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Condor BC
Condor Basketball Club, also known as Condor or Condor de Yaoundé, is a Cameroonian basketball club from Yaoundé. The team plays in the top level Elite Messieurs and is a national league champion in 2007, 2008, 2011, and 2019. History Founded as Cèdres, the team later changed their name to Condor. The best achievement in the history of Condor was the second place in the 2010 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup. With a impressive campaign, the team beat Kano Pillars in the quarterfinals and AS Salé in the semi-finals. However, in the finals Angolan powerhouse Primeiro de Agosto was too strong for the Cameroonian club. In 2019, Condor won its second national title. Honours Elite Messieurs *Champions (4): 2007, 2008, 2010–11, 2018–19 Cup of Cameroon *Winners (2): 2010, 2019 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup *Runners-up (1): 2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elite Messieurs
The Elite Messieurs (translated to English: ''Elite Men''), also known as Cameroon Basketball League, is the premier basketball league for clubs in Cameroon. The league consisted out of 8 teams in the 2022–23 season. Currently, the most successful team in the league is FAP FAP may refer to: Technology and industry * FORTRAN Assembly Program, the macro assembler for some IBM mainframe computers * Fair Access Policy, a term for a bandwidth cap, limiting Internet usage * Femtocell (Femto Access Point), a small ..., who have won four consecutive titles between 2020 and 2023. The champions of the Elite Messieurs qualify for the Road to BAL, the qualification tournaments of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). In the most recent format, eight teams participated in the regular season where they face each other tea one time. The top four teams advance to the Final Four, where they play in a round-robin to determine the final standings. Current teams The following we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaoundé
Yaoundé (; , ) is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,500 ft) above sea level. The outpost of Epsumb or Jeundo was founded between the Nyong and Sanaga rivers at the northern edge of the area's forests in 1887 by German explorers as a trading base for rubber and ivory. A military garrison was built in 1895 which enabled further colonization. After Imperial Germany's defeat in World War I, France held eastern Cameroon as a mandate, and Yaoundé was chosen to become the capital of the colony in 1922. Douala remained the more important settlement, but Yaoundé saw rapid growth and continued as the seat of government for the Republic of Cameroon upon its independence in 1960. Most of Yaoundé's economy is still centred on the administrative structure but major industries in Yaoundé incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''Cameroon'' in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa E ... [...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] |
2010 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
The 2010 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (25th edition), was an international basketball tournament held in Cotonou, Benin from 10 December to 19 December 2010. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa, and hosted by ASO Modele, was contested by 11 clubs split into 2 groups, the top four of which qualifying for the knock-out stage, quarter, semi-finals and final. The tournament was won by Primeiro de Agosto from Angola, thus retaining the title. Draw Squads Preliminary rounds :''Times given below are in UTC+1.'' Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage 9–11th place Quarter finals 9th place 5–8th place Semifinals 7th place 5th place Bronze medal game Gold medal game Final standings Primeiro de Agosto roster Adilson Baza, Adolfo Quimbamba, Carlos Almeida, Felizardo Ambrósio, Filipe Abraão, Hélder Ortet, Hermenegildo Santos, Joaquim Gomes, Karlton M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kano Pillars BC
Kano Pillars Basketball Club is a Nigerian basketball club based in Kano. The team plays in the Nigerian Premier League and holds the record for most championships with 6. The team has regularly played in the FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, winning bronze in 1985 and 1987. Honours Nigerian Premier League *Champions (6): 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 *Runners-up (2): 2012, 2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup *Third place (2): 1985, 1987 *Fourth place: 2016 In African competitions FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup (9 appearances) ::1985 – 3rd Place ::1987 – 3rd Place ::2005 – 5th Place ::2010 – 5th Place ::2012 – 9th Place ::2013 – 9th Place ::2015 – 7th Place :: 2016 – 4th Place ::2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ... – Preliminary R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AS Salé (basketball)
Association Sportive Salé ( ar, جمعية سلا), commonly known as AS Salé, is a Moroccan basketball club from Salé. The club competes in the Division Excellence and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). Notable players of the team include senior men's Moroccan national basketball team members Abderrahim Najah, Zakaria El Masbahi and Soufiane Kourdou. Salé has won the Moroccan championship 9 times and the Moroccan cup 11 times. The team won one continental title, the FIBA Africa Champions Cup which it won in 2017. Salé also participated in the first two seasons of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). History The basketball section of multi-sports club AS Salé was established on 1928. The team played in the Division Excellence, Morocco's first tier, for years but did not win its first league title until 2010. On 20 December 2017, Salé won the 2017 FIBA Africa Champions Cup, Salé's first international title and the first title of a Moroccan team at the event in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cup Of Cameroon (basketball)
The Elite Messieurs (translated to English: ''Elite Men''), also known as Cameroon Basketball League, is the premier basketball league for clubs in Cameroon. The league consisted out of 8 teams in the 2022–23 season. Currently, the most successful team in the league is FAP, who have won four consecutive titles between 2020 and 2023. The champions of the Elite Messieurs qualify for the Road to BAL, the qualification tournaments of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). In the most recent format, eight teams participated in the regular season where they face each other tea one time. The top four teams advance to the Final Four, where they play in a round-robin to determine the final standings. Current teams The following were the 12 teams for the 2022 season: Champions By team In African competitions Each year, the champions of the league are placed for the qualifiers of the FIBA Africa Basketball League, the premiere pan-African competition. Since 2020, this leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
The FIBA Africa Basketball League (formerly named the FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup) was the highest caliber men's professional basketball competition for clubs until 2020, organized by the FIBA Africa and played by the champions of the leagues of the African countries. The league was replaced by the Basketball Africa League (BAL) from 2020. History The competition was founded in 1971. A year later, in 1972, Hit Trésor SC won the inaugural championship. For the first 33 years in existence, it was a biennial league. From 2004, the ACC was held yearly. Notable players who have played in the competition are Serge Ibaka and Bismack Biyombo, who both went on to play in the United States' National Basketball Association (NBA). In February 2019, FIBA Africa announced the reformulation of the league, expanding it from 12 to 16 teams. The name of the tournament was changed to "FIBA Africa Basketball League", or "FIBA AfroLeague". FIBA has in the past announced plans to expand the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurobasket
EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the European Basketball Championship, is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennially, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the European zone within the International Basketball Federation. The competition was first held in 1935. The former Soviet Union holds the record for most gold medals with a total of 14. The tournament is generally held in August or September, in the offseason of major club competitions. The current defending champion is Spain, who won the 2022 title. History Beginning The first championships was held three years after the establishment of FIBA, in 1935. Switzerland was chosen as the host country, and ten countries joined. Only one qualifying match was played between Portugal and Spain. With a complicated formula, the final would see Latvia as champions. According to the rule at the time, the winner had to hold the following games. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Teams In Cameroon
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