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Africa-Press<\/a> – Rwanda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Rwandan champions will get an automatic ticket to the 2022 Basketball Africa League (BAL) regular season owing to the fact that the country will host a key part of the tournament \u2013 the semi-finals and finals.<\/p>\n

The decision is also based also on the performance of Rwanda’s representatives, Patriots Basketball Club, who finished in fourth place during the tournament\u2019s inaugural edition in May this year.<\/p>\n

The BAL, Africa\u2019s biggest basketball event at club level, brings together 12 clubs from 12 African countries that compete to establish the champions of Africa.<\/p>\n

In its inaugural season that took place in Kigali, 6 teams gained automatic qualification into the regular season, having been crowned champions in the top basketball nations \u2013 Angola, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia and Morocco \u2013 on the continent.<\/p>\n

The remaining 6 teams went through a two-round qualification campaign to secure tickets. Morocco has since been dropped from the six countries with automatic tickets, with its spot awarded to Rwanda. Egyptian giants Zamalek are the reigning BAL champions after they beat Tunisia\u2019s US Monastir 76-63 in this year\u2019s final at Kigali Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. Rwandan champions will get an automatic ticket to the 2022 Basketball Africa League (BAL) regular season owing to the fact that the country will host a key part of the tournament \u2013 the semi-finals and finals. 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