Radford University College and Takoradi Technical University (TTU) qualified as winners of Zones 1 and 2 respectively in the original format of the 2020 UPAC.
However, the outbreak of the corona virus pandemic forced organizers-RITE Sports- to suspend the tournament indefinitely as a ban on all contact sports was placed in Ghana.
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With the downward trend in cases of COVID related deaths and infections in the West African nation, a special edition of the Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges (UPAC) Basketball Championship will take place later this week.
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The tournament is to be played on Tuesday, December 28 and Wednesday, December 29 at the Tema Community 4 Basketball Court with just eight teams participating.
Unlike previous editions where only zonal winners proceeded to battle it out for the title, tomorrow’s contest has a reduced field of teams invited to participate in the tournament.
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For Radford and TTU, this offers them a second shot at winning either team’s first UPAC title since the tournament commenced in 2011.
By Yaw Adjei-Mintah
@YawMintYM on Twitter