The Premier League is the basic and qualifying league for the
Basketball Africa League (BAL), as Egypt has been identified as a key market by the league's organisation. The typical season currently 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 season: After the rise of eight teams compete among themselves In back and forth matches. The season is divided into the Super League (teams ranked 1st–8th) and the bottom group (teams ranked 9th–16th). • 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. • Classification stages: possibly, the lower-ranked teams from the regular season play each other in a play-off format to determine the final rankings as well as relegation. == Clubs ==