Roche-Bois Warriors

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Roche Bois Warriors
Roche Bois Warriors logo.png
LeagueMBBF Super League
Founded2000
HistoryRoche-Bois Warriors
2000–present
ArenaGymnase de Phoenix
LocationRoche Bois, Port Louis, Mauritius
Head coachJerome Tonta
Championships2 (2020, 2023)

Roche-Bois Warriors is a Mauritian basketball club based in the Roche-Bois, a suburb of Port Louis. The team plays in the MBBF Super League, the highest level of basketball in Mauritius. [1] The Warriors have won league championships in 2020 and 2023 and has represented Mauritius in the Road to BAL twice.

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History

Established in 2000, [2] the Warriors won their first-ever national championship in 2020, after defeating Mahebourg Flippers in the finals. [3] As a result, the Warriors qualified for the 2022 qualifying tournaments of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) for the first time. [4] This marked the first international appearance of the Warriors. [2] They lost all of their three games.

The Warriors won their second championship in the 2022–23 season. [5] They were eligible to play in the 2024 BAL qualification, but withdrew their participation. [6]

Honours

' MBBF Super League' [3]

Players

Current roster

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

Roche Bois Warriors roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
3 Flag of Mauritius.svg Modliar, Jean
5 Flag of Mauritius.svg Alexandrine, Clyde
6 Flag of Mauritius.svg Adele, Otniel
9 Flag of Mauritius.svg Charles, Mitchy
11 Flag of Mauritius.svg Wong Moi Sang, Jean-Phil
13 Flag of Mauritius.svg Laprovidence, Jacques
12 Flag of Mauritius.svg Sissace, Désiré
16 Flag of Mauritius.svg Alexandrine, Howard
17 Flag of Mauritius.svg Frontin, Nathan
18 Flag of Mauritius.svg Madelon, Stéphane
32 Flag of Mauritius.svg Tonta, Louis
91 Flag of Mauritius.svg Gerie, Jean
Head coach
  • Flag of Mauritius.svg Jerome Tonta
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Mauritius.svg Paul Vincent Boitier

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Updated: October 21, 2021

In the Basketball Africa League

Season Road to BAL Main competition
WLResultQualifiedWLResult
2022 03First phaseDark Red x.svgDNQ
2023 WithdrewDNQ
2024
Total030/1

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