The Egyptian Basketball Premier League () is the top professional basketball division of the Egyptian basketball league system. Administered by the Egyptian Basketball Federation (EBBFED), it is contested by 16 teams, with the two lowest-placed teams relegated to the Egyptian Basketball Premier League B and replaced by the top two teams in that division.
A total of five clubs have been crowned champions of the Egyptian Basketball Super League since its inception in 1972, with Zamalek winning the title a record 15 times and Al Ittihad 14 times, though the Egyptian Basketball Super League also saw other champions, including Gezira (11 times), Al Ahly (9 times) and Sporting (3 times). The champions of each season qualify for the Basketball Africa League (BAL) regular season.
Format The Premier League is the basic and qualifying league for the Basketball Africa League (BAL), as Egypt has been identified as a key market by the league's organisation.
The typical season currently consists of three stages:
The preliminary stage: where 1 meets 16, 2 meets 15, and so on in terms of ranking in the Mortabt-League. The regular season: After the rise of eight teams compete among themselves In back and forth matches. The season is divided into the Super League (teams ranked 1st–8th) and the bottom group (teams ranked 9th–16th). 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. Classification stages: possibly, the lower-ranked teams from the regular season play each other in a play-off format to determine the final rankings as well as relegation.
Clubs
2023–24 teams The following 16 teams play in the 2023–24 Egyptian Basketball Premier League:. ClubLocationVenueAl Ahly SCCairoAl Ahly Sports HallAl IttihadAlexandriaKamal Shalaby HallTala'ea Al GaishCairoTala'ea El Gaish HallAviation ClubCairoAl Zohour SCCairoDesouk SC DesoukEastern Company SCCairoEl Shams SCCairoEgypt InsuranceCairoGezira SC Cairo (Zamalek)Cairo StadiumHeliopolis SC CairoHeliopolis HallHorse Owners' ClubAlexandriaOlympic ClubAlexandriaEl Olympi ArenaSmouha SC AlexandriaSmouha ArenaSporting AlexandriaAlexandriaSporting Club HallSuez CanalIsmailiaTelecom EgyptCairoZamalek SC GizaAbdulrahman Fawzi Hall
Former teams ClubLocationFoundedLast season6th of October SC6th of October19842020DesoukDesoukEl ShamsCairo19622022El TeramAlexandria2019Geziret El WardMansoura2021Horse Owners' ClubAlexandria19342023TantaTanta19282022
List of champions +SeasonChampionSeries Runners-upMVP1972–73Gezira (1)3–0Zamalek1973–74Zamalek (1)3–0Al Ahly1974–75Zamalek (2)3–0Al Ahly1975–76Zamalek (3)6–7Al Ahly1976–77Zamalek (4)3–1Ismaily1977–78Zamalek (5)3–0Olympic Club1978–79Al Ittihad (1)3–2Zamalek1979–80Zamalek (6)3–2Al Ittihad1980–81Zamalek (7)3–1Al Ittihad1981–82Al Ittihad (2)3–2Zamalek1982–83Al Ittihad (3)3–1Zamalek1983–84Al Ittihad (4)3–0Olympic Club1984–85 Cancelled1985–86Al Ittihad (5)3–1Zamalek1986–87Al Ittihad (6)3–1Zamalek1987–88Zamalek (8)3–0Al Ittihad1988–89Al Ahly (1)3–2Zamalek1989–90Al Ittihad (7)3–2Zamalek1990–91Zamalek (9)3–1Al Ahly1991–92Al Ittihad (8)3–1Al Ahly1992–93Gezira (2)3–0Zamalek1993–94Gezira (3)3–2Al Ahly1994–95Al Ittihad (9)3–2Zamalek1995–96 Cancelled1996–97Zamalek (10)3–2Al Ahly1997–98Zamalek (11)3–1Al Ahly1998–99Al Ittihad (10)3–1Al Ahly1999–00Al Ahly (2)3–1Zamalek2000–01Al Ahly (3)3–0Zamalek2001–02Gezira (4)3–2Al Ahly2002–03Zamalek (12)3–1GeziraSuperleague: Season 2002-20032003–04Gezira (5)3–2TersanaSuperleague: Season 2003-20042004–05Gezira (6)3–0TersanaSuperleague: Season 2004-20052005–06Gezira (7)3–1ZamalekDetailed Winners List2006–07Zamalek (13)3–1Gezira2007–08Gezira (8)3–1 Zamalek 2008–09Al Ittihad (11)3–0 Al Ahly Wael BadrSuperleague: Season 2008-20092009–10Al Ittihad (12)3–1Gezira2010–11Gezira (9)3–1 Zamalek 2011–12Al Ahly (4)3–0Gezira2012–13Sporting Alexandria (1)3–0Al Ittihad2013–14Gezira (10)3–1Al Ittihad2014–15Sporting Alexandria (2)3–1Al IttihadMaJic Dorsey2015–16Al Ahly (5)3–2Sporting Alexandria2016–17Gezira (11)3–1Sporting Alexandria2017–18Sporting Alexandria (3)3–2Gezira2018–19Zamalek (14)3–2GeziraTerrell Stoglin2019–20Al Ittihad (13)3–1Al AhlyIsmail Ahmed2020–21Zamalek (15)3–2Al IttihadAnas Mahmoud2021–22Al Ahly (6)3–2Al IttihadEhab Amin2022–23Al Ahly (7)3–1Al IttihadEhab Amin2023–24Al Ittihad (14)3–1Al AhlyAhmed Adel2024–25Al Ahly (8)3–2Al IttihadEhab Amin2025–26Al Ahly (9)3–1Al IttihadAmr Zahran
Titles by club Thus far, five teams have won the Premier League at least once. Zamalek holds the record for most championship with fifteen titles. ClubTitlesWinning seasonsZamalek151973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2018–19, 2020–21Al Ittihad141978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2019–20, 2023–24Gezira111972–73, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2016–17Al Ahly91988–89, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25, 2025–26 Sporting32012–13, 2014–15, 2017–18
References
External links Egyptian basketball at Asia-Basket.com