Rivers Hoopers Drawn In Basketball Africa League Kalahari Conference

Rivers Hoopers Drawn In Basketball Africa League Kalahari Conference

Precious Oham

Six-time Nigeria Premier Basketball League champions, Rivers Hoopers, have been drawn to play in the Kalahari Conference of the 2025 Basketball Africa League (BAL) season, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

In a BAL’s statement released on Friday, the KingsMen will play against FUS Rabat of Morocco, Egypt's Al Ittihad, and Stade Malien of Mali from 5-13 April at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex in Rabat, Morocco.

Hoopers will play the season opener against Stade Malien at 4pm 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 6-14 June at the Sunbet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa.

Rivers Hoopers will be making their third appearance at the 2025 Basketball Africa League.

They featured in the inaugural season held in 2021 and last season's edition, where they finished third.