Basketball in Cape Verde

Basketball is the second and third most popular sport in Cape Verde.[1] The league are divided into eleven divisions, Santiago and Santo Antão has two zones since the early 2000s. The basketball association is a federation which is known as Federação Caboverdiana de Basquetebol.

Divisions

The divisions numbers eleven on nine islands, seven has an island league and two contains two zones.

Island or regional leagues

The light blue indicates a league having first and second divisions.

Boa Vista Brava Fogo Maio Sal Santiago (North)
Santiago (South) Santo Antão (Ribeira Grande) Santo Antão (Porto Novo) São Nicolau São Vicente

About the Basketball Championships (Island and National)

The Cape Verdean Basketball Championships takes place each year. The winner of each regional league (sometimes a runner-up qualifies when a club wins the national title) competes in the national championships each year.

Basketball clubs and competition were rising in around the 1980s and 1990s.

AD Bairro won the 2015 national championships and was the first club ever to compete in the African competition, Bairro finished 8th in the African Basketball Champions League.

Basketball Championships

This article list the available information of the national title wins:

Basketball clubs

Here are a list of some popular basketball clubs in Cape Verde, the right indicates where they participate in an island league:

Best Cape Verdean Basketball Player

The Best Basketball Player (Mejor Baloncesta Caboverdiano) are honored once every year. Here is a couple of list:

MVP of the Cape Verdean Basketball Premier Division

References

  1. ↑ Africa: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society [3 volumes]: An Encyclopedia ... Books.google.co.uk. 2015-12-14. p. 193. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
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