Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1956 |
Organising body | Tunisia Basketball Federation |
No. of teams | 8 |
Country | Tunisia |
Continent | FIBA Africa (Africa) |
Most recent champion(s) | ASF Jemmal 2rd title (2023) |
Most titles | CS Sfaxien 19 titles |
Official website | http://ftbb.org.tn/ |
The Tunisian Women's Division I Basketball League is the highest women's professional club basketball competition in Tunisia. The competition was created in 1956 Just after the Independence of Tunisia Ruled and managed by the Tunisian Basketball Federation, and since it was held every single year until Nowadays, Except only in 1958 season that was cancelled, however the dominant Club is CS Sfaxien from Sfax with a total of 19 titles as a record followed by Zitouna Sports From Tunis with 8 titles, and third rank we find Stade Tunisien also from Tunis with 8 Titles. [1]
Rk | Club | Titles # | Winning Years |
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1 | CS Sfaxien | 19 | 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 |
2 | Zitouna Sports | 8 | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 |
= | Stade Tunisien | 8 | 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2020 |
4 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 1960, 1961, 1962, 1982, 1983, 1984 |
5 | ASF Tunis | 5 | 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970 |
6 | Al Hilal Sports | 4 | 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996 |
= | Ezzahra Sports | 4 | 1971, 1972, 1973, 2021 |
8 | Stade Gaulois | 2 | 1956, 1957 |
= | CSF Bizerte | 2 | 1966, 2009 |
= | ES Cap Bon | 2 | 2008, 2022 |
= | ASF Jemmal | 2 | 2017, 2023 |
12 | Étoile du Sahel | 1 | 2018 |
= | JS Bougatfa | 1 | 1985 |
= | Radès Transport | 1 | 1969 |
= | OLY Béja | 1 | 1967 |
= | CA GAS | 1 | 1959 |
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