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East Africa Basketball Championship Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event #2024 season
SportBasketball
Founded2024
First season2024
No. of teams6
RegionEast Africa
ConfederationFIBA Africa
Most recent
champion(s)		Burundi Remesha (1st title)
(2024)
Most titlesBurundi Remesha
(1 title)

The East Africa Basketball Championship Cup (EABCC) is an annual basketball tournament for men's teams in East Africa, organized by FIBA Africa. The tournament was founded in 2024.[1] The competition is open to teams in FIBA Africa Zone 5, similar to the previously organized FIBA Africa Zone 5 Club Championship, which ran for 33 years. The league was established by Zone 5 President Hesham El Hariri, with the aim of providing game for teams that did not qualify for the Road to BAL as national champions.[2]

The inaugural season was held in December 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya, and existed of six teams.[1] Remesha from Burundi were the inaugural champions.[3]

Format

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Teams play in a round-robin format, with a total of 15 games. The team that finishes on top of the group is crowned champion.[2]

Teams

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2024 EABCC teams[1]
Burundi Les Hippos Kenya KPA Tanzania ABC
Burundi Remesha Kenya Equity Bank Dumas Tanzania Dar City

2024 season

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The 2024 season was held at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya, and began on December 11, 2024.[4] The first game in EABCC history was played between Remesha from Burundi and ABC from Tanzania.[4]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts REM DAR KPA HIP ABC EQU
1 Burundi Remesha (C) 5 5 0 424 326 +98 10 — 77–58 81–74 76–55 84–75 106–64
2 Tanzania Dar City 5 4 1 360 313 +47 9 58–77 — 69–65 84–50 66–58 83–63
3 Kenya KPA 5 3 2 370 350 +20 8 71–81 65–69 — 76–63 85–82 73–55
4 Burundi Les Hippos 5 2 3 335 359 −24 7 55–76 50–84 63–76 — 97–72 70–51
5 Tanzania ABC 5 1 4 359 401 −42 6 75–84 58–66 82–85 72–97 — 72–69
6 Kenya Equity Dumas 5 0 5 302 404 −102 5 64–106 63–83 55–73 51–70 69–72 —
Source: FIBA
(C) Champions

Individual awards

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Most Valuable Player

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Season Player Team
2024[5] United States Nathaniel Brownlee Tanzania Dar City

All-Star Team

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The All-Star Team is compromised of the five best players of a given season.

Season Player Team
2024[5] United States Nathaniel Brownlee Burundi Remesha
Burundi Guibert Nijimbere Burundi Remesha
Burundi Landry Ndikumana Burundi Remesha
Kenya Salim Kisilu Kenya KPA
Tanzania Jonas Nishi Tanzania ABC

References

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  1. ^ a b c "East Africa Basketball Championship Cup launched". www.fiba.basketball. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Six register for East Africa basketball show | MozzartSportKe". www.mozzartsport.co.ke. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  3. ^ "Remesha survive a KPA scare to clinch inaugural East Africa Basketball Championship Cup". www.fiba.basketball. December 15, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Sparks fly as inaugural EABCC Zone 5 championship starts in Nairobi". www.fiba.basketball. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Thabeet tribute on final day of 2024 East Africa Basketball Championship Cup". www.fiba.basketball. December 15, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
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