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Africa-Press<\/a> – Tanzania<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>THE Isles\u2019 Basketball Premier League will resume on January 20 next year, it was announced by Basketball Zanzibar (Baza).<\/p>\n

Baza\u2019s vice chairman, Rashid Khamis said that the league will start being played into two zones, namely Pemba and Unguja, featuring 22 teams, which will compete on a league basis.<\/p>\n

The teams will later be trimmed to eight, with each side of Zanzibar producing four best teams. They will compete in the quarterfinals to be stationed in Pemba.<\/p>\n

The boys teams which will compete in Unguja zone are Usolo, Stone town, A.Magic, Police, Nyuki, New West, Millenium and JKU.<\/p>\n

The girls\u2019 teams are KVZ, JKU, Zimamoto,New West and A. Magic, The boys sides for the Pemba zone are Tornado, Clickers, California, Dolphins, ABC, Kichungwani Blezz and Majenz.<\/p>\n

The girls\u2019 sides are Wete Stars and Chake Chake Stars. Hamis said the isles\u2019 governing basketball body will meet to fix new dates for the resumption of quarterfinals in Pemba.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will meet to fix dates for the quarterfinals after the ending of the elimination round,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Premier league will be staged alongside a league B, whose participating teams are Sixers, Beit El Ra\u2019s, Cavarious, Good Morning, Mbuyuni, Rangers and Mwembe Tanga.<\/p>\n

Registration forms for both leagues will be available from December 30th to January 10 next year. Baza, according to him, is currently holding referees\u2019 training ahead of the leagues.<\/p>\n

Their training will end up on December 30 and those who will qualify will be licenced and certified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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