Southern Zone Basketball League (Sozobal) has identified its representatives to this year\u2019s national basketball championship set for next month.<\/p>\n
Sozobal champions Bricks, Magang\u2019a and Crazy Warriors will represent the zone at the finals. The dates for the finals and venue will be announced later.<\/p>\n
Sozobal publicity secretary, Kondwani Kabowa, said they will not hold separate qualifiers to identify the zone\u2019s representatives.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe feel the play-offs were enough. We are happy with how the teams performed during the play-offs. They were impressive and strong. We have the confidence that they will do well at national finals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Kabowa asked the teams to work hard at national finals.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey need to continue training so that a team from Sozobal should win the national championship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The three teams were identified on Saturday at Blantyre Youth Centre after rigorous play-offs.<\/p>\n
Bricks retained the Sozobal championship after beating rivals Magang\u2019a 61-44. In a third-place match, Crazy Warriors beat Poly Bobcats 82-48.<\/p>\n
Bricks got K100,000 for emerging champions with Magang\u2019a pocketing K60,000 for the second position. Warriors got K40,000 for ending on third position while Bobcats received K20,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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