Botswana Basketball League

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.

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
(2018)
PresidentPeter Ubakar

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

History

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]

Current teams

The following were the twelve teams for the 2019 season:[2]

  • Dolphins
  • Troopers
  • Spartans
  • Flames
  • BDF V
  • Cadets
  • Bullets
  • Police
  • Saints
  • Splinters
  • Warriors

Champions
  • 2009: Troopers
  • 2010: Troopers
  • 2011: unknown
  • 2012: unknown
  • 2013: Troopers
  • 2014: Troopers
  • 2015:Dolphins
  • 2016: unknown
  • 2017: Dolphins
  • 2018: Dolphins
  • 2019: unknown
  • 2020: Not held
  • 2021: Not held

Finals
Season Champions Runners-up Third place Ref.
2013TroopersSpartans
2014TroopersDolphins[3]
2015DolphinsTroopersSpartans[4]
2018DolphinsPolice
2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic [5]
2021

References
  1. "Botswana Basketball Association | Botswana National Sport Commission". www.bnsc.co.bw. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  2. "Botswana Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - afrobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  3. "Basketball in Africa: BOTSWANA : Troopers crush Dolphins to claim championship". Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  4. "Dolphins Champions - afrobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  5. Molebatsi, Sesha (2022-03-02). "Basketball league is back". Weekend Post. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
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