National Basketball League (Tanzania) Explained

National Basketball League
Organiser:	Tanzania Basketball Federation
Teams:	12
Relegation:	First Division
Levels:	1
Confed Cup:	Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Champions:	JKT
Season:	2023

The National Basketball League (NBL) is the premier basketball league for clubs in Tanzania. The league consist out of twelve teams.

The champions of the NBL are eligible to play in the qualifying rounds of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

Current teams

The following were the twelve teams for the 2020 season:^[1]

• ABC
• Chang'ombe Boys
• Chui
• JKT
• Oilers Club
• Pazi
• PT Stars
• Savio Basketball Club
• Tanzania Prisons
• Don Bosco Panthers
• Vijana City Bulls
• Kurasini Heat

Champions

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Finals score	Third place	Ref.
2008	Savio				^[2]
2010	Savio	JKT			^[3]
2013	ABC	Vijana City Bulls	93–81		^[4]
2014	ABC				^[5]
2017	JKT	Oilers Club	90–82		^[6]
2018	Savio
2020	Kurasini Heat	Oilers Club	76–59	Don Bosco Panthers	^[7]
2021	ABC				^[8]
2022	Pazi	Tarangire	119–48	ABC
2023	JKT	ABC	68-45	Kisasa Heroes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tanzania Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - afrobasket.
2. Web site: Ben . Benjamin . 2008-03-05 . Tanzania: Basketball Champions Savio Set to Defend Crown . Allafrica.com.
3. Web site: Msyani . Brown . 2010-04-17 . Tanzania: Jeshi Stars, Savio Claim NBL Titles .
4. Web site: 2013-04-08 . Tanzania: ABC Crowned NBL Men's Champions .
5. Web site: ABC . 2022-10-29 . Eurobasket LLC.
6. Web site: Ben . Benjamin . 2017-11-27 . Tanzania: JKT Crowned New Basketball Champions . Allafrica.com.
7. Web site: Ben . Benjamin . 27 October 2020 . Kurasini Heat clinch 2020 National Basketball League silverware . Allafrica.com.
8. News: Nchimbi . Nassir . 2021-12-01 . Tanzania has yet to benefit from basketball . IPP Media . 2022-08-19 . ABC went on to clinch the NBL title [...].