2022 Africa Basketball Festival: Immigration Beats Team France To Win Second Edition Trophy
Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) basketball team emerged winners of the 2022 Africa Basketball Festival tournament.
The Immigration team who replaced team USA in the tournament capped off dominant run at the second edition of Africa Basketball Festival with an 33-30 victory over Team France.
The tournament was played out at the Bukom Boxing Arena on Friday December 23, 2022.
The win marks the first major trophy for the security side in the basketball team.
This is what the immigration basketball team officials have to say;
“This is a new team, and just to prove that, we are ready for anything. So this was just a statement, we don’t mind who is coming, we didn’t care, we are always ready.
As service people, we are ready and that is one of the thing we go by”
“And this is one of the many trophies we are going to be getting, This is just an intro. This is an intro to everyone else that next year, the league is going to be tough, the basketball league is going to be tough because Ghana Immigration Service basketball team is here”.
Elsewhere, Team Ghana clocked an important 33-32 victory in their game against Team Nigeria.
The festival is organised by RiTE Sports and under the auspices of Beyond the Return Committee.
Background
The ‘Beyond The Return’ is a continuation of the 2019 Year of Return which marked the 400th anniversary commemorating the arrival of the first recorded enslaved Africans in James Town Virginia in 1619.
The landmark anniversary celebrating Africa’s resilience saw many people of African origin visiting the continent, particularly Ghana.
