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
^ | Denotes players who are still active in the BAL |
* | 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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Ater_Majok.jpg/170px-Ater_Majok.jpg)
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2022–2023
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
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 |
Most selections
The following table lists the players with the most overall selections.
^ | Denotes players who are still active in the BAL |
Rank | Player | First team | Second team | Total | Defensive Player of the Year |
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1 | Ater Majok^ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Childe Dundão^ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
2 | Jean Jacques Boissy^ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Aliou Diarra^ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Samkelo Cele^ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
References
- ^ a b "José Neto voted 2022 BAL Coach of the Year". The BAL. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ a b @thebal (7 June 2024). "Announcing the 2024 All-BAL Defensive Second Team!" – via Instagram.
- ^ "Diarra, Omot, Gueye, Perry Highlight 2023 BAL Awards". The BAL. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Diarra, Cele named to the All-BAL Defensive Team for the second season in a row". The BAL. Retrieved 3 June 2024.