2022–23_Egyptian_Basketball_Premier_League
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]
| Egyptian Basketball Premier League | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2022–23 |
| Dates | 16 December 2022 - 15 May 2023 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP | Ehab Amin (Al Ahly) |
| Relegated | Desouk Horse Owners' Club |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Al Ahly (7th title) |
| Runners-up | Al Ittihad |
← 2021–22 2023–24 → | |
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]
 Promoted from 2021–22 Second Division |
 Relegated from 2021–22 Super League |
|---|---|
| Desouk | Tanta |
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 | – |
Standings
The teams ranked 1st–8th played in the Super League (or Top Group), while the teams 9th–16th played in the bottom group.
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
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 3 | Game 4 | Game 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 | 53–73 | 82–74 | |
| Suez Canal SC | 3–0 | Olympic Club | 63–60 | 55–47 | 75–81 | – |
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 |
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