{"id":121508,"date":"2026-04-05T14:20:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/tigers-and-petro-de-luanda-secure-playoff-spots"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:31:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:31:55","slug":"tigers-and-petro-de-luanda-secure-playoff-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tigers-and-petro-de-luanda-secure-playoff-spots","title":{"rendered":"Tigers and Petro de Luanda Secure Playoff Spots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda\u2019s RSSB Tigers and Angola\u2019s Petro de Luanda have secured the first two playoff spots in the 2026 Kalahari Conference, currently taking place at the SunBet Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not playing on Friday, the Tigers confirmed their place in the postseason thanks to their unbeaten record, combined with Nairobi City Thunder\u2019s third loss in four games.<\/p>\n<p>As of April 3, the RSSB Tigers sit at the top of the Kalahari Conference standings. They are followed by Petro de Luanda, who improved to a 3\u20131 record after a dominant 100\u201375 victory over Dar City on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the race for the remaining two playoff spots remains wide open. Teams still in contention include Al Ahly, Ly, Dar City, Nairobi City Thunder, and Johannesburg Giants.<\/p>\n<p>The playoffs are scheduled to take place in Kigali later in May.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Rwanda\u2019s RSSB Tigers and Angola\u2019s Petro de Luanda have secured the first two playoff spots in the 2026 Kalahari Conference, currently taking place at the SunBet Arena. Despite not playing on Friday, the Tigers confirmed their place in the postseason thanks to their unbeaten record, combined with Nairobi City Thunder\u2019s third loss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":121507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[9405,9406,9404,758],"class_list":["post-121508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-bal-2026","tag-petro-de-luanda","tag-rssb-tigers","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tigers and Petro de Luanda Secure Playoff Spots - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda\u2019s RSSB Tigers and Angola\u2019s Petro de Luanda have secured the first two playoff spots in the 2026 Kalahari Conferen ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tigers-and-petro-de-luanda-secure-playoff-spots\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tigers and Petro de Luanda Secure Playoff Spots\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda\u2019s RSSB Tigers and Angola\u2019s Petro de Luanda have secured the first two playoff spots in the 2026 Kalahari Conferen ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tigers-and-petro-de-luanda-secure-playoff-spots\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-05T14:20:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-05T14:31:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/sm_1775386888.364263.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"583\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tigers-and-petro-de-luanda-secure-playoff-spots#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tigers-and-petro-de-luanda-secure-playoff-spots\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tigers and Petro de Luanda Secure Playoff Spots\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-05T14:20:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-05T14:31:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tigers-and-petro-de-luanda-secure-playoff-spots\"},\"wordCount\":154,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tigers-and-petro-de-luanda-secure-playoff-spots#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/04\/sm_1775386888.364263.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"BAL 2026\",\"Petro de Luanda\",\"RSSB Tigers\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tigers-and-petro-de-luanda-secure-playoff-spots#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tigers-and-petro-de-luanda-secure-playoff-spots\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tigers-and-petro-de-luanda-secure-playoff-spots\",\"name\":\"Tigers and Petro de Luanda Secure Playoff Spots - 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