Namuwongo Blazers have found their opponents for the 2026 Basketball Africa League (BAL) Elite 16, with the Ugandan champions drawn in Group B of the East Division forward of the decisive qualification event in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Blazers will face Tanzania’s Dar Metropolis, Botswana’s Dolphins and Mozambique’s Ferroviario da Beira as they pursue a historic place within the 2027 BAL common season.
The draw was performed on Friday, November 6, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, with 16 groups divided into 4 teams throughout the East and West divisions.
The Elite 16 event will happen from November 23 to 29 in Nairobi, the place Namuwongo should end among the many high two groups of their division to safe qualification.
Their opponents current completely different challenges, with Dar Metropolis incomes automated qualification for this stage, whereas Dolphins and Ferroviario da Beira progressed by way of the sooner qualifying rounds.
Namuwongo arrive at this stage after negotiating the earlier qualification spherical, the place they booked their place within the Elite 16 with an time beyond regulation victory over Rwanda’s Patriots.
The Blazers will now be aiming to construct on that progress and safe what can be a landmark qualification for Ugandan basketball.
The highest two groups in every division will qualify routinely for the BAL common season, whereas an extra place will go to the best-ranked third-placed group throughout the East and West divisions. This may carry the variety of groups qualifying from the Elite 16 to 5.
These 5 sides will be part of seven golf equipment which have already secured automated qualification for the 2027 BAL season, representing Angola, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal and Tunisia.
For Namuwongo, the Nairobi task provides a possibility to take Ugandan basketball onto the continent’s greatest membership stage. Nonetheless, they are going to first have to beat three decided opponents to show that ambition into actuality.
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