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Leagues: | KBA Premier League |
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Location: | Windhoek, Namibia |
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Coach: | Anthony Williams Auchab |
Championships: | 1 (2018) |
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Lions Basketball Club, also known as simply Lions, is a Namibian basketball team based in Windhoek.[1] The team plays in the Khomas Region's KBA Premier League.[2]
The team won the KBA Premier League title twice, in 2015 after suffering just one defeat in the season,[3] as well as in 2018.
In October 2019, under coach Anthony Williams Auchab, the Lions represented Namibia in the 2021 qualification tournaments for the Basketball Africa League (BAL), as the first Namibian team to play in the competition.[4] On 24 October 2019, they won their first game against South African side Jozi Nuggets, defeating them 74-67.[5] The Lions finished with in the 4th place of Group E with a 1-4 record.[6]
Road to BAL (1 appearance)
2021 – first round
The following was the Lions roster in the 2021 BAL qualifiers: