Ikipe ya RSSB Tigers yanditse amateka akomeye cyane muri Basketball Africa League 2026 nyuma yo gutsinda Al Ahly amanota 106 kuri 97 mu mukino wa semifinal wabereye muri BK Arena. Uyu mukino wari utegerejwe cyane n’abakunzi ba basketball muri Afurika warangiye usize ibyishimo bidasanzwe mu bafana b’u Rwanda nyuma y’uko RSSB Tigers ikomeje gukora amateka ku nshuro yayo ya mbere muri BAL. Iyi ntsinzi yahise ituma BK Arena yose ihaguruka iririmba indirimbo z’intsinzi ndetse bamwe mu bafana batangira kuririmba “Itsinzi bana b’u Rwanda” bishimira uburyo ikipe ihagarariye igihugu yakinnye umukino udasanzwe.
Uyu mukino watangiye ku muvuduko wo hejuru cyane kuko amakipe yombi yari yazi neza ko intsinzi yari kuyafungurira amarembo yo kugera ku mukino wa nyuma wa BAL 2026. Al Ahly yatangiye umukino ikina neza cyane ndetse inakoresha uburambe bwayo mu marushanwa akomeye ya Afurika. Mu minota ya mbere, iyi kipe yo mu Misiri yashoboye kuyobora umukino ndetse igaragaza ko yifuza gushyira igitutu kuri RSSB Tigers hakiri kare. Gusa abakinyi b’ikipe y’u Rwanda bakomeje kwihagararaho imbere y’abafana benshi bari buzuye muri BK Arena, ibintu byatumye umukino urushaho gukomera kuva mu gace ka mbere kugeza ku ka nyuma.
Umukinnyi wakomeje kuvugisha benshi muri uyu mukino ni Craig Randall II, wongeye kwerekana ko ari umwe mu bakinnyi beza muri BAL uyu mwaka. Uyu mukinnyi ukomoka muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika yakomeje gutsinda amanota y’ingenzi cyane mu bihe bikomeye by’umukino ndetse afasha RSSB Tigers kuguma hafi ya Al Ahly mu gice cya mbere. Mu gace ka gatatu, RSSB Tigers yahinduye umukino burundu nyuma yo kongera imbaraga mu bwugarizi no gukoresha neza amanota atatu, ibintu byatumye abafana bari muri BK Arena batangira kwizera intsinzi. Abasesenguzi ba basketball bavuga ko uyu mukino ari umwe mu mikino myiza BAL 2026 imaze kubona kubera uburyo amakipe yombi yakinaga asatirana buri munota.
Mu gace ka nyuma, BK Arena yose yari ihagaze kubera uburyo RSSB Tigers yakinaga ifite imbaraga nyinshi cyane. Mangok Mathiang, Ntore Habimana ndetse na Antino Jackson nabo bagize uruhare rukomeye muri iyi ntsinzi nyuma yo gufasha ikipe mu bwugarizi ndetse no gutsinda amanota y’ingenzi. Mu minota ya nyuma, RSSB Tigers yashoboye gushyiramo ikinyuranyo cy’amanota cyatumye abafana batangira kwizihirwa hakiri kare. Umukino warangiye ari amanota 106 kuri 97, ibintu byahise bituma BK Arena yose ishyuha mu buryo budasanzwe.
Nyuma y’iyi ntsinzi, abafana benshi b’u Rwanda bagumye muri BK Arena baririmba indirimbo z’intsinzi ndetse bamwe batangira kuririmba “Itsinzi bana b’u Rwanda” bishimira uburyo RSSB Tigers ikomeje guhesha ishema igihugu muri BAL 2026. Hari abafana bagaragaye bafite amabendera y’u Rwanda bazenguruka muri arena bishimira iyi ntsinzi y’amateka. Abasesenguzi ba siporo bavuga ko uyu munsi ushobora kwibukwa igihe kirekire muri basketball nyarwanda kubera uburyo ikipe y’u Rwanda yatsinze imwe mu makipe akomeye cyane muri Afurika.
Uyu mukino kandi wari witabiriwe n’abayobozi batandukanye ndetse n’ibikomerezwa muri siporo nyafurika no mu Rwanda. Minisitiri wa Siporo , Perezida wa FERWABA, Desire Mugwiza, bari muri BK Arena akurikiye uyu mukino ndetse agaragara yishimira cyane intsinzi ya RSSB Tigers. Hari kandi abayobozi ba BAL ndetse n’abahagarariye NBA bari bitabiriye uyu mukino kubera uburemere wari ufite muri semifinal. Perezida wa Repubulika y’u Rwanda, Paul Kagame nawe yari mu bari muri BK Arena aho yakurikiye uyu mukino hamwe n’abafana benshi bari baje gushyigikira ikipe ihagarariye u Rwanda.
Nyuma yo gutsinda Al Ahly, RSSB Tigers yahise ibona itike y’umukino wa nyuma wa BAL 2026, ibintu byatumye iba ikipe ya mbere yo mu Rwanda igeze kuri uru rwego muri iri rushanwa. Abakunzi ba basketball bakomeje kwizera ko iyi kipe ishobora gukomeza gukora amateka no kwegukana igikombe cya Afurika imbere y’abafana bayo i Kigali. Uko byagenda kose, uyu mukino wamaze kwinjira mu mateka ya basketball nyarwanda ndetse ushimangira ko u Rwanda rukomeje kuba kimwe mu bihugu bikomeye muri basketball nyafurika.
