Today’s match in the African Basketball League Season 2021 is going to extremely entertaining as Team AS Douanes (ASD) will be seen competing against Team GS Petroliers (GSP). The match is scheduled to take place on 17th May 2021, that is, on Monday, at 5:30 PM(IST) in the Kigali Arena (Final Four), Kigali, Rwanda. The league was earlier scheduled for 2020 but later because of the Wuhan virus pandemic, the league was rescheduled for 2021 and now the entire tournament will be held in Kigali, Rwanda. This is the first season of BAL and a total of 12 teams have taken part in the current league. BAL is formed by the cooperation of NBA and FIBA and started on 16th May 2021.
Match Details
- League Name: African Basketball League Season 2021
- Teams Name: Team AS Douanes (ASD) vs Team GS Petroliers (GSP)
- Date & Day: 17th May 2021, Monday
- Timings: 5:30 PM (IST)
- Venue: Kigali Arena, Kigali, Rwanda
There are a total of Three Groups in the league named Group A, B, and C, and both Team GSP and Team ASD are playing in the Group C table. The first match of the BAL was played on 16th May 2021 in Kigali Arena between the team Patriots and Team Rivers. Both the team are positioned at the Group A table and the match played between them was in the favour of the Patriots who won the match by 83-60. A total of 2,000 spectators came to watch that particular match.
Currently, team AS Douanes (ASD) is positioned at the second position in the Group C league table and today’s match is going to be their first match, while it will be the second match in the league table. The team was founded in the year 1980 and won their first national championship in the year 1998. In Octorber 2019, team ASD won the Senegalese Championship defeating team DUC and qualified for the BAL 2021.
Team GS Petroliers (GSP) is positioned at the fourth position in the Group C table of the league and it would be their first match too in the league. The team was established on 7th August 1921 and holds the record of winning 20 Algerian Leagues and 20 Algerian cups. Mohamed Kirdeche is the head coach of the team. On 30th November 2019, team GSP defeated West Division in the qualifying tournament and qualified for BAL 2021.
Team AS Douanes (ASD) Probable Playing 5
Chris Cokley, Alkaly Ndour, Louis Adams, Cheikh Diallo and Pape Mbaye
Team GS Petroliers (GSP) Probable Playing 5
Fula Rolly, Touhami Ghezzoul, Mustapha Adrar, Nadjem Belkacemi and Abdesslem Dekkiche
Team AS Douanes (ASD) vs Team GS Petroliers (GSP) Prediction
This is the first match of both the team in the league and it is very unpredictable as to which team will win today’s match. Both the teams hold vast experience in basketball and have also won several championships. If we look at the past performance of both the teams, then according to us the chances that Team GS Petrolier (GSP) will win today’s match is higher as compared to Team AS Dounaes. Today’s match is going to be extremely exciting and it will be interesting to know, which team will win today’s match. We will keep you updated, till then, stay tuned with us.
