Draft:FIBA Africa Zone 3 Club Championship (men)
| Organising body | FIBA Africa |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1985 |
| First season | 1985 |
| Folded | 2018 |
| Countries | Zone 5 member countries |
| Confederation | FIBA Africa |
| Number of teams | 6–15 |
| International cup(s) | FIBA Africa Basketball League |
| Last champions |  Al Ahly (1st title) (2018) |
| Most championships |  Co-op Bank(5 titles) |
The FIBA Africa Zone 5 Club Championship was a men's and women's basketball club competition for teams in FIBA Africa's Zone 5, which exists of teams in East Africa. The winners of the zone championship qualified for the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup (later the FIBA Africa Basketball League).[1] The tournament was held annually in October, with teams qualifying through their domestic leagues.
The last competition was played in 2018, after which no championship has been held anymore, although East African team play each other in the Road to BAL, but no regional championship title is awarded anymore.
Co-op Bank from Kenya holds the record for most championships with five titles. Kenya was the most successful nation as well with as many as nine titles that were attributed to teams from the country.
Results
[edit]| Ed. | Year | Finals host | Final | Third place game | Num. teams |
Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| 10 | 1995 | |||||||||
| 11 | 1996 | |||||||||
| 12 | 1997 | |||||||||
| 13 | 1998 | |||||||||
| 14 | 1999 | |||||||||
| 15 | 2000 | |||||||||
| 16 | 2001 | |||||||||
| 17 | 2002 | |||||||||
| 18 | 2003 | |||||||||
| 19 | 2004 | |||||||||
| 20 | 2005 | |||||||||
| 21 | 2006 | |||||||||
| 22 | 2007 | |||||||||
| 23 | 2008 |  Kano Pillars |
Round-robin | Union Bank |
[2] | |||||
| 24 | 2009 | |||||||||
| 25 | 2010 | |||||||||
| 26 | 2011 | |||||||||
| 27 | 2012 | |||||||||
| 28 | 2013 |  Monrovia
|
8 | [3] | ||||||
| 29 | 2014 |  Ouagadougou
|
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| 30 | 2015 |  Cotonou |
Kano Pillars |
Round-robin | Mark Mentors |
ASPAC |
Round-robin |  Braves of Customs |
6 | [4] |
| 31 | 2016 |  Lomé |
Kano Pillars |
Nigeria Customs |
Elan Sportif |
Modele |
6 | [5] | ||
| 32 | 2017 | Lagos |
Kano Pillars |
Gombe Bulls |
Mark Mentors |
12 | [6] | |||
| 33 | 2018 | Cotonou |
Rivers Hoopers |
Civil Defenders |
Braves of Customs |
6 | [7] | |||
Statistics
[edit]Performance by club
[edit]| Club | Titles | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kano Pillars
|
4 | 0 | 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017 | — |
| Rivers Hoopers
|
1 | 0 | 2018 | — |
Civil Defenders |
0 | 1 | — | 2018 |
| Gombe Bulls
|
0 | 1 | 2017 | |
| Mark Mentors
|
0 | 1 | 2017 | |
| Union Bank
|
0 | 1 | 2008 | |
Performance by country
[edit]| Nation | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria
|
1 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Foreign Sides Win Regional FIBA Africa Zone 5 Basketball Finals".
- ^ "Nigeria: Pillars Are Fiba Africa Basketball Champions". Allafrica.com.
- ^ admin (8 October 2013). "Liberia host Zone-3 Champions Cup Qualifiers". Basket Ball Ghana. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Kano Pillars, Mark Mentors advance to final round of African Champions Cup". AFRICAN SPORTS MONTHLY. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Kano Pillars win Zone 3 Championship, dominate awards". AFRICAN SPORTS MONTHLY. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Lagos set to host FIBA Africa Champions Cup 2017 Zone 3 qualifiers". AFRICAN SPORTS MONTHLY. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Hoopers emerge FIBA Africa Zone 3 Champions". The Sun Nigeria. Retrieved 22 September 2024.