Espoir basketball club will lift the Play-offs trophy if they beat APR in the third match on Saturday when both sides will meet in battle for the title.

The game on Saturday will be Espoir’s third game which will be played by the Nyamirambo-based club since the final matches started a week ago.

Coach Jean Bahufite believes his side has what it takes to win the title. “I have much confidence in my team. They have done alot and I believe they can still do more by winning the remaining match to lift the title,”

“APR is a good side too but we have experienced players who know what it takes to be victorius mostly at this crucial stage.”

He further added, “It has been a long time since Espoir won the Play-offs title and our focus is to make sure we write another history and win it this year,” added the 35-year-old coach.

However, APR needs to win their fixture against Espoir in order to stay on course for the contention of the title too.

Espoir registered wins in Game One and Game Two over APR 89-63, 106-54 respectively. Kami Kabage scored 49 points in two games while Aristide Mugabe hit 35 to put his team in front contention of winning the title.

The win ensured that the Nyambirambo-based side extended their unbeaten sequence the entire season to 20 games; 15 league matches and  five Playoffs games.

 

 

Nyuma y’aho ibihugu by’Ubufaransa, Ubudage, Ubutaliyani na Croatie bikuriyemo kandidatire ku buryo butunguranye, Ishyirahamwe ry’umukino wa basketball ku mugabane w’Uburayi ryemeje ko igihugu cya Ukraine ari cyo kizakira imikino ya 2015.

Amakuru dukesha eurobasket.com avuga ko Ubufaransa, Ubudage, Ubutaliyani na Croatie byari byarasabye ko byakwakira iyo mikino bifatanyije kugirango irushwanwa rizabe rikomeye, ariko  byakuyemo kandidatire kubera kutavuga rumwe n’Ishyirahamwe ry’umukino wa basketball ku mugabane w’Uburayi (FibaEurope) ryashakaga cyane cyane inyungu z’amafaranga kandi nazo ngo z’igihe gito.

 

Bimaze kuba akamenyero ko ibihugu by’Uburayi bw’iburasirazuba aribyo bikunze guhabwa kwakira iyo mikino kuko Pologne yakiriye iyo mikino muri 2009, Lituanie iyakira muri 2011 none Slovenie izayakira muri 2013.

 

Si mu mukino y’abagabo gusa kuko no mu bagore igihugu cya Hongrie nacyo giherereye mu Burayi bw’Iburasirazuba cyahawe kwakira icyo gikombe muri 2015.

 

Umuyobozi wa FibaEurope, Olafur Rafnsson, yavuze ko kwemeza ko Ukraine ariyo izakira iyo mikino ari icyemezo gikomeye ariko yizeye ko Ukraine izabigeraho.

 

Yagize ati  « Tuzi neza ko Ukraine ari igihugu gikomeye kandi gifite abaturage bakunda Basketball. Twishimiye rero ko iki gihugu kizakira iyi mikino  kandi turashaka ko nacyo gihinduka igihangange muri Basketball ku mugabane w’Uburayi kandi twizeye ko bizashoboka ».

 

Bizaba bibaye ubwa kabiri Ukraine yakira imikino ya Basketball ikomeye. Muri 2012, Ukraine ifatanyije na Pologne bizakira igikombe cy’Uburayi mu mupira w’amaguru.