Western Cape Mountaineers
- Leagues Played
- Sydafrika - BNL 11
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- Related Teams
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Results
| Sydafrika - BNL | 07/01 10:00 | - | Free State Warriors v Western Cape Mountaineers | W | 43-87 | |
| Sydafrika - BNL | 06/25 13:30 | - | Cape Town Tigers v Western Cape Mountaineers | L | 106-46 | |
| Sydafrika - BNL | 06/03 10:00 | - | Western Cape Mountaineers v Limpopo Pride | W | 54-41 | |
| Sydafrika - BNL | 10/23 11:00 | - | Western Cape Mountaineers v Tshwane Suns | L | 62-66 | |
| Sydafrika - BNL | 10/22 14:00 | - | Western Cape Mountaineers v Mpumalanga Rhinos | W | 85-54 | |
| Sydafrika - BNL | 10/21 17:00 | - | Eastern Cape Windbreakers v Western Cape Mountaineers | W | 51-64 | |
| Sydafrika - BNL | 10/21 11:00 | - | Western Cape Mountaineers v Egoli Magic | W | 73-57 | |
| Sydafrika - BNL | 10/23 12:00 | - | Soweto Panthers v Western Cape Mountaineers | L | 54-49 | |
| Sydafrika - BNL | 10/20 10:00 | - | Western Cape Mountaineers v Egoli Magic | L | 64-76 | |
| Sydafrika - BNL | 10/19 15:00 | - | Western Cape Mountaineers v Mpumalanga Rhinos | L | 81-91 | |
| Sydafrika - BNL | 10/20 13:00 | - | North West Eagles v Western Cape Mountaineers | W | 82-93 |
Wikipedia - Basketball National League
The Basketball National League (BNL) is the pre-eminent male professional basketball league in South Africa. The league was founded in 2013, however, before the Premier Basketball League had been running as the country's premier basketball league.
The league also has a female counterpart, the Women's Basketball National League, which was established in 2021.
Egoli Magic are the most successful club in league history, having won five championships. The current champions are the Cape Town Tigers, who won the 2023 season.
History
PBL era
Founded in 1994 as the Premier Basketball League (PBL), the league was founded by six franchises. In an agreement with the national federation Basketball South Africa, the league began with four new teams, namely Capetown Eagles, Soweto Panthers, Capetown Kings and Pretoria Suns.
The leaguge was sponsored by Allied Bank, and later by Telkom. The PBL was disbanded in 1996.
The PBL disappeared for the following years, but made a return after nine years in 2007. The final of that season was won by the Soweto Panthers.
BNL era
After a 14-year period without a national men's league, the Basketball National League (BNL) was founded in 2013. The Tshwane Suns won the inaugural BNL championship.
The BNL Season of 2018 started in August, the 3rd and ended on October, the 27th. For the first time ever, the championship was won by the Soweto Panthers.
In 2016 the league piloted a women's division in Gauteng, The Sturdy Stars won the title that year.
South Africa saw the official nationwide launch of the Women's Basketball National League (WBNL) in 2021, with the participating club expansion the W-Tshwane Suns won their first national championship on the 27 November 2021.
Because of the scarcity of available basketball arenas, all games between 2013 and 2015 were played at Wembley Stadium in Stafford, Gauteng, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, a former ice-rink which holds up to 3,000 visitors.
The league expanded to 12 clubs in the 2023 season, when the Cape Town Tigers, joined the league. The Tigers had already played in two seasons of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the continent's most important tournament. The Tigers won the league in their debut season, after going unbeaten.
Laget leds av huvudtränaren Calvin Heslop, som har mer än 20 års erfarenhet av coaching på elitnivå. Western Cape Mountaineers har en stark laguppställning med ett antal spelare som har representerat Sydafrika i internationella tävlingar. Nyckelspelarna inkluderar landslagsspelarna Makhosi Mtolo, Lesego Mamogobo och Malusi Cele.
Western Cape Mountaineers spelar sina hemmamatcher på Bellville Velodrome, som rymmer över 2 000 åskådare. Laget har ett starkt stöd från fansen och är känt för sin snabba spelstil och höga poängsättning. Western Cape Mountaineers är en av favoriterna att vinna BNL-mästerskapet 2023 och kommer utan tvekan att vara ett lag att se upp för under hela säsongen.