It should be noted that the 12 teams that will compete in the 2024 BAL season were divided into three conferences of four teams each, with Petro belonging to the Kalahari conference. In addition to this conference, there are also those on the Nile and the Sahara.
Thus, in the run-up to the competition, Petro de Luanda, according to Angop, ends up as the favorite of the press, members of the organization and South African fans, as the most rated team to win the conference, whose first two places in the table qualify for the final phase of the BAL, to be played in Rwanda from May 24th to June 1st.
Among the most mentioned elements that can justify this favoritism is the fact that Petro is a regular presence in the BAL, in which he has already reached the podium twice, as well as having a significant number of players from the national team.
It should be noted that the Angolans will make their debut this Saturday, where they will meet FUS Rabat Basketball (Morocco) on the field, participating for the first time in the league. The game is scheduled for 4pm local time (3pm in Angola).
The following day, Petro will meet the Cape Town Tigers, in a game scheduled for 7pm local time (6pm in Angola), while at the end of the first phase, the Angolans will return to the field on Tuesday (March 12), to face Dynamo Basketball Club (Burundi), also participating in the BAL for the first time, with the match scheduled for 4pm local time (3pm in Angola).
In the competition, José Neto will guide the Petro de Luanda team, which is made up of Childe Dundão, Gerson Domingos, Anthony Nelson, Eduardo Simão, Gerson Gonçalves, Edmir Lucas, Glofate Buiamba, Aboubakar Gakou, Markeith Cummings, Jone Pedro, Yanick Moreira and Carlos Morais, writes to Angop.
The 2024 BAL season will be made available to fans through "free and paid television broadcast partnerships with the African Broadcasting Union, the American Forces Network (AFN), Canal+, NBA TV, Tencent Video, TSN, TV5 Monde, Visionary TV and Voice of America (VOA)", as well as live broadcast on the NBA App and also on BAL's YouTube channel, according to a statement sent to VerAngola.
After the Kalahari conference it will be the turn of the group stage of the Nile conference, to be played between 19 and 27 April, in Cairo (Egypt), while the Sahara conference will take place from 4 to 12 May, in Dakar (Senegal). The final phase will take place in Kigali (Rwanda) from May 24th to June 1st.
