Cobra Sport Explained

Cobra Sport
Nickname:CSC
Leagues:CESBA
Basketball Africa League
Conference:Nile
Founded:2017
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History:Cobra Sport
2017–present
Arena:Dr. Biar Sports Complex
Location:Juba, South Sudan
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Coach:Manny Berberi
Gm:Ajak Biar Deng
Championships:3 South Sudanese Leagues
1 Manute Bol Cup
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Cobra Sports Club, commonly known as Cobra Sport, are a South Sudanese basketball team based in Juba, South Sudan. The team was established in 2017 and plays in the Central Equatoria State Basketball Association (CESBA). Cobra has won three national championships.

Cobra played in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) during the 2022 season.

History

The sports club was founded in 2014 by Biardit Company Limited.[1] The basketball team was established in 2017.

Basketball Africa League

In 2020, Cobra played in its first continental games when it participated in the qualifiers for the 2020 BAL season.[2] [3] Cobra played in Group F in Antananarivo and ended in third place, missing out on advancing to the next round.[4] However, the club advanced with a wild card before losing all next three games in the Elite 16 stage.

On 20 September 2021, Cobra signed John Jevish Omondi from Kenya as their new head coach.[5] The team played in the 2022 BAL qualification for a second straight season. In the first round, the team lost both its games but managed to advance with a wild card given by FIBA. Ahead of the second round, the team acquired Kenyan international Tom Wamukota and Rwandan international Dieudonné Ndizeye. With its strengthened roster, Cobra managed to advance to the semi-finals after defeating Ulinzi Warriors in the second round. On December 10, 2021, Cobra defeated New Star and claimed a spot in the regular season of the 2022 BAL season.[6] The team became the first-ever team from South Sudan to qualify for the BAL.

Honours

CESBA[7]
The NBA Legend Manute Bol Cup

In the Basketball Africa League

SeasonRoad to BALMain competition
width=35width=35ResultQualifiedwidth=35width=35Result
202125Elite 16colspan=3
20222414Group Phase
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Total491/114

Players

See main article: category.

Current roster

The following is the Cobra Sport 13-man roster for the 2022 BAL season group phase:[8]

Notable players

External links

https://instagram.com/cobra_south_sudan?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= at [Istagram]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cobra Sports (SOUTH SUDAN) . The BAL . 7 April 2022 . en.
  2. Web site: Cobra at the Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L 2020 2019. FIBA.basketball. 7 November 2019.
  3. Web site: Cobra basketball team in Madagascar.. 28 October 2019. 7 November 2019.
  4. Web site: Cobra suffer elimination. 4 November 2019. 7 November 2019.
  5. News: Cobra basketball club sign new head coach . 8 December 2021 . The City Review South Sudan.
  6. News: Ferroviario da Beira and Cobra Sport make history by booking tickets to Basketball Africa League 2022 . 11 December 2021 . FIBA.basketball . en.
  7. News: Cobra Sports Club (SOUTH SUDAN) . 9 February 2022 . Basketball Africa League - BAL.
  8. http://www.fiba.basketball/africaleague/2020/qualifiers/team/Cobra#tab=games_and_resultCobra Cobra Sport - Team Profile