Union Bank Basketball Club is a Nigerian professional
basketball
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club. The club used to compete in the
Nigerian Premier League
The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) (formerly the Nigeria Professional Football League) is the highest level of club football in Nigerian football league system. The Nigerian Premier League has suffered like many others, from the financ ...
. Founded in 2000 as the Gboko Heat, the team was sponsored by the
Union Bank of Nigeria
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc is a commercial bank in Nigeria headquartered in Marina, Lagos Island, Lagos. It has been operating in Nigeria since 1917.
Overview
Union Bank is a large commercial bank, serving individuals, small and medium-sized comp ...
and adopted the bank's name in 2003.
In 2016, the team played entered private league
African Basketball League (ABL) under the name Stallions. Because this league was not approved by
FIBA
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, the club was suspended from playing in the Nigerian Premier League. Since that year, the team plays in the Division 2.
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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2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
– 4th Place
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2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
– 7th Place
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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 ...
– 8th Place
References
External links
Africa-Basket.com Team Page
Basketball teams in Nigeria
Basketball teams established in 2000
2000 establishments in Nigeria
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