2022 Nationale 1 season

2022 Nationale 1 season
League	Nationale 1
Sport	Basketball
Duration	16 July – 16 October (Playoffs)
Number of teams	16
Top seed	DUC
Season MVP	Bara Ndiaye (DUC)
Relegated to Nationale 2	USPA SLBC
Finals
Champions	AS Douanes (10th title)
Runners-up	DUC
Finals MVP	Samba Daly Fall (AS Douanes)

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

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

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

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

Poule A

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

Pos	2022 Nationale 1 Poule B
	Team	Pld	W	L	Pnt	PF	PA	PD
1	AS Douanes	13^1	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	13^1	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

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 Douanes		87	68
	US Rail		51	63
							AS Douanes		76	72
							Jeanne d'Arc		59	62
	Jeanne d'Arc		66	47
	UGB		60	46
													AS Douanes		71	73
													DUC		66	70
	ASC Ville de Dakar	56	77	56
	US Ouakam	51	83	65
							US Ouakam	79	66	72
							DUC	65	81	78
	DUC		73	70
	SIBAC		47	64

Finals

5 October 2022

Report

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

Report

AS Douanes	73–70	DUC
AS Douanes win series 2–0

Stade Marius Ndiaye, Dakar

Play-down

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

Source: Senegalese Basketball Federation
(R) Relegated

References

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.
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.