Rwanda Basketball League

The Rwanda Basketball League (RBL) (formerly the National Basketball League Rwanda) lis the top professional basketball league in Rwanda.[1] Its season usually runs from November to September. The winners of the NBL season qualify for the qualifiers for the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

Rwanda Basketball League
Organising bodyFERWABA
CountryRwanda
Number of teams14
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toRwanda Basketball League Division 2
International cup(s)Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Current championsREG (2nd title)
(2020–21)
Most championshipsPatriots (4 titles)

The league currently consists of 14 teams, most of them being from the country's capital Kigali. The current champion of the NBL is Patriots BBC, who have won the past three championships.

Since the 2021–22 season, the FERWABA also organises the Rwanda Basketball League Division 2 to which the bottom two teams of the RBL relegate.[2]

Current teams
Team City
30 Plus Kigali
APR Kigali
Espoir Kigali
Patriots Kigali
REG Kigali
IPRC-Huye Huye
IPRC-Kigali Kigali
IPRC-Musanze Musanze
Rusizi Rusizi
Shoot for the Stars Kigali
Tigers Kigali
UGB Kigali
University of Rwanda Huye
University of Rwanda – CHMS Kigali

Sources: [3][nb 1]

Champions
Season Champions Runners-up Finals score Ref.
2007–08APR
2008–09APR
2009–10KBCAPRN/A
[5]
2010–11APR
2011–12Espoir
2012–13EspoirAPR
3–0
2013–14EspoirAPRN/A
2014–15Espoir
2015–16PatriotsEspoirN/A
2016–17REG
2017–18PatriotsREG
3–2
2018–19PatriotsREG
4–3
2019–20PatriotsREG
76–61
[6]
2020–21REGPatriots
2–0
[7]

Performance by club
Club Wins Runners-up Seasons won Seasons runners-up
Patriots
4
1
2016, 2018, 2019, 20202021
Espoir
4
1
2004, 2012, 2013, 20142016
REG
2
32021, 20172018, 2019, 2020
APR
–
2–2013, 2014

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player

In African competitions

Each year, the champions of the NBL were placed for the qualifiers of the FIBA Africa Basketball League, the premiere pan-African competition. Since 2020, this league is replaced by the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The following list shows Rwandan teams which played in a main tournament:

Rwandan participants in the FIBA Africa Basketball League / BAL
Club Participations Seasons Best result
APR
3
 2007, 2008, 2009 3rd place (2009)
Patriots
1
 2021 Fourth place (2021)
REG
1
 2022 TBD

See also

Notes
  1. From.[4] Four teams play home games outside Kigali – RP-IPRC Huye BBC and UR BBC-MEN (Butare), RP IPRC MUSANZE (Ruhengeri), and RUSIZI Basketball Club (Cyangugu). The remaining ten teams all play games at Kigali venues Club Rafiki, Kigali Arena, NPC, Petit stade Remera, and RP-IPRC Kigali.

References
  1. Rwanda: Basketball League - Espoir Wary of IPRC-Kigali Bishumba, Richard, All Africa. 25 March 2016, retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. "Basketball: Ferwaba releases draw for second division league". The New Times | Rwanda. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  3. "Rwandan Basketball (Men) Teams". AfroBasket. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. "Schedule". Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. "KBC crowned Champions". The New Times | Rwanda. 2010-09-27. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  6. Demba, Varore (2020-10-25). "Basket : Patriots champion du Rwanda". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  7. "Basketball: REG crowned national league champions". The New Times | Rwanda. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  8. "PHOTOS: Ndizeye named MVP". The New Times | Rwanda. November 2, 2019.
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