2021 BAL qualification

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.

[1] In the first round, thirtytwo teams participate in six groups divided over two geographical divisions (West and East).

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.

[6] The Division East tournament is played in the Multipurpose Sports Complex in Yaoundé, Cameroon.