Ligue 1 (Mali)

Basketball league

Ligue 1

Organising body| Mali Basketball Federation
Country| Mali
Number of teams| 8
Level on pyramid| 1
Domestic cup(s)| Malian Cup
International cup(s)| Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Current champions| CRB (1st title)
(2024–25)
Most championships| Stade Malien
(19 titles)

The Ligue 1 (for sponsorship reasons known as Ligue 1 Orange) is the premier basketball competition for clubs in Mali. The league consist out of ten teams. The most decorated team in the league is Stade Malien, who have won a record nineteen league championships.

The champions of the league are eligible to play in the qualifying rounds of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

## Current teams

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The following were the eight teams for the 2019 season:[1]

* AS Police
* USFAS Bamako
* Attar Club
* AS Real Bamako
* Stade Malien
* AS Sigui
* Djoliba AC
* AS Mandé
* CBD
* KBC

## Champions

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (June 2022)

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Season  | Champions  | Runners-up  | Score  | Ref.

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1992  | Stade Malien (1)  |  |  | [2]
1993  |  |  |  |
1994  | Stade Malien (2)  |  |  | [2]
1995  | Stade Malien (3)  |  |
1996  |  |  |  |
1997  | Stade Malien (4)  |  |  | [2]
1998  | Stade Malien (5)  |  |
1999  | Stade Malien (6)  |  |
2000  | Stade Malien (7)  |  |
2001  | Stade Malien (8)  |  |
2002  | Stade Malien (9)  |  |
2003  | Stade Malien (10)  |  |
2004  | Stade Malien (11)  |  |
2005  | Stade Malien (12)  |  |
2006  | Stade Malien (13)  |  |
2007  |  |  |  |
2008  |  |  |  |
2009  | Real Bamako  | AS Police |  | [3]
2010  | Real Bamako  | Stade Malien |

79–62

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2011  | Stade Malien (14)  |  |  |
2012  | Stade Malien (15)  |  |  |
2013  | Real Bamako | USFAS |

3–1

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2014  | Stade Malien (16)  | AS Police |

3–1

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2014–15  | Real Bamako | Centre Bintou Dembélé |

3–2

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2015–16  | AS Police (1)  | Centre Bintou Dembélé |  | [8]
2016–17  |  |  |  |
2017–18 | USFAS (1) | Stade Malien |

3–0

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2018–19 | AS Police (2) | USFAS |  |
2019–20 | AS Police (3) | Attar Club |

3–1

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2020–21 | AS Police (4) | Attar Club |

2–0

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2021–22  | Stade Malien (17)  | AS Mandé |

3–0

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2022–23  | Stade Malien (18)  | USFAS |

3–0

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2023–24  | Stade Malien (19)  | AS Police |

3–1

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2024–25  | CRB (1)  | Stade Malien |

3–2

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## Super Cup

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (June 2022)

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Season  | Champions  | Runners-up  | Finals score  | Ref.

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2011–12 | Stade Malien | AS Police | 57–47 | [16]
2015–16  | Real Bamako | AS Police | 64–54  | [17]
2016–17  | AS Police | Stade Malien | 71–65  | [18]
2017–18  | USFAS Bamako | AS Police | 52–48  | [19]
2018–19  | USFAS Bamako | Real Bamako | 74–64  | [20]
2019–20  | AS Police | Attar Club | 60–57  | [21]
2020–21  | not held
2021–22  | AS Police | AS Mandé | 75–72  | [22]
2022–23  | Stade Malien | AS Mandé | 80–36  | [23]

## In the Basketball Africa League

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In the 2021 season, AS Police made its debut in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) as Malian representative. Two years later, Stade Malien became the second team from the country to qualify.

Ligue 1 teams in the Road to BAL and in the BAL  Season  | Representative team  | Road to BAL | Qualified  |  | Main competition  | Record

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2021 | AS Police | Third place  |  |  | Group phase  |

0–3

2022 | AS Police | Fourth place  |  | DNQ
2023 | Stade Malien | Third place  |  |  Bronze |

5–3

2025 | Stade Malien | Second place  |  | Group phase  |

0–6

## References

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1. ^ "Mali Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - afrobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
2. ^ a b c "Basketball Homme - Stade Malien de Bamako" (in French). 8 December 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
3. ^ "Basket-ball, finales de la coupe du Mali : LE RÉAL VISE LE DOUBLÉ" (in French). 28 August 2009. Archived from the original on 21 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
4. ^ "Finales de la Coupe du Mali de Basketball 2010 : Les dames du Djoliba et les messieurs de l'AS Réal s'adjugent les trophées". malijet.com. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
5. ^ "L'AS Real champion du Mali". RFI (in French). 6 August 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
6. ^ Mody, Cisse (23 July 2014). "Mali • Le Stade Malien sacré champion national de basket masculin • Malijet". Malijet. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
7. ^ basketmali, La Redaction (11 September 2015). "Les Scorpions du Réal champions du Mali (H)". Basket Mali (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
8. ^ "Malijet BASKETBALL / PLAY-OFF 2016: Le suspense est allé jusqu'au bout Bamako Mali". malijet.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
9. ^ "Phase play-off du championnat national 2017 : L'Usfas (hommes) et Djoliba AC (Dames) sacrés champions". abamako.com. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
10. ^ "African Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings".
11. ^ "Police win 2020/2021 season". Afrobasket.com. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
12. ^ Demba, Varore (9 September 2022). "AS Police et Stade malien sacrés champions du Mali". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved 15 September 2022.
13. ^ "Basket : le Stade malien doublement sacré". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2023.
14. ^ Soumare, Mohamed (6 August 2024). "19ème titre de champion des basketteurs - Stade Malien de Bamako" (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
15. ^ "HISTORY MADE!". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
16. ^ NBB. "Super Coupe du Mali: Le Stade Malien fait coup double - NEWS BASKET BEAFRIKA". NEWS BASKET BEAFRIKA 🏀 (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
17. ^ basketmali, La Redaction (21 January 2016). "super coupe : le Djoliba dames et le Réal hommes remporte le trophée". BasketMali. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
18. ^ "Super basketball cup: AS Police (men) and Stade Malien (ladies) start the season in style". 5 October 2016.
19. ^ "Mali: Basketball, super cup: DJOLIBA AND USFAS ADD THE FIRST TWO TROPHIES OF THE SEASON". Maliactu.net. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
20. ^ Kouyaté, Amadou (21 November 2018). "Super coupe du Mali : L'Usfas et le Djoliba remportent les premiers trophées de la saison". BasketMali. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
21. ^ Koulouba.com (16 December 2019). "Mali • Super coupe de basket : L'AS Police et le Djoliba font honneur a leur statut • Malijet". Malijet. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
22. ^ AS Police v AS Mande - Mali Super Cup Final Men, Basketball live, retrieved 29 June 2022
23. ^ Demba, Varore (19 February 2023). "Mali : Le Stade Malien réalise le doublé en Super Coupe". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2023.

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