{"id":74424,"date":"2024-05-31T07:46:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T07:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/bal-2024-petro-de-luanda-al-ahly-ly-to-square-off-in-final"},"modified":"2024-05-31T08:42:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T08:42:04","slug":"bal-2024-petro-de-luanda-al-ahly-ly-to-square-off-in-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/bal-2024-petro-de-luanda-al-ahly-ly-to-square-off-in-final","title":{"rendered":"BAL 2024: Petro de Luanda, Al Ahly Ly to square off in final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Wednesday, May 29<\/p>\n<p>Semifinals results<\/p>\n<p>Petro de Luanda 96-86 Cape Town Tigers<\/p>\n<p>Al Ahly Ly 89-83 Rivers Hoopers<\/p>\n<p>The Basketball Africa League (BAL) 2024 championship will go to either Libya\u2019s Al Ahly Ly or Angola\u2019s Petro de Luanda who face off in an epic final at BK Arena on June 1 at 4pm CAT.<\/p>\n<p>Petro de Luanda qualified for the final of the weeklong tournament following an overtime win against resilient Cape Town Tigers on Wednesday. It will be their second BAL final in three years after losing the second edition to Tunisia\u2019s US Monastir.<\/p>\n<p>The Angolans threw their 13-point lead away late in the fourth quarter before the Tigers tied the game at 77-77 at the end of the regulation and it to overtime.<\/p>\n<p>But Petro de Luanda held their nerve and dominated the overtime with ease as the game ended 96-86 in favor of Petro.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, BAL debutants Al Ahly Ly overcame Rivers Hoopers 89-83 in after another overtime in Wednesday\u2019s first semifinal.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Rivers Hoopers and Cape Town Tigers will face off in the third-place match on Friday, May 31.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Wednesday, May 29 Semifinals results Petro de Luanda 96-86 Cape Town Tigers Al Ahly Ly 89-83 Rivers Hoopers The Basketball Africa League (BAL) 2024 championship will go to either Libya\u2019s Al Ahly Ly or Angola\u2019s Petro de Luanda who face off in an epic final at BK Arena on June 1 at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":74423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[760,763,3502,5835,5681,758],"class_list":["post-74424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-bal","tag-final","tag-playoffs","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>BAL 2024: Petro de Luanda, Al Ahly Ly to square off in final - 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