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APR B.C.
Armée Patriotique Rwandaise Basketball Club, commonly known simply as APR, is a Rwandan basketball club based in Kigali. Owned and funded by the Ministry of Defence of Rwanda, the team plays in the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL). It has won seven national championships. In 2008, APR became the first team in league history to finish the regular season unbeaten. Honours National Basketball League *Champions (7): 2008, 2009, 2011 ''(4 seasons unknown)'' **''Runners-up (2):'' 2013, 2014 Rwandan Heroes Cup *''Runners-up (1):'' 2020 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup *Third place: 2009 In African competitions FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup (3 appearances) ::2007 – 6th Place ::2008 – 8th Place ::2009 – Third place Season by season Players Current roster Notable players * Wilson Nshobozwabyosenumukiza * Elie Kaje * Cedric Isom * Ntore Habimana * Kami Kabange * Darko Balaban * Tom Wamukota Women's team APR BBC's women's team plays in the Rwandan W ...
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Rwanda Basketball League
The Rwanda Basketball League (RBL) (formerly the National Basketball League Rwanda) is the top professional basketball league in Rwanda. Its season usually runs from November to September. The winners of the NBL season qualify for the qualifiers for the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The league currently consists of 14 teams, most of them being from the country's capital Kigali. The current champion of the NBL are REG, having won the 2022 title. REG and their rival Patriots BBC have dominated the league, winning all titles since 2015. 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. History Basketball was introduced in Rwanda in 1930 by Catholic priests, who first thought the sport at high schools in the Southern Province. The following decades, the presence of the sport increased as the military and some public institutions created basketball teams. In 1974, the national basket ...
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2021–22 RBL Season
The 2021–22 RBL season is the 1st season of the Rwanda Basketball League under its new name. The season began on March 11, 2022 and ended September 19, 2022. The defending champions REG repeated and won their third league title, after defeating rivals Patriots in the finals. Foreign players The following non-African players played in the RBL in the 2022 season: Regular season The regular season began on March 11 and ended August 14, 2022. The top four teams advanced to the playoffs. The bottom two teams relegate to the Division 2. Playoffs Bracket Semifinals (1) Patriots vs. (4) Tigers (2) REG vs. (3) APR Third place game Finals: (1) Patriots vs. (2) REG Awards and statistics Season awards * Most Valuable Player: Axel Mpoyo (REG) * Team of the Year: ** G Adonis Filer (REG) ** G Kenny Gasana ( Patriots) ** F Steven Hagumintwari (Patriots) ** F Axel Mpoyo (REG) ** C Pitchou Kambuy Manga (REG) ** Coach: Henry Mwinuka (REG) Individual s ...
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Basketball Teams In Rwanda
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate, both of which require considerable skill. On offense, players may use a ...
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2022 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup
The 2022 FIBA Africa Women's Champions Cup will be the 26th season of the FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, the top tier basketball league for women's teams in Africa. The tournament began on December 9 and will end on December 17, 2022, and will be entirely hosted in the Eduardo Mondlane University Gym in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. It is the third time Maputo hosts the league after 2016 and 2018. The league returns after a 2-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sporting Alexandria won their first continental title, after beating Costa do Sol in the finals, becoming the first Egyptian team to win the competition. Teams Before the competitions 10 teams have successfully qualified. OverDose Up Station from Cameroon was forced to withdraw. Format The ten teams are divided in two groups of five. The first four qualify for the play-offs which are all played in single-elimination games. Group phase Group A Group B Play-offs Semi-finals Thir ...
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Tom Wamukota
Tom Bush Wamukota (born 28 September 1993) is a Kenyan basketball player who currently plays for Rwanda Basketball League club APR and the Kenya national team. College career Wamukota played two years with the Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team. He was the first Kenyan player to ever play in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. Professional career In the summer of 2018, he played for Águilas Doradas de Durango in Mexico. In the 2018–19 season, he played with Moroccan club MAS Fes. In 2019, Wamukota played in Tunisia for US Monastir and later JS Kairouan. In September 2020, Wamukota joined Rwandan side Patriots BBC. He won the national championship later that year, before extended his contract until 2023 in January. In December 2021, Wamukota joined South Sudanese club Cobra Sport to strengthen the team for the second round of the 2022 BAL qualification. He was on Cobra Sport's roster for the primary BAL tournament, however, he was unable to play due to injury. ...
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Darko Balaban
Darko Balaban ( sr-cyr, Дарко Балабан; born September 22, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for BC Balkan Botevgrad, Balkan of the Bulgarian National Basketball League (Bulgaria), NBL. Professional career Balaban grew up with KK Sport Key from Novi Sad where he played from 2003 to 2007 when he goes to KK Partizan, Partizan. In 2010 he goes to KK Crvena zvezda, Crvena zvezda where he stayed one season. For the 2011–12 season he signed with KK Smederevo 1953, KK Smederevo where he had great season and was named the MVP of the Basketball League of Serbia. In March 2012 he signed with BKK Radnički for 2011–12 Basketball League of Serbia, Serbian Super League but played only nine games and then left the team. Following season he started with BC Mureş Târgu Mureş, Târgu Mureş, but left them in December 2012. In October 2013, he signed with KK Vršac, Vršac. He left them after only two games and signed with KK Feni Industries, Feni Industries. In ...
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Kami Kabange
Kami Kabange (born 2 July 1984) is a Congolese-born naturalized Rwandan basketball player. Currently he plays for REG BBC and . Standing at , he plays as center. Early life Born in Likasi, Kabange started playing basketball at a young age, inspired by his brothers. When he was 17, he was noticed by Lubumbashi Sport, who offered him to play in the topflight Congolese league. Professional career After playing one season with Lubumbashi Sport, Kabange appeared two seasons for Besa Mazembe. Kabange started his professional career in Rwanda with APR, under head coach Cliff Owuor. In his first season, he helped the team win consecutive Rwandan National League titles. After four seasons with APR, he transferred to Espoir and helped the team win the 2012 national title. In 2013, Kabange signed with the City Oilers club of the NBL Uganda league. In 2021, Kabange was on the REG squad again. In 2019, he played for ASB Mazembe from Congo in the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments. Kab ...
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Ntore Habimana
Ntore Habimana (born August 15, 1997) is a Canadian-born Rwandan basketball player for the APR of the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL). He is a member of the Rwanda national team. His position has been described as a point forward. Early life Habimana was born in Mississauga, Ontario to a Rwandan father and Burundian mother, who had moved to Canada in 1994. As a kid, he idolized Vince Carter. College career Habimana played five seasons of U Sports men's basketball for the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks and averaged 10.1 points in his final season. On February 18, 2020, he had a career-high 20 points against the Waterloo Warriors. Professional career On March 2, 2022, Habimana signed his first professional contract with REG BBC of the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL) and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He was not on the roster for the 2022 BAL Playoffs. Habimana won the 2022 RBL championship with REG. On July 22, 2022, Habimana signed with the Edmonton Stingers. On Octo ...
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Cedric Isom
Cedric Wesley Isom (born June 6, 1984) is an American-Rwandan basketball player who last played for APR of the Rwanda National Basketball League. Career Born in Newton, Texas, he graduated from East Texas Baptist in 2006. Isom has played in Iceland, Rwanda, Angola, Portugal and the United Arab Emirates. He won the Angolan League championship in 2011 and 2016. Isom started his career with Úrvalsdeild Karla club Þór Akureyri in 2007 and quickly became one of the leagues best players. He averaged 26.1 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists during the regular season, helping Þór reach the playoffs. In the playoffs, Þór lost to eventual champions Keflavík in two games. He returned to Þór the following season but broke his hand in December 2008. After the injury did not heal as hoped, Isom was released in February 2009. In February 2010, Isom signed with Tindastóll for the rest of the season. He appeared in eight regular season games, averaging 28.6 points, 7.1 rebound ...
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Elie Kaje
Elie and Earlsferry is a coastal town and former royal burgh in Fife, and parish, Scotland, situated within the East Neuk beside Chapel Ness on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, eight miles east of Leven. The burgh comprised the linked villages of Elie ( ) to the east and to the west Earlsferry, which were formally merged in 1930 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929. To the north is the village of Kilconquhar and Kilconquhar Loch. The civil parish has a population of 861 (in 2011).Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved March 2016. See "Standard Outputs", Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930 Ancient times Earlsferry, the older of the two villages, was first settled in time immemorial . It is said that MacDuff, the Earl of Fife, crossed the Forth here in 1054 while fleeing from King Macbeth. In particular the legend tells of his e ...
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Wilson Nshobozwabyosenumukiza
Jean Jacques "J. J." Wilson Nshobozwabyosenumukiza (born 26 June 1998) is a Rwandan basketball player who currently plays for REG on loan from APR of the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL). He is also a member of the Rwanda national basketball team. Early life Born in the Nyarugenge District of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. His role model was NBA player Kyrie Irving. Club career After an impressive performance at the 2016 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, Nshobozwabyosenumukiza was recruited by most top teams from the NBL Rwanda. He decided to join Espoir BBC, his dream team since his childhood, in 2016 and immediately became a starter for the team. In 2018, Nshobozwabyosenumukiza became a member of REG BBC, a newly established team in Rwanda. He was sent on loan to play for Patriots BBC ahead of the inaugural season of the BAL. He came off the bench for the Patriots, averaging 3.3 points in 12.1 minutes per game. Nshobozwabyosenumukiza returned to REG and joined the team f ...
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Cliff Owuor
In geography and geology, a cliff is an area of rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical. Cliffs are formed by the processes of weathering and erosion, with the effect of gravity. Cliffs are common on coasts, in mountainous areas, escarpments and along rivers. Cliffs are usually composed of rock that is resistant to weathering and erosion. The sedimentary rocks that are most likely to form cliffs include sandstone, limestone, chalk, and dolomite. Igneous rocks such as granite and basalt also often form cliffs. An escarpment (or scarp) is a type of cliff formed by the movement of a geologic fault, a landslide, or sometimes by rock slides or falling rocks which change the differential erosion of the rock layers. Most cliffs have some form of scree slope at their base. In arid areas or under high cliffs, they are generally exposed jumbles of fallen rock. In areas of higher moisture, a soil slope may obscure the talus. Many cliffs also featu ...
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