On the eve of the All-Star Game, the NBA announced one of its most ambitious projects in years: the formation of the Basketball Africa League.

全明星赛前夕，NBA联盟宣布了近年来最具雄心的一个项目：组建非洲篮球联盟。

The NBA will partner with FIBA, the international governing body for the sport, to form the 12-team league, which is expected open January 2020.

NBA联盟将和国际篮联FIBA合作，组建一个拥有十二支球队的联盟，并于2020年1月开赛。

There are already several professional teams across Africa, but this league will attempt to unify them into one place while providing financial support, resources and training.

非洲已经拥有多支专业篮球队了，但是这次创建的非洲篮球联盟将试图把这些球队聚在一块，并向他们提供财政支持、资源以及训练。

There will be qualifying tournaments held to determine which teams make the league with the nations of Angola, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia likely to be represented.

届时将会举行一些高水平的锦标赛，来决定哪些球队可以加入联盟。安哥拉、埃及、肯尼亚、摩洛哥、尼日利亚、卢旺达、塞内加尔、南非以及突尼斯这些国家可能会参加。

The NBA and FIBA's involvement will include financial support and resources toward continued growing of the game on the continent, as well as providing training for players, coaches and referees and some infrastructurefor the new league.

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