Mu gihe habura iminsi mike ngo imikino ya kamarampaka ya Basketball Africa League itangire, abakunzi ba basketball muri Afurika bakomeje kwitegura amarushanwa ategerejwe na benshi azabera muri BK Arena. Uyu mwaka wa BAL wongeye gukurura amaso y’abakunzi ba siporo kubera uburyo amakipe yageze muri playoffs agaragaza urwego rwo hejuru ndetse n’ihangana ritegerejwe hagati yayo. Kigali yongeye guhabwa kwakira aya marushanwa akomeye, ibintu bikomeje gutuma u Rwanda ruvugwa cyane muri basketball nyafurika ndetse no ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
Amakipe umunani yamaze kubona itike ya playoffs harimo RSSB Tigers yo mu Rwanda, Petro de Luanda yo muri Angola, Al Ahly Ly yo muri Libya, FUS Rabat yo muri Maroc, ASC Ville de Dakar yo muri Sénégal, Club Africain yo muri Tunisia, Al Ahly yo mu Misiri ndetse na Dar City yo muri Tanzania. Aya makipe yose yitwaye neza mu matsinda yabereye mu bihugu bitandukanye bya Afurika, ibintu byatumye abasesenguzi bavuga ko uyu mwaka wa BAL ushobora kuba umwe mu ikomeye kuva iri rushanwa ryatangira.
Kimwe mu bikomeje kuvugisha benshi ni uburyo RSSB Tigers iri kwitabira BAL Playoffs bwa mbere mu mateka yayo ariko ikaba imaze kwigarurira imitima y’abakunzi ba basketball nyuma y’imikinire myiza yagaragaje mu matsinda. Iyi kipe ihagarariye u Rwanda nyuma yo gukora urugendo rwiza muri Kalahari Conference, aho yatsinze amakipe akomeye ndetse ikerekana ko ishobora guhangana n’andi makipe afite uburambe muri Afurika. Abakunzi ba basketball mu Rwanda bakomeje kuyitegerezaho byinshi cyane cyane ko izakinira imbere y’abafana bayo muri BK Arena.
Ku ruhande rw’andi makipe afite amateka akomeye muri Afurika, Petro de Luanda ikomeje guhabwa amahirwe yo kongera kugera kure muri iri rushanwa kubera uburambe n’abakinnyi bafite urwego rwo hejuru. Al Ahly na FUS Rabat nazo zikomeje kuvugwaho cyane kubera uburyo zifite amakipe akomeye ashobora kugora uwo ari we wese muri playoffs. Hari n’abasesenguzi batangiye kuvuga ko uyu mwaka ushobora kuzagaragaramo surprises nyinshi bitewe n’uko amakipe menshi asa nk’afite amahirwe angana.
Ikindi kiri gukurura amaso ni ikipe ya Dar City yo muri Tanzania, yageze muri playoffs bwa mbere mu mateka yayo. Nubwo ari ubwa mbere ikinnye kuri uru rwego, iyi kipe yatangiye kuvugisha benshi nyuma y’uburyo yitwaye mu matsinda ndetse n’ishyaka ry’abakinnyi bayo. Abasesenguzi bavuga ko amakipe mashya nk’aya ari gufasha BAL gukomeza gukura no gutuma basketball irushaho gukomera muri Afurika y’Iburasirazuba.
Mu gihe imikino ya playoffs yegereza, abakunzi ba basketball bakomeje kwitegura ibihe bikomeye bya siporo bizongera guhuriza hamwe abafana baturutse mu bihugu byinshi bya Afurika. Icyakora, amaso menshi akomeje kureba niba RSSB Tigers ishobora gukomeza gukora amateka imbere y’abafana bayo cyangwa niba amakipe asanzwe afite uburambe muri BAL ari yo azongera kwegukana igikombe. Icyizere ni cyose ko BAL 2026 izaba imwe mu marushanwa akomeye kandi aryoshye cyane Afurika izabona muri uyu mwaka.
