| Organising body | Botswana Basketball Federation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| Country |  Botswana |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| International cup(s) | Basketball Africa League (BAL) |
| Current champions | Dolphins (2023) |
| President | Peter 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).
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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]
The league has allowed university teams since 2022.[2]
Current teams
The following were the twelve teams for the 2019 season:[3]
- 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
- 2022: Police
- 2023: Dolphins
Finals (since 2013)
| 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
- ^ "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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