# 2020–21 Zamalek SC (basketball) season

2020–21 Zamalek SC was a season of the Zamalek club. The club competes for local championships such as the League, Cup and Continental in the Basketball Africa League because it is the champion of the 2019 League.

## Rosters
### BAL roster

The following was Zamalek's 13-man roster for the 2021 BAL season.

## Egyptian Basketball Super League
### Super League promotion match

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It is a match between two teams previously determined in a related league, the winner of the Super League plays to compete for the league championship, and the loser competes with seven other teams to avoid relegation.
* Home Match
* Saturday 16 January 2021
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Zamalek | 108-55 | Al Zohour |
* Away Match
* Tuesday 19 January 2021
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Al Zohour | Play suspended | Zamalek |

### Regular season
#### Top Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Al Ittihad | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1217 | 1036 | +181 | 24 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Zamalek | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1065 | 988 | +77 | 22 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Gezira | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1096 | 1303 | −207 | 20 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Al Ahly | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1080 | 1009 | +71 | 16 | Advance to playoffs |

#### Matches

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##### First round

* Day 1
* Saturday 30 January 2021
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Smouha | 79-87 | Zamalek |
* Mostafa Kejo (25 Points)
* Walter Hodge (22 Points)
* Anas Osama (16 Points)
* Islam Salem (15 Points)
* Day 2
* Tuesday 2 February 2021
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Zamalek | 87-86 | Al Ittihad |
* Day 3
* Monday 1 March 2021
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Zamalek | 90-79 | Al Geish Army |
* Day 4
* Friday 5 March 2021
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Al Ahly | 112-106 | Zamalek |
* Day 5
* Monday 8 March 2021
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Zamalek | 65-57 | Sporting Alexandria |
* Day 6
* Friday 12 March 2021
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Etisalat | 70-76 | Zamalek |
* Day 7
* Monday 15 March 2021
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Zamalek | 79-72 | Gezira |

##### Second round

* Day 8
* Friday 19 March 2021
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Zamalek | 85-83 | Smouha |
* Walter Hodge (34 Points)
* Mostafa Kejo (15 Points)
* Anas Osama (14 Points)
* Mohab Yasser (12 Points)
* Day 9
* Monday 22 March 2021
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Al Ittihad | 83-74 | Zamalek |
* Day 10
* Friday 26 March 2021
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Al Geish Army | 60-72 | Zamalek |
* Mostafa Kejo (26 Points)
* Anas Osama (16 Points)
* Mohab Yasser (15 Points)
* Walter Hodge (12 Points)
* Day 11
* Monday 29 March 2021
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Zamalek | Play suspended | Al Ahly |
The match was calculated for Al-Ahly 20-0 after its objection to the attendance of fans of the Zamalek club, and according to the regulations of the Egyptian Federation, the presence of the fans is prohibited
* Day 12
* Friday 2 April 2021
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Sporting Alexandria | 64-76 | Zamalek |
* Day 13
* Monday 5 April 2021
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Zamalek | 91-62 | Etisalat |
* Day 14
* Thursday 8 April 2021
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Gezira | 61-77 | Zamalek |
* Walter Hodge (23 Points)
* Mostafa Kejo (12 Points)
* Omar Hesham (12 Points)
* Islam Salem (8 Points)
* Anas Osama (6 Points)
* Mohab Yasser (6 Points)

### Playoffs

The playoffs started on 16 April 2021.

#### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Al Ittihad | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Al Geish Army | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Al Geish Army | 0 | 1 | Al Ittihad | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Al Ahly | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Al Ahly | 3 | 4 | Al Ahly | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Sporting Alexandria | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Sporting Alexandria | 1 | | | | 1 | Al Ittihad | 2 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Zamalek | 3 |
| 2 | Zamalek | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | Zamalek | 3 |
| 7 | Al Ittisalat | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Al Ittisalat | 1 | 2 | Zamalek | 3 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Gezira | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Gezira | 3 | 3 | Gezira | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Smouha | 0 | | | | | | |

#### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 |
| Zamalek | 3–1 | Al Ittisalat | 76–47 | 92–59 | 66-77 | 83–58 |

#### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Zamalek | 3–0 | Gezira | 85-83 | 73–71 | 86-81 |
* Top Score
* Walter Hodge (81 Points), (10 Rebounds), (18 Assists)
* Islam Salem (45 Points), (16 Rebounds), (3 Assists)
* Anas Osama (27 Points), (28 Rebounds), (11 Assists)
* Mohab Yasser (24 Points), (12 Rebounds), (7 Assists)
* Omar Hesham (20 Points), (6 Rebounds), (6 Assists)
* Mostafa Kejo (18 Points), (24 Rebounds), (4 Assists)
* mohammed mostafa hegazi (10 Points), (18 Rebounds), (6 Assists)

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Al Ittihad | 2-3 | Zamalek | 83-56 | 70-80 | 69-74 | 81-79 | 80-84 |

#### Game summaries

* Game 1
* On Time Sports
* Sunday, June 20 7:00pm
* Recap
Zamalek 56, Al Ittihad 83 :
| Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 14–15, 13–22, 15–23 |||
| Pts: Mostafa Kejo 13 Rebs: Mostafa Kejo 13 Asts: Omar Hesham 4 | Pts: Rami Ibrahim 19 Rebs: Somaa 7 Asts: Somaa 4 |
| Al Ittihad leads series, 1–0 |||
* Cairo, Dr Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall
* Game 2
* On Time Sports
* Tuesday, June 22 7:00pm
* Recap
Zamalek 80, Al Ittihad 70 :
| Scoring by quarter: 18-11, 24-19, 20-15, 18–25 |||
| Pts: Mohab Yasser 23 Rebs: Anas Osama 10 Asts: Anas Osama 7 | Pts: Somaa 18 Rebs: Haytham Kamal 8 Asts: Marvelle Harris 7 |
| Zamalek Tied series, 1–1 |||
* Cairo, Dr Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall
* Game 3
* On Time Sports
* Thursday, June 24 7:00pm
* Recap
Zamalek 74, Al Ittihad 69 :
| Scoring by quarter: 12-20, 22-8, 14-18, 24-23 |||
| Pts: Walter Hodge 28 Rebs: Anas Osama 11 Asts: Anas Osama 5 | Pts: Marvelle Harris 22 Rebs: Somaa 5 Asts: Somaa 4 |
| Zamalek Leads series, 2–1 |||
* Cairo, Dr Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall
* Game 4
* On Time Sports
* Saturday, June 26 7:00pm
* Recap
Zamalek 79, Al Ittihad 81 :
| Scoring by quarter: 20-19, 16–23, 24-20, 19-19 |||
| Pts: Walter Hodge 21 Rebs: Anas Osama 9 Asts: Anas Osama 8 | Pts: Mido Taha 20 Rebs: Somaa 14 Asts: Somaa 3 |
| Al Ittihad Tied series, 2-2 |||
* Cairo, Dr Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall
* Game 5
* On Time Sports
* Monday, June 28 7:00pm
* Recap
Zamalek 84, Al Ittihad 80 (OT) (OT) :
| Scoring by quarter: 25-29, 23-13, 14-25, 21-16, Overtime: 11-7 |||
| Pts: Walter Hodge 21 Rebs: Anas Osama 13 Asts: Anas Osama 5 | Pts: Haytham Kamal 22 Rebs: Somaa 9 Asts: Somaa 6 |
| Zamalek wins the series, 3–2 |||
* Cairo, Dr Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall

#### Player statistics

Zamalek Sc statistics :
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Walter Hodge | 5 | 5 | 00.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 19 |
| Mohamed Mostafa | 5 | 0 | 00.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| Mohab Yasser | 5 | 5 | 00.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 12.2 |
| Anas Osama Mahmoud | 5 | 5 | 00.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 10 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 6.4 |
| Mostafa Kejoo | 5 | 5 | 00.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 7.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 10 |
| Eslam Salem | 5 | 5 | 00.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 11.6 |
| Omar Hesham | 5 | 0 | 00.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| Adham Essam | 2 | 0 | 00.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ahmed Hatem | 5 | 0 | 00.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 4.4 |
| Ahmed Yasser | 5 | 0 | 00.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 4.4 |
| Mostafa Meshaal | 2 | 0 | 00.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |

## Basketball Africa League
### Group phase
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ZAM | FVM | ASD | GSP |
| 1 | Zamalek | 3 | 3 | 0 | 254 | 181 | +73 | 6 | Advance to playoffs | — | 71–55 | — | 97–64 |
| 2 | Ferroviário de Maputo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 229 | 218 | +11 | 5 | Advance to playoffs | — | — | 88–74 | — |
| 3 | AS Douanes | 3 | 1 | 2 | 230 | 250 | −20 | 4 | Advance to playoffs | 62–86 | — | — | 94–76 |
| 4 | GS Pétroliers | 3 | 0 | 3 | 213 | 277 | −64 | 3 | | — | 73–86 | — | — |