Road to BAL: Time and where to watch City Oilers game against COSPN

Former City Oilers coach Mandy Juruni with a team-talk|COURTESY

BASKTBALL Road to BAL: Time and where to watch City Oilers game against COSPN

Allan Damba • 12:23 - 21.11.2023

The Ugandan powerhouse will be hoping to replicate last year's heroics when they managed to make it to the continental showpiece.

Nine-time National Basketball League champions City Oilers get off their qualifier to the Basketball Africa League (BAL) with a bout against Madagascar's COSPN on Tuesday at Ellis Park Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa.

This marks the start of the competition, slated to last between November 21 to 26.

City Oilers guard Ivan Muhwezi dribbles past Daniel Emong during Friday's game /NBL Uganda image

The Ugandan powerhouse will be hoping to replicate last year's heroics when they managed to make it to the continental showpiece.

What time is the game?

City Oilers against COSPN is set to kickstart at 6 pm in Uganda (EAT) and 5 pm in South Africa (SAST) at Ellis Park.

City Oilers' Jimmy Enabu during last season's National Basketball League finals played in the dilapidated Lugogo Indoor Stadium /NBL Uganda image

How to watch the game

Ugandans will be able to catch live action on the FIBA YouTube channel.

Others could Livestream the game via Courtside 1891.

City Oilers other opponents

City Oilers are pooled in Group B along with Mozambique's Ferroviaro da Bera, Madagascar's COSPN and JBC from Zimbabwe.

The top three teams in the competition join three others qualified from the West Division Elite 16, plus six teams that boast direct entry to the BAL.