Madagascar's COSPN begin 2027 BAL qualification
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lexpress
Madagascar's champions, Club omnisports de la Police nationale (COSPN), begin their 2027 Basketball Africa League qualification campaign against Burundian club Urunani. The match is being played in Uganda, where the Malagasy club is starting its continental campaign, reports L'Express de Madagascar.
Madagascar's Club omnisports de la Police nationale (COSPN) has begun its qualification campaign for the 2027 Basketball Africa League (BAL) against Burundian club Urunani in Uganda, reports L'Express. The Malagasy champions are playing this first match in the race for a place in Elite 16, the stage preceding the final BAL qualifying phase.
COSPN are relying on a group of local players strengthened by two foreign recruits: Angolan centre Jorge Filipe and American point guard-shooting guard of Nigerian origin Ikenna Okeke. Captain Livio Ratianarivo brings experience to the team.
Urunani finished the 2025 Road to BAL group stage unbeaten, with four wins from four matches. The two clubs have reportedly never faced each other, according to L'Express.
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