2026 BAL qualification

The qualification for the 2026 BAL season, also known as Road to BAL 2026, were the qualifying tournaments for the sixth season of the Basketball Africa League. The tournaments were organised by FIBA Africa.
The competition began on 17 October and ended in 22 November 2025.

Teams

The official list of teams were announced by FIBA on 3 October 2025.
Dynamo was supposed to represent Burundi as national champions, however, it was not able to meet the deadlines, including the pending suspension after their withdrawal from the 2024 BAL season, which occurred after the Burundian government disallowed the team to wear the Rwandan sponsor, following political tensions between the two nations.

West Division

East Division

First round

The group stage began on 17 October and ended on 29 October. The venues for each group were announced on 15 October 2025.

West Division

Group A

Venue: Bamako, Mali

Group B

Venue: Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Group C

Venue: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ranking of third-placed teams

East Division

Group D

Venue: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Group E

Venue: Lusaka, Zambia

Elite 16

On 31 October 2025, Nairobi, Kenya and Praia, Cape Verde were announced as host venues.

West Division

New Tech Bantou was forced to withdraw after it was unable to travel to Praia.

Group A

Group B

Final round

Semi-finals

Third place game

Final

East Division

Group A

Group B

Final round

Semifinals

Third place game

Final