Cobra Sports Club, commonly known as Cobra Sport, are a South Sudanese

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team based in

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. The team was established in 2017 and plays in the Central Equatoria State Basketball Association (CESBA). Cobra has won three national championships. Cobra played in the

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(BAL) during the 2022 season.

History

The sports club was founded in 2014 by Biardit Company Limited. The basketball team was established in 2017. In 2020, Cobra played in its first continental games when it participated in the qualifiers for the

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. Cobra played in Group F in

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and ended in third place, missing out on advancing to the next round. However, the club advanced with a wild card before losing all next three games in the Elite 16 stage. On 20 September 2021, Cobra signed John Jevish Omondi from Kenya as their new head coach. The team played in the

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for a second straight season. In the first round, the team lost both its games but managed to advance with a wild card given by

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. Ahead of the second round, the team acquired Kenyan international

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and Rwandan international Dieudonné Ndizeye. With its strengthened roster, Cobra managed to advance to the semi-finals after defeating

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in the second round. On December 10, 2021, Cobra defeated New Star and claimed a spot in the regular season of the

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. The team became the first-ever team from South Sudan to qualify for the BAL.

Honours

; CESBA *Champions (3): 2018, 2019, 2021–22 ;The NBA Legend Manute Bol Cup *Winners (1): 2019

In the Basketball Africa League

Players

Current roster

The following is the Cobra Sport 13-man roster for the

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Notable players

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* Dieudonné Ndizeye

References

External links

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