2025 RBL season
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| 2025 RBL season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Rwanda Basketball League | |||
| Season | 2025 | |||
| Duration | January 24 – July 12, 2025 | |||
| Number of teams | 9 | |||
| Regular season | ||||
| Top seed | APR | |||
| Relegated | Espoir | |||
| Finals | ||||
| Champions | APR (16th title) | |||
| Runners-up | REG | |||
| Third place | UGB | |||
| Fourth place | Patriots | |||
| Playoffs MVP | Youssou Ndoye (APR) | |||
| Statistical leaders | ||||
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| All statistics correct as of 6 July 2025. | ||||
The 2025 RBL season was the 48th season of the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL), and the 4th season of the league under its current name. The league was organized by the FERWABA. The regular season began on January 24, 2025, and ten teams will participate.[1] It ended on July 12, 2025, with the final game of the playoff finals.
APR were the defending champions, after having won the previous two championships.[2] They successfully defended their title after defeating REG in the playoff finals, thus winning a record-extending 16th championship.[3] As champions of the RBL, APR qualified directly for the 2026 BAL season.
Azomco Global Flame was promoted as the champions of the Rwanda Basketball League Division 2. Keplerians were ineligible to promote, as it is a sister club of Kepler BBC, and thus Flame Basketball Club was given the promotion spot.[1]
On January 22, 2025, Flame was disqualified from the RBL season for failing to prove it had the required Rwf 100 million. The season continued with nine teams.[4]
 Promoted from RBL Division 2 |
 Relegated from RBL |
|---|---|
| Azomco Global Flame Flame (later removed) |
Inspired Generations Kigali Titans |
Regular season
The first four teams advanced to the playoffs, while the last placed team was relegated.[5]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APR | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1386 | 1073 | +313 | 31 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | REG | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1307 | 1156 | +151 | 27 | |
| 3 | UGB | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1254 | 1228 | +26 | 26 | |
| 4 | Patriots | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1269 | 1148 | +121 | 26 | |
| 5 | Tigers | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1349 | 1317 | +32 | 26 | |
| 6 | Kepler | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1233 | 1302 | −69 | 22 | |
| 7 | Orion | 16 | 5 | 11 | 1228 | 1335 | −107 | 21 | |
| 8 | Azomco BBC | 16 | 3 | 13 | 1237 | 1513 | −276 | 19 | |
| 9 | Espoir (R) | 16 | 2 | 14 | 1211 | 1402 | −191 | 18 | Relegated to Division 2 |
