Egyptian Basketball Premier League
Season2022–23
Dates16 December 2022 - 15 May 2023
Number of teams16
Regular season
Season MVPEhab Amin (Al Ahly)
RelegatedDesouk
Horse Owners' Club
Finals
ChampionsAl Ahly (7th title)
  Runners-upAl Ittihad
2022–23 →

The 2022–23 Egyptian Basketball Premier League was the 48th season of the Premier League, the top level of professional basketball in Egypt. The preliminary round began on 16 December 2022, with six-teen teams making up the league. The season ended on 15 May 2023 with the final game of the finals.[1]

Al Ahly were the defending champions, having won the 2021–22 season. Al Ahly defeated Al Ittihad 3–1 in the finals, to win their seventh Premier League title.[2]

Teams

Increase Promoted from 2021–22 Second Division Decrease Relegated from 2021–22 Super League
Desouk

Al Zohor

 Tanta

El Shams

Preliminary round

The teams were matched based on their rankings in the 2021–22 Egyptian Basketball Super League, with the 1st ranked team playing the 16th ranked team, and so forth.

The winners of the preliminary round were placed in the Super League, while the losing teams played in the bottom group.

The preliminary round began on 16 December and ended on 19 December 2022.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Desouk 0–2 Smouha 63–86 59–91 –
Al Ittihad Alexandria 2–0 Suez Canal SC 97–57 86–64 –
Gezira 2–0 Olympic Club 66–56 77–63 –
Zamalek 2–0 Aviation Club 75–71 74–64 –
Al Ahly 2–0 Al Zohor 92–49 92–62 –
Sporting Alexandria 0–2 Egypt Insurance 76–78 60–69 –
Telecom Egypt 2–0 Horse Owners' Club 80–67 71–66 –
El Gaish Army 2–0 Heliopolis 65–62 67–64 –


Regular season

Standings

The teams ranked 1st–8th played in the Super League (or Top Group), while the teams 9th–16th played in the bottom group.

  Advance to quarterfinals
  Advance to play-in
  Advance to classification rounds

Super League

Pos 2022–23 Super League regular season[3]
Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1 Al Ittihad Alexandria 14 13 1 1171 892 279
2 Al Ahly 14 13 1 1133 869 264
3 Zamalek 14 9 5 1081 1044 37
4 Gezira 14 7 7 1025 1018 7
5 Smouha 14 5 9 968 1013 –45
6 El Gaish Army 14 5 9 979 1102 –123
7 Telecom Egypt 14 3 11 966 1090 –124
8 Egypt Insurance 14 1 13 812 1107 –295

Source: Goalzz.com

Bottom Group

Pos 2022–23 Super League regular season[3]
Team Pld W L PF PA PD
9 Alexandria Sporting Club 14 12 2 1023 895 128
10 Suez Canal SC 13 9 4 986 872 114
11 Heliopolis 14 9 5 907 913 –6
12 Horse Owners' Club 14 7 7 972 977 –5
13 Aviation Club 13 7 6 1022 968 54
14 Al Zohor 14 6 8 1006 1035 –29
15 Olympic Club 14 5 9 982 988 –6
16 Desouk 14 0 14 929 1179 –250

Source: Goalzz.com

Playoffs

The playoffs began with the 7th-9th place classification round on 17 March 2023 and ended on 15 May 2023 with the final game of the finals.

Play-in Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 Al Ittihad Alexandria 79 91 98 3
8 Egypt Insurance 64 47 0 9 Sporting Alexandria 69 75 53 0
9 Sporting Alexandria 88 70 2 1 Al Ittihad 97 108 108 3
5 Smouha 54 79 66 0
4 Gezira 68 72 75 76 1
5 Smouha 56 73 76 78 3
1 Al Ittihad 62 80 58 70 1
2 Al Ahly 69 62 67 72 3
2 Al Ahly 106 86 95 3
7 Telecom Egypt 68 88 2 7 Telecom Egypt 62 76 60 0
10 Suez Canal SC 63 63 0 2 Al Ahly 71 79 91 3
3 Zamalek 62 48 57 0
3 Zamalek 83 81 78 76 78 3
6 Al Geish Army 65 75 84 97 63 2

Classification rounds

The classification games were held in a best-of-three series format and were played from 26 March to 31 March 2023. The losers of the four games had to play the relegation rounds.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Heliopolis 3–0 Al Zohor 71–58 63–56 78–74––
Egypt Insurance 3–0 Desouk 83–50 62–60 95–81–
Aviation Club 3–1 Horse Owners' Club 70–68 88–80 53–7382–74
Suez Canal SC 3–0 Olympic Club 63–60 55–47 75–81–

Relegation round

  Relegation to Division B

The relegation round games were played on 9, 10 and 11 April 2023.

Pos 2022–23 Premier League relegation round
Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1 Al Zohor 3 3 0 239 218 +21
2 Olympic Club 3 1 2 212 207 +5
3 Desouk 3 1 2 221 232 –11
4 Horse Owners' Club 3 1 2 236 251 –15

References

  1. ↑ "goalzz.com: Live sports scores, news and more". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "الخطيب يهنئ لاعبي السلة وجهازهم الفني والإداري والطبي ببطولة دوري السوبر". Al Ahly (in Arabic). 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Competitions – Rwanda Basketball Federation". Retrieved 20 August 2022.
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