2019 NBBF President Cup

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2019 NBBF Premier League
2019 NBBF Presidents Cup.jpg
League Nigerian Premier League
Sport Basketball
DurationOctober 2 – October 12, 2019 (League stage)
November 12 – November 17, 2019 (Final 8)
Number of teams22
League stage
Final 8
President's Cup
Champions Rivers Hoopers (3rd title)
  Runners-up Raptors
Finals MVP Abdul Yahaya (Rivers Hoopers)
Seasons
 2018

The 2019 NBBF Nigerian Premier League was the national championship for Nigerian basketball organised by the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF). The draw was held on 11 November 2019. [1] All game were played at the National Stadium in Lagos. The winners of the President Cup qualify for the 2020 Basketball Africa League (BAL), the newly established pan-African league by FIBA and the NBA. [2] Rivers Hoopers won its third Nigerian championship. [3]

Contents

League stage

The league stage was played in a round-robin format. The Atlantic Conference was played from October 12, to October 2022, in the Indoor Sports Hall of the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria. [4] The Savannah Conference was played in the Indoor Sports Hall in Lagos. The top four teams advance to the Final 8.

Atlantic Conference

Pos.TeamGPWLW%PFPAPD
1 Rivers Hoopers
2 Kwara Falcons
3 Raptors Lagos
4 Lagos Islanders
5Police Baton
6Hoops and Read
7Delta Force
8Customs Lagos
9Dodan Warriors
10Invaders
11Coal City Miners
12Azure Raiders

Savannah Conference

Pos.TeamGPWLW%PFPAPD
1 Niger Potters
2 Mark Mentors
3Nigeria Army Rockets
4Abuja Defenders
5Plateau Peaks
6 Gombe Bulls
7Kada Stars
8Bauchi Nets
9 Kano Pillars
10Benue Braves

Final 8

The Final 8 took place from November 12, to November 17, 2021.

Group A

Pos.TeamGPWLW%PFPAPD
1 Rivers Hoopers
2 Lagos Islanders
3Nigeria Army Rockets
4Benue Braves

Group B

Pos.TeamGPWLW%PFPAPD
1 Kwara Falcons
2 Niger Potters
3Abuja Defenders
4 Raptors Lagos

Final round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
16 November
 
 
Raptors 84
 
17 November
 
Niger Potters 81
 
Raptors 57
 
16 November
 
Rivers Hoopers 97
 
Rivers Hoopers 78
 
 
Kwara Falcons 64
 
Third place
 
 
17 November
 
 
Niger Potters 76
 
 
Kwara Falcons 77

Individual awards

President's Cup Best Five [5]
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Abdul Yahaya (Hoopers)
Ikechukwu Godwin (Hoopers)
Godwin David (Falcons)
Gabriel Erameh (Potters)
Ginikachukwu Godspower (Raptors)
President's Cup MVP: Abdul Yahaya (Hoopers)

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