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Botswana Basketball Association
Organising bodyBotswana Basketball Federation
Founded1995
Country Botswana
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
International cup(s)Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Current championsDolphins
(2023)
PresidentPeter Ubakar

The Botswana Basketball Association (BBA) is the premier basketball league for clubs in Botswana. 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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Champions[edit]

Finals (since 2013)[edit]

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 (best-of-three series) [7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Botswana Basketball Association | Botswana National Sport Commission". www.bnsc.co.bw. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  • ^ a b "Basketball stays afloat after COVID concerns". Botswana. 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  • ^ "Botswana Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - afrobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  • ^ "Basketball in Africa: BOTSWANA : Troopers crush Dolphins to claim championship". Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  • ^ "Dolphins Champions - afrobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  • ^ Molebatsi, Sesha (2022-03-02). "Basketball league is back". Weekend Post. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  • ^ Makhaiza, Larona (2023-05-15). "Police V, Dolphins win Basketball nationals". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
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