Rwanda Energy Group BBC, commonly known as REG, is a Rwandan basketball club based in

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. It is owned and named after the company

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. It plays in the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL), the highest tier of basketball in Rwanda. REG has won the national championship thrice, in 2017, 2021 and 2022. The club played in the Sahara Conference of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) as of the 2022 season. The team shares a rivalry with Patriots BBC.

History

Established in 2016, the club won the

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in 2017. Then, REG played in an African competition for the first time when it entered the

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. On 2 November 2019, Henry Mwinuka signed for two years as the new head coach. On 30 October 2021, REG won its first Rwandan national championship after defeating arch-rivals Patriots 2–0 in the finals. Olivier Shyaka was named the league's Most Valuable Player after scoring 30 points in Game 1 and 22 points in Game 2. As a result of the championship, REG also qualified for the 2022 season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). On February 18, 2022, the team signed ex-

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player and coach Robert Pack as its new head coach. The team won their third national title after once again defeating Patriots in the finals, 3–2, in the 2022 season.

Honours

Rwanda Basketball League *Champions (3): 2017, 2021,

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**''Runners-up (3):'' 2018, 2019, 2020 Heroes Cup *Winners (3): 2018, 2019, 2020

Season by season

*RS: Regular season *QF: Quarterfinals

In African competitions

FIBA Africa Basketball League (1 appearance) :: 2018–19 – Group Stage Basketball Africa League (1 appearances) *

– Quarterfinalist

Players

Current roster

The following roster is REG's final team for the

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Notable players

Kubwimana Kazingufu Ali Kubwimana Kazingufu Ali (born 29 December 1995) is a Rwandan professional basketball player for REG and . Standing at , he plays as point guard. Early life Ali was born in Rubavu (Western province). He and his four siblings are children of loca ...

(2018–)

Head coaches

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(2019–2022) * Robert Pack (

)

References

External links

Rwanda Energy Group BBC
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