Dynamo Basketball Club, also known simply as Dynamo, is a

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club based in

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, Burundi. Established in 1968, the team competes in both the

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and the Bujumbura Amateurs Basketball Club Association (ACBAB). In the 2024 season, Dynamo plays in the

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(BAL) as the first team from Burundi to play in the league.

History

Dynamo Basketball Club was founded in 1968. On September 25, 2016, Dynamo won its first-ever Burundian National Championship. In the 2017–18 season, Dynamo had a historically successful season, winning the ACBAB title, Heroes Cup, and President's Cup. Their Bujumbura title was their first since 20 years earlier, in 1998. The team captured another ACBAB championship in 2019. Dynamo also qualified for the

2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments The 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments were the inaugural qualifying tournaments of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the newly launched premier basketball league of Africa jointly organized by the NBA and FIBA. While the NBA will co-organise from th ...

. Dynamo won their fourth national championship in 2023. They then played in the 2024 BAL qualification tournament, and on 26 November 2023 they clinched their participation in the 2024 season of the

(BAL). Dynamo defeated the Malagasy team COSPN 79–78 in the third place game, became the first team from Burundi to play in the league, and the first Elite 16 wild card to advance to the main tournament.

Honours

Burundian National Championship * Champions (3): 2016, 2019, 2023 Heroes Cup * Winners (4): 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023 ACBAB * Champions (3): 1998, 2018, 2019

In African competitions

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(2 appearances) ::

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– First round ::

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– Third Place

Players

2023 roster

The following was Dynamo's roster in the

2024 BAL qualification The qualification for the 2024 BAL season, also known as Road to BAL 2024, was the 4th edition of the qualifying tournaments for the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The tournaments were organised by FIBA Africa and are held from 3 October to 26 N ...

in October 2023.

References

External links

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