Al Ahly Egypt

Ahly Basketball team was founded in 1930. It is one of the oldest basketball clubs in Egypt and in Africa.

The team played his first game against Al Ittihad Alexandria in front of the Egyptian King Farouq in 1937.^[] Al Ahly won its first Egyptian national championship in the 1988–89 season.^[]

In July 2021, Al Ahly signed Spanish coach Augustí Julbe as their new head coach. In the following 2021–22 season, Ahly won its sixth Premier League title and thus qualified for the 2023 season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).^[]

In the following season, Al Ahly made their debut in the BAL and had a 4–1 record in the Nile Conference, which was hosted in Cairo. In the playoffs, Al Ahly defeated REG and Stade Malien in the quarter- and semi-finals. In the final, Al Ahly defeated the Senegalese champions AS Douanes 80–65, to win their second continental title and first BAL title. Al Ahly forward Nuni Omot was named the league MVP. In the 2022–23 domestic season, Al Ahly won the double once again under Julbe.^[]

In the following season, Al Ahly represented Africa in the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in Singapore. On 21 September 2023, Al Ahly became the first African club to win a game in the competition's 33-year existence, following a win over the NBA G League Ignite.