Basketball/Road to BAL: BC SCTP, CNSS and Hatari take on the continental challenge in Brazzaville

BC SCTP’s men’s team and the women’s clubs BC CNSS and BC Hatari will represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Brazzaville from October 24 to 28, in the first round of Road to BAL and the Women’s Basketball League Africa qualifiers. Returning to African competition after 20 years, BC SCTP must finish among the top two in Group C of the West Division to reach the Elite 16, scheduled for November in Abidjan. DRC champions BC CNSS, known as the Amazones, are targeting the WBLA finals and dominance in Zone 4, while Hatari aims to upset the established order. The Congolese teams will face competition including clubs from Cameroon, Gabon and host country Congo.