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KPA are one match away from sealing WBLA slot

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Kenya Ports Authority's Okoro Ifunanya and FOX Divas' Yvonne Muhawenimana during their FIBA Women Basketball League Africa 2025 Qualifiers match at Nyayo Gymnasium on November 9, 2025. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

National league Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) will have everything to play for when they get to the court today in the semi-finals of the 2025 Women Basketball League Africa Zone Five qualifiers at the Nyayo Gymnasium.

At stake is a slot to this year's WBLA final set for December in Cairo, Egypt. The dockers are looking to secure their return to the African stage having missed last year's contest after finishing fourth in the qualifiers. A victory against APR set them against Burundi's Les Hippos who finished second in Group A with five points from two wins and one defeat, while a defeat would see them face of with perennial rivals Rwanda Energy Group (REG) who are yet to lose a match.

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