Forces Armées et Police Basketball (), commonly known as simply FAP or FAP Yaoundé, is a

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team based in

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, Cameroon. It is the basketball team of the Cameroonian

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and police. The team previously played in the

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(BAL) and domestically plays the

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. FAP has won the national championship three times, the

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once, and the Central Region League Championship three times. The Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex serves as home arena of the team.

History

The club was established in 1972 in

. In November 2019, FAP entered the qualifying tournaments for the newly established

(BAL), representing Cameroon as runners-up because champions Condor BC refused its invitation. After a good first round run, FAP played even better in the second round. After beating ABC in the semi-finals, FAP qualified for the first edition of the BAL. In 2020, FAP won its first silverware after winning the

title. It went unbeaten in the Final Four tournament with a 6–0 record. Ahead of the inaugural BAL season in May 2021, FAP signed Lazare Adingono as head coach. In the following season, FAP repeated as champions. In the

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, FAP finished in fourth place after eliminating the favoured Rwandan hosts REG in the quarter-finals. The third place game was lost to

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Arena

The Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, built in 2009, is the home arena of FAP Basketball. Most basketball games of the

final stages are played in the complex.

Honours

Domestic

* Champions (3): 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 ** Runners-up (1): 2018–19 Cameroonian Cup * Winners (1): 2022

Regional

Central Region League Championship * Champions (5): 2011, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022

International

* Fourth place (1):

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* Quarter-finalist (1):

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BAL Qualifying Tournaments * Winners (1):

(West Division) ** Runners-up (1):

(West Division)

Players

Current roster

The following is the FAP roster for the

Past rosters

* 2021 BAL season *

Notable players

* Jordan Rezendes (1 year: 2020) * Joel Almeida (2 years: 2021–present) *

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(1 year: 2022) * Charles Minlend Jr. (1 year: 2022) * Ebaku Akumenzoh (2013–15, 2017–present)

Head coaches

* Gilles Kouamo (–2021) * Lazare Adingono (2021) * François Enyegue (2021–present)

Performance in the Basketball Africa League

References

External links

Official websiteFap de Yaounde
at Afrobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:FAP Basketball teams in Cameroon Basketball teams established in 1972 Basketball Africa League teams Sport in Yaoundé 1972 establishments in Cameroon Road to BAL teams