Zone 5 | Kenyan sides Dominate 2009 Zone Five Games

Burundis News Stars missed out on a semi finals spot after narrowly losing 85-86 to Uganda's Falcons. Meanwhile, Kenyan sides, Kenya Ports Authority-KPA (women) and Cooperative Bank,(men) won the 2009 FIBA Africa Zone-5 Championships in Kampala, Uganda. KPA were the first to register their win after hitting hosts Kampala City Council-KCC 67-45, paving the way for another Kenyan triumph as Cooperative Bank upset Uganda’s Warriors 53-47 in a tough duel. In the preliminary games, Stephen Omony, the star player Thursday night ‘accounted’ for the Shs72m spent on his signature by helping Falcons edge Burundi side Newstars 86-85 in a Sprite Zone 5 Africa Championship encounter at YMCA Wandegeya. The former PSL Hawks star played like a possessed man, on a night Falcons needed victory to survive elimination from the Africa Club Championships qualifying tournament. At the start, it was all Newstars. The Burundian's overran Falcons 26-19 in the first quarter and went into recess carrying a 50-38 advantage. That looked like a hell of a mountain for Falcons to climb. >> Read More

Zone-Five Games | Country's Clubs Eye Liberation Glory

Burundi's renowned basketball clubs will attempt to make an improved showing at this year's Liberation day tournament which gets under today until Sunday at Amahoro stadium indoor courts.

Dynamo and New star basketball clubs arrived in Kigali on Wednesday and will battle against Rwanda's heavy weights APR (defending champions), CSK A, National University of Rwanda (NUR) and Kigali Institute of Education (KIE) for the top prize in the three-day tournament.
However, league defending champions Marine have not been drafted into the tournament after missing the first round which was staged last weekend.
'It's unfortunate that they (Marine) will not participate because they are the best team in the country.
'They play attractive basketball and it is obvious that their presence could have spiced up the tournament,' a close source to the local basketball governing body acknowledged yesterday.
On the road to last year's title, APR dislodged Dynamo at the semi-final before ousting local rivals Espoir in the final.

Info: Julius Mbaraga/africabasket.com

Zone-Five Games | Burundi Shock Uganda in Zone 5 Qualifiers

Burundi men’s basketball team shocked Uganda 86-80 in an entertaining game on the second last day of the Zone Five qualifiers in Kigali, Rwanda. The men’s team too the cue from their women’s team who had earlier on come close to upsetting Uganda, before narrowly going down 60-61.

In the other games, the Burundi men’s team went down 59=80 to Kenya and 55-100 to Rwanda, while the ladies team lost 44-81 to Rwanda and 57-77 to Uganda in the preliminary matches.

OffTHArchives | URUNANI ONLY FOREIGN TEAM IN CUP SEMIS

Urunani player gets some serious-D from Cooperative Bank players Wycliffe Ochieng and Martin Ombok