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KNBL champions to be crowned in different venue

“The teams with the best record in the regular season will host the last three games of the best-of-five series,” said Amoko.

In Summary

•This finals, Amoko said, will tip off this weekend with the men’s opening matches in Mombasa while the ladies’ opener will be in Nairobi.

• Kenya Basketball Federation competitions secretary Joseph Amoko said the men’s decider, pitting Nairobi City Thunder and Kenya Ports Authority, will be played at Nyayo Stadium gymnasium.

Equity Bank's Betty Kananu (R) charges past Debra Atieno of KPA during a past KBF match
Equity Bank's Betty Kananu (R) charges past Debra Atieno of KPA during a past KBF match
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Kenya National Basketball League champions will be crowned in different venues.

Kenya Basketball Federation competitions secretary Joseph Amoko said the men’s decider, pitting Nairobi City Thunder and Kenya Ports Authority, will be played at Nyayo Stadium gymnasium.

The women’s title race, between champions KPA and Equity Bank Hawks, will end at the Makande Welfare Hall in Mombasa.

This finals, Amoko said, will tip off this weekend with the men’s opening matches in Mombasa while the ladies’ opener will be in Nairobi.

“The teams with the best record in the regular season will host the last three games of the best-of-five series,” said Amoko.

Thunder are seeded top in the men’s division while KPA top the women’s list. The two are the only unbeaten teams in the league this season.

Meanwhile, Snipers await the winners of a match between Stanbic Aces and National Bank of Kenya in the men’s Division One final.

Stanbic’s women’s await the winners of a clash between Safe Spaces and Zetech University.

Moischers reached the men’s Division Two final, where they will battle the winners of a semifinal encounter between Clique Mambas and Congo Nets.