Port Harcourt to Host NBPL Final For Third Straight Year
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, will host the Playoffs and Final Four of the 2025 Nigeria Basketball Premier League season. This much was contained in an official communique from the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), addressed to all clubs due to participate in the Playoffs, as well as other relevant stakeholders. In the communiqué jointly signed by men’s premier league chairman, Babatunde Ogunade, and NBBF Secretary General, Amina O. Amanchi, the League Management Committee revealed that it received – and subsequently approved – only one bid from Rivers Hoopers Basketball Club of Port Harcourt to host the Final Eight Playoffs and Final Four of the 2025 season. The latest development means Rivers State will serve as host for the final phase of the league for the third year running, having also hosted the 2023 and 2024 finals. The Final Eight Playoffs will commence with the arrival of participating teams on 26th October, while match action will take place from 27th October to 2nd November, with teams expected to depart on 3rd November. Games will be played in a round robin format, which will see all eight teams playing once against the other seven teams, with the top four teams qualifying for the Final Four. The Final Four will run from 20th to 24th November. All matches will be played at the Indoor Basketball Court, #59 Niger Street, Port Harcourt Township. Recall that Rivers Hoopers are reigning NBPL champions and are gunning for a third straight title after claiming the championship on home soil in 2023 and 2024.