2019 Africa Basketball League Final
# 2019 Africa Basketball League Final

The 2019 Africa Basketball League Final was the 33rd final of the FIBA Africa Basketball League, and the first under the new name. The game was played at 26 May 2019 at the Kilamba Arena in the Angolan capital of Luanda. It was also the last final of FIBA Africa's premier competition, before it was replaced by the Basketball Africa League.

Approximately 5,500 fans attended the game. Primeiro de Agosto won its record ninth African title. Primeiro's Eduardo Mingas was named MVP after the game.

## Venue

The Kilamba Arena in Luanda featured as the arena for the Final Four.

## Road to the finals

| AS Salé | AS Salé | AS Salé | Round | Primeiro de Agosto | Primeiro de Agosto | Primeiro de Agosto |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | Result |
| Rivers Hoopers | 88–59 | 88–59 | Round 1 | Al Ahly | 86–77 | 86–77 |
| JS Kairouan | 77–70 | 77–70 | Round 2 | REG | 70–64 | 70–64 |
| SLAC | 107–93 | 107–93 | Round 3 | Ferroviário da Beira | 87–55 | 87–55 |
| Opponent | Results | Results | Playoffs | Opponent | Results | Results |
| Civil Defenders | 69–69 | 96–77 | Quarterfinals | Petro de Luanda | 70–57 | 74–57 |
| JS Kairouan | 81–73 | 81–73 | Semifinals | Smouha | 86–76 | 86–76 |

## Game

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 5 | Yassine El Mahsini | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| SG | 9 | Wayne Arnold | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| SF | 11 | Abdelhakim Zouita | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| PF | 15 | Abderrahim Najah | 12 | 13 | 1 |
| C | 6 | Soufiane Kourodu | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 7 | Zakaria El Masbahi | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 10 | Mohamed Choua | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| PG | 32 | Brandon Wood | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| SF | 12 | Mohammed Belhaddar | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 14 | Hamza Jaddi | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 15 | Adam El Ghazi | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 17 | Yacine Baeri | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Zeljko Zecevic ||||||
| Salé | Primeiro |
| Salé | Statistics | Primeiro |
| 25/66 (38%) | 2-pt field goals | 30/75 (40%) |
| 5/18 (28%) | 3-pt field goals | 14/34 (41%) |
| 16/24 (67%) | Free throws | 9/13 (69%) |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 28 | Defensive rebounds | 29 |
| 45 | Total rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Assists | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
| 14 | Fouls | 22 |

* 2019 FIBA Africa Basketball League champions
* Primeiro de Agosto 9th title

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 16 | Hermenegildo Santos | 10 | 1 | 8 |
| SG | 12 | Manny Quezada | 17 | 6 | 7 |
| F | 3 | Malick Cisse | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| PF | 15 | Eduardo Mingas | 20 | 11 | 1 |
| C | 9 | Felizardo Ambrosio | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 1 | Pedro Bastos | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 4 | Edson Ndoniema | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| PG | 5 | Armando Costa | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| PG | 10 | Carlos Cabral | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 11 | Mutu Fonseca | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| SF | 18 | Islando Manuel | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| PF | 20 | Andre Harris | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Paulo Macedo ||||||
