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JBC Basketball

JBC Basketball

Basketball team in Harare, Zimbabwe

JBC Basketball is a Zimbabwean basketball team based in Harare. The team plays in the Harare Basketball Association (HBA) and has won a record of six BUZ National Championship titles. JBC plays in the Road to BAL in the 2023 tournament, becoming the second team from Zimbabwe to do so.[1] In the first round, JBC won two out of three games to become the first Zimbabwean team to advance to the elite 16.[2]

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The club is owned by Addison Chiware, who is also JBC's president and head coach, as well as the president of the country's federation Basketball Union of Zimbabwe (BUZ).[3]

The JBC is also known for winning multiple awards and have gone international in 2022.

Honours

'BUZ National Championship'[4][5]

  • Champions (6): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2023

Players

Current roster

The following is JBC's roster in the 2024 BAL qualification, which was played in October 2023.[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Road to BAL: Get to know the teams drawn in Group D". FIBA.basketball. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. [2]
    "JBC storm past the Suns, book ticket to the Elite 16 Division East". FIBA.basketball. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  3. [3]
    Mail, The Sunday (7 May 2016). "Harare Basketball Association fumes over rebel clubs". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  4. [4]
    "JBC, Mavericks BUZ champs". H-Metro. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Zimbabwe: JBC Want to Keep Their Titles - Ghanamma.com". 1 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  6. [6]
    "JBC at the Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L. 2024 2023". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 22 October 2023.


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