Super League roster

The following was Zamalek's roster for the Egyptian Super League, including youth players.^[1]

Zamalek roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age F 00 Abdelwahab, Ahmed 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (2001-06-18)18 June 2001 SG 4 Hesham, Omar 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995 PG 6 Hatem, Ahmed 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1995-09-02)2 September 1995 PG 7 Essam, Adham PG 8 Sosa, Édgar 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 36 – (1988-01-15)15 January 1988 SG 9 Salem, Eslam 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 34 – (1989-03-20)20 March 1989 PF 10 Osama Mahmoud, Anas 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 28 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 F 11 Osama Mahmoud, Ahmed 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) C 14 Kejo, Mostafa (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1994-10-24)24 October 1994 C 17 Hegazy, Mohammed SG 21 Ayman, Moaaz 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (2000-02-29)29 February 2000 PG 22 Elessawy, Sleem 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 21 – (2002-09-28)28 September 2002 PF 35 Nedal, Ahmed 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 17 – (2006-05-03)3 May 2006 F 41 Assem, Ahmed 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – (2001-01-01)1 January 2001 C 55 Elmashad, Hazem 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1999-02-22)22 February 1999	Head coach Will Voigt Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: April 7, 2022

BAL roster

The following was Zamalek's 13-man roster for the 2022 BAL season.^[2]

Zamalek roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 00 Essam, Adham 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 32 – (1991-11-25)25 November 1991 G 1 Azab Faraq, Ahmed 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 28 – (1995-02-21)21 February 1995 G 2 Strawberry, D. J. (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 38 – (1985-06-15)15 June 1985 SG 4 Hesham, Omar 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995 PG 5 Sosa, Édgar (I) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 36 – (1988-01-15)15 January 1988 PF/C 6 Diogu, Ike (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 40 – (1983-09-11)11 September 1983 PF 10 Mahmoud, Anas 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 28 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 PG 11 McKinney, Mikh (I) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 31 – (1992-01-26)26 January 1992 SG 12 Salem, Eslam 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 34 – (1989-03-20)20 March 1989 G 14 Rassoul Mboup, Khadim (E) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 17 – (2006-09-14)14 September 2006 F 23 Yasser, Ahmed 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 22 – (2001-06-18)18 June 2001 C 28 Elmashad, Hazem 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1999-02-22)22 February 1999 C 41 Kejo, Mostafa (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1994-10-24)24 October 1994	Head coach Will Voigt Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player (E): BAL Elevate program player Injured Roster Updated: April 9, 2022

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2		Inactive
C	Mostafa Kejo	Hazem Elmashad	Mohammed Hegazy		Mohammed Hegazy
PF	Anas Osama Mahmoud	Aly Hegazy	Ahmed Assem		Anas Osama Mahmoud
SF	Eslam Salem	Ahmed Abdelwahab	Ahmed Osama Mahmoud		Eslam Salem
SG	Édgar Sosa	Omar Hesham	Moaaz Ayman
PG	Ahmed Hatem	Adham Essam	Sleem Elessawy

Transactions

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Transfer fee	Date	Source
8	PG		Édgar Sosa	35	Rasta Vechta		Transfer	June 2022	Free	2 September 2021	[3]
22	PG		Sleem Elessawy	21	Sporting		Transfer	June 2022	Free	28 July 2021	[4]
11	SF		Ahmed Osama Mahmoud				Transfer	June 2023	Free	28 July 2021	[5]
41	PF		Ahmed Assem	23	Gezira		Transfer	June 2025	Free	28 July 2021	[6]
	PF/C		Ike Diogu	40	Chemidor		Free Agent	2022	Free	16 January 2022	[7]
	PG		Omar Abada	30	Al-Ittihad Jeddah		Free Agent	2022	Free	16 January 2022	[7]
	G		Tony Wroten	30	Élan Béarnais		Free Agent	2022	Free	16 January 2022	[7]
	CG		Dewarick Spencer	41			Free Agent	2022	Free	16 January 2022	[7]
	SG		Mohab Yasser	1	East Tennessee State Buccaneers		End of season	Free	9 May 2022	[8]

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
41	SF		Haytham El-Saharty	38			Retirement		20 September 2021
44	F/C		Mostafa Meshaal	37	Free agent		End of contract	Free	20 September 2021	[6]
	F/C		Kariem Eldahshan		Egypt Insurance		End of contract	Free	20 September 2021	[6] [6]
2	SG		Mohab Yasser	21	East Tennessee State			Free	10 June 2021	[9]
0	PG		Walter Hodge	37	Capitanes de Arecibo		End of contract	Free	10 June 2021	[6]

Overview

Elmortabt League

Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt Insurance	6	6	0	441	380	+61	12	Advance to playoffs
2	Zamalek	6	4	2	451	423	+28	8
3	Al Geish Army	6	2	4	410	417	−7	4
4	Al Shams	6	0	6	351	433	−82	0

Source: ^[10]

• Matches

^[10]

• Day (1)^[11]

Zamalek v Al Shams

14 Oct 2021	Zamalek	83–60	Al Shams	Cairo
20:00 CAT	Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 25–11, 17–19, 21–16
	Pts: Édgar Sosa 19 Rebs: Mostafa Kejo 8 Asts: Édgar Sosa 6			Arena: Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

• Day (2)^[12]

Egypt Insurance v Zamalek

15 Oct 2021	Egypt Insurance	78–62	Zamalek	Cairo
18:00 CAT	Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 22–13, 18–20, 22–16
			Pts: Édgar Sosa 24 Rebs: Mohammed Hegazy,Hazem Elmashad 6 Asts: Sleem Elessawy 3	Arena: The Arab Contractors Hall

• Day (3)^[13]

Zamalek v Al Geish Army

16 Oct 2021	Zamalek	89–83	Al Geish Army	Cairo
18:00 CAT	Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 20–17, 20–29, 20–17
	Pts: Édgar Sosa 30 Rebs: Hazem Elmashad 9 Asts: Édgar Sosa 9			Arena: Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

• Day (4)

Al Shams v Zamalek

20 Oct 2021	Al Shams	69–76	Zamalek	Cairo
18:00 CAT	Scoring by half: 31–39, 38–37
			Pts: Mostafa Kejo 18 Rebs: Mostafa Kejo 9	Arena: Al Shams Hall

• Day (5)

Zamalek v Egypt Insurance

21 Oct 2021	Zamalek	69–71	Egypt Insurance	Cairo
18:00 CAT	Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 16–19, 17–14, 20–11
	Pts: Mostafa Kejo 18 Rebs: Mostafa Kejo 12			Arena: Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

• Day (6)

Al Geish Army v Zamalek

22 Oct 2021	Al Geish Army	62–72	Zamalek	Cairo
18:00 CAT	Scoring by half: 35–43, 27–29
			Pts: Hazem Elmashad 18 Rebs: Hazem Elmashad 11	Arena: Tala'ea El Gaish Hall

Playoffs

• Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

A2

Zamalek

2

B3

Heliopolis

0

A2

Zamalek

0

C1

Smouha

2

C1

Smouha

2

D4

Tanta

9

C1

Smouha

B1

Al Ittihad

B1

Al Ittihad

2

A4

Al Shams

0

B1

Al Ittihad

2

D2

Sporting

0

D2

Sporting

2

C3

Ashab Aljead

0

A1

Egypt Insurance

1

B4

Olympi

1

A1

Egypt Insurance

0

C2

Gezira

2

C2

Gezira

2

D4

El Tayaran

0

C2

Gezira

D1

Al Ahly

B2

Etisalat

1

A3

Al Geish Army

1

B2

Etisalat

0

D1

Al Ahly

2

D1

Al Ahly

2

C4

Al Qana

0

• Although the Egypt Insurance and Olympi teams tied in the number of wins, the victory of the (U18) team to the Egypt Insurance Club favored the team to rise.
• Although the Etisalat and Al Geish Army teams tied in the number of wins, the victory of the (U18) team to the Etisalat Club favored the team to rise.
• Matches
• Round 1/16

Zamalek v Heliopolis

26 Oct 2021 Home	Zamalek	77–59	Heliopolis	Cairo
18:00 CAT	'Scoring by half: '43–30, 34–29
				Arena: Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

Heliopolis v Zamalek

29 Oct 2021 Away	Heliopolis	66–73	Zamalek	Cairo
19:00 CAT	Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 12–25, 15–21, 25–17
				Arena: Heliopolis Hall

• Quarter-finals

Zamalek v Smouha

5 Nov 2021 Home	Zamalek	64–71	Smouha	Cairo
18:00 CAT	Scoring by quarter: 18-16, 18-14, 17-20, 11-21
				Arena: Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

Smouha v Zamalek

8 Nov 2021 Away	Smouha	82–79	Zamalek	Alexandria
18:00 CAT	Scoring by half: 42-29, 40-50
				Arena: Smouha Hall

• Positions from 5 to 8
• After the loss of Zamalek in the quarter-finals, Zamalek competed for places from 5 to 8
• Bracket

	Positions from 5 to 8					Positions 5-6
	A2	Zamalek	2
	D2	Sporting	0
						A2	Zamalek	1
						A1	Egypt Insurance	1
	A1	Egypt Insurance	1
	B2	Etisalat	1			Positions 7-8
						D2	Sporting	1
						B2	Etisalat	1

• 5-8 MATCH Although the Egypt Insurance and Etisalat teams tied in the number of wins, the victory of the (U18) team to the Egypt Insurance Club favored the team to rise.
• 5-6 MATCH Although the Zamalek and Egypt Insurance teams tied in the number of wins, the victory of the (U18) team to the Zamalek Club favored the team to rise.
• 6-7 MATCH Although the Sporting and Etisalat teams tied in the number of wins, the victory of the (U18) team to the Sporting Club favored the team to rise.
• Positions from 5 to 8

Zamalek v Sporting

11 Nov 2021 Home	Zamalek	75–65	Sporting	Cairo
20:00 CAT	Scoring by quarter: 20-25, 10-13, 19-12, 26-15
				Arena: Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

Sporting v Zamalek

14 Nov 2021 Away	Sporting	62–68	Zamalek	Alexandria
18:00 CAT	Scoring by quarter: 11-15, 22-13, 14-14, 15-26
				Arena: Sporting Hall

Positions 5-6

Egypt Insurance v Zamalek

17 Nov 2021 Home	Egypt Insurance	81–65	Zamalek	Cairo
18:00 CAT	Scoring by quarter: 21-15, 21-9, 16-20, 23-21
				Arena: The Arab Contractors Hall

Zamalek v Egypt Insurance

20 Nov 2021 Away	Zamalek	84–67	Egypt Insurance	Cairo
18:00 CAT	Scoring by quarter: 21-13, 20-15, 22-14, 21-25
				Arena: Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

• Zamalek finished the league in fifth place out of 16 ^[14]

Rank	Player
4	Zamalek
5	Egypt Insurance
6	Sporting
7	Etisalat

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Egyptian Basketball Super Cup

• The Egyptian Basketball Super Cup, an annual tournament held between the Egyptian Super League and Egypt Cup champions, enters Zamalek as the champion of the 2020–21 League, and Al Ittihad as the champion of the Egypt Cup.

*NOTS In objection from the Zamalek club's board of directors to the unfair decisions against the club, the club decided to enter the Super match with the list of players under twenty years old.^[15]

Zamalek(U20) v Al Ittihad

1 Nov 2021	Zamalek(U20)	46–92	Al Ittihad	Cairo
20:00 CAT
On Time Sports				Arena: Dr Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall

• Player statistics

Egyptian Basketball Cup

Bracket

• Round 1/16 ^[16]

Egypt Insurance v Zamalek

23 Nov 2021 Home	Egypt Insurance	66–78	Zamalek	Cairo
18:00 CAT	Scoring by quarter: 18-22, 12-10, 15-19, 21-27
				Arena: The Arab Contractors Hall

FIBA Intercontinental Cup

The 2022 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 31st edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The tournament was held in February 2022.^[17] The competition will be played in the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in Cairo, which marks the first time ever the Intercontinental Cup is played in Africa.^[18] In September 2021, the Egyptian Basketball Federation announced that Zamalek, as the defending BAL champions, would play in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.^[17] It was the first time an African team played in the competition. On 19 November 2021, FIBA officially announced the four competing teams.^[18]

Zamalek v San Pablo Burgos

11 February 2022 (2022-02-11)	Zamalek	61–78	San Pablo Burgos	Cairo
20:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 16−23, 18−21, 13−19, 14−15
	Pts: McKinney 15 Rebs: Mahmoud 11 Asts: McKinney 4	Boxscore	Pts: Eddie 17 Rebs: Nnoko 10 Asts: Renfroe 6	Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Wojciech Liszka (POL)

Zamalek v Lakeland Magic

13 February 2022 (2022-02-13)	Zamalek	78–113	Lakeland Magic	Cairo
17:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 21−30, 22−33, 14−20, 21−30
	Pts: Sosa 18 Rebs: Diogu 15 Asts: Mahmoud 5	Boxscore	Pts: Gravett 22 Rebs: Teske 7 Asts: Dowtin 11	Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Danniel García (VEN), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)

Egyptian Basketball Super League

• System
• |Egyptian Basketball Super League is the basic and qualifying league for the BAL Championship. The league consists of three stages:
• (1)The preliminary stage: where 1 meets 16, 2 meets 15, and so on in terms of ranking in the Mortabt-League.
• (2)The regular league: After the rise of eight teams compete among themselves In back and forth matches.
• (3)Playoffs stage: It starts from the final round, where the 1st place holder of the regular league meets the 8th place holder in a series of three matches, then the semi-finals and the final is a series of 5 matches.

The preliminary stage

• Zamalek finished fifth in the league associated with it, and it will meet the 12th place holder, the Olympi, in a series of three matches, to ascend the first to win the

Zamalek v Olympi

26 NOV 2021 Home	Zamalek	80–62	Olympi	Cairo
18:00 CAT	Scoring by quarter: 24-10, 19-16, 22-15, 15-21
				Arena: Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

Olympi v Zamalek

29 NOV 2021 Away	Olympi	56–74	Zamalek	Alexandria
16:00 CAT	Scoring by quarter: 8-22, 23-23, 12-18, 11-9
				Arena: Al Olympi Hall

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zamalek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to playoffs

Source: goalzz.com

• Matches

Gezira v Zamalek

10 Dec 2021 Rround 1	Gezira	56–70	Zamalek	Cairo
16:00 CAT
				Arena: Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex

Zamalek v Al Ittihad

13 Dec 2021 Rround 2	Zamalek	65–80	Al Ittihad	Cairo
18:00 CAT
				Arena: Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

Zamalek v Al Ittisalat

17 Dec 2021 Rround 3	Zamalek	70–78	Al Ittisalat	Cairo
18:00 CAT
				Arena: Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

Al Ahly v Zamalek

20 Dec 2021 Rround 4	Al Ahly	71–64	Zamalek	Cairo
16:00 CAT
				Arena: Al Ahly Sports Hall

Zamalek v Smouha

24 Dec 2021 Rround 5	Zamalek	72–74	Smouha	Cairo
18:00 CAT
				Arena: Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

Sporting Alexandria v Zamalek

27 Dec 2021 Rround 6	Sporting Alexandria	74–71	Zamalek	Alexandria
16:00 CAT
				Arena: Sporting Club Hall

Zamalek v Egypt Insurance

30 Dec 2021 Rround 7	Zamalek	80–62	Egypt Insurance	Cairo
18:00 CAT
				Arena: Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

Zamalek v Gezira

8 Jan 2022 Rround 8	Zamalek	vs.	Gezira	Cairo
16:00 CAT
				Arena: Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

Al Ittihad v Zamalek

11 Jan 2022 Rround 9	Al Ittihad	vs.	Zamalek	Alexandria
18:00 CAT
				Arena: Kamal Shalaby Hall

Al Ittisalat v Zamalek

14 Jan 2022 Rround 10	Al Ittisalat	vs.	Zamalek	Cairo
18:00 CAT

Zamalek v Al Ahly

17 Jan 2022 Rround 11	Zamalek	vs.	Al Ahly	Cairo
16:00 CAT
				Arena: Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

Smouha v Zamalek

21 Jan 2022 Rround 12	Smouha	vs.	Zamalek	Alexandria
18:00 CAT
				Arena: Smouha hall

Zamalek v Sporting Alexandria

24 Jan 2022 Rround 13	Zamalek	vs.	Sporting Alexandria	Cairo
16:00 CAT
				Arena: Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

Egypt Insurance v Zamalek

28 Jan 2022 Rround 14	Egypt Insurance	vs.	Zamalek	Cairo
18:00 CAT
				Arena: The Arab Contractors Hall

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Group phase

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Zamalek (H)	5	5	0	444	367	+77	1.000	Advance to playoffs
2	Petro de Luanda	5	4	1	421	326	+95	.800
3	Cape Town Tigers	5	2	3	386	436	−50	.400[lower-alpha 1]
4	FAP	5	2	3	341	347	−6	.400[lower-alpha 1]
5	Cobra Sport	5	1	4	370	408	−38	.200[lower-alpha 2]
6	Espoir Fukash	5	1	4	394	472	−78	.200[lower-alpha 2]

Source: BAL, Afrobasket
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. 1 2 Head-to-head: Cape Town Tigers 73–70 FAP on 13 April 2022.
2. 1 2 Head-to-head: Cobra Sport 108–82 Espoir Fukash on 13 April 2022.

Games

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	High index	Arena (attendance) City
Group phase
April 9, 2022 19:00	vs.  Cobra Sport	W 80–63  Boxscore	1–0	17 – Diogu	11 – Mahmoud	8 – Sosa	28 – Mahmoud	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall (230) Cairo
April 12, 2022 22:00	vs.  Cape Town Tigers	W 101–77  Boxscore	2–0	25 – Sosa	11 – Mahmoud	5 – Mahmoud	29 – Mahmoud	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall (250) Cairo
April 15, 2022 22:00	vs.  Petro de Luanda	W 85–72  Boxscore	3–0	19 – Sosa	11 – Mahmoud	6 – Sosa	25 – Mahmoud	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall (1,132) Cairo
April 16, 2022 22:00	vs.  Espoir Fukash	W 101–92  Boxscore	4–0	28 – McKinney	10 – Kejo	7 – McKinney	29 – McKinney	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall (259) Cairo
April 19, 2022 22:00	vs.  FAP	W 77–63  Boxscore	5–0	27 – Sosa	11 – Diogu	5 – Tied	29 – Mahmoud	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall (865) Cairo
Playoffs
May 22, 2022 13:30	vs.  SLAC Quarterfinals						Kigali Arena  Kigali
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).