2022 Nationale 1 season

The 2022 Nationale 1 season was the 55th season of the Nationale 1 (NM1), the top-tier basketball league in Senegal.

2022 Nationale 1 season
LeagueNationale 1
SportBasketball
Duration16 July – 16 October (Playoffs)
Number of teams16
Top seedDUC
Season MVPBara Ndiaye
(DUC)
Relegated to Nationale 2USPA
SLBC
Finals
ChampionsAS Douanes (10th title)
  Runners-upDUC
Finals MVPSamba Daly Fall
(AS Douanes)
Seasons

DUC were the defending champions, having won the 2021 season. The champions of this season qualified directly for the 2023 BAL season.

AS Douanes won its 10th national title, after defeating DUC in the finals. It was the fourth season in a row that the two teams met in the finals.[1]

Teams

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ISEG Sports left the league, while US Parcelles Assainie (USPA) joined the league.

Team Location
AS Douanes Dakar
ASC Thiès Thiès
Bopp Dakar
ASFA Dakar
DUC Dakar Dakar
Jeanne d'Arc Dakar
Louga Louga
Mermoz Dakar
SLBC Saint-Louis
Sibac Dakar (Sicap-Liberté)
UGB Saint-Louis
US Rail Thiès
USO Dakar (Ouakam)
USPA Dakar (Parcelles Assainies Arrondissement)
ASC Ville de Dakar Dakar

Regular season

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Standings at the ending of the regular season.[2]

Poule A

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Pos 2022 Nationale 1 Poule A
Team Pld W L Pnt PF PA PD
1 DUC 14 14 0 28 1075 841 +234
2 Jeanne d'Arc 14 9 5 23 1004 865 +139
3 ASC Ville de Dakar 14 9 5 23 965 924 +41
4 US Rail 14 7 7 21 924 885 +39
5 Louga 14 7 7 21 817 901 –84
6 ASCC Bopp 14 4 10 18 874 934 –60
7 USCT Port 14 3 11 17 862 1038 –176
8 ASC Thiès 14 3 11 17 838 971 –133

Poule B

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Pos 2022 Nationale 1 Poule B
Team Pld W L Pnt PF PA PD
1 AS Douanes 131 12 1 25 967 675 +292
2 US Ouakam 14 10 4 24 867 818 +49
3 UGB 14 9 5 23 828 815 +13
4 SIBAC 14 8 6 22 829 826 +3
5 ASFA 14 5 9 19 808 912 –104
6 Mermoz 14 5 9 19 802 848 –46
7 SLBC 131 4 9 17 673 758 –85
8 USPA 14 2 12 16 890 1012 –122
  • 1 AS Douanes and SLBC played one game less.

Playoffs

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The playoffs began on 16 July and ended 15 October 2022.[3]

 
Quarter-finals
(Best-of-three)
Semi-finals
(Best-of-three)
Finals
(Best-of-three)
 
                
 
 
 
 
AS Douanes8768
 
 
 
US Rail5163
 
AS Douanes7672
 
 
 
Jeanne d'Arc5962
 
Jeanne d'Arc6647
 
 
 
UGB6046
 
AS Douanes7173
 
 
 
DUC6670
 
ASC Ville de Dakar567756
 
 
 
US Ouakam518365
 
US Ouakam796672
 
 
 
DUC658178
 
DUC7370
 
 
SIBAC4764
 

Finals

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5 October 2022
DUC 66–71 AS Douanes
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 10–13, 13–21, 25–16
Pts: Diakhite 19 Pts: Kamara 18
Stade Marius Ndiaye, Dakar
15 October 2022
AS Douanes 73–70 DUC
AS Douanes win series 2–0
Stade Marius Ndiaye, Dakar

Play-down

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The play-down is played in a round-robin format.[4]

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Louga 22 11 11 1358 1437 −79 33
2 Bopp 22 10 12 1435 1478 −43 32
3 Mermoz 22 9 13 1344 1391 −47 31
4 UCST PAD 22 9 13 1448 1573 −125 31
5 ASFA 22 8 14 1386 1520 −134 30
6 ASC Thiès 22 7 15 1344 1446 −102 29
7 USPA (R) 22 5 17 1444 1609 −165 27 Relegated to Nationale 2
8 SLBC (R) 22 6 16 1081 1204 −123 28


References

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  1. ^ "Playoffs : L'AS Douane retourne en finale". Basket 221 (in French). 10 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  2. ^ Basket221 (27 June 2022). "Tableau des 1/4 de Finale des Playoffs 2022 NM1". Basket 221 (in French). Retrieved 18 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Playoffs Hommes : JA/UGB, DUC/SIBAC, USO/ASCVD... le programme du weekend | Basketsenegal". Basketsenegal (in French). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  4. ^ LOUM, Mansour (17 June 2022). "Basket-Sénégal : Rail-Louga à qui le dernier ticket en play-offs?". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved 28 July 2022.