 || 4.2 || .000 || .000 || .500 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.3|-| || 8 || 16.3 || .375 || .429 || .417 || 1.8 || 0.9 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 3.3|-| || 8 || 16.4 || .444 || .450 || .800 || 2.1 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 7.1|-| || 8 || 24.0 || .411 || .339 || .615 || 5.6 || 3.1 || 1.5 || 0.1 ||style=""| 13.1|-| || 8 || 18.0 || .507 || .345 || .857 || 4.6 || 0.9 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 10.5|-| || 8 || 17.1 || .435 || .280 || .636 || 2.4 || 3.0 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 8.5|-| || 8 || 24.5 || .407 || .333 || .684 || 2.1 ||style=""| 5.3 || style=""|2.1 || 0.0 || 12.6|-| || 3 || 8.2 || .286 || .000 || .750 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.3|-| || 7 || 15.0 || .333 || style=""|.500 || .750 || 2.0 || 1.9 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 3.1|-| || 1 || 15.5 || .500 || .200 || .000 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 9.0|-| || 2 || 10.1 || style=""|.636 || .333 || style=""|1.000 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 8.0|-| || 1 || 8.9 || .333 || .000 || .500 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 3.0|}

References

  1. Web site: 2023-09-24 . Zhejiang Golden Bulls edge out Al Ahly to reach podium on first try . 2023-09-24 . FIBA.basketball . en.
  2. Web site: 2023-09-21 . Day 1 recap: Al Ahly stun NBA G League Ignite; smooth sailing for Bonn . 2023-09-21 . FIBA.basketball . en.
  3. Web site: The BAL throne is vacant as Al Ahly Ly eliminate reigning champions Al Ahly SC . 2024-05-28 . The BAL . en.
  4. News: 2023-12-29 . Basketball Amr Zahran suffers ACL . 2024-04-19 . Al Ahly.
  5. Web site: Al Ahly Stats - RealGM . 2024-05-29 . basketball.realgm.com.