Botswana Basketball League

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Organising bodyBotswana Basketball Federation
Founded1995
Country Botswana
Number of teams12
Botswana Basketball League
Organising bodyBotswana Basketball Federation
Founded1995
Country Botswana
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
International cupBasketball Africa League (BAL)
Current championsDolphins
(2025)
PresidentPeter Ubakar

The Botswana Basketball League is the premier basketball league for men's clubs in Botswana, organised by the Botswana Basketball Association (BBA). 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).

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 2024–25 season:[3]

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

Champions

  • 2009: Troopers
  • 2010: Troopers
  • 2011: unknown
  • 2012: Spartans
  • 2013: Troopers
  • 2014: Troopers
  • 2015:Dolphins
  • 2016: unknown
  • 2017: Dolphins
  • 2018: Dolphins
  • 2019: unknown
  • 2020: Not held
  • 2021: Not held
  • 2022: Police
  • 2023: Dolphins
  • 2024: BDF V
  • 2025: Dolphins

Finals (since 2013)

References

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