Basketball in Cape Verde

Basketball is the second and third most popular sport in Cape Verde. 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 the Capeverdean Basketball Federation (Federação Caboverdiana de Basquetebol or FCBB). The FCBB became was founded in 1986 and became affiliated to FIBA in 1988.

Its current president is Kitana Cabral. The country had 43 basketball teams as of 2015.

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

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

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. I is one of the remaining countries in the world that uses the old system of qualification.

The popularity of basketball in Cape Verde did not grow until the country's independence in 1975. That time, it was in the shadow of the popularity of football (soccer) along with most of Africa.

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

Seven Stars won in 2011.

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.

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

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

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

Basketball facilities in Cape Verde include:

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