The Cape Verdean Basketball Federation (''Federação Caboverdiana de Basquetebol'') is the basketball association in

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. It is located in the capital city of

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federations are also housed there. Its current president is Kitana Cabral.

History

The popularity of basketball in Cape Verde did not grow until the country's independence in 1975. The FCBB was founded in 1986 and became affiliated with

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in 1988.

About the federation

The basketball federation organizes the

national championship A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...

, it is one of the remaining countries in the world that uses the old qualification system, where the winner of each island (two zones in the island of Santiago) qualifies for the group system and the knockout stage as does in football (soccer), volleyball and futsal. It had seven teams in 2011 and may have eight or nine teams today.

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(or ADESBA) won the title in 2015 and was the first club to play at the continental level. Cape Verde has 43 basketball teams. As of August 2015, there were 1,620 registered male players in the federation. Of which 2,000 are unregistered players

Regional federations

The federation has about 11 regional federations including: * Boa Vista Regional Basketball Federation (''Associação Regional de Basquetebol da Boa Vista'') - which includes the nearby island of Maio, that island probably has its own federation * Fogo Regional Basketball Federation (''Associação Regional de Basquetebol do Fogo'') - which includes the nearby island of Brava * Sal Regional Basketball Federation (''Associação Regional de Basquetebol do Sal'') *

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North Regional Basketball Federation ('Associação Regional de Basquetebol de Santiago Norte'') *

South Regional Basketball Federation (''Associação Regional de Basquetebol de Santiago Sul'') * Santo Antão Regional Basketball Federation (''Associação Regional de Basquetebol de Santo Antão'') * São Nicolau Regional Basketball Federation (''Associação Regional de Basquetebol de São Nicolau'') * São Vicente Regioinal Basketball Federation (''Associação Regional de Basquetebol de São Vicente'')

References

External links

Website of the federation at Facebook

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History

About the federation

Regional federations

See also

References

External links