The zonal basketball tournament (zone three), which qualifie s teams for the next African female basketball champions league, started this week-end in Lome with teams from from Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Togo participating.
On Sunday, Energie Basketball Club (EBC) of Benin beat l'Etoile filante of Lome 51 to 33, while ABC from Côte d'Ivoire dominated UBC of Togo 63 to 14 and First B ank of Nigeria beat compatriots Dolphins.Monday's programme is as follows: - EBC (Benin) - Dolphins (Nigeria), CSA (Côte d'Ivoire) - Etoile filante (Togo), First Bank (Nigeria) - UBC (Togo)
Two teams are expected to qualify from the zone to participate in the African le ague series taking place from 20 to 29 November in Nairobi, Kenya.