In a short five years, Dynamo BBC's Israel Otobo has managed to carve a name for himself in African basketball both at club and national level, but the 19-year-old is just getting started.

ABIDJAN (Cote d'Ivoire) - It's never too late to take a look at the numbers that drew a full picture of the 2023 Road to BAL qualifiers over the last two months.

Eight teams assembled in Johannesburg with seven chasing qualification while the eighth, NBA Academy Africa, was using the competition as part of their build-up for upcoming NBA competitions in the USA.

The 2024 BAL season will play a record 48 games across four African countries - South Africa, Egypt, Senegal and Rwanda - over four months, marking the first BAL games in South Africa.

The win means that Dynamo are the first team to benefit from an Elite 16 wild card to qualify to the BAL Finals, and more importantly, they have become the first Burundian side to join the coveted BAL.

The Mandy Juruni-coached Oilers played for a 72-61 win over Burundi's Dynamo in an East African derby in the first Semi-Final of the East Division Elite 16 set to conclude on Sunday in Johannesburg.

It's the Semi-Finals day in Johannesburg where eight teams have gathered for the past five days, but only four remain in contention for the last three tickets for the next edition of the BAL.

Each of the eight teams played back-to-back three games, but in the end, only four of them remain in contention while three of the four teams head to the boardroom to reassess their performances.

The East African derby pitting Group C winners Pazi BBC of Tanzania and wild card beneficiaries Dynamo BBC of Burundi was by far the most dramatic matchup, so far. 

Eight games into the qualifier that will determine the last three slots for the fourth BAL season, six other teams still have chances of joining Cape Town Tigers in the Semi-Finals. 

Cape Town's half-time team talk proved a game-changing as they readjusted defensive and offensively in the second half. The South Africans' instilled an aggressive defensive game plan and Dynamo froze.

The final 12-player rosters for the East Division Elite 16 were validated by FIBA Africa on Monday in Johannesburg as eight teams prepare to do battle for the last three tickets still available for the...

With just three slots up for grabs at the end of the six days, expectations are high, with each team strategising for that podium finish that puts them among the Final 12 ahead of the 2024 BAL season.

Action at the Ellis Park Arena tips off on 21 November with four matches on the cards as teams face off in a round-robin preliminary round of four teams each. The top two in each group proceed to the...

They were placed second and it was manifest from their results that the Burundian champions thoroughly deserved to earn a slot for a trip down South to battle against the top sides for honours in the...

The last round of the Road to BAL is looming as eight teams are set to battle for the three tickets in the Division East Elite 16 contest in Johannesburg, South Africa from November 21-26.