Botswana Basketball League

Botswana Basketball League
Organising bodyBotswana Basketball Federation
Founded1995
Country Botswana
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
International cup(s)Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Current championsBDF V
(2024)
PresidentPeter Ubakar

The Botswana Basketball League is the premier basketball league for men's clubs in Botswana, organsed by the Botswana Basketball Association (BBA). The league consist out of twelve teams. As of December 2019, the defending champions are Dolphins.

The champions of the BBL are able to play in the qualifying rounds of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

History

Basketball in Botswana was played informally by mission schools from 1965. In the early 1990s, the first organised games were played. In 1995, the Botswana Basketball Association (BBA) was founded.[1]

The league has allowed university teams since 2022.[2]

Current teams

The following were the twelve teams for the 2019 season:[3]

  • Dolphins
  • Troopers
  • Spartans
  • Flames
  • BDF V
  • Cadets
  • Bullets
  • Police
  • Saints
  • Splinters
  • Warriors

Champions

  • 2009: Troopers
  • 2010: Troopers
  • 2011: unknown
  • 2012: Spartans
  • 2013: Troopers
  • 2014: Troopers
  • 2015:Dolphins
  • 2016: unknown
  • 2017: Dolphins
  • 2018: Dolphins
  • 2019: unknown
  • 2020: Not held
  • 2021: Not held
  • 2022: Police
  • 2023: Dolphins
  • 2024: BDF V

Finals (since 2013)

Season Champions Runners-up Finals score Third place Ref.
2013 Troopers Spartans
2014 Troopers Dolphins [4]
2015 Dolphins Troopers Spartans [5]
2016
2017
2018 Dolphins Police
2019
2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic [6]
2021
2022 Police Dolphins 70–50 [2]
2023 Dolphins Delta Force 2–0* [7]
2024 BDF V Orapa Juggernauts 2–1* [8][9]

* denotes the finals were played in a best-of-three series.

References

  1. ^ "Botswana Basketball Association | Botswana National Sport Commission". www.bnsc.co.bw. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Basketball stays afloat after COVID concerns". Botswana. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Botswana Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - afrobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Basketball in Africa: BOTSWANA : Troopers crush Dolphins to claim championship". Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Dolphins Champions - afrobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  6. ^ Molebatsi, Sesha (2 March 2022). "Basketball league is back". Weekend Post. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  7. ^ Makhaiza, Larona (15 May 2023). "Police V, Dolphins win Basketball nationals". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  8. ^ "BDF V Ventures Into Africa". 16 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024 – via PressReader.
  9. ^ "FIBA Africa Zone 6 Weekly Review: 15/10/2024 | AfricaBasket". www.africabasket.net. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
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