Mu gihe abakunzi ba basketball muri Afurika bari bamaze iminsi bategereje aya marushanwa, imikino ya kamarampaka ya Basketball Africa League iratangira kuri uyu wa 22 Gicurasi 2026 muri BK Arena. Uyu munsi ni umwe mu minsi ikomeye cyane kuri basketball nyafurika kuko amakipe umunani akomeye agiye gutangira urugamba rwo gushaka igikombe cya BAL 2026. Abasesenguzi ba siporo bavuga ko uyu mwaka ushobora kuba umwe mu marushanwa akomeye BAL yagize kubera uburyo amakipe yageze muri playoffs afite urwego rwo hejuru cyane.
Umukino utegerejwe cyane n’abanyarwanda ni uzahuza RSSB Tigers na FUS Rabat. RSSB Tigers ihagarariye u Rwanda muri iri rushanwa ku nshuro ya mbere mu mateka yayo, ibintu byatumye abafana benshi bayitegerezaho gukora amateka imbere y’abafana bazaba buzuye muri BK Arena. Uyu mukino uratangira saa moya z’umugoroba ku isaha yo mu Rwanda, ndetse abasesenguzi benshi bavuga ko ushobora kuba umwe mu mikino ikomeye cyane ya quarterfinals bitewe n’uburyo aya makipe yitwaye mu matsinda.
RSSB Tigers iri kwinjira muri playoffs ifite icyizere gikomeye nyuma yo kwitwara neza muri Kalahari Conference yabereye muri Afurika y’Epfo. Iyi kipe yasoje iri mu makipe ane ya mbere muri BAL rankings nyuma yo gutsinda amakipe akomeye arimo Petro de Luanda na Dar City. Abakunzi ba basketball mu Rwanda bakomeje kwizera abakinnyi barimo Craig Randall II, Mangok Mathiang ndetse na Ntore Habimana bazafasha iyi kipe muri uyu mukino wa mbere wa playoffs.
Undi mukino uri bukinwe uyu munsi uzahuza ASC Ville de Dakar na Al Ahly. Uyu mukino nawo utegerejwe cyane kuko aya makipe yombi afite uburambe muri basketball nyafurika ndetse afite abafana benshi muri Afurika. Al Ahly iri mu makipe ahabwa amahirwe yo kugera kure muri BAL uyu mwaka kubera urwego rw’abakinnyi ifite ndetse n’uburambe bwayo muri aya marushanwa.
Abategura BAL bavuga ko uyu mwaka wa playoffs uzaba urimo udushya twinshi haba mu mikino ndetse no mu myidagaduro izaherekeza aya marushanwa. BK Arena yamaze gutegurwa kwakira abafana benshi bazaturuka mu bihugu bitandukanye bya Afurika ndetse no hanze yayo. Mu myaka ishize, Kigali yakomeje kuba igicumbi cya basketball nyafurika, ibintu byatumye u Rwanda rukomeza kuvugwa cyane muri siporo mpuzamahanga.
Mu gihe imikino itangira uyu munsi, abakunzi ba basketball bakomeje kwibaza niba RSSB Tigers ishobora gukomeza gukora amateka no kugera kure muri BAL 2026. Nubwo iri guhura n’amakipe afite uburambe, uburyo iyi kipe yitwaye mu matsinda ndetse n’inkunga iri guhabwa n’abafana bayo bikomeje gutuma benshi bayibonamo ikipe ishobora gutungurana muri iri rushanwa rikomeje gukurikirwa ku mugabane wa Afurika.
