Basketball National League

The Basketball National League (BNL) is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in South Africa. Founded in 1993 as the Premier Basketball League, it was disbanded in 1996. However, it was later reformed into the present creation.[1]

This article is about the South African professional basketball league. For the American basketball minor league, see Premier Basketball League. For the Indonesian basketball minor league, see Premier Basketball League (Indonesia).

Basketball National League
Founded1993 (1993)
(as Premier Basketball League)
First season1993–94
CountrySouth Africa
Number of teams11
Current championsEgoli Magic (4th title)
(2021)
Most championshipsEgoli Magic
CEOAlbert Mokoena
TV partnersSuperSport
Websitebnlsa.com

The league was renamed the Basketball National League in 2013. The BNL Season of 2018 started in August, the 3rd and ended on October, the 27th. For the first time ever, the championship was won by the Soweto Panthers.

Because of the scarcity of available basketball arenas, all games between 2013 and 2015 were played at Wembley Stadium in Stafford, Gauteng, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, a former ice-rink which holds up to 3,000 visitors.[2]

Current clubs

The league currently has 10 clubs:

Team Location
Eastern Cape Windbreakers

Eastern Cape

Egoli Magic

Gauteng

Kwazulu MarlinsKwaZulu-Natal
Limpopo Pride

Limpopo

Mpumalanga Rhinos

Mpumalanga

Northern Cape Zebras

Northern Cape

North West Eagles

North West

Soweto Panthers

Gauteng

Tshwane Suns

Gauteng

Western Cape Mountaineers

Western Cape

Championships
Season Champions Runners-up
1997Kwazulu Marlins
2008Soweto Panthers
2013Tshwane Suns
2014Tshwane Suns
2015Egoli Magic
2016Egoli Magic
2017Tshwane Suns
2019Egoli MagicSoweto Panthers
2020–21Egoli MagicSoweto Panthers
2021Egoli Magic Tshwane Suns

All-Star Team

The 2018 All-Star Team consisted of:

Individual wards
Season MVP Final MVP Ref.
2014 Tichifara Mabiza (Suns)
2015 Jose Salvador (Egoli)
2017 Stephen Gabriel (Suns) [3]
2018 Tatenda Maturure (Soweto)
2019 Bandile Nsele (Egoli) [4]
2020–21 Miguel Ferrão (Egoli) Lehlogonolo Tholo (Soweto) [5]

See also

References
  1. Roger de Sa: Man of Action via GoogleBooks
  2. Basketball (And The NBA) Try To Find Fans In South Africa Don Boroughs (NPR, 3 August 2015. Accessed 3 December 2020.
  3. "BNL Basketball 2017". Afrobsaket.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  4. "Egoli Produces Magic – Basketball National League". Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  5. "Reliving the BNL 2020-2021 Unforgettable Season – Basketball National League". Bnlsa.com. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.


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