The Bangui Basketball League (in French: Ligue de Basketball de Bangui) is a semi-professional basketball league in Bangui, Central African Republic. It is the highest level basketball league in the country, as the national federation organises no national league.[1]

Bangui Basketball League
CountryCentral African Republic
RegionBangui
ConfederationFIBA Africa
Number of teams14
Level on pyramid1
International cup(s)Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Current championsAbeilles (3rd title)
(2024)
Most championshipsAbeilles
Tondema
(3 titles)

Teams

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  • ABC
  • Abeilles
  • AS Tongolo
  • ASOPT
  • Bantou
  • BEAC
  • BEAfrica
  • Harlem
  • Hit Trésor
  • Mazanga
  • Plateau
  • Red Star
  • Tondema
  • Toukia

Champions

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Finals

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Season Champions Runners-up Finals score
2013[4] Tondema ASOPT 59–57
2019[7] Abeilles Hit Trésor 76–46
2021[8] Tondema GIBA-BCAGS 65–58
2022[9] Bangui Sporting Club Abeilles 54–41
2023[10] Bangui Sporting Club New Tech Bantou 2–0 (series)
2024[11] Abeilles Bangui Sporting Club 1–0[a]

MVP Award

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Season Player Team
2019[7] Sissoko Cheik Abeilles

Notes

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  1. ^ The 2024 finals series between Abeilles and Bangui Sporting Club was supposed to be a best-of-three series. However, during the first game a Bangui Sporting Club player attacked the referee, which led to an automatic win for Abeilles, who were awarded the championship.[11]

References

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  1. ^ NBB. "Centrafrique, un pays de basketball sans championnat national ! - NEWS BASKET BEAFRIKA". NEWS BASKET BEAFRIKA 🏀 (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  2. ^ "Tondema". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  3. ^ Eurobasket. "AS Mazanga basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-afrobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  4. ^ a b Biongo, François. "Le Club TONDEMA qualifié champion en senior masculin de basketball pour la saison sportive 2012 -2013". AGENCE CENTRAFRICAINE DE PRESSE (in French). Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  5. ^ JV2, Le (2015-10-28). "Le club New Tech sacré champion de Basket ball de Centrafrique". Le Jv2 (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Basketball, le club « Les abeilles » champion de la saison 2017". www.radiondekeluka.org (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  7. ^ a b c "Centrafrique – Basket : Les Abeilles vainqueurs de la Coupe de la Ligue de Bangui". Voix de Centrafrique (in French). 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  8. ^ a b "RCA/Sport: Tondema sacré champion de la Ligue de Basketball de Bangui après plus de 8 ans de disette". www.radiondekeluka.org (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  9. ^ a b "le bureau fédéral de basketball reçoit le staff de BSC, champion de la ligue de Bangui". centrafricaine (in French). 2022-08-20. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  10. ^ a b Sango, Ndjoni (2023-08-28). "RCA: Bangui Sporting Club devient champion de la ligue de Bangui saison 2023". Ndjoni Sango (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  11. ^ a b c Sango, Ndjoni (2024-10-03). "RCA: le club Abeilles déclaré champion de la ligue de Bangui pour la saison 2023-2024 - Ndjoni Sango" (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-10.
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