After closing the regular season phase, where the top 6 teams from both sides of the Albanian border participated, the joint women’s basketball activity between Albania and Kosovo, the Unique League, concluded its final phase on Tuesday in Prishtina. The first match on Tuesday evening was the duel for the 3rd and 4th place, where Tirana faced Peja. Although Tirana had a good match on Monday, coach Mirza Alibegaj’s team was eliminated in the semifinals against Prizren Union, while the team from Peja was defeated by Prishtina.

In fact, Tirana, the only team left from Albania in this “final four,” started the match better, winning the first 10 minutes with a two-point lead, 16-14. Alibegaj’s team further raised the level of play in the second 10 minutes, winning it with a score of 21-15, and sending both teams to the halftime break with Tirana’s minimal lead of 8 points, 37-29.

The team from the capital of Albania emerged even more motivated from the dressing rooms, winning the third 10 minutes deeply, 23-11, allowing Tirana to lead by 20 points after a half-hour of play, 60-40. But the fourth and final 10 minutes saw the Peja team win 19-18, but it is Tirana that wins the entire match 78-59, securing 3rd place in the final of the Unique League in women’s basketball.

/k.s/