Sporting Clube de Benguela, in short Sporting de Benguela, was a basketball club from
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
. The club, based in the
city of Benguela, the capital of the namesake
province
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, was founded on November 16, 1915, as the 21st affiliate of
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries, .
The club's men's basketball team made its debut in the Angolan top tier basketball league (
BAI Basket
The Angolan Men's Basketball League, (in Portuguese: ''Campeonato Nacional de Basquetebol em Séniores Masculinos''), for sponsorship reasons known as the Unitel Basket, is the top tier men's basketball league in Angola.
C.D. Primeiro de Agosto ( ...
) in
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 ...
, after winning the
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 ...
Angolan Second Division championship.
They went on to participate in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
In 2017, the basketball team withdrew from official competitions for financial reasons.
Players
2014–2016
See also
*
Sporting de Benguela Football
References
External links
Africabasket profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sporting Clube de Benguela
Basketball teams in Angola
Basketball teams established in 1915
Defunct basketball teams in Angola
Basketball teams disestablished in 2017
1915 establishments in Africa
2017 disestablishments in Africa