Damas Sikubwabo<\/b><\/p>\n
Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The 2023 basketball league season playoff games will begin Wednesday, August 23, and will run through September 20, the local Basketball governing body (Ferwaba) has announced.<\/p>\n The playoffs in the Rwandan league feature teams that finish in the top four during the regular season where they play semi-finals and finals in a series format to establish the champion.<\/p>\n Rwanda Energy Group (REG) finished at the top of the men\u2019s regular season rankings followed by the Patriots, APR and Espoir in second, third and fourth places respectively.<\/p>\n In women\u2019s category, APR, The Hoops, REG and IPRC Huye reached the playoffs phase after finishing the regular season in the top four.<\/p>\n The men\u2019s playoffs will be held at BK Arena in a best of five series for the semi-finals and best of seven series for the finals while women\u2019s semifinals playoffs will take place at Lycee de Kigali Gymnasium and the finals at BK Arena.<\/p>\n The champions in men\u2019s category will represent Rwanda at the 2024 Basketball African League (BAL), while the winners in the women\u2019s fray will represent the country in the 2024 FIBA Africa Zone V Club Championships.<\/p>\n REG are back to back defending champions in both men and women\u2019s categories, having won the trophy in 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n Some teams like APR and the Patriots have beefed up their rosters ahead of the playoffs, making major trades of key players who have established their elite status on the continental basketball scene.<\/p>\n The Patriots, for instance, brought in Ater Majok, Michael Dixon, Jean Victor Mukama, while APR introduced American Guard De Marcus Holland and Prince Ibeh.<\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Damas Sikubwabo Africa-Press – Rwanda. The 2023 basketball league season playoff games will begin Wednesday, August 23, and will run through September 20, the local Basketball governing body (Ferwaba) has announced. The playoffs in the Rwandan league feature teams that finish in the top four during the regular season where they play semi-finals and finals […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":50320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-50321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\n