Nigerian champions Dolphins have qualified for the FIBA Africa Club Championship after winning all their four games so far in the ongoing FIBA Africa Zone 3 qualifiers holding in at the Palaise des Sports de Cotonou, Benin Republic.
Two teams out of the four female teams featuring in the Africa Zone 3 qualifiers will qualify for the African championship, which will be hosted by Angola later this month.
Dolphins are the only female team, who have yet to lose a game, having beaten ASPAC and Energie of Benin Republic and defeating Nigerian league runners up First Bank.
The Nigerian champions beat ASPAC 94-52 in their first meeting on Thursday and 70-37 in their second on Sunday. They thrashed Energie 95-36 on Friday before beating First Bank 83-71 on Saturday.
A round robin format was adopted for the event and the two top teams in the male and female categories will qualify for the championship.
However, since there are only four female teams featuring in the qualifier, they were made to go through a double round robin with each team playing the others twice.
Though Dolphins will still face Energie and their archrivals First Bank the second time in the qualifier, the outcome of the games will not alter their qualification for the championship.
First Bank, on the other hand, have won three games and lost only their game against Dolphins.
The Elephant Girls thrashed Energie 105-31 and ASPAC 89- 43, before humiliating Energie 107-24 in their second meeting on Sunday.
Dolphins, who are Africa Zone 3 defending champions, face Energie on Tuesday, while First Bank face ASPAC.
The qualification for the men remains open with two games to go, with the runners up in the Nigerian league Kano Pillars leading the pack followed by champions Mark Mentors.
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