Basketballghana.com can confirm a new league format will determine the winners of the 2021 Accra Basketball League (ABL) Season. The league is tentatively set to start on July 27.
The new format has teams across the Men’s Division I, Men’s Division II and Women’s Division grouped respectively and the regular season and postseason are set to be shortened. (Click highlighted text to view the format breakdown)
Defending Women’s Division Champions Ghana Police Service has been drawn in Group A that has Airforce, University of Ghana, Ghana Navy and Ghana Fire Service. The group forms one half of the division’s roster.
In the Men’s Division I, 2019 league finalist, Accra Leopards is in Group B with Tema Youth, Reformers of Prisons, Navy Warriors and Ghana Police Service. The group forms one half of the division’s roster.
Division II has 15 teams spread across three groups and the group winners will battle it out in a three way series to determine the Division Champion. Below is a complete list of the groups:
By Yaw Adjei-Mintah
@YawMintYM on Twitter