The management committee of the professional basketball league of Benin organized this Saturday, March 12, 2022 a press conference at the EYA community center in Akpakpa. An opportunity for leaders to take stock of the first phase of the professional basketball league.
Started on February 5, the first leg of the professional basketball league ended on Saturday February 26, 2022 in the North Conference and on Saturday March 5, 2022 in the South Conference. In total, 36 matches are played in the Southern Conference for Senior Men and Women on the one hand; on the other hand 15 have been played in the Northern Conference for Senior Men. In the Southern Conference, the ELAN COTON BBC team is 1st among Senior Men while Energie BBC is the leader among Senior Women according to the results approved by the Federal Commission for Statutes, Regulations, Qualifications and Discipline. On the other hand in the Northern Conference, it is Aspal BBC of Parakou which dominates the debates.
A balance sheet, at least satisfactory for the management committee of this professional league in its ambition to reveal Beninese basketball to the whole world. ‹‹ I can tell you after this first phase of the North and South conferences that I was not mistaken. We started this league with matches of an acceptable level and which give a lot of hope even if improvements and corrections remain to be made. I therefore remain convinced that we have taken the right direction and common sense to bring Beninese basketball to the top of African basketball and why not worldwide ››, hammered Arnaud Dègla, President of the Management Committee of the Professional Basketball League . The same one who nurtured the ambition that the professional league in a few years can be compared to those of the great nations of Basketball, citing as a reference ‹‹ France and the USA ››. For Epiphane Soudonou, Vice-president of the professional basketball league, ”the revolution of Beninese basketball is indeed underway as President Onifadé had hammered it just after his re-election ››.
In addition, the President did not fail to ‹‹ wish the whole Beninese basketball family and in particular the Sports Societies that have engaged their professional teams in this adventure, a superb return phase with brilliant actions that honor this discipline. as was the case during the outward phase ››. It should be noted that a ballistic of provisions is taken with regard to communication for the official revelation of Beninese basketball.
Arsène AZIZAHO (Coll)
