Bangui Basketball League

Bangui Basketball League

Country	Central African Republic
Region	Bangui
Confederation	FIBA Africa
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	1
International cup(s)	Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Current champions	Abeilles (3rd title) (2024)
Most championships	Abeilles Tondema (3 titles)

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]

Teams

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

Champions

• 2003: Tondema^[2]
• 2006: AS Mazanga^[3]
• 2013: Tondema^[4]
• 2015: New Tech Bantou^[5]
• 2017: Abeilles^[6]
• 2019: Abeilles^[7]
• 2021: Tondema^[8]
• 2022: Bangui Sporting Club^[9]
• 2023: Bangui Sporting Club^[10]
• 2024: Abeilles^[11]

Finals

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

Season	Player	Team
2019[7]	Sissoko Cheik	Abeilles

Notes

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

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. 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.
6. "Basketball, le club « Les abeilles » champion de la saison 2017". www.radiondekeluka.org (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-09.
7. "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. "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. "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. 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. 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.

External links

• AfroBasket.com League Page