The BUZ National Championship is the national championship for men's and women's
basketball
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teams in
Zimbabwe
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. It is organised by the
Basketball Union of Zimbabwe (BUZ), and is typically held in May or June. In the current format, both tournaments exists of eight teams each. The current record-holders for men's team is JBC, who have won six championships.
The winners are eligible to play in the
Road to BAL
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, the qualification rounds of the
Basketball Africa League (BAL).
Current teams
Men's teams
* JBC
* Arcadia Bucs
* Legends
* Warriors
* Foxes
* Southern Mavericks
* Leopards Academy
* Harare City Hornets
Women's teams
* UZ Sparks
* Harare City Hornets
* MSU Hawks
* JBC
* Vixens
* Lakers Mzansi
* Bunnies
* NUST Phoenix
Men's champions
* 2004: Highdon Raiders
* 2005:
* 2006:
* 2007:
* 2008: JBC
* 2009: JBC
* 2010: JBC
* 2011:
* 2012: Cameo
* 2013: Cameo
* 2014:
* 2015: JBC
* 2016: JBC
* 2017:
* 2018: Harare City Hornets
* 2019:
Mercenaries
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* 2020: ''Cancelled''
* 2021: ''Cancelled''
* 2022: Foxes
* 2023: JBC
Titles by team
Men's finals
Women's champions
* 2008: JBC
* 2016: Mavericks
* 2019: Harare City Hornets
* 2022: Vixens
References
{{Basketball competitions in Africa
Basketball in Zimbabwe
Basketball competitions in Africa