Tickets sold out as BAL playoffs tip-off

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Organisers of the Basketball Africa League have confirmed that all tickets for the opening fixtures of the playoffs have been sold out.

Al Ahly Benghazi of Libya will battle Cape Town Tigers of South Africa in the first seeding game before Al Ahly of Egypt take on FUS Rabat of Morocco in the second fixture on Friday night. The BK Arena in Kigali is expected to be at full capacity with all tickets sold out.

Action will continue on Saturday when Rivers Hoopers of Nigeria engage AS Douanes of Senegal in another seeding game while Petro de Luanda of Angola will face off against US Monastir of Tunisia to bring an end to the seeding series.

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Al Ahly of Egypt, FUS Rabat of Morocco and Al Ahly Benghazi of Libya sealed qualification for the playoffs from the Nile Conference while Petro de Luanda of Angola and Cape Town Tigers of South Africa picked their tickets from the Kalahari Conference.

Rivers Hoopers won the Savannah Conference and have been joined in the playoffs by AS Douanes and US Monastir of Tunisia who followed in second and third respectively.

Following the seeding games on Saturday, the playoff picture will be set with quarter-final pairings determined.

The Basketball Africa League playoffs will run until June 1, 2024 at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda.