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) Season Champions Runners-upFinals score Third place 2013 Troopers Spartans 2014 Troopers Dolphins 2015 Dolphins Troopers Spartans 20162017 2018 Dolphins Police 20192020Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic2021 2022 Police Dolphins70–50 2023 Dolphins Delta Force2–0*2024BDF VOrapa Juggernauts2–1*2025DolphinsPolice2–0 * denotes the finals were played in a best-of-three series.
References
External links Botswana at AfroBasket.com