Malabo Kings BC is an Equatorial Guinean
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
club based in
Malabo
Malabo ( , ; formerly ) is the capital of Equatorial Guinea in the province of Bioko Norte. It is located on the north coast of the island of Bioko (, and as ''Fernando Pó'' by the Europeans). In 2018, the city had a population of approxim ...
. The team was founded in 2011 and has won the national title twice.
In its history, Malabo Kings has made three appearances in the
FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup: in 2011, 2013 and 2014. During the 2014 season, the Kings were sanctioned by
FIBA Africa
FIBA Africa is a zone within the FIBA basketball association which contains all 54 national African FIBA federations. It was founded in 1961. FIBA Africa maintains offices in Cairo and in Abidjan.
Zones
The 54 federations of FIBA Africa are g ...
for fraud with the identity of two players, and were given two technical losses.
History
The Malabo Kings played their first game on February 25, 2011.
Honours
Liga Nacional de Baloncesto
* Champions (2):
FIBA Africa Zone IV
*Champions (3): 2013
Copa de su Excalencia
* Winners (1):
In African competitions
FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
The FIBA Africa Basketball League (formerly named the FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup) was the highest caliber men's professional basketball competition for clubs until 2020, organized by the FIBA Africa and played by the champions of the league ...
(3 appearances)
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2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
– 12th Place
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2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
– 7th Place
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2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
– Preliminary Round
BAL Qualifiers (1 appearance)
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2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
– ''Withdrew''
References
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External links
Official TwitterMalabo Kings
at AfroBasket.com
Basketball teams in Equatorial Guinea
Basketball teams established in 2011
Sport in Malabo