The National Basketball League is a semi-professional

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league in

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that is the highest division of men's basketball in the country. The league currently consists of 13 teams. Established in 1995, media often highlights the league's physicality. The

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dominated during the 2010s, winning seven straight NBL titles. The Oilers are the league's most decorated team with ten won championships, which were all won consecutively. The champions of each season qualify for the

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, the qualifying rounds of the

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(BAL).

History

Basketball was introduced in Uganda in 1962, by the American Peace Corps and East African teachers. During the 1970s and 80s, economic hardship in the country meant a decline of the sport in the country as many schools abandoned the game. A national basketball league was founded in 1995 and started with six teams: the Kyambogo Warriors, Blue Jackets,

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, Rhino, Sky Jammers and

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. Since 2003, the league was expanded with a second-level league, named Division 1. Since 2019, there has also been a third level named Division 2. The

entered the league in 2013 and have since then dominated, winning ten consecutive titles.

Current clubs

Past champions

Titles by team

Individual awards

Each year, the FUBA Awards are held, and the

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of the league is named.

Division 1 and Division 2 winners

The FUBA also organises the Division 1 (second level) and Division 2 (third level) leagues.

Division 1

Division 2

References

External links

Ugandan basketball
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