Basketball: Play-off and Land Marine Cup |02 November 2022
Anse Etoile Stars and Mont Fleuri to set the play-offs running today
- Land Marine Cup formats and pairings known
Ladies’ selections Anse Etoile Stars and Mont Fleuri will this afternoon set the ball rolling in the national league play-off to decide the winners in the three categories, while the formats and draws for the Land Marine Cup set to begin on November 18 have also been finalised.
In the women’s play-off, Stars who finished on top of the classification league with a total 17 points, will play a best-of-three series against fourth-place finishers Mont Fleuri for a place in the final.
The other final spot will be contested by B Challenge who finished second overall, and third-place finishers HotShots.
Meanwhile, everything has been finalised and the scene set for the Land Marine Cup scheduled to begin on November 18.
In the men’s division one competition, the seven teams have been drawn into two pools, with the top two in each group engaging in the cross knock-out semifinals.
Group A features Beau Vallon Heat, Mont Fleuri Dawgz, PLS Hawks and Baya, while group B is made up of Premium Cobras, Drifters and MBU Rockers.
As for the men’s division two competition, the teams have been split into four groups, and compared to the top flight, only the group winners will qualify for the semifinals.
Group A features Anse Royale, Mont Fleuri Ballerz and PLS Suns, while AB Boys, Anse Etoile and St Louis Saints will battle in group B. Praslin Boys and MBU Boys will battle in group C, while the Bel Air Basketball Academy (Baba) and Cascade Bullets will play in group D.
The winners of groups A and D will clash in the first semifinal, while groups B and C winners will battle in the other last-four match for the other final spot.
As for the ladies, the four teams have been drawn in two groups, with B Challenge and HotShots in group A, while Mont Fleuri and Anse Etoile Stars are in group B.
Only one group match will decide the semifinalists through a cross-knockout, where the winners of group A will play against the runners-up in group B, and vice-versa.
Roland Duval