FIBA Africa has asked clubs featuring in the FIBA Africa Zone Three Championship in Lome, Togo, to register for the event on or before September 25.
The tournament holds from October 21 to 30 with teams expected from Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Niger, Togo and Liberia. The championship will also serve as qualifiers for the FIBA Africa champions Cup for men and women, which will take place between November and December in Mozambique.
According to a release signed by FIBA Africa Secretary General, Bilé Alphonse, any team that fails to meet the deadline will have their license fees would be doubled and the team will also pay a fine of $1000. He added that two teams were expected to register from each country.
Alphonse said only the African national federations affiliated to FIBA and FIBA Africa have the right to participate in this competition, provided they have fulfilled all their financial obligations. The federations wishing to participate in these preliminaries must send their confirmation of participation before September 15 to FIBA Africa Secretariat, while the list should be submitted 10 days later.
