Mercenaries (basketball)
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| Leagues | Manicaland Basketball Association | |
| Founded | 2004 | |
| Location | Mutare, Zimbabwe | |
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| Head coach | Innocent Sithole | |
| Championships | 1 National Championship 13 Manicaland League | |
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Mercenaries is a basketball club based in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Since 2006, the team has competed in the Manicaland Basketball Association (MBA), winning a league championship in each season.
History
[edit]Mercenaries was founded in 2004 by a group of friends from Mutare, led by Innocent Sithole, who hoped to make money playing together in basketball tournaments. In 2006, the club joined the Manicaland Basketball Association (MBA). Since then, it has won 13 consecutive league titles without losing a single game.[1]
In 2019, Mercenaries won its first National Basketball Club Championship, becoming the first team from outside Harare and Bulawayo to do so.[2]
Honours
[edit]Zimbabwe National Championship
- Champions (1): 2019
Manicaland Basketball Association
- Champions (13): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
In African competitions
[edit]BAL Qualifiers (1 appearance)
- 2020 – First Round
Personnel
[edit]Current roster
[edit]The following is the Mercenaries roster for the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments:[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Notable players
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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References
[edit]- ^ Tichawangana, Tafadzwa (10 May 2019). "Hail the Mercenaries!". The Manica Post. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ Ruzh, Fiona (8 May 2019). "Mercenaries make b-ball history". H-Metro. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ Mercenaries at FIBA.com