FUS Rabat lost on Thursday at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa, against the Angolan club Petro de Luanda by 86 to 89, in a match counting for the 4th season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL-2024).
After a very tight first quarter which ended in a tie (25 all), Said El Bouzidi’s men struggled to impose their game in the second period, losing to the Angolans by 34 to 46.
In the third quarter, Petro de Luanda managed to widen the gap by winning with a score of 75 against 57, but the Rbatis players were more dynamic in the last period, without however managing to surpass their opponent, the score final being 86 to 89 in favor of the Angolan club.
During the opening match of this inaugural group stage, called “the Kalahari Conference”, played last Saturday against Petro de Luanda, FUS Rabat won by 82 to 73.
As for the second match which was scheduled for last Sunday against Dynamo Basketball Club (BBC), it was canceled when the Burundian club forfeited for refusing to comply with league rules governing jersey and football requirements. ‘uniform.
The following match, played on Tuesday against the South African club Tigers of Cape Town, was won hands down by FUS Rabat with the score of 84 to 58.
In addition to this Conference (March 9-17), BAL-2024 is composed of two other competitions, namely the “Nile Conference” (April 19-27 in Egypt) and the “Sahara Conference” (May 4-12 in Egypt). Senegal).
Among the 12 teams participating in BAL-2024, five are expected to make their first appearance in the league while two others return for the fourth consecutive season.
Each conference plays a group stage of 12 matches and each team plays the other three twice.
The top two teams from each conference and the top two teams in third place will travel to Kigali, Rwanda for four classification matches followed by eight knockout matches from Friday, May 24 to Saturday, June 1.
2024-03-14 23:52:40
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