Al-Nasr Sports, Cultural and Social Club (Arabic: نادي النصر الرياضي، ثقافي إجتماعي), also spelled as Al Naser, is a Libyan

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club based in

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. Founded in 1956, the team has won the Libyan championship three times. Its most recent title was in 2018. Al-Nasr, which was previously funded by the family of

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, was featured in the 2013 memoir ''Qaddafi's Point Guard'' by

Alex Owumi Alexander Owumi (born May 4, 1984) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player and author. He became the subject of widespread media attention following his time with Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi, basketball), Al-Nasr, a Libyan team owned by t ...

, who played for the team leading up to the

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in 2011.

Honours

Libyan Division I Basketball League The Libyan Division I Basketball League (LBL) is the highest tier professional basketball league in Libya. It is organized by the Libyan Arab Basketball Federation. Teams * Abu Salim SC * Al Ahly Benghazi *Al Ahly Tripoli Al Ahli Sports ...

: 3 :2009, 2017, 2018 Libyan Cup: 3 :2009, 2014, 2017

In international competitions

Players

Notable players

* Stanley Gumut * Ibrahima Thomas * Mike Taylor * Donald Cole *

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Head coaches

References

{{Reflist Basketball teams in Libya Basketball teams established in 1956 Road to BAL teams