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2022 NBL Uganda Season
The 2022 NBL Uganda season was the 26th season of the National Basketball League of Uganda, organised by the FUBA. The season began on March 11, 2022 and ended on October 15, 2022. It was the return of the NBL after a 2-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda. This season, the licensing requirements were changed and all teams had to be registered and run professionally. The City Oilers won their 8th consecutive national championship, after edging Nam Blazers Namuwongo Blazers, commonly known as Nam Blazers, are an Ugandan basketball team based in Namuwongo, Kampala. They are playing in the NBL Uganda, the country's top level league. The team was established in 2015. They were promoted to the NBL Ugand ... 4–3 in the finals of the playoffs. Regular season The regular season began on March 11, 2022. All teams played each other twice, once home and once away. Playoffs The playoffs will begin on August 26. Statistics ''Players that played at least 50% of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBL Uganda
The National Basketball League is a semi-professional basketball league in Uganda that is the highest division of men's basketball in the country. The league currently consists of 13 teams. Established in 1995, media often highlights the league's physicality. The City Oilers dominated during the 2010s, winning seven straight NBL titles. The Oilers are the league's most decorated team with 8 won championships. History Basketball was introduced in Uganda in 1962, by the American Peace Corps and East African teachers. During the 1970s and 80s, economic hardship in the country meant a decline of the sport in the country as many schools abandoned the game. A national basketball league was founded in 1995 and started with six teams: the Kyambogo Warriors, Blue Jackets, Power Basketball Club, Black Power, Rhino, Sky Jammers and Makerere University. Since 2003, the league was expanded with a second-level league, named Division 1. Since 2019, there has also been a third level named Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate, both of which require considerable skill. On offense, players may use a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regular Season
In an organized sports league, a typical season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ... are in session: for example, in Major League Baseball the season lasts approximately from the last week of March to the last week of September. In other team sports, like association football or basketball, it is generally from August or September to May although in some countries - such as Northern Europe or East Asia - the season starts in the spring and finishes in autumn, mainly due to weather conditions encountered during the winter. A year can often be broken up into several distinct sections (sometimes themselves called seasons). These are: a preseason, a series of exhibition games played for training purposes; a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Okello
James Okello (born 26 January 1990) is a Ugandan basketball player, who plays for City Oilers and the Uganda national basketball team. Early and personal life While his father was polygamous, James Okello was the sixth of nine children to his mother.Mister City Oilers! John Vianney Nsimbe (), 13 February 2020. Accessed 29 June 2021. In school, besides , he was involved in athletics (as a sprinter) and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Oilers
City Oilers is a basketball club based in Lugogo, Kampala, Uganda. The team competes in the Ugandan National Basketball League (NBL), where it has won eight championships, the most in league history. The Oilers play in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in the 2023 season. History The club was founded by a group of friends who decided to play basketball together. They started playing pick-up games at courts in Kampala, with former national league players joining. Later, Justus Mugisha became head coach and suggested the team joined a basketball league. In 2011, the team was pitched to the director of oil company City Oil and the team was founded as City Oilers. The team started in the NBL Division III in 2011. Later, the team promoted to the NBL Uganda, which it would win eight straight years from 2014. Additionally, the team made several continental appearances, including the 2009 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup. The team played in the first round of the 2022 BAL Qualifying To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playoffs
The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be either a single game, a series of games, or a tournament, and may use a single-elimination system or one of several other different playoff formats. Playoff, in regard to international fixtures, is to qualify or progress to the next round of a competition or tournament. In team sports in the U.S. and Canada, the vast distances and consequent burdens on cross-country travel have led to regional divisions of teams. Generally, during the regular season, teams play more games in their division than outside it, but the league's best teams might not play against each other in the regular season. Therefore, in the postseason a playoff series is organized. Any group-winning team is eligible to participate, and as playoffs became more popular they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nam Blazers
Namuwongo Blazers, commonly known as Nam Blazers, are an Ugandan basketball team based in Namuwongo, Kampala. They are playing in the NBL Uganda, the country's top level league. The team was established in 2015. They were promoted to the NBL Uganda The National Basketball League is a semi-professional basketball league in Uganda that is the highest division of men's basketball in the country. The league currently consists of 13 teams. Established in 1995, media often highlights the league's ... in 2019, after finishing as runners-up in the NBL2. signing strong players from NBL competitors Season by season References {{Africa-basketball-team-stub Basketball teams in Uganda Basketball teams established in 2015 Sport in Kampala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Basketball League (Uganda)
The National Basketball League is a semi-professional basketball league in Uganda that is the highest division of men's basketball in the country. The league currently consists of 13 teams. Established in 1995, media often highlights the league's physicality. The City Oilers dominated during the 2010s, winning seven straight NBL titles. The Oilers are the league's most decorated team with 8 won championships. History Basketball was introduced in Uganda in 1962, by the American Peace Corps and East African teachers. During the 1970s and 80s, economic hardship in the country meant a decline of the sport in the country as many schools abandoned the game. A national basketball league was founded in 1995 and started with six teams: the Kyambogo Warriors, Blue Jackets, Black Power, Rhino, Sky Jammers and Makerere University. Since 2003, the league was expanded with a second-level league, named Division 1. Since 2019, there has also been a third level named Division 2. Current clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Uganda
The COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Uganda in March 2020. Background On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019. The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. Model-based simulations for Uganda suggest that the 95% confidence interval for the time-varying reproduction number ''R t'' has been lower than 1.0 since July 2021. A 2021 study found that the Uganda government used the COVID-19 pandemic to increase repression of opposition areas in Uganda. Timeline March 2020 * On 18 March, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCU Canons
UCU Canons is an Ugandan basketball club based in Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba .... The team is officially part of the Uganda Christian University (UCU). Honours National Basketball League *Runners-up: 2019–20 Notable players *Jonathan Egau * Ivan Lumanyika *Dauna Rodgers *Peter Sifuma References Basketball teams in Uganda {{Africa-basketball-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Basketball Club
Power Basketball Club, for sponsorship reasons named Betway Power, is an Ugandan basketball team based in Kampala. The team was already active in the 1990s, as the Baptist Saints. In 1998, then named Black Power, they were one of the founding teams of the NBL Uganda. Power has won the NBL Uganda five times, its last title being in 2012. Sponsorship names *Sadoline Power *D-Mark Power (2011–2014) *Betway Power (2020–present) Honours NBL Uganda *Champions (5): 1996, 2000, 2008, 2011, 2012 **Runners-up (4): 2006, 2009, 2016, 2018 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Power Basketball teams in Uganda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Enabu
Jimmy Abraham Enabu (born 17 April 1988) is a Ugandan professional basketball player. He currently plays for the City Oilers club of the NBL. He started his career with the Knight Riders basketball team from Entebbe in 2007. Enabu moved to City Oilers in 2013, and helped the team win a record nine NBL championships. He represented Uganda's national basketball team at the 2017 AfroBasket in Tunisia and Senegal, where he was Uganda’s best passer as he recorded most assists for his team. FIBA.com, Retrieved 31 August 2017. He has won six straight National Basketball League titles with his team The City Oilers. The City Oilers have made a record for a team that has won all titles of the National Basketball League that it has competed in BAL career statistics , - , style= ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
