Botswana Basketball League
basketball league
The Botswana Basketball League is the premier basketball league for men's clubs in Botswana, organised by the Botswana Basketball Association (BBA). The league consist out of twelve teams. As of December 2019, the defending champions are Dolphins.
The champions of the BBL are able to play in the qualifying rounds of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).
History
Basketball in Botswana was played informally by mission schools from 1965. In the early 1990s, the first organised games were played. In 1995, the Botswana Basketball Association (BBA) was founded.
The league has allowed university teams since 2022.
Current teams
The following were the six teams for the 2026–27 season:
Dolphins
Lions BC
Jwaneng Bullets
Police
BDF V
UB Relics
Champions
2009: Troopers
2010: Troopers
2011: unknown
2012: Spartans
2013: Troopers
2014: Troopers
2015:Dolphins
2016: unknown
2017: Dolphins
2018: Dolphins
2019: unknown
2020: Not held
2021: Not held
2022: Police
2023: Dolphins
2024: BDF V
2025: Dolphins
2026: Dolphins
Finals (since 2013)
* denotes the finals were played in a best-of-three series.
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