Lions B.C.

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Lions
Leagues KBA Premier League
Location Windhoek, Namibia
Head coachAnthony Williams Auchab
Championships1 (2018)
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Lions Basketball Club, also known as simply Lions, is a Namibian basketball team based in Windhoek. [1] The team plays in the Khomas Region's KBA Premier League. [2]

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The team won the KBA Premier League title twice, in 2015 after suffering just one defeat in the season, [3] as well as in 2018.

In October 2019, under coach Anthony Williams Auchab, the Lions represented Namibia in the 2021 qualification tournaments for the Basketball Africa League (BAL), as the first Namibian team to play in the competition. [4] On 24 October 2019, they won their first game against South African side Jozi Nuggets, defeating them 74-67. [5] The Lions finished with in the 4th place of Group E with a 1-4 record. [6]

Honours

KBA Premier League

In African competitions

Road to BAL (1 appearance)

2021 – first round

Players

2019 roster

The following was the Lions roster in the 2021 BAL qualifiers:

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Lions Club roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
00 Flag of Namibia.svg Iyambo, Petrus
2 Flag of Namibia.svg Chonhi, Guilherme
5 Flag of Namibia.svg Paulus, Make
6 Flag of Namibia.svg Nghixulifwa, Alan
8 Flag of Namibia.svg Prinzonsky, Corbin
9 Flag of Namibia.svg Kazeurua, Mabeth
10 Flag of Namibia.svg Mukumbutaa, Michael
11 Flag of Namibia.svg Mael, Firmino
13 Flag of Namibia.svg Katoko, Michael
14 Flag of Namibia.svg Ndjavera, Yarouvandu
17 Flag of Namibia.svg Tjirimuje, Kautjeza
23 Flag of Zambia.svg Banda, Joe
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: 20 October 2019

References

  1. ↑ "LIONS Basketball Club". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Namibian, The. "Rebels take on the Mighty Lions". The Namibian. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "The Villager Newspaper Namibia". www.thevillager.com.na. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Lions Basketball Club at the Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L 2020 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Lions roar past Jozi Nuggets for debut win". FIBA.basketball. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Final standings of the Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L 2020 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 3 October 2023.


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