Ugandan Duo In Rwanda To Conclude The Bank Of Kigali Basketball National League.
Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, many sports in the world have been brought to a standstill. This was the case for the Basketball National League of Rwanda until a decision was reached by the board.
Federation of Ugandan Basketball Association decided to cancel the league this year that had been scheduled to start a few days after a lockdown was imposed in the country. The league will commence on dates to be announced early 2021.
This has seen the Ugandan duo of Zainah Lokwameri and Rose Akon move to Rwanda to play in The Hoops and Ubumwe respectively. Lokwameri talked to The-Sportsnation saying, “The opportunity is a good one for me and I can’t take it for granted. Considering we had our hopes crashed after anticipating an exciting season, this opportunity is a chance to fight for a championship.”
Zainah Lokwameri has joined The Hoops from JKL Lady Dolphins whereas Rose Akon has joined Ubumwe from UCU Lady Canons.
The League will be played in the tournament format. In the women’s category, there are 4 teams in one group that will play round-robin format:
- RP IPRC Huye (women)
- The Hoops Rwanda
- Ubumwe BBC
- APR BBC (women)
In the men’s category, there are two groups with four teams each:
Group A
- REG BBC
- RP IPRC Musanze
- UGB
- RP IPRC Kigali
Group B
- APR BBC
- Espoir BBC
- Patriots BBC
- RP IPRC Huye
The top two teams will each earn a ticket to semifinals with the table leaders from either group meeting the second-placed side in the other group.
The women’s four teams will play a round-robin format for the preliminaries to decide 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place team. Thereafter, they will proceed to the semi-finals 1st Vs 4th and 2nd Vs 3rd. The winners from this round will then proceed to the finals.
