BAL All-Defensive Team

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The BAL All-Defensive Team is an annual Basketball Africa League (BAL) honor bestowed on the best defensive players in the league following every BAL season. The All-Defensive Team is composed of five players. The honour was introduced in the 2022 season, the second season of the league.[1]

In the first two seasons only one team was announced, however, starting from 2024 there were two all-defensive teams.[2]

## Key

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^  | Denotes players who are still active in the BAL

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*  | Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Player (X)  | Denotes the number of times the player has been selected
Player
(in bold text) | Indicates the player who won the BAL Defensive Player of the Year in the same year
G  | Guard
F  | Forward
C  | Center

## Selections

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Ater Majok was selected to the All-Defensive Team in 2022 and 2023 Jean Jacques Boissy made the team in 2023

### 2022–2023

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Season  | Pos. | Player  | Team  | Ref.

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2022 | G  | Childe Dundão^  | Petro de Luanda | [1]
G  | Jean Jacques Nshobozwabyosenumukiza^  | REG
F  | Aboubakar Gakou^  | Petro de Luanda
F  | Brice Eyaga Bidias | FAP
C  | Ater Majok^  | US Monastir
2023 | G  | Childe Dundão (2)^  | Petro de Luanda | [3]
G  | Jean Jacques Boissy^  | AS Douanes
F  | Samkelo Cele^  | Cape Town Tigers
C  | Aliou Diarra^ | Stade Malien
C  | Ater Majok (2)^  | Petro de Luanda

### 2024–present

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Season  | First team  | Second team  | Ref.

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Player  | Team  | Player  | Team
2024 | Solo Diabate^  | Al Ahly Ly | Childe Dundão (3)^  | Petro de Luanda | [4][2]
Abdoulaye Harouna^  | AS Douanes | Jean Jacques Boissy (2)^  | AS Douanes
Samkelo Cele^  | Cape Town Tigers | Kelvin Amayo^  | Rivers Hoopers
Jo Lual-Acuil^ | Al Ahly Ly | Devine Eke^  | Rivers Hoopers
Aliou Diarra (2)^  | FUS Rabat | Ater Majok (3)^  | US Monastir
2025 | Jean Jacques Boissy (3)^  | Al Ahli Tripoli | Childe Dundão (4)^  | Petro de Luanda | [5]
Obadiah Noel^  | APR | Mohamed Sadi^  | Al Ahli Tripoli
Taefale Lenard^  | MBB | Ivan Almeida^  | Kriol Star
Caleb Agada^  | Al Ahli Tripoli | Majok Deng^  | Al Ahli Tripoli
Aliou Diarra (3)^ | APR | Youssoupha Ndoye^  | APR

## Most selections

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The following table lists the players with the most overall selections.

^  | Denotes players who are still active in the BAL

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Rank  | Player  | First
team  | Second
team  | Total  | Defensive Player
of the Year

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1  | Childe Dundão^  | 2  | 2  | 4 | 0
2  | Aliou Diarra^  | 3  | 0  | 3 | 2
3  | Ater Majok^  | 2  | 1  | 3 | 1
Jean Jacques Boissy^  | 2  | 1  | 3 | 0
4  | Samkelo Cele^  | 2  | 0  | 2 | 0

## References

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1. ^ a b "José Neto voted 2022 BAL Coach of the Year". The BAL. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
2. ^ a b @thebal; (7 June 2024). "Announcing the 2024 All-BAL Defensive Second Team!" - via Instagram.
3. ^ "Diarra, Omot, Gueye, Perry Highlight 2023 BAL Awards". The BAL. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
4. ^ "Diarra, Cele named to the All-BAL Defensive Team for the second season in a row". The BAL. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
5. ^ "BAL announces 2025 awards". The BAL. 14 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.

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Basketball Africa League

Seasons|

* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

Qualifying rounds|

* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Playoffs|

* 2021 (F)
* 2022 (F)
* 2023 (F)
* 2024 (F)
* 2025 (F)

Teams|

| 2024 season teams|

* Al Ahli Tripoli
* Al Ahly
* ASCVD
* APR
* FUS Rabat
* Kriol Star
* Nairobi City Thunder
* Petro de Luanda
* Stade Malien
* Rivers Hoopers
* US Monastir

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Former teams|

* ABC Fighters
* Al Ahly Benghazi
* AS Douanes
* AS Police
* AS Salé
* Bangui Sporting Club
* Cape Town Tigers
* City Oilers
* Cobra Sport
* DUC
* Dynamo
* Espoir Fukash
* FAP
* Ferroviário da Beira
* Ferroviário de Maputo
* GS Pétroliers
* GNBC
* Kwara Falcons
* Patriots
* REG
* SLAC
* Zamalek

Arenas|

* BK Arena
* Dakar Arena
* Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall
* Salle Moulay Abdellah
* SunBet Arena

Competition stages|

* Road to BAL
* Sahara Conference
* Nile Conference
* Kalahari Conference
* Finals

Awards|

* Most Valuable Player
* All-BAL Team
* All-Defensive Team
* Defensive Player of the Year
* Sportsmanship Award
* Ubuntu Award

Records and statistics|

* Records list (Single-game points record)
* Annual statistical leaders

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* FIBA Africa Basketball League (Defunct)

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