Mu gihe habura iminsi mike ngo imikino ya kamarampaka ya Basketball Africa League itangire i Kigali, RSSB Tigers yamaze gushyira hanze urutonde rw’abakinnyi ndetse n’abatoza bazifashishwa muri BAL 2026. Iyi kipe ihagarariye u Rwanda muri iri rushanwa ku nshuro ya mbere mu mateka yayo, ibintu bikomeje gutuma abakunzi ba basketball bayitegerezaho byinshi mbere y’imikino izabera muri BK Arena. Abasesenguzi benshi bavuga ko urutonde rw’iyi kipe rugaragaza ko RSSB Tigers ishaka kugera kure muri iri rushanwa rihuza amakipe akomeye muri Afurika.
Mu bakinnyi bari guhangwa amaso cyane harimo Craig Randall II, umukinnyi ukomoka muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika umaze kuvugisha benshi nyuma yo kwitwara neza muri Kalahari Conference. Uyu mukinnyi yigaragaje cyane mu gutsinda amanota menshi ndetse no gufasha ikipe mu bihe bikomeye. Hari kandi Mangok Mathiang, umukinnyi ukina hagati ufite uburambe bukomeye muri basketball mpuzamahanga, ndetse na Viny Okouo ukomoka muri Congo Brazzaville utegerejweho gufasha cyane iyi kipe mu bwugarizi no gufata rebounds. Aba bakinnyi ni bamwe mu batumye RSSB Tigers itangira guhabwa amahirwe yo gukora amateka muri BAL uyu mwaka.
Ku ruhande rw’abakinnyi b’abanyarwanda, abakunzi ba basketball bakomeje kwizera cyane Ntore Habimana, Antino Jackson ndetse na Steven Hagumintwari, bamaze igihe bagaragaza urwego rwiza muri basketball nyarwanda. Ntore Habimana ni umwe mu bakinnyi bafite uburambe muri uyu mukino, mu gihe Antino Jackson akomeje gushimwa kubera ubushobozi afite bwo kuyobora umukino no gutsinda amanota mu bihe bikomeye. Steven Hagumintwari na we ari mu bakinnyi bafatiye runini iyi kipe bitewe n’imikinire ye ndetse n’ishyaka agaragaza mu kibuga.
Ikindi gikomeje kuvugisha benshi ni uburyo RSSB Tigers yongeyemo bamwe mu bakinnyi bahoze bakinira APR BBC mbere y’uko iyi kipe ititabira BAL 2026. Mu bakinnyi bongewe mu ikipe harimo Axel Mpoyo, Dieudonné Ndizeye ndetse na Teafale Lenard Jr. Abasesenguzi bavuga ko aba bakinnyi bafite uburambe muri basketball nyafurika kandi bashobora gufasha RSSB Tigers guhangana n’amakipe akomeye azitabira playoffs. Uru ruvange rw’abakinnyi bafite uburambe ndetse n’abakiri bato ni rwo rukomeje gutuma iyi kipe yizerwa n’abafana benshi.
Ku ruhande rw’abatoza, RSSB Tigers izatozwa na Henry Mwinuka nk’umutoza mukuru, umwe mu batoza bafite uburambe muri basketball nyafurika. Azungirizwa na James Maye Jr wahoze atoza APR BBC ndetse na Kenneth Gasana, umwe mu banyabigwi ba basketball y’u Rwanda. Abasesenguzi bavuga ko iyi technical staff ifite ubushobozi bwo gufasha RSSB Tigers guhangana n’igitutu cya playoffs ndetse no gufata ibyemezo bikomeye mu mikino izabera imbere y’abafana benshi i Kigali.
🏀 Urutonde rw’abakinnyi ba RSSB Tigers muri BAL 2026
- Craig Randall II
- Mangok Mathiang
- Viny Okouo
- Ntore Habimana
- Antino Jackson
- Steven Hagumintwari
- Axel Mpoyo
- Dieudonné Ndizeye
- Teafale Lenard Jr
- Jean Jacques Boissy
- Obadiah Noel
- Armel Bagnol
- Ally Dhieu
- Nelson Kalombo
- Bienvenue Niyomugabo
Abatoza ba RSSB Tigers muri BAL 2026
- Henry Mwinuka — Head Coach
- James Maye Jr — Assistant Coach
- Kenneth Gasana — Assistant Coach
Mu gihe BAL Playoffs ziri kugenda zegereza, abafana ba basketball mu Rwanda bakomeje gutegereza kureba niba RSSB Tigers ishobora gukomeza gukora amateka no kugera kure muri iri rushanwa rikomeje gukurikirwa n’abakunzi ba siporo benshi muri Afurika. Nubwo iyi kipe ari ubwa mbere yitabiriye BAL, urwego rw’abakinnyi ifite ndetse n’imikinire yagaragaje mu matsinda bikomeje gutuma benshi bayibonamo ikipe ishobora gutungurana muri BAL 2026.
