Known opponents of Abidjan Basketball Club

The Abidjan BasketBall Club (ABC), champion of Côte d’Ivoire for the 2022 season, should defend the colors of the country at the next Basketball Africa League (BAL) scheduled for 2023.

ABC Opponents

To do this, it will have to snatch its qualification at the various eliminatory windows. For the first elimination window scheduled for October 18 to 23, 2022 in Niamey, ”the Fighters” will be opposed to Elan Coton Basketball Club (Benin), Stade Malien (Mali) and

AS Nigelec (Niger).

the ABC who won their 17th title of champion of Côte d’Ivoire on June 11, 2022 are determined to achieve the feat

The ”Dangôrôs” who make the BAL a priority, are actively preparing for the Niamey stage and have been training hard at the Palais des Sports in Treichville for a few weeks. The club has even strengthened the squad with the arrival of 24-year-old Pacheco-ortiz, who plays as a full-back with Indios de Mayaguez in Puerto Rico.

What is BAL?

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) or African Basketball League is a basketball club competition in Africa launched in 2020 with the support of FINA and NBA.

The BAL replaces the FIBA ​​Africa Basketball League (or Africa League). The first two (2) editions were respectively won by Zamalek from Egypt and Us Monastir from Algeria.

For its part, the Abidjan Basketball Club (ABC) had won this competition formerly called the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 2005. The team of the Société Omnisports des Armées which represented Côte d’Ivoire in the previous edition n failed to make it past the qualifying windows. This year, Stéphane Konaté and his Abc teammates who won their 17th Côte d’Ivoire league title on June 11, 2022 are determined to achieve the feat.