East Africa Basketball Championship Cup

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East Africa Basketball Championship Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Basketball current event.svg #2024 season
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Sport Basketball
Founded2024
First season 2024
No. of teams6
Region East Africa
Confederation FIBA Africa
Most recent
champion(s)		 Flag of Burundi.svg Remesha (1st title)
(2024)
Most titles Flag of Burundi.svg Remesha
(1 title)

The East Africa Basketball Championship Cup (EABCC) is an annual basketball tournament for men's teams in East Africa, organized by FIBA Africa. The tournament was founded in 2024. [1] The competition is open to teams in FIBA Africa Zone 5, similar to the previously organized FIBA Africa Zone 5 Club Championship, which ran for 33 years. The league was established by Zone 5 President Hesham El Hariri, with the aim of providing game for teams that did not qualify for the Road to BAL as national champions. [2]

Contents

The inaugural season was held in December 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya, and existed of six teams. [1] Remesha from Burundi were the inaugural champions. [3]

Format

Teams play in a round-robin format, with a total of 15 games. The team that finishes on top of the group is crowned champion. [2]

Teams

2024 EABCC teams [1]
Flag of Burundi.svg Les Hippos Flag of Kenya.svg KPA Flag of Tanzania.svg ABC
Flag of Burundi.svg Remesha Flag of Kenya.svg Equity Bank Dumas Flag of Tanzania.svg Dar City

2024 season

The 2024 season was held at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya, and began on December 11, 2024. [4] The first game in EABCC history was played between Remesha from Burundi and ABC from Tanzania. [4]

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsREMDARKPAHIPABCEQU
1 Flag of Burundi.svg Remesha (C)550424326+9810—77–5881–7476–5584–75106–64
2 Flag of Tanzania.svg Dar City541360313+47958–77—69–6584–5066–5883–63
3 Flag of Kenya.svg KPA 532370350+20871–8165–69—76–6385–8273–55
4 Flag of Burundi.svg Les Hippos523335359−24755–7650–8463–76—97–7270–51
5 Flag of Tanzania.svg ABC 514359401−42675–8458–6682–8572–97—72–69
6 Flag of Kenya.svg Equity Dumas505302404−102564–10663–8355–7351–7069–72—
Source: FIBA
(C) Champions

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player

SeasonPlayerTeam
2024 [5] Flag of the United States.svg Nathaniel Brownlee Flag of Tanzania.svg Dar City

All-Star Team

The All-Star Team is composed of the five best players of a given season.

SeasonPlayerTeam
2024 [5] Flag of the United States.svg Nathaniel Brownlee Flag of Burundi.svg Remesha
Flag of Burundi.svg Guibert Nijimbere Flag of Burundi.svg Remesha
Flag of Burundi.svg Landry Ndikumana Flag of Burundi.svg Remesha
Flag of Kenya.svg Salim Kisilu Flag of Kenya.svg KPA
Flag of Tanzania.svg Jonas Nishi Flag of Tanzania.svg ABC

References

  1. 1 2 3 "East Africa Basketball Championship Cup launched". www.fiba.basketball. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Six register for East Africa basketball show | MozzartSportKe". www.mozzartsport.co.ke. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Remesha survive a KPA scare to clinch inaugural East Africa Basketball Championship Cup". www.fiba.basketball. December 15, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Sparks fly as inaugural EABCC Zone 5 championship starts in Nairobi". www.fiba.basketball. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Thabeet tribute on final day of 2024 East Africa Basketball Championship Cup". www.fiba.basketball. December 15, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
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