The 2021–22 Egyptian Basketball Premier League was the 47th season of the

Egyptian Basketball Premier League 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 tea ...

, the highest-level basketball league in Egypt. The defending champions were

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; they were eliminated in the semifinals by

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. The season began on 26 September 2021 and finished on 16 May 2022.

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won its sixth league title (its first since 2016); they qualify for the regular season of the 2023 season of the

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(BAL).

Teams

Team changes

Sixteen teams competed in this season – the top fourteen of the previous season and two teams that were promoted from the Egyptian Second Division. Heliopolis and Al Shams joined as promoted teams. Al Zohour and Geziret El-Ward were relegated from the 2020-21 season.

Arenas and locations

System

The Premier League is the basic and qualifying league for the

(BAL). The league 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 league: After the rise of eight teams compete among themselves In back and forth matches. #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.

Preliminary stage

Ranking of incoming teams

The first-placed team in the league will meet the 16th-ranked team, the second will meet the 15th, and so on. * Mortabt-League teams ranking

Matches

Results

Regular season

Top Group

Results

Bottom Group

Playoffs

The playoffs began on 19 March 2022 and ended on 16 May 2022. All three rounds are played in a best-of-five format.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were played on 19, 21, 24, 26 and 28 March 2022.

Semifinals

The semifinals were played on 22, 24 and 26 April 2022.

Finals

The finals were played on 8 May, 10 May, 12 May (also 14 May and 16 May if necessary). All games were hosted at the

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Individual awards

References

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