Uganda, May 22 -- Season Four of the Basketball Africa League has reached the business end of things with the BAL Playoffs set to tip off in Kigali, Rwanda on Friday.

The Playoffs and Finals will take place from May 24 to June 1 at the BK Arena, with the top eight teams from the regular season set to compete for the top prize.

Three teams from the Kalahari and Sahara Conference, and two from the Nile Conference make the total number of eight with an opportunity to clinch the title.

Al Ahly Ly (Libya), Al Ahly SC (Egypt), AS Douanes (Senegal), Cape Town Tigers (South Africa), FUS Rabat (Morocco), Petro de Luanda (Angola), Rivers Hoopers (Nigeria) and US Monastir (Tunisia) are the teams in contention.

The eight teams have been ranked ba...