SLAC (basketball club)

Seydou Legacy Athlétique Club, commonly known as SLAC, is a Guinean basketball team from Conakry.

SLAC
LocationConakry, Guinea
PresidentAbass Issaoui[1]
Head coachZeljko Zecevic

History

In March 2018, SLAC made its debut in the FIBA Africa Basketball League, the top pan-African league.[2] On 1 March 2018, SLAC played its first game ever at an African main tournament, losing 80–65 to JS Kairouan.[3]

In 2019, SLAC won its fourth domestic championship after beating SLACK in the finals.[4] Qualified as national champion of Guinea, SLAC played in the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.[5] Before the start of the qualifiers, SLAC attracted Serbian head coach Zeljko Zecevic.[1]

Honours

Guinean Championship

  • Winners (5): 2014-15--- 2015-16---2016-17--2018–19

2019-2020

In African competitions

FIBA Africa Basketball League (1 appearance)

2018–19 – Group Phase

BAL Qualifiers (1 appearance)

2020 – First Round

References

  1. "BASKET AFRICA LEAGUE : Le SLAC de Guinée frappe fort". 24 October 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. "History made as Guinean club SLAC qualify for inaugural FIBA AfroLeague 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. "Guinée-Basket: le SLAC remporte le championnat!". Africafootunited.com. 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  4. "African clubs to compete in qualifying tournaments for the Basketball Africa League confirmed". FIBA Africa. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.


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