Nyuma yaho irushanwa rya Basketball Africa League rya 2020 ryagombaga kubera mu Rwanda ariko ntirize gukinwa kubera icyorezo cya koronavirusi, ryamaze gutangazwa ko rizabera i Kigali hagati ya tariki ya 16 n’iya 30 Gicurasi 2021 rikazabera muri Kigali Arena nkuko ari naho ryari buzabere umwaka ushize.
Kuri uyu wa mbere tariki ya 29 Werurwe 2021, nibwo umuyobozi wa Basketball Africa League (BAL) Gallo Fall yahamije ko iri rushanwa rigiye gukinwa ku ncuro ya mbere kuri uyu mugabane rikazabera mu Rwanda rigahuza amakipe atandukanye yo kuri uyu mugabane aho azakina imikino 26.
Nkuko uyu muyobozi yabitangarije urubuga rwa FIBA, Gallo yatangiye ashimangira ko iri rushanwa rizabera mu Rwanda ndetse anavuga amatariki azaberaho.
Yagize ati “Uyu munsi nejejwe no gutangaza ko irushanwa rya Basketball Africa League rizaba ku nshuro ya mbere guhera tariki ya 16 Gicurasi, umukino wa nyuma wa mbere ukaba kuCl cyumweru tariki ya 30 Gicurasi. Hazitabira amakipe 12 yo mu bihugu 12 bitandukanye bya Afurika, hakinwe imikino 26. Ibi byose bizabera ahantu hamwe hagezweho ku rwego rw’Isi, muri Kigali Arena.”
Gallo kandi yakomeje avuga ko nk’ubuyobozi bwa BAL bifuza gukora irushanwa riri ku rwego rwo hejuru aho rizagaragaza impano ndetse n’urukundo abakinnyi ndetse na Afurika muri rusange bafitiye uyu mukino w’intoki.
Abategura iri rushanwa rya BAL 2020 bari bateganyije ko ryagombaga kuba hagati ya Werurwe na Gicurasi 2020 mu bihugu bitandatu bya Afurika ariko rikazasorezwa i Kigali, gusa bitewe na koronavirusi banzuye ko iri rushanwa ritakinwa.
Iri rushanwa rya BAL2020 ryari riteganyijwe ko umwaka usanzwe w’imikino wa 2020 wari kubera i Cairo mu Misiri, Dakar (Sénégal), Lagos (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola), Monastir (Tunisia) na Salé (Maroc) mu gihe Umujyi wa Kigali (Rwanda) wari kwakira imikino ya Playoffs n’iya nyuma isoza irushanwa muri Gicurasi 2020.
Nyuma amakipe ane ya mbere ni ukuvuga yari bube yitwaye neza muri buri gace ni yo yari kubona itike yo gukina imikino ya nyuma ya Playoffs yagombaga kubera i Kigali mu Rwanda.
Amakipe 12 yari yabonye itike yo gukina irushanwa rya Basketball Africa League (BAL 2020) ku nshuro ya mbere ni Patriots (Rwanda), GNBC (Madagascar), Ferroviario de Maputo (Mozambique), AS Douanes (Sénégal), AS Police (Mali), AS Sale (Maroc), GS Petroliers (Algérie), FAP (Cameroun), Petro de Luanda (Angola), Rivers Hoopers (Nigeria), Union Monastir (Tunisia) na Zamalek (Misiri).
