RSSB Tigers yo mu Rwanda kuri iki cyumweru yatsinze Petro de Luanda yo muri Angola ku manota 90-88, yegukana shampiyona ya Basketball Africa League (BAL) ya 2026, yaberaga muri BK Arena i Kigali, mu Rwanda, kandi yageze ku bafana mu bihugu n’uturere ibihumbi 214. Tigers ni yo kipe ya mbere yo mu Rwanda yegukanye shampiyona ya BAL.
Shampiyona ya BAL ya 2026 yashyizeho amateka mu kwitabira, kwitabira imbuga nkoranyambaga, no gushyigikira abafatanyabikorwa. Abafana barenga 110.000 bitabiriye imikino ya BAL muri uyu mwaka w’imikino, harimo n’abitabiriye imikino y’amatsinda muri Afurika y’Epfo na Maroc.
BAL yabonye amateka yo kureba imbuga nkoranyambaga zirenga miliyari 1.1 muri uyu mwaka w’imikino, kandi abafatanyabikorwa 22 bashyigikiye ubucuruzi, ubucuruzi n’ibigo muri uyu mwaka w’imikino.
Nyuma y’umukino, Perezida wa BAL Amadou Gallo Fall na Perezida wa FIBA Africa Anibal Manave bashyikirije RSSB Tigers igikombe cya BAL Championship, naho Craig Randall II, uwugarira wa Tigers, igikombe cya Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy kubera kwegukana igihembo cy’umukinnyi w’agaciro cyane wa BAL 2026. Randall yatsinze amanota 36.1 kuri buri mukino, rebounds 3.5 na assists 4.4 muri uyu mwaka w’imikino, ashyiraho agahigo ka BAL ko kugira amanota menshi mu mukino ubwo yatsindaga amanota 54 kuri Dar City yo muri Tanzania ku ya 4 Mata.
Tigers yatsinze 6-2 mu cyiciro cya Kalahari Conference na Playoffs, batsinda FUS Rabat yo muri Maroc na Al Ahly yo muri Misiri muri kimwe cya kane n’icya 1/2, kugira ngo begukane Shampiyona. Al Ahly Ly yo muri Libiya yatsinze Al Ahly amanota 106-98 mu mukino wa gatatu mu ntangiriro z’uyu munsi.
Gakou yagize ati: “Twatsinzwe umukino kuko tutashoboye kurinda amanota 20 twari dufite. Dushimire indi kipe gukomeza gutuza no kwirwanaho. Nta mpamvu yo kugira isoni. Tugomba kwihagararaho. Twatanze imbaraga zacu zose; twagize ibihe bike byo kwiheba, ariko ibyo ni igice cy’umukino gusa.”
Yakomeje agira ati: “BAL ikomeje kugenda irushaho guhatana buri mwaka w’imikino. Sinshobora kubona ibisobanuro bisobanutse neza ku mpamvu dukomeza gutsindwa ku mukino wa nyuma. Ariko ngomba kwemera ko andi makipe akomeje kubaka amakipe akomeye muri iri rushanwa.”
Abakinnyi bakomeye mu mikino ya Playoffs na Final ya 2026 ya BAL barimo Komiseri wungirije wa NBA akaba n’Umuyobozi Mukuru ushinzwe ibikorwa, Mark Tatum; Umunyamabanga Mukuru wa FIBA, Andreas Zagklis; Umuyobozi Mukuru wa NBA Africa, Clare Akamanzi; Fall; Manave; Perezida wa Dallas Mavericks akaba n’ Umuyobozi wungirije Masai Ujiri; Abambasaderi ba BAL, Luol Deng, Joakim Noah, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Ian Mahinmi na Chiney Ogwumike; Umunyacyubahiro wa WNBA akaba na Visi Perezida ushinzwe ibikorwa by’amakipe no gukura kw’ibigo, Allison Feaster; n’uwahoze ari umukinnyi wa WNBA akaba n’uwaje mu ikipe y’icyubahiro ya FIBA mu 2026, Clarisse Machanguana.
BAL kandi yatangaje umutoza w’umwaka, umukinnyi w’umwaka urinda, uwahawe igihembo cya siporo, ikipe ya mbere ya All-BAL, ikipe ya kabiri ya All-BAL, ikipe ya mbere irinda All-BAL, ikipe ya kabiri irinda All-BAL n’igihembo cya Ubuntu. Itsinda ry’abatoraga ryaratandukanye kuri buri gihembo kandi ryari rigizwe n’abafana, abatoza, abayobozi b’amakipe, itangazamakuru, abatangazamakuru, n’abashinzwe gushakisha.
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Congrats to RSSB Tigers on the win! That must have been an intense game to watch.