# 2021–22 Zamalek SC (basketball) season

2021–22 Zamalek SC is a season for Egyptian Basketball Super League, in which Zamalek competes for all tournaments, starting with the Egyptian Super Cup as the holder of the Super League title, and Basketball Africa League, along with the Super League for Basketball, the Associated League and the Egypt Basketball Cup

## Rosters
### Super League roster

The following was Zamalek's roster for the Egyptian Super League, including youth players.

### BAL roster

The following was Zamalek's 13-man roster for the 2022 BAL season.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Inactive |
| C | Mostafa Kejo | Hazem Elmashad | Mohammed Hegazy | Mohammed Hegazy |
| PF | Anas Osama Mahmoud | Aly Hegazy | Ahmed Assem | Anas Osama Mahmoud |
| SF | Eslam Salem | Ahmed Abdelwahab | Ahmed Osama Mahmoud | Eslam Salem |
| SG | Édgar Sosa | Omar Hesham | Moaaz Ayman | |
| PG | Ahmed Hatem | Adham Essam | Sleem Elessawy | |

### Transactions
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Transfer fee | Date |
| 8 | PG | Édgar Sosa | 36 | Rasta Vechta | Transfer | June 2022 | Free | 2 September 2021 |
| 22 | PG | Sleem Elessawy | 22 | Sporting | Transfer | June 2022 | Free | 28 July 2021 |
| 11 | SF | Ahmed Osama Mahmoud | | | Transfer | June 2023 | Free | 28 July 2021 |
| 41 | PF | Ahmed Assem | 23 | Gezira | Transfer | June 2025 | Free | 28 July 2021 |
| | PF/C | Ike Diogu | 41 | Chemidor | Free Agent | 2022 | Free | 16 January 2022 |
| | PG | Omar Abada | 31 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah | Free Agent | 2022 | Free | 16 January 2022 |
| | G | Tony Wroten | 31 | Élan Béarnais | Free Agent | 2022 | Free | 16 January 2022 |
| | CG | Dewarick Spencer | 42 | | Free Agent | 2022 | Free | 16 January 2022 |
| | SG | Mohab Yasser | 2 | East Tennessee State Buccaneers | End of season | Free | 9 May 2022 | |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date | Source |
| 41 | SF | Haytham El-Saharty | 39 | | Retirement | | 20 September 2021 | |
| 44 | F/C | Mostafa Meshaal | 38 | Free agent | End of contract | Free | 20 September 2021 | |
| | F/C | Kariem Eldahshan | | Egypt Insurance | End of contract | Free | 20 September 2021 | [6] [6] |
| 2 | SG | Mohab Yasser | 22 | East Tennessee State | | Free | 10 June 2021 | |
| 0 | PG | Walter Hodge | 38 | Capitanes de Arecibo | End of contract | Free | 10 June 2021 | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Mortabt-League | 14 October 2021 | 20 November 2021 | Round 1 | 5th | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1,017 | 1,000 | +17 | 064.29 |
| Super-League | 26 November 2021 | TBC | Best of 3 | TBC | 9 | 3 | | 6 | 632 | 637 | −5 | 033.33 |
| Super-Cup | 1 November 2021 | 1 November 2021 | final | Runner-Up | 1 | | | 1 | 46 | 92 | −46 | 000.00 |
| Cup | 23 November 2021 | | R 1/16 | TBC | 1 | 1 | | | 78 | 66 | +12 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 25 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 1,773 | 1,795 | −22 | 052.00 |
Source: Competitions

### Elmortabt League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 14 | 9 | 5 | 1000 | 976 | +24 | 5 | 2 | 541 | 476 | +65 | 4 | 3 | 459 | 500 | −41 |
Last updated: 21 November 2021. Source: Competitive matches

#### Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt Insurance | 6 | 6 | 0 | 441 | 380 | +61 | 12 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Zamalek | 6 | 4 | 2 | 451 | 423 | +28 | 8 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Al Geish Army | 6 | 2 | 4 | 410 | 417 | −7 | 4 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Al Shams | 6 | 0 | 6 | 351 | 433 | −82 | 0 | Advance to playoffs |
* Matches
* Day (1)
* Day (2)
* Day (3)
* Day (4)
* Day (5)
* Day (6)

#### Playoffs

* Bracket
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Finals |
| A2 | Zamalek | 2 | | | | | | | |
| B3 | Heliopolis | 0 | | | | | | | |
| B3 | Heliopolis | 0 | A2 | Zamalek | 0 | | | | |
| | | | C1 | Smouha | 2 | | | | |
| C1 | Smouha | 2 | C1 | Smouha | 2 | | | | |
| D4 | Tanta | 9 | | | | | | | |
| D4 | Tanta | 9 | | | | C1 | Smouha | | |
| | | | | | | B1 | Al Ittihad | | |
| B1 | Al Ittihad | 2 | | | | | | B1 | Al Ittihad |
| A4 | Al Shams | 0 | | | | | | | |
| A4 | Al Shams | 0 | B1 | Al Ittihad | 2 | | | | |
| | | | D2 | Sporting | 0 | | | | |
| D2 | Sporting | 2 | D2 | Sporting | 0 | | | | |
| C3 | Ashab Aljead | 0 | | | | | | | |
| A1 | Egypt Insurance | 1 | | | | | | | |
| B4 | Olympi | 1 | | | | | | | |
| B4 | Olympi | 1 | A1 | Egypt Insurance | 0 | | | | |
| | | | C2 | Gezira | 2 | | | | |
| C2 | Gezira | 2 | C2 | Gezira | 2 | | | | |
| D4 | El Tayaran | 0 | | | | | | | |
| D4 | El Tayaran | 0 | | | | C2 | Gezira | | |
| | | | | | | D1 | Al Ahly | | |
| B2 | Etisalat | 1 | | | | | | D1 | Al Ahly |
| A3 | Al Geish Army | 1 | | | | | | | |
| A3 | Al Geish Army | 1 | B2 | Etisalat | 0 | | | | |
| | | | D1 | Al Ahly | 2 | | | | |
| D1 | Al Ahly | 2 | D1 | Al Ahly | 2 | | | | |
| C4 | Al Qana | 0 | | | | | | | |
* Although the Egypt Insurance and Olympi teams tied in the number of wins, the victory of the (U18) team to the Egypt Insurance Club favored the team to rise.
* Although the Etisalat and Al Geish Army teams tied in the number of wins, the victory of the (U18) team to the Etisalat Club favored the team to rise.
* Matches
* Round 1/16
* Quarter-finals
* Positions from 5 to 8
* After the loss of Zamalek in the quarter-finals, Zamalek competed for places from 5 to 8
* Bracket
| Positions from 5 to 8 | Positions from 5 to 8 | Positions from 5 to 8 | Positions 5-6 | Positions 5-6 | Positions 5-6 |
| A2 | Zamalek | 2 | | | |
| D2 | Sporting | 0 | | | |
| D2 | Sporting | 0 | A2 | Zamalek | 1 |
| | | | A1 | Egypt Insurance | 1 |
| A1 | Egypt Insurance | 1 | A1 | Egypt Insurance | 1 |
| B2 | Etisalat | 1 | Positions 7-8 | Positions 7-8 | Positions 7-8 |
| | | | D2 | Sporting | 1 |
| | | | B2 | Etisalat | 1 |
* 5-8 MATCH Although the Egypt Insurance and Etisalat teams tied in the number of wins, the victory of the (U18) team to the Egypt Insurance Club favored the team to rise.
* 5-6 MATCH Although the Zamalek and Egypt Insurance teams tied in the number of wins, the victory of the (U18) team to the Zamalek Club favored the team to rise.
* 6-7 MATCH Although the Sporting and Etisalat teams tied in the number of wins, the victory of the (U18) team to the Sporting Club favored the team to rise.
* Positions from 5 to 8

#### Positions 5-6

* Zamalek finished the league in fifth place out of 16
| Rank | Player |
| 4 | Zamalek |
| 5 | Egypt Insurance |
| 6 | Sporting |
| 7 | Etisalat |

### Egyptian Basketball Super Cup

* The Egyptian Basketball Super Cup, an annual tournament held between the Egyptian Super League and Egypt Cup champions, enters Zamalek as the champion of the 2020–21 League, and Al Ittihad as the champion of the Egypt Cup.
*NOTS In objection from the Zamalek club's board of directors to the unfair decisions against the club, the club decided to enter the Super match with the list of players under twenty years old.
* Player statistics
| Rank | Player | PTS | REB | ASS | STE | BLK | TO |
| 1 | Ali Hegazy (c) | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Yassin Yasser | 12 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Ahmed Assem | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Selim Elssawy | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |

### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| Zamalek | Zamalek | 78 | | |
| Egypt Insurance | Egypt Insurance | 66 | | |
| Egypt Insurance | Egypt Insurance | 66 | Zamalek | Zamalek |
| | | | Etisalat | Etisalat |
| El Tayaran | El Tayaran | 58 | Etisalat | Etisalat |
| Etisalat | Etisalat | 83 | | |
| Ashab Aljead | Ashab Aljead | 74 | | |
| Gezira Elward | Gezira Elward | 73 | | |
| Gezira Elward | Gezira Elward | 73 | Ashab Aljead | Ashab Aljead |
| | | | Al Ahly | Al Ahly |
| Al Ahly | Al Ahly | 86 | Al Ahly | Al Ahly |
| Eltorram | Eltorram | 47 | | |
| Al Geish Army | Al Geish Army | 64 | | |
| Sporting | Sporting | 69 | | |
| Sporting | Sporting | 69 | Sporting | Sporting |
| | | | Smouha | Smouha |
| Gezira | Gezira | 82 | Smouha | Smouha |
| Smouha | Smouha | 83 | | |
| Al Shams | Al Shams | | | |
| Al Qana | Al Qana | | | |
| | | | Al Ittihad | Al Ittihad |
| Heliopolis | Heliopolis | 54 | Al Ittihad | Al Ittihad |
| Al Ittihad | Al Ittihad | 84 | | |
* Round 1/16

### FIBA Intercontinental Cup

The 2022 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 31st edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The tournament was held in February 2022. The competition will be played in the Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in Cairo, which marks the first time ever the Intercontinental Cup is played in Africa. In September 2021, the Egyptian Basketball Federation announced that Zamalek, as the defending BAL champions, would play in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. It was the first time an African team played in the competition. On 19 November 2021, FIBA officially announced the four competing teams.

### Egyptian Basketball Super League

* System
* |Egyptian Basketball Super League is the basic and qualifying league for the BAL Championship. The league consists of three stages:
* (1)The preliminary stage: where 1 meets 16, 2 meets 15, and so on in terms of ranking in the Mortabt-League.
* (2)The regular league: After the rise of eight teams compete among themselves In back and forth matches.
* (3)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.

#### The preliminary stage

* Zamalek finished fifth in the league associated with it, and it will meet the 12th place holder, the Olympi, in a series of three matches, to ascend the first to win the

#### Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zamalek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to playoffs |
* Matches

### Playoffs
#### Semifinals
## Basketball Africa League
### Group phase
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Zamalek (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 444 | 367 | +77 | 1.000 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Petro de Luanda | 5 | 4 | 1 | 421 | 326 | +95 | .800 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Cape Town Tigers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 386 | 436 | −50 | .400 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | FAP | 5 | 2 | 3 | 341 | 347 | −6 | .400 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Cobra Sport | 5 | 1 | 4 | 370 | 408 | −38 | .200 | |
| 6 | Espoir Fukash | 5 | 1 | 4 | 394 | 472 | −78 | .200 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head: Cape Town Tigers 73–70 FAP on 13 April 2022.
* 1 2 Head-to-head: Cobra Sport 108–82 Espoir Fukash on 13 April 2022.

#### Games

| Date Time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | High index | Arena (attendance) City |
| Group phase |||||||||
| April 9, 2022 19:00 | vs. Cobra Sport | W 80–63 Boxscore | 1–0 | 17 – Diogu | 11 – Mahmoud | 8 – Sosa | 28 – Mahmoud | Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall (230) Cairo |
| April 12, 2022 22:00 | vs. Cape Town Tigers | W 101–77 Boxscore | 2–0 | 25 – Sosa | 11 – Mahmoud | 5 – Mahmoud | 29 – Mahmoud | Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall (250) Cairo |
| April 15, 2022 22:00 | vs. Petro de Luanda | W 85–72 Boxscore | 3–0 | 19 – Sosa | 11 – Mahmoud | 6 – Sosa | 25 – Mahmoud | Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall (1,132) Cairo |
| April 16, 2022 22:00 | vs. Espoir Fukash | W 101–92 Boxscore | 4–0 | 28 – McKinney | 10 – Kejo | 7 – McKinney | 29 – McKinney | Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall (259) Cairo |
| April 19, 2022 22:00 | vs. FAP | W 77–63 Boxscore | 5–0 | 27 – Sosa | 11 – Diogu | 5 – Tied | 29 – Mahmoud | Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall (865) Cairo |
| Playoffs |||||||||
| May 22, 2022 13:30 | vs. SLAC Quarterfinals | | | | | | Kigali Arena Kigali |
| (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). |||||||||