National Basketball League (Tanzania)

National Basketball League

Organising body	Tanzania Basketball Federation
Country	Tanzania
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	First Division
International cup(s)	Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Current champions	JKT (2023)

The National Basketball League (NBL) is the premier basketball league for clubs in Tanzania. The league consist out of twelve teams.

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

Current teams

The following were the twelve teams for the 2020 season:^[1]

• ABC
• Chang'ombe Boys
• Chui
• JKT
• Oilers Club
• Pazi
• PT Stars
• Savio Basketball Club
• Tanzania Prisons
• Don Bosco Panthers
• Vijana City Bulls
• Kurasini Heat

Champions

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Finals score	Third place	Ref.
2008	Savio				[2]
2010	Savio	JKT			[3]
2013	ABC	Vijana City Bulls	93–81		[4]
2014	ABC				[5]
2017	JKT	Oilers Club	90–82		[6]
2018	Savio				[2]
2020	Kurasini Heat	Oilers Club	76–59	Don Bosco Panthers	[7]
2021	ABC				[8]
2022	Pazi	Tarangire	119–48	ABC	^[citation needed]
2023	JKT	ABC	68-45	Kisasa Heroes	^[citation needed]

Supercup winners

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Ref.
2008	Savio	Vijana City Bulls	[2]

References

1. "Tanzania Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - afrobasket".
2. Ben, Benjamin (2008-03-05). "Tanzania: Basketball Champions Savio Set to Defend Crown". Allafrica.com.
3. Msyani, Brown (2010-04-17). "Tanzania: Jeshi Stars, Savio Claim NBL Titles".
4. "Tanzania: ABC Crowned NBL Men's Champions". 2013-04-08.
5. "ABC". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
6. Ben, Benjamin (2017-11-27). "Tanzania: JKT Crowned New Basketball Champions". Allafrica.com.
7. Ben, Benjamin (27 October 2020). "Kurasini Heat clinch 2020 National Basketball League silverware". Allafrica.com.
8. Nchimbi, Nassir (2021-12-01). "Tanzania has yet to benefit from basketball". IPP Media. Retrieved 2022-08-19. ABC went on to clinch the NBL title [...]