Rivers Hoopers draw Moroccan, Egyptian, Malian teams in BAL’s Kalahari Conference

Nigeria’s representatives in the 2025 Basketball Africa League (BAL), Rivers Hoopers, have been drawn in the Kalahari Conference of the competition, where they will meet Moroccan, Egyptian, and Malian champions.

BAL said in a statement at the weekend that the KingsMen, as Rivers Hoppers are known, will play against FUS Rabat of Morocco, Egypt’s Al Ittihad, and Stade Malien of Mali from April 5 to 13 at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex in Rabat, Morocco.

The Nigerians’ first match is against Stade Malien at 4.00 p.m. GMT.

The 2025 BAL teams have been divided into three conferences of four teams each. Each conference will play a 12-game group phase during which each team will face the other three teams in its conference twice.

The top two teams from each conference and the two best third-placed teams from across the three conferences will advance to the playoffs.

The eight qualified teams will play four seeding games, followed by an eight-game, single-elimination playoffs, and finals from June 6 to 14 at the Sunbet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa.

Rivers Hoopers will be making their third appearance at the 2025 Basketball Africa League, having featured in the inaugural season in 2021, and last season’s edition, where they finished third.

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