Clube Ferroviário da Beira (basketball) explained

Ferroviário da Beira
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Nickname:CFvB
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Leagues:LMB
BAL
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History:Ferroviário da Beira
1924–present
Arena:Estádio do Ferroviário Indoor Hall
Location:Beira, Mozambique
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Coach:Luiz Lopez
Championships:5 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2022, 2023)
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Clube Ferroviário da Beira (in English: Railway Club Beira) is a basketball club from Beira, Mozambique. The team plays in the national Mozambican Basketball League (LMB) and has won the national championship five times.[1]

The team currently plays in the Basketball Africa League (BAL), having qualified for the 2022 and 2023 seasons. During the 2000s and 2010s, they played in the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup four editions as well.

History

Founded in 1924, Ferroviário da Beira has played in the Mozambican Basketball League (LMB) for most of its existence. From 2012, the team won three consecutive league championships.

Ferroviário team played in the 2018–19 Africa Basketball League.

In June 2021, the Spanish coach Luis Lopez Hernandez was hired as new head coach, his second stint with the club.[2] In the fall of 2021, they played in the qualifiers of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) for the first time.[3] [4] On December 10, 2021, the team qualified for the 2022 BAL season after defeating Cape Town Tigers in the semi-finals.[5] In its debut season in the BAL, Beira finished in the fifth place in the Sahara Conference with a 1–4 record. On 8 March 2022, the team won its first game in the league after defeating hosts DUC 98–92.[6]

In 2022 and 2023, Beira won its fourth and fifth national championship, behind league MVP Will Perry.

Beira returned to the 2023 BAL season and played in the Nile Conference. On 30 April, Will Perry scored 41 points in Beira's 109–97 win over SLAC, which tied the league record for most points in a single game by a player.[7]

Honours

Liga Moçambicana de Basquetebol[8] [9]

Players

Current roster

In African competitions

Basketball Africa League (BAL) (1 appearance)

BAL Qualifiers (1 appearance)

FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup (4 appearances)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Basquetebol Arquivo de Campeonatos Nacionais de Mocambique . www.todor66.com . 11 December 2021.
  2. Web site: 2021-06-29 . Luís Lopez is the new basketball coach of Ferroviário da Beira - NoticiasAI . 2023-05-05 . en-US.
  3. News: Ferroviário da Beira joga acesso à BAL em Cape Town - O País - A verdade como notícia . 23 September 2021 . 22 September 2021 . pt-PT.
  4. News: Ferroviário da Beira pisca olho à BAL - O País - A verdade como notícia . 23 September 2021 . 31 August 2021 . pt-PT.
  5. News: Ferroviario da Beira and Cobra Sport make history by booking tickets to Basketball Africa League 2022 . 11 December 2021 . FIBA.basketball . en.
  6. Web site: Clube Ferroviário da Beira 98 vs 92 Dakar Université Club . The BAL . 16 March 2022 . en.
  7. Web site: 2023-04-30 . Perry ties BAL all-time scoring record, Beira stay in hunt for playoff berth . 2023-05-05 . The BAL . en.
  8. Web site: Ferroviario Beira basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details - afrobasket. Eurobasket LLC. 22 December 2019. 21 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220521000123/https://basketball.afrobasket.com/teamDetails.asp?id=10493&SectionName=Mozambique&TeamName=Ferroviario-Beira&Page=5. dead.
  9. Web site: Basquetebol Arquivo de Campeonatos Nacionais de Mocambique. www.todor66.com. 10 March 2020.