Basketballghana.com can confirm Rwanda Energy Group (REG) has won the 2021 BK Basketball National League in Rwanda’s top flight basketball league.
The team topped Patriots Basketball Club in the best of three game series by registering a 66-63 win in Game One and a 64-49 win in Game Two.
By winning the league title, REG has booked an automatic spot at the next Basketball Africa League (BAL); the latter stages of the competition are set to be held at Rwanda’s Kigali Arena.
Head Coach Henry Mwinuka led REG to the convincing win over his former team; Ugandan Coach Mwinuka won the national league title with Patriots in 2016, 2018 and 2019.
Patriots represented Rwanda in the inaugural edition of the BAL and generated a ton of headlines by signing American Rapper J Cole to its roster for the 12 team continental basketball competition.
At the time of writing, four other teams have qualified automatically to the 2022 BAL including 2021 Finalists Zamalek and US Monastir.
By Yaw Adjei-Mintah
@YawMintYM on Twitter
