Mercenaries (basketball) explained

Mercenaries
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Leagues:	Manicaland Basketball Association
Location:	Mutare, Zimbabwe
Coach:	Innocent Sithole
Championships:	1 National Championship 13 Manicaland League
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Mercenaries is a basketball club based in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Since 2006, the team has competed in the Manicaland Basketball Association (MBA), winning a league championship in each season.

History

Mercenaries was founded in 2004 by a group of friends from Mutare, led by Innocent Sithole, who hoped to make money playing together in basketball tournaments. In 2006, the club joined the Manicaland Basketball Association (MBA). Since then, it has won 13 consecutive league titles without losing a single game.^[1]

In 2019, Mercenaries won its first National Basketball Club Championship, becoming the first team from outside Harare and Bulawayo to do so.^[2]

Honours

Zimbabwe National Championship

• Champions (1): 2019

Manicaland Basketball Association

• Champions (13): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

In African competitions

BAL Qualifiers (1 appearance)

2020 – First Round

Personnel

Current roster

The following is the Mercenaries roster for the 2020 BAL Qualifying Tournaments:^[3]

Notable players

• Tatenda Maturure

External links

• Mercenaries Basketball Club on Twitter

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tichawangana . Tafadzwa . Hail the Mercenaries! . The Manica Post . 27 October 2019 . 10 May 2019.
2. Web site: Ruzh . Fiona . Mercenaries make b-ball history . H-Metro . 28 October 2019 . 8 May 2019.
3. http://www.fiba.basketball/africaleague/2020/qualifiers/team/Mercenaries Mercenaries