2023 BNL season

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2023 BNL season
League Basketball National League
SportBasketball
HostsMandeville Indoor Hall, Johannesburg
Finals champions Cape Town Tigers (1st title)
  Runners-up Tshwane Suns
Seasons
 2022
2024 

The 2023 BNL season was the 10th season of the Basketball National League (BNL), the top-flight basketball league in South Africa. The season began on 6 May 2023 and ended with the championship game on 30 July 2023. All fixtures were played in the Mandeville Indoor Hall in Johannesburg. [1]

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The league consisted of 12 teams, which were divided in two groups of six teams each. The Florsheim Ngwenya-led Cape Town Tigers made their BNL debut and won their first-ever league championship. [2] As national champions, the Tigers qualified for the 2024 BAL qualification.

Regular season

Group A

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsQualification TS KZM SP NCZ NWE ECW
1 Tshwane Suns 550448290+15810Advance to semi-finals 96–43104–71
2 KwaZulu Marlins 541431300+131972–7774–62105–59
3 Soweto Panthers 532391324+67859–7383–6388–46
4 Northern Cape Zebras 523311413102745–9857–10460–58
5 North West Eagles 514281404123645–76
6 Eastern Cape Windbreakers 505352483131568–9970–8684–89
Source: BNL

Group B

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsQualification CTT MR WCM LP EM FSW
1 Cape Town Tigers 550469245+22410Advance to semi-finals 106–4697–5176–47
2 Mpumalanga Rhinos 5323453549865–8348–5687–79
3 Western Cape Mountaineers 532340311+29868–6969–51
4 Limpopo Pride 52329132332765–3968–70
5 Egoli Magic 51425233583668–7642–7056–48
6 Free State Warriors 514276405129636–107
Source: BNL


Playoffs

Semi-finals Final
      
A1 Tshwane Suns 64
B2 Mpumalanga Rhinos 60
A1 Tshwane Suns 60
B1 Cape Town Tigers85
A2 KwaZulu Marlins 68
B1 Cape Town Tigers 89

Semi-finals

July 23, 2023
12:00 pm
Tshwane Suns 6460Mpumalanga Rhinos
Scoring by quarter: 9–17, 20–9, 16–13, 19–21
Pts: Emmanuel Shine 24
Rebs: Marcus Mokwena 14
Asts: Briarley Klaassen, Holy Mandungu 3
Pts: Vusi Sibeko 13
Rebs: Ludwig Gerdes 9
Asts: Joshua Tawengwa 5
Mandeville Indoor Hall, Johannesburg
July 23, 2023
4:00 pm
Kwa-Zulu Marlins6889 Cape Town Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 22–23, 15–22, 16–22
Pts: Bena Kabuya 18
Rebs: Sifiso Gininda, Storm Gilchrist 9
Asts: Storm Gilchrist 3
Pts: Sita Conteh 27
Rebs: Nkosinathi Sibanyoni, Pieter Prinsloo 10
Asts: Lebesa Selepe 4
Mandeville Indoor Hall, Johannesburg

Final

July 30, 2023
1:00 pm
Tshwane Suns 6085 Cape Town Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 4–22, 17–26, 24–17
Pts: Gleen Akoulou 18
Rebs: Marcus Mokwena 10
Asts: Kagiso Ngoetjana, Briarley Klaassen 2
Pts: Akeem Springs 24
Rebs: Nkosinathi Sibanyoni 19
Asts: Sita Conteh 8
Mandeville Indoor Hall, Johannesburg

Statistical leaders

CategoryPlayerTeam(s)Statistic
Points per gameAkeem Springs Cape Town Tigers 23.0
Emmanuel Shine Tshwane Suns
Rebounds per gameDamien Kasongo Limpopo Pride 18.0
Assists per gameLebesa Selepe Cape Town Tigers 3.7

Winning roster

2023 Cape Town Tigers roster

NoPlayer
0Dumisani Gebashe
3Dylan Whitbread
10Lebesa Selepe
11Lebohang Mofokeng
14 Nkosinathi Sibanyoni
23Akeem Springs
24Sita Conteh
25 Pieter Prinsloo
34Somusa Mthembu
41Braydon Wooley
44Gloire Kabange
45Rabbi Belolo
HC Florsheim Ngwenya

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References

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  2. "Cape Town Tigers are 2023 BNL winners". Afrobasket.com. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.