MBB | |||
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Nickname | Blue Soldiers | ||
League | BNL South African National Basketball Championship Inner City Super League | ||
Founded | 2020 | ||
History | MBB Basketball Club 2020–present | ||
Location | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
Head coach | Cyril Shabalala | ||
Ownership | Cyril Shabalala | ||
Made by Ball Blue Soldiers, commonly known as MBB or MBB Blue Soldiers, is a South African basketball team based in Johannesburg. The team plays in the Basketball National League (BNL), the highest level of basketball in the country, following their promotion in 2024. [1] They have won one National Championship title in 2024.
The team was founded as a social club in 2020 and is owned by former player Cyril Shabalala, who later also take reigns as head coach. [2]
MBB previously played in the Gauteng regional Inner City Super League (ICSL), where they won back-to-back championships in 2023 and 2024. [3] The Blue Soldiers joined the Basketball National League (NBL) for the 2024 season, [4] and later also won the BSA-organised National Championship title. [5]
Their national championship title earned them the right to play in the 2025 BAL qualification, where they will make their debut in the Elite 16 phase, becoming the third South African team in the Road to BAL, behind the Jozi Nuggets and the Cape Town Tigers. [2]
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