Northern Cape Zebras

Northern Cape Zebras

Leagues Played
南非BNL 5
Links
bnlsa.com YouTube Wikipedia
Related Teams
北開普斑馬 女子

結果

南非BNL 07/16 08:00 - Eastern Cape Windbreakers v Northern Cape Zebras W 70-86
南非BNL 07/15 12:00 - Northern Cape Zebras v North West Eagles W 60-58
南非BNL 10/19 20:00 - 索韋托黑豹 v Northern Cape Zebras L 77-66
南非BNL 10/31 14:00 - Limpopo Pride v Northern Cape Zebras W 49-71
南非BNL 09/24 10:57 - Northern Cape Zebras v Mpumalanga Rhinos L 77-104

The Basketball National League (BNL) is the pre-eminent male professional basketball league in South Africa. The league was founded in 2013, however, before the Premier Basketball League had been running as the country's premier basketball league.

The league also has a female counterpart, the Women's Basketball National League, which was established in 2021.

Egoli Magic are the most successful club in league history, having won five championships. The current champions are the Cape Town Tigers, who won the 2023 season.

History

PBL era

Founded in 1994 as the Premier Basketball League (PBL), the league was founded by six franchises. In an agreement with the national federation Basketball South Africa, the league began with four new teams, namely Capetown Eagles, Soweto Panthers, Capetown Kings and Pretoria Suns.

The leaguge was sponsored by Allied Bank, and later by Telkom. The PBL was disbanded in 1996.

The PBL disappeared for the following years, but made a return after nine years in 2007. The final of that season was won by the Soweto Panthers.

BNL era

After a 14-year period without a national men's league, the Basketball National League (BNL) was founded in 2013. The Tshwane Suns won the inaugural BNL championship.

The BNL Season of 2018 started in August, the 3rd and ended on October, the 27th. For the first time ever, the championship was won by the Soweto Panthers.

In 2016 the league piloted a women's division in Gauteng, The Sturdy Stars won the title that year.

South Africa saw the official nationwide launch of the Women's Basketball National League (WBNL) in 2021, with the participating club expansion the W-Tshwane Suns won their first national championship on the 27 November 2021.

Because of the scarcity of available basketball arenas, all games between 2013 and 2015 were played at Wembley Stadium in Stafford, Gauteng, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, a former ice-rink which holds up to 3,000 visitors.

The league expanded to 12 clubs in the 2023 season, when the Cape Town Tigers, joined the league. The Tigers had already played in two seasons of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the continent's most important tournament. The Tigers won the league in their debut season, after going unbeaten.

北開普斑馬隊是一支位於南非北部開普省的職業籃球隊,成立於 2003 年。球隊的主場是位於金伯利的 埃里克·莫拉利斯體育館。球隊在南非籃球聯賽中比賽,並是南非籃球聯賽的創始球隊之一。球隊自成立以來,還參加過多項南非籃球公開賽,並且在 2009 年贏得過南非籃球錦標賽的冠軍。球隊的球衣顏色是藍色和白色,球隊的吉祥物是一隻斑馬。球隊的目標是成為南非籃球聯賽的冠軍,並代表南非參加非洲籃球聯賽。