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Day 1 Sunday
City Oilers ?? 93 vs Savio 46
Power 87 ?? ABC 55
APR 45 KCCA ?? 57
UCU 108 ?? Horseed 42
DAY TWO Monday
Patriots 79 Savio 50
ABC 77 KPA 81
Equity 56 KCCA 51
UCU 69 KPA 68
City Oil 111 Hawasa 41
9pm Power v Gondar
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A game high 17 points from veteran Stephen Omony set defending champions City Oilers to a winning start as the FIBA Africa Zone 5 Club Championships got underway in Kampala on Sunday.
City Oilers got their campaign underway with an emphatic 93-46 victory over Tanzanians Savio at the Lugogo arena, as all Ugandan clubs registered victories on day one
The hosts City Oilers were so dominant that they had a 30 point lead at the halfway point against Savio (49-19).
In the women’s event, Uganda’s KCCA set the ball rolling with a 57-45 victory over Rwanda’s APR.
Fifteeen clubs from five countries are battling for honours at this year’s FIBA Africa Zone 5 Club Championships hosted by Ugandan giants City Oilers Basketball Club and the sports governing body FUBA.
The week-long tournament that started Sunday morning at Lugogo will also serve as regional qualifiers for the FIBA Africa Club Championship finals to be hosted in Casablanca, Morocco in December.
FULL RESULTS
Day 1 Africa Zone5 Champs 2017
APR 45 KCCA 57
Hawassa 43 Patriots 110
KPA 108 Gondar 35
UCU 108 Horseed 42
Equity 70 Don Bosco 48
City Oil 93 Savio 46
Power 87 ABC 55
Men
GROUP A – City Oil – Uganda; Patriots – Rwanda; Savio – Tanzania; Hawassa City – Ethiopia
GROUP B – Betway Power – Uganda; Gondar City – Ethiopia; A.B.C – Tanzania; K.P.A – Kenya
Women (round robin)
UCU, KCCA, Equity, KPA, Horseed , APR, Don Bosco
FT: APR ?? 45-57 ?? @kccabasketball. The Ugandan side register their first win at the #Zone5Clubs2017. Martha Soigi 20pts & Chemutai 17pts. pic.twitter.com/HmXazRBAaO
— Usher Komugisha (@UsherKomugisha) October 1, 2017
End of the Game
Betway Power?? 87-55 A.B.C??
Day 2 continues tomorrow at 9am#FIBAACC??#Zone5Clubs2017?— #Zone5Clubs2017 (@FubaBasketball) October 1, 2017
#Zone5Champs17: Regional basketball giants here for #FIBA Africa Zone 5 battle https://t.co/GgC5NbNGOm pic.twitter.com/SrriOaNPXQ
— The Independent (@UGIndependent) October 1, 2017
