National Basketball League (Rwanda)

The National Basketball League is the top professional basketball league in Rwanda.[1] Its season usually runs from November to September. The winners of the NBL season qualify for the qualifiers for the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

National Basketball League
Organising bodyFERWABA
CountryRwanda
Number of teams14
Level on pyramid1
International cup(s)Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Current championsPatriots (5th title)
(2019–20)
Most championshipsPatriots (5 titles)

The league currently consists of 14 teams, most of them being from the country's capital Kigali. The current champion of the NBL is Patriots BBC, who have won the past three championships.

Current teams
Team City
30 Plus Kigali
APR Kigali
Espoir Kigali
Patriots Kigali
REG Kigali
IPRC-Huye Butare
IPRC-Kigali Kigali
IPRC-Musanze Ruhengeri
Rusizi Cyangugu
Shoot for the Stars Kigali
Tigers Kigali
UGB Kigali
University of Rwanda Butare
University of Rwanda – CHMS Kigali

Sources: [2][nb 1]

Champions
Season Champions Runners-up Finals score
2012–13EspoirAPR
3–0
2013–14EspoirAPRN/A
2014–15
2015–16PatriotsEspoirN/A
2016–17PatriotsREG
3–1
2017–18PatriotsREG
3–2
2018–19PatriotsREG
4–3
2019–20PatriotsREG
76–61

Performance by club
Club Wins Seasons won
Patriots
5
2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Espoir
4
2004, 2012, 2013, 2014

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player
  • 2017–18 Sedar Sagamba, Patriots
  • 2018–19 Dieudonné Ndizeye, Patriots[4]

In African competitions

Each year, the champions of the NBL were placed for the qualifiers of the FIBA Africa Basketball League, the premiere pan-African competition. Since 2020, this league is replaced by the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The following list shows Rwandan teams which played in a main tournament:

Rwandan participants in the FIBA Africa Basketball League
Club Participations Last participation Best result
APR
3
 2009 3rd place

See also

Notes
  1. From.[3] Four teams play home games outside Kigali – RP-IPRC Huye BBC and UR BBC-MEN (Butare), RP IPRC MUSANZE (Ruhengeri), and RUSIZI Basketball Club (Cyangugu). The remaining ten teams all play games at Kigali venues Club Rafiki, Kigali Arena, NPC, Petit stade Remera, and RP-IPRC Kigali.

References
  1. Rwanda: Basketball League - Espoir Wary of IPRC-Kigali Bishumba, Richard, All Africa. 25 March 2016, retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. "Rwandan Basketball (Men) Teams". AfroBasket. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  3. "Schedule". Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. "PHOTOS: Ndizeye named MVP". The New Times | Rwanda. November 2, 2019.
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