Christopher James Gabriel (born 19 December 1988) is a South African
basketball
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player who last played for the
Cape Town Tigers
The Cape Town Tigers are a South African professional basketball team founded in Cape Town. The Tigers have played in the Basketball National League (BNL) and played in three seasons of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) between 2022 and 2024.
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and the
South Africa national basketball team
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Team South Africa is one of FIBA's youngest members, as it joine ...
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Professional career
Gabriel started the 2018–19 season with
Team FOG Næstved
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The team won its first title in 2017, where they won the Danish Basketball Cup. Their current head coach is A ...
in Denmark, averaging 8.5 points and 4.6 rebounds in 28 games. On 19 May 2018, Gabriel signed with Stockholmo Montevideo in Uruguay.
Since 2021, Gabriel is on the roster of the
Cape Town Tigers
The Cape Town Tigers are a South African professional basketball team founded in Cape Town. The Tigers have played in the Basketball National League (BNL) and played in three seasons of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) between 2022 and 2024.
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and helped the team win its first South African championship. He was also on the team during the
2022 BAL Qualifying Tournaments in the fall of 2021. The following two years, Gabriel was missing from the Tigers roster, before returning in the Road to BAL in November 2023.
National team career
In 2009, Gabriel appeared with the South African national team at the
2009 African Championships. Gabriel averaged 10.2 points and 6.4 rebounds per game as one of South Africa's top players, but the team finished in 15th place in the tournament.
[FIBA Africa (2009). Christopher Gabriel. FIBA.com profile. Originally retrieved from http://libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/eid/4047/pid/79104/sid/6599/tid/2610/profile.html. Archived on 2016-02-03 at https://web.archive.org/web/20160203063759/http://libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/eid/4047/pid/79104/sid/6599/tid/2610/profile.html.]
See also
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South Africa national basketball team
South Africa national basketball team is the basketball team that represents South Africa in international competitions. The governing body of the team is Basketball South Africa.
Team South Africa is one of FIBA's youngest members, as it joine ...
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
Cape Town Tigers players
Centers (basketball)
KD Hopsi Polzela players
New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball players
Real Canoe NC basketball players
San Diego Toreros men's basketball players
South African expatriate basketball people
South African men's basketball players
Sportspeople from Cape Town
Team FOG Næstved players
21st-century South African sportsmen
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