| FAP | |
| Nickname: | Les Lions (The Lions) |
| Leagues: | Elite Messieurs |
| Founded: | 1972 |
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| History: | Forces Armées et Police Basketball 1972–present |
| Arena: | Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex |
| Capacity: | 5,263 |
| Location: | Yaoundé, Cameroon |
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| Chairman: | Jackson Kamgaing |
| Coach: | François Enyegue |
| Ownership: | Cameroon Armed Forces |
| Championships: | 3 Cameroon national champions 1 Cameroon Cup 3 Central Region Championships |
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Forces Armées et Police Basketball, commonly known as simply FAP or FAP Yaoundé, is a basketball team based in Yaoundé, Cameroon. It is the basketball team of the Cameroonian armed forces and police. The team previously played in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) and domestically plays the Elite Messieurs. FAP has won the national championship three times, the Cameroon Cup once, and the Central Region League Championship three times.
The Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex serves as home arena of the team.[1]
The club was established in 1972 in Yaoundé.[2] In November 2019, FAP entered the qualifying tournaments for the newly established Basketball Africa League (BAL), representing Cameroon as runners-up because champions Condor BC refused its invitation.[3] After a good first round run, FAP played even better in the second round. After beating ABC in the semi-finals, FAP qualified for the first edition of the BAL.[4]
In 2020, FAP won its first silverware after winning the Elite Messieurs title. It went unbeaten in the Final Four tournament with a 6–0 record.[5] Ahead of the inaugural BAL season in May 2021, FAP signed Lazare Adingono as head coach.[6] In the following season, FAP repeated as champions.
In the 2022 BAL season, FAP finished in fourth place after eliminating the favoured Rwandan hosts REG in the quarter-finals. The third place game was lost to Zamalek.
The Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, built in 2009, is the home arena of FAP Basketball. Most basketball games of the Elite Messieurs final stages are played in the complex.
Central Region League Championship
The following is the FAP roster for the 2022 BAL season:[7]
Jordan Rezendes (1 year: 2020)
Joel Almeida (2 years: 2021–present)
Gilles Kouamo: (–2021) Lazare Adingono: (2021) François Enyegue: (2021–2023) Kevin Ngwese: (2023–present)| Road to BAL | BAL | ||||||||
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| width=30 | W | width=30 | L | Result | width=30 | W | width=30 | L | Result |
| 2021 | 6 | 2 | bgcolor=#cfc | 1 | 3 | Quarter-finalist | |||
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | bgcolor=#cfc | 2 | 3 | Fourth Place | |||
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | Elite 16 | DNQ | |||||
| Total | 13 | 4 | 3/3 | 3 | 6 | 2/3 | |||