2024 Rwanda Basketball Cup

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2024 Rwanda Basketball Cup
Season2024
Dates26 April – 9 August 2024
Number of games36
Number of teams21
Finals
Champions APR (1st title)
  Runners-up REG
Third place Patriots
Fourth place Espoir
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The 2024 Rwanda Basketball Cup was the inaugural season of the Rwanda Basketball Cup, the cup competition for men's teams in Rwanda. It is organised by FERWABA, the national basketball association. The first games were played on 26 April 2024, [1] while the playoffs began on 9 July 2024, and ended end on 9 August 2024. [2] [3]

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The first season consisted of 21 teams from the Rwanda Basketball League as well as the Rwanda Basketball League Division 2. [3] The first four teams from the 2023 RBL season received direct qualification for the quarterfinals, while the other teams entered the group phase.

APR won the inaugural cup title after defeating REG in the final. [4] The winners qualified for the inaugural Rwanda Basketball Supercup, which will be held later in the year. [3] The winners were also eligible for the East Africa Cup, a FIBA-organised competition that is yet to be announced. [5]

Group phase

The competition began with a group phase in which all teams played each other once. The top placed teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals of the playoffs.

Group A

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Kepler440344269+758Advance to playoffs
2 Kigali Titans 431315306+97
3Flame422296311−156
4East Africa University Rwanda413307306+15
5RP-IPRC Musanze404277347−704
Source: FERWABA

Group B

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Tigers 330308172+1366Advance to playoffs
2Greater Virunga321221188+335
3The Hoops Juniors312182236−544
4Rebero Basketball Academy303173288−1153
Source: FERWABA

Group C

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 UGB 330253120+1336Advance to playoffs
2Igihozo Ste Peter321213206+75
3Black Thunders312126206−804
4Intare202125185−602
Source: FERWABA

Group D

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Azomco330258180+786Advance to playoffs
2UR-Kigali321280224+565
3Inspired Generation312139183−444
4ITS Kigali202110200−902
Source: FERWABA

Playoffs

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
9 July
 
 
 APR 111
 
7 August
 
Azomco64
 
 APR 91
 
9 July
 
 Patriots 70
 
 Patriots 78
 
9 August
 
Kepler77
 
 APR 110
 
9 July
 
 REG 93
 
 REG 91
 
7 August
 
 UGB 76
 
 REG 98
 
9 July
 
 Espoir 72 Third place
 
 Espoir 76
 
9 August
 
 Tigers 71
 
 Patriots 77
 
 
 Espoir 59
 

Quarter-finals

9 July 2024
6:00 pm
APR 111–64Azomco
Pts: Osborn Shema 37
Rebs: Osborn Shema 12
Asts: Ally Kubwimana 10		Pts: Kumbai Ayol 24
Rebs: Kumbai Ayol 15
Asts: Jarode Arowet 5
9 July 2024
6:00 pm
REG 91–76 UGB
Pts:Three players 18
Rebs: Pitchou Kambuy Manga 14
Asts: Antino Jackson 6		Pts: Patrick Rembert 21
Rebs: Nemanja Milošević 9
Asts: Patrick Rembert 9
9 July 2024
8:30 pm
Espoir 76–71 Tigers
Pts: Olivier Turatzinse 19
Rebs: Jean de Dieu Niyungeho 11
Asts: Jean de Dieu Niyungeho 7		Pts: Fiston Irutingabo 26
Rebs: Patrick Ngabonziza 11
Asts: Patrick Nshizirungu 4
9 July 2024
8:30 pm
Patriots 78–72 Kepler
Pts: Dieudonné Ndizeye 19
Rebs: Furaha Cadeau de Dieu 6
Asts: Will Pery, Sedar Sagamba 4 each		Pts: Done Carlos Alejandro 20
Rebs: Aristide Mugabe, Emile Kazeneza 8 each
Asts: Guibert Nijimbere 7

Semi-finals

7 August 2024
8:30 pm
REG 98–72 Espoir
Pts: Pitchou Kambuy Manga 24
Rebs: Pitchou Kambuy Manga 13
Asts: Antino Alvarez Jackson 16		Pts: Omega Ngaïfei 16
Rebs: Omega Ngaïfei 10
Asts: Omega Ngaïfei 6
7 August 2024
8:30 pm
APR 91–70 Patriots
Pts: Isaiah Miller 24
Rebs: Osborn Shema 11
Asts: Ntore Habimana 7		Pts: Dieudonné Ndizeye 27
Rebs: Dieudonné Ndizeye 10
Asts: Sedar Sagamba 4

Third place game

9 August 2024
6:00 pm
Patriots 77–59 Espoir
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 17–11, 16–21, 24–14
Pts: Will Perry 13
Rebs: Dieudonné Ndizeye 7
Asts: Will Perry 8		Pts: Olivier Turatzinse 15
Rebs: Omega Ngaifei 12
Asts: Olivier Turatzinse 5

Final

9 August 2024
8:30 pm
APR 110–93 REG
Scoring by quarter: 30–25, 24–25, 33–10, 23–32
Pts: Isaiah Miller 43
Rebs: Osborn Shema 9
Asts: Jean Jacques Nshobozwa 4		Pts: Alvarez Jackson 30
Rebs: Kendall Gray 10
Asts: Alvarez Jackson 8
Lycée de Kigali, Kigali
Referees: Didier Gaga, Leslie Cherubin, Didier Shema

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