Sporting Clube de Benguela, in short Sporting de Benguela, was a basketball club from
Angola
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. The club, based in the
city of Benguela, the capital of the namesake
province
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, was founded on November 16, 1915, as the 21
st affiliate of
Sporting Clube de Portugal
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.
The club's men's basketball team made its debut in the Angolan top tier basketball league (
BAI Basket
The Angolan Men's Basketball League, (in Portuguese: Campeonato Nacional de Basquetebol em Séniores Masculinos) is the top tier men’s basketball league in Angola.
The league was formerly known as BAI Basket, BIC Basket and Unitel Basket, named ...
) in
2013
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, after winning the
2013
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Angolan Second Division championship.
They went on to participate in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
In 2017, the basketball team withdrew from official competitions for financial reasons.
Players
2014–2016
See also
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Sporting de Benguela Football
References
External links
Africabasket profile
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Sports clubs and teams in Angola
Basketball teams established in 1915
Defunct basketball teams in Angola
Basketball teams disestablished in 2017
1915 establishments in Africa
2017 disestablishments in Africa