| Burundian Basketball Championship | |
| Pixels: | 150 |
| Organiser: | FEBUBA |
| Founded: | 2022 (as Viva Basketball League) |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Levels: | 1 |
| Confed Cup: | Basketball Africa League (BAL) |
| Champions: | Dynamo |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Most Champs: | Urunani (8 titles) |
The Burundian Basketball Championship (in French: Championnat National du Burundi), for sponsorship reason the Viva Basketball League, is a semi-professional basketball league that is the highest level of the sport in Burundi. The league is organised by the Fédération de Basketball du Burundi (FEBABU).
In 2022, the league signed a 4-year sponsorship contract with malt drink producer Viva; the winners of the league win a prize money of 10 million FBu (approximately $4,800).[1]
The following 10 teams played in the 2020 season.
| Team | City | |
|---|---|---|
| Aigle Noir | Makamba | |
| Brothers | Cankuzo | |
| Dynamo | Bujumbura | |
| Gymkhana | ||
| Les Hippos | ||
| New Star | ||
| Remesha | ||
| Tigers | ||
| Urunani | Bujumbura | |
| Young Eagles | Gitega |
| width=100 | Season | width=200 | Champions | width=200 | Runners-up | width=50 | Score | width=100 | MVP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Urunani | New Star | 69–59 | Elvis Gafyisi | ||||||
| 2013 | Urunani | New Star | [2] | |||||||
| 2014 | Urunani | New Star | 50–54 | Willy Nijimbere | [3] | |||||
| 2016 | Dynamo | Imbeya | 72–59 | [4] | ||||||
| 2018 | New Star | Gymkhana | [5] | |||||||
| 2019 | Dynamo | Urunani | 76–54 | Jean Hakizimana | ||||||
| 2021 | New Star | Muzinga Ngozi | 74–61 | [6] |
| width=100 | Season | width=200 | Champions | width=200 | Runners-up | width=50 | Finals score | width=200 | Winning coach | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Urunani | New Star | Aron Kagabo | |||||||
| 2023 | Dynamo | Urunani | Olivier Ndayiragije | [7] |
Urunani is the only Burundian team to have played in the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup, the top-tier competition on the African continent. They played in the 2011 tournament,[8] and in the 2013 tournament.[9]
| Season | Representative | Road to BAL | Main competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Qualified | Result | |||||||
| 2021 | Dynamo | 1 | 3 | First Round | colspan=3 rowspan=3 | ||||
| 2022 | New Star | 4 | 2 | Fourth Place | |||||
| 2023 | Urunani | 5 | 3 | Fourth Place | |||||
| 2024 | Dynamo | 4 | 4 | Third Place | |||||
| Total | 14 | 12 | |||||||
The Heroes Cup (in French: Coupe des Heros) is an cup competition that is held to celebrate the Independence of Burundi, and is organised by the foundation "Pax Burundi".
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Score | MVP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Dynamo | Urunani | 71–34 | N/A | [10] | |
| 2020 | Dynamo | Muzinga Ngozi | 72–62 | Amani Rushoza | [11] | |
| 2023 | Dynamo | Urunani | 52–45 | [12] |