The Beninese international referee Silver Houngbédji is among the referees of the Elite 16 of the BAL Conference South. This is a competition that brings together 16 teams divided into four groups of four teams, eight of them constituting the Western Division and eight others the Eastern Division.
Silver Jacques Houngbedji is experiencing a historic moment in his professional career, the first in 18 years. He also tasted the first delights of an international competition by being among the referees who officiated the match between the Union Sportive Monastirienne (Tunisia) and the Gendarmerie Nationale Basketball Club (Madagascar), since tuesday 22 November 2022. His presence according to certain players in the basket ball confirms the desire of the Executive Committee led by Doctor Ismahinl Onifadé to allow the best players to assert themselves internationally..
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In group A of this competition, on retrouve Cape Town Tigers, NBA Academy, It's big (Burundi), Kenya Ports Authority (Kenya). In group B, Beira Railway (Mozambique), Matero Magic (Zambia), City Oilers (Uganda) and National Police Omnisports Club (Madagascar). These four teams are aiming for their first qualification.
The 8 teams involved in this tournament will try to win the 3 qualifying places for the Basketball Africa League. The two finalists and the team ranked 3rd will pocket their ticket. It should be noted that this second round of the playoffs concerns 16 teams. The West division is based in Abidjan. The six qualified for the Elite 16 will join Al Ahly (Egypt), AS Douanes (Senegal), US Monastir (Tunisia), Rwanda Energy Group (Rwanda), Petro Luanda (Angola) and the champion of Nigeria (to be determined).
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