L. MathekaKBF league set for June tip off
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Reading Time: 2min | Tue. 17.05.22. | 19:20
KPA men and women’s teams are the defending champions.
Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) 2022 season is scheduled to begin in June with fixtures seen by Mozzart Sport setting 4 June as the restart date.
The league was earlier projected to begin in March bit delays in the men's playoff final that was eventually won by Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) necessitate the changes.
KPA Men's Basketball team coach Sammy Kiki is eager to boost his squad https://t.co/Yl0268A6cQ
— Mozzart Sport Kenya (@MozzartSportKe) April 30, 2022
The league will be preceded by the Annual General Meeting (AGM) that has been set for 21 May after a previous meeting did not get enough quorum.
KPA men and women’s teams will be out to defend the titles they won after beating Equity Hawks and Ulinzi Warriors respectively in the best-of-five final.
The KPA men’s basketball team are the undisputed new Champions of the Kenya Basketball Federation Premier league after dethroning the defending champions Ulinzi Warriors 80-61 and winning the title for a record eighth time. pic.twitter.com/8jUZAfcjop
— Kenya Ports Authority (@Kenya_Ports) April 26, 2022
The two sides open the season at home on 11 June, with the women playing against Eagle Wings while the men take on Kisumu Lakeside.
The first weekend of action for the Premier league will see men's losing finalists Warriors open their season against Zetech Titans who have gained promotion to the top tier after winning the division one league against Africa Nazarene University (ANU).
Other men's league matches have semi finalists Equity Dumas take on Umoja in the other opening-day top tier men's match.
On Sunday losing semifinalists Strathmore Blades face off with Nairobi City Thunder in a repeat of last season's playoff quarters where the varsity side carried the day in a 2-0 victory in the best-of-three series.
Promoted ANU take on University of Nairobi (UoN) Terror in the first of many varsity derbies expected this season.
In the women's league, losing finalists Hawks open their season with a clash against ANU on Sunday.
Saturday action pits Storms against Kenyatta University Oryx while UoN Dynamites play Strathmore Swords. Eagle Wings host newly promoted Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in the other match on Sunday.
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