Rukundo A Glimmer For Sport-S Against OBB, Win Over KAVC Makes It 3 In Row For The Nsambya Based Club.

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November 14, 2021

Rukundo was arguable ahead in the game for his club collecting the most points as they hosted Iganga based side OBB.

OBB who started the new National Volleyball League 2021/2022 high with 2 wins, one against KAVC 3-0 and the other against Nkumba University 3-0 had not yet lost a game until they locked horns with Nsambya based club Sport-S.

Coach Waren locked horns with OBB’s Yakan in what one could have called the National Club Championship men’s semi-final that was never played. For OBB, it was an unfortunate day as they did not head home with another win that would have made it 3 in a row. As for Sport-S, it was maximum points picked from that win.

National team material, Rukundo Johnson, who plays for Sport-S was the main highlight of the game after he made sure that all blocks that landed on either OBB’s blockers or past them were converted into a point for his side.

Sport-S come into this season strong and with the third win against KAVC 3-1, throwing them at the summit of the league table.

Ongom Ivan still stands as the best player for OBB following a tremendous display of action throughout all the league fixtures that his side have honoured.

For more National Volleyball League results, click the link here

2022 FIFA WCQ: Rwanda coach names provisional squad for last two games against Mali and Kenya

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November 4, 2021

Rwanda national team boss Vincent Mashami has summoned a 31-man provisional squad for their upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers this month.

Amavubi is expected to hold a residential camp at the Sainte Famille Hotel this Friday, November 5, 2021, while the training sessions will take place at Kigali Stadium.

Rwanda’s Amavubi is yet to get a win in 2022 FIFA World Cup Group E qualifiers after a draw to Kenya and three losses against Mali and Uganda (2).

Rwanda will host Mali on November 11th before facing Kenya away four days later.

The group winners will qualify for the final round where they will be drawn into five home and away ties. The winners of each tie will advance to the World Cup finals.

Provisional squad:

Goalkeepers: Emery Mvuyekure (Tusker, Kenya), Clement Buhake Twizere (Strommen IF, Norway), Eric Ndayishimiye (Police FC), and Fiacre Ntwali (AS Kigali).

Defenders: Denis Rukundo (AS Kigali), Marc Nkubana (Gasogi United), Emmanuel Imanishimwe (FAR Rabat, Morocco), Eric Rutanga (Police FC), Salomon Nirisarike (Urartu FC, Armenia), Thierry Manzi (FC Dila Gori, Georgia), Clement Niyigena (Rayon Sports FC) and Ali Serumogo (SC Kiyovu).

Midfielders: Djihad Bizimana (KMSK Deinze, Belgium), Kevin Muhire (Rayon Sports), Rafael York (AFC Eskilstuna, Sweden), Olivier Niyonzima (AS Kigali), Djabel Manishimwe (APR FC), Blaise Nishimwe (Rayon Sports), Jean Bosco Ruboneka (APR FC), Bryan Clovis Ngwabije (SC Lyon, France), Jean Philippe Rutabayiru (S.D. Lenense Proinastur, Spain), Keddy Nsanzimfura (APR FC) and Haruna Niyonzima (AS Kigali).

Strikers: Antoine Dominique Ndayishimiye (Police FC), Ernest Sugira (AS Kigali ), Bienvenue Mugenzi (SC Kiyovu), Alain Kwitonda (APR FC), Danny Usengimana (Police FC), Muhadjiri Hakizimana (Police FC), Dominique Savio Nshuti (Police FC) and Innocent Nshuti (APR ).

Gatera’s Espoir FC bag all 3 points from matchday 2 at Kigali Stadium.

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Evode Munyeshuri

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November 3, 2021

Gatera’s Espoir FC bag all 3 points from matchday 2 at Kigali Stadium. — Police FC vs Espoir FC in Rwanda Primus National League MD2 | Photo Credit: Police FC

Espoir FC defeated Police FC 2-0 in an away match as Tresor Ndikumana and Yves Habimana scored for the Rusizi football side in a Wednesday lunchtime match at Kigali Stadium.

Following an impressive win last weekend in Eastern province, Police FC took a massive blow in Tuesday’s lunchtime match with the cops slumping a 2-0 home defeat from Espoir FC.

Former Gasogi United midfielder, Tresor Ndikumana scored the opener with a phenomenal shot in the 73rd minute, before Yves Habimana doubled their lead just 2 minutes to the end of the 90 minutes to hand Mousa Gatera’s side the first 3 points of the season. It was an amazing performance from the Rusizi based club

Gatera, who started this season with a shocking loss against AS Kigali had the teamwork at its best as they were considered underdog in this match.

In other games, Rayon Sports were held at Umuganda Stadium by Rutsiro while APR, Bugesera and Gicumbi recorded home victories against Musanze, Etincelles and Etoile de l’Est respectively.

With one week into the Primus National League season, it comes to a halt due to the international break. The league shall resume after two weeks.

Today’s Results:

Police FC 0-2 Espoir FC
Bugesera 3-1 Etincelles
APR FC 2-0 Musanze
Rutsiro 2-2 Rayon Sports
Gicumbi 2-0 Etoile de l’Est

Uganda NVL Action Back Heading Into Week 3

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Kenneth Lwanga

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November 3, 2021

The Uganda National Volleyball League NVL is up and running as clubs head into week 3 with action across 3 series for men and 2 series for women.

Following the gradual resumption of sports in the country, the Uganda Volleyball Federation has come in full swing with the main activity on their calendar, the National Volleyball League NVL heading into week 3.

After the conclusion of the National Club Championships in Kabale, attention has been put on the main league NVL that has the top tier teams in Serie A for both men and women back in action to contend for the title.

The league was launched on 23rd October 2021 at Old Kampala Arena with two entertaining matches from KAVC VS OBB in the men’s and KCB-Nkumba VS Ndejje Elites in the women. Click here for results from these games.

This season brings 10 teams in the men’s top flight Serie and 8 teams in the women’s top-flight Serie. OBB a new entrant into the top flight has proven to be a force to be reckoned with after winning all two of their current fixtures against 5-time league champions KAVC and University side Nkumba.

This season, the Uganda Volleyball Federation has spiced up the entertainment by streaming the games live on their YouTube channel for fans staying at home and not allowed to gather in big numbers.

Follow the links below to all tiers in the league.

Men Serie A, Men Serie B, Men Serie C, Women Serie A, Women Serie B

AS Kigali crush Kiyovu in Kigali City Derby

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Evode Munyeshuri

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November 2, 2021

AS Kigali crush Kiyovu in Kigali City Derby — Dennis Rukundo celebrating with his team mates after his first goal of in 2021/2022 Rwanda Premier League | Photo Credit: IGIHE

AS Kigali claimed a potentially vital win in a thrilling Primus National League clash against neighbours Kiyovu by handing them a 4-0 heavy defeat today, November 2 at Kigali Stadium.

The Citizens got off to a great start scoring early in the game and delivering Kiyovu an early setback. It only took AS Kigali six minutes to find the back of the net through the midfield maestro, Haruna Niyonzima.

2 minutes later, defender, Dennis Rukundo doubled the lead thanks to poor goalkeeping on the side of the Mumena based club, SC Kiyovu.

The Green and whites did not manage to pull one back but instead were hit with another goal in 16 minutes of the game. A powerful header from Lawal Aboubacar. 3-0 at the break and heartbreak for Kiyovu fans expecting high performance from their new recruits include Ugandan duo, Emmanuel Okwi and Muzamiru Mutyaba.

In the second half, AS Kigali continued to apply pressure until the 85th minute when the substitute Ramadhan Niyibizi scored on a rebound to make it 4. For this goal, SC Kiyovu’s GK and skipper should have done better again. He clearly showed a lack of fitness.

In a post-match interview, Kiyovu head coach, Francis Haringingo said that a short time of warm-up cost him the first half. “we had only 12 minutes of warm-up due to the late finish of the first match. Technically, the team’s poor warm-up affected our start” said Haringingo

In today’s early kick-off at Kigali Stadium, Amimu Nahimana fired Marine FC level against Gorilla FC, minutes after coming on as a sub. Jean Claude Nizeyimana had scored for Gorilla.

Elsewhere in Huye district, Mukura drew Gasogi 1-1

Tomorrow, the defending champions, APR host Musanze at Kigali Stadium while Rayon Sports will travel to Rubavu to lock horns with Rutsiro.

Click here to explore more details about Fixtures, Results, Standings and Player’s stats of the Primus National League

Starting Lineups for AS Kigali vs SC Kiyovu Match

AS Kigali: Ntwari Fiacre, Lamine Moro, Rurangwa Mossi, Ishimwe Christian, Rukundo Denis, Kwizera Pierre (c), Niyonzima Olivier, Mugheni Fabrice, Niyonzima Haruna, Abubakar Lawal and Shaban Hussein

SC Kiyovu: Kimenyi Yves (c), Serumogo Ally, Dusingizimana Gilbert, Ngandu Omar, Ngendahimana Eric, Nshimirimana Ismael Pitchou, Benedata Janvier, Bigirimana Abeddy, Muzamiru Mutyaba, Emmanuel Okwi and Ishimwe Kevin.

REG Women BBC lift the 2020/2021 BKBNL trophy

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Evode Munyeshuri

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November 1, 2021

REG Women BBC lift the 2020/2021 BKBNL trophy — REG Women BBC and backroom staff pose for a photo lifting the 2020/2021 BKBNL trophy | Photo credit: FERWABA

Former Ubumwe Basketball Club, now REG Women BBC won Rwanda’s Bank of Kigali Basketball National League this Sunday after beating rival The Hoops Rwanda 50-44 in the third and deciding game to win the playoff finals 2-1.

Having lost three games in the regular season, REG kept their calm all through the Playoffs and swiftly won the title for the third time. They last won the championship in 2016 as Ubumwe.

This Sunday, in a low scoring total, REG Women BBC beat the defending champions, The Hoops Rwanda 50-44 (13-08, 15-13, 09-10, 13-13) in the best of 3 finals of the BKBNL at Kigali Arena to end the long wait of 5 years without a League title.

Nyota Muganza led the winners with 20 points, Rose Akon followed with 18 points. Muganza grabbed 34 rebounds too including 14 offensive rebounds. Surely, The Hoops struggled to find ways to stop her while Chantal Utamuliza just played a really solid defence against The Hoops’ leading scorer, Rosine Micomyiza.

Former UCU Lady Canon player, Akon Rose Paul Macuei has been named the Most Valuable Player in the 2020/2021 Bank of Kigali Basketball National League. The South Sudanese brought a lot of offensive firepower to the team as she finished league top scorer.

Henriette Uwimpuhwe from Groupe Scolaire Marie Reine, won the most Improved Player award. Henriette, currently in secondary school, finished the regular season top scorer however, her team didn’t make the playoff slot.

In the other individual awards, Rose Akon collected the top scorer award for the 2020/2021 season too. The Hoops Center, Feza Ebengo received the award as the best defender while APR’s Laurence Imanizabayo was crowned the best three-point shooter of the season.

from left to the right: Henriette Uwimpuhwe, Laurence Imanizabayo, Akon Rose and Feza Ebengo

Women’s team of the year:

The Women’s 2020/2021 BKBNL season team of the year and BK brand ambassadors. from left; Nyota Muganza, Rosine Micomyiza “Cisse”, Nelly Sandra Nsanzabaganwa, Joyeuse SifaIneza And Akon Rose | Photo : FERWABA

PG: Nelly Sandra Nsanzabaganwa (RP-IPRC Huye)
SG: Rosine Micomyiza ( The Hoops)
F: Joyeuse Ineza Sifa (The Hoops)
PF: Rose Akon Paul Macuei ( REG)
C: Mireille Nyota Muganza (REG)

Coach: Esperance Mukaneza (REG)

Esperance Mukaneza receiving the coach of the year award

REG Crowned double Champions as Both Men and Women REG teams clinched the 2020/2021 League titles | Photo: FERWABA

REG Women BBC and The Hoops Rwanda will represent Rwanda in the Zone V championship in a yet to be confirmed country, venue and dates.

REG BBC sweep Patriots while Sifa hits a buzzer-beater to force game 3 in the women’s category

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Evode Munyeshuri

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October 31, 2021

REG BBC sweep Patriots while Sifa hits a buzzer-beater to force game 3 in the women's category — The 2020/2021 BKBNL Champions, Rwanda Energy Group Basketball Club | Photo Credit: Innocent Shema/REG

History has been written as REG BBC swept the Patriots to clinch the 2020/2021 Bank of Kigali Basketball National League trophy while Joyeuse Ineza Sifa hit a buzzer-beater against REG Women BBC to force game 3 in the women’s category.

REG BBC who last won the Rwanda Basketball League title in 2016 under the guidance of John Bahufite, put down yet another stellar performance last night to claim their second league title and an automatic ticket to the 2022 Basketball Africa League

Following their 66-63 win in game one, REG BBC beat Patriots 64-49 in the second game of the best of 3 series to end the Patriots’ reign in Rwandan Basketball domination.

Shyaka followed up his sublime Game one 30 points with 22 points and 8 rebounds in Game 2 despite the full attention of the Patriots’ immense defence of Bush Wamukota and Bienvenu Niyonsaba.

REG BBC will be the Rwanda flag bearer in the BAL second edition and they won’t go through the qualifiers since Rwanda will host the semi-finals and finals.

Following the men’s final game, the Rwanda Basketball Federation together with its Partner, Bank of Kigali announced that the recipients of the league’s end-of-season awards, the winners will be the BK’s brand ambassadors next year.

REG BBC’s Olivier Shyaka was named 2020/2021 BKBNL Most Valuable Player while Romain Murenzi Kizito received the most improved player award. the latter plays for UGB.

Other Individual awards given:

League Top Scorer: Brian Mbanze (RP-IPRC Huye)
Best Defender: Kamndoh Betoudje Frank ( Shoot for the stars)
Best 3 Point Shooter : Dieudonne Ndizeye Ndayisaba

The Team of the Year:

Best Point Guard: Adonis Filer ( REG)
Best Shooting Guard: Belleck Bell (REG)
Best Forward: Dieudonne Ndizeye Ndayisaba (Patriots)
Best Power Forward: Olivier Shyaka (REG)
Best Center: Bush Wamukota (Patriots)
Coach of the year: Henry Mwinuka (REG)
Referee of the year: Jean Sauveur Ruhumuriza

2020/2021 BKBNL Coach of the year, Henry Mwinuka, finished both regular season and playoffs unbeaten. This is his fourth league title in Rwanda Basketball League | Photo: FERWABA

In the women’s category, Joyeuse Sifa Ineza knocked down a bucket with defenders all over her to tie the series at 1-1 and force a game 3 for The Hoops-REG.

The game was tight 44-44 in the last 10 seconds of the game when Hoops’ head coach Patrick Habiyambere requested his last time out. His tactics worked out and young Sifa Ineza hit a buzzer-beater to end the game 46-44 and guarantee the fans a deciding game this Sunday.

In this game, Sifa and Ebengo helped close out the win with a combined 29 points.

The BKBNL Women’s final game is scheduled today, October 31 at 6 pm in Kigali Arena.

Olivier Shyaka goes off with 30 points to help REG BBC beat their rival Patriots

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Evode Munyeshuri

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October 30, 2021

Olivier Shyaka goes off with 30 points to help REG BBC beat their rival Patriots — Olivier Shyaka scored a game-high 30 PTS as REG beat the Patriots 66-63 | Photo Credit: Innocent Shema/REG

Olivier Shyaka seals REG BBC first BKBNL Playoff Final game with heroic 30 point performance against the defending champions, Patriots.

REG BBC led by former Patriots head coach, Henry Mwinuka, recorded the first win of Bank of Kigali Basketball National League Playoff final games after defeating their arch-rivals Patriots 66-63.

In this game, REG Forward, Olivier Shyaka had a great night scoring 30 points, with 61% FG. He shot 8 for 13 from the field and made an unbelievable 10 of 13 free throws. a spectacular performance from Rwanda National team captain to raise the confidence for the electricians to lift their second basketball title since 2016.

However, it’s not how it starts, it’s how it ends. In the 2016-2017 season, the Patriots bounced back from losing game 1 to win the next three games and claim the playoff title and this was against REG BBC.

In the 2018-2019 season, REG BBC started well in the best of seven series by winning three games to one against the Patriots, however, the Patriots cut the deficit and forced a seventh game after falling behind 3–1 in the series. Patriots beat them in game 7.

Will history repeat itself? Let us wait to see if the Patriots can force a game 3.

BKBNL Playoff Final game 2 is scheduled this Saturday at 7 pm in Kigali Arena and if necessary, game 3 on Sunday, October 31, 2021, at the same venue.

OBB VS KAVC To Serveoff National Volleyball League Activities

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Kenneth Lwanga

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October 18, 2021

Iganga based OBB to play Kampala Amateur Volleyball Club (KAVC) in the opening match of the National Volleyball League 2021/2021 season

The opening match of the season is usually against the defending champions of both the previous National Volleyball League and National Cub Championship.

This year in clear to see that the opening matches selected will put on a good show for the fans. In the men’s, OBB will face off KAVC.

Both teams are a force to reckon with as we have seen KAVC over the years winning numerous trophies while OBB, a promoted team from Serie B has proven to be a headache for most popular teams like Nemo, Sport-S and the like.

As for the ladies, it’s yet another university derby between the Elites from Ndejje University and top gun bankrolled KCB-Nkumba.

Ndejje and Nkumba played the final match from last season displaying some of the best volleyball you can experience in the country.

KCB-Nkumba emerged as the victors thus hold the National Volleyball League title for women. Ndejje on the other hand has a couple of trophies this year including, the Ndejje Open and the recently concluded National Club Championship.

The Uganda Volleyball Federation has not yet announced the venues that will be used for the upcoming season but for the League Launch, Old Kampala Arena is the suitable choice. Who knows we might see more big games happen at this venue.

Venues for volley games over the years included UCU Sports Grounds, Nkumba University Sports Grounds, Nsambya Sports Grounds, Ndejje University Sports Grounds, and many more.

Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 will see the Old Kampala Arena host NDEJJE VS KCB-NKUMBA at 12:00 pm and thereafter OBB VS KAVC at 03:00 pm.

The Uganda Volleyball federation has not yet the fixtures for the league but with the launch, we should expect to know when other games will soon start.

Follow the National Volleyball League stats here Men Serie A, Men Serie B, Men Serie C, Women Serie A, and Women Serie B.

5th year in a row, Patriots meet rivals REG BBC in the playoffs final

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Evode Munyeshuri

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October 18, 2021

For the 5th year in a row, Patriots will face off rivals REG BBC on BK National League playoffs final — Patriots' Hagumintwali helped his team to reach BKBNL Playoff Finals | Photo Credit: FERWABA

Patriots and REG BBC swept their opponents to secure spots in the BKBNL Playoffs finals and this will be the fifth in a row since 2016 that the two clubs meet each other in the final.

Patriots advanced to the Bank of Kigali Basketball National League finals by downing APR BBC 69-56 on the road on Sunday evening. Patriots swept the two-way series as they had registered a 71-56 win in the first game on Saturday.

In today’s win of 69-56 (19-19, 14-11, 15-09 and 21-17), Dieudonné Ndizeye paced the winners with 18 points. Both Steven Hagumintwali and Guibert Nijimbere contributed 17 while Aubin Junior Kasongo had 17 for APR BBC.

In this match, the Patriots’ power forward, Bienvenu Niyonsaba was ejected with 7 minutes to end the third quarter. The former APR Captain was issued a technical foul followed by an unsportsmanlike foul handed in the first quarter.

Surprisingly, Kenneth Gasana did not score any basket in 35 minutes spent on court. | Photo Credit: FERWABA

On the other side, REG BBC swept IPRC Kigali in an easy way. 70-42 on Saturday and 63-49 on Sunday. REG had no services from Quinton Meddrick.

The defending champions will rub shoulders with their arch-rivals, REG BBC in 3 games to determine the best of three game series. This will be the fifth year in a row for these Basketball rivals to face off in the BK National League playoffs final to decide Rwanda’s Champions. The finals are set to tip off on Friday, October 29.

Patriots have handled REG well over the years they met at the finals.

In 2016-17: Patriots beat REG 3 games to one
2017-18: Patriots 3-2 REG
2018-19: Patriots 4-3 REG
2019-20: Patriots 1-O REG

Rukundo A Glimmer For Sport-S Against OBB, Win Over KAVC Makes It 3 In Row For The Nsambya Based Club.

Rukundo was arguable ahead in the game for his club collecting the most points as they hosted Iganga based side OBB.

2022 FIFA WCQ: Rwanda coach names provisional squad for last two games against Mali and Kenya

Rwanda national team boss Vincent Mashami has summoned a 31-man provisional squad for their upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers this month.

Provisional squad:

Gatera’s Espoir FC bag all 3 points from matchday 2 at Kigali Stadium.

Espoir FC defeated Police FC 2-0 in an away match as Tresor Ndikumana and Yves Habimana scored for the Rusizi football side in a Wednesday lunchtime match at Kigali Stadium.

Uganda NVL Action Back Heading Into Week 3

The Uganda National Volleyball League NVL is up and running as clubs head into week 3 with action across 3 series for men and 2 series for women.

AS Kigali crush Kiyovu in Kigali City Derby

AS Kigali claimed a potentially vital win in a thrilling Primus National League clash against neighbours Kiyovu by handing them a 4-0 heavy defeat today, November 2 at Kigali Stadium.

REG Women BBC lift the 2020/2021 BKBNL trophy

Former Ubumwe Basketball Club, now REG Women BBC won Rwanda’s Bank of Kigali Basketball National League this Sunday after beating rival The Hoops Rwanda 50-44 in the third and deciding game to win the playoff finals 2-1.

REG BBC sweep Patriots while Sifa hits a buzzer-beater to force game 3 in the women’s category

History has been written as REG BBC swept the Patriots to clinch the 2020/2021 Bank of Kigali Basketball National League trophy while Joyeuse Ineza Sifa hit a buzzer-beater against REG Women BBC to force game 3 in the women’s category.

Olivier Shyaka goes off with 30 points to help REG BBC beat their rival Patriots

Olivier Shyaka seals REG BBC first BKBNL Playoff Final game with heroic 30 point performance against the defending champions, Patriots.

OBB VS KAVC To Serveoff National Volleyball League Activities

Iganga based OBB to play Kampala Amateur Volleyball Club (KAVC) in the opening match of the National Volleyball League 2021/2021 season

5th year in a row, Patriots meet rivals REG BBC in the playoffs final

Patriots and REG BBC swept their opponents to secure spots in the BKBNL Playoffs finals and this will be the fifth in a row since 2016 that the two clubs meet each other in the final.

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