FAP_Basketball
FAP Basketball
Basketball team in Yaoundé, Cameroon
Forces Armées et Police Basketball (transl. Armed Forces and Police), commonly known as simply FAP or FAP Yaoundé, is a basketball team based in Yaoundé, Cameroon. It is the basketball team of the Cameroonian armed forces and police. The team previously played in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) and domestically plays the Elite Messieurs. FAP has won the national championship three times, the Cameroon Cup once, and the Central Region League Championship three times.
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| Nickname | Les Lions (The Lions) | |||
| Leagues | Elite Messieurs | |||
| Founded | 1972 | |||
| History | Forces Armées et Police Basketball 1972–present | |||
| Arena | Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex | |||
| Capacity | 5,263 | |||
| Location | Yaoundé, Cameroon | |||
| Chairman | Jackson Kamgaing | |||
| Head coach | François Enyegue | |||
| Ownership | Cameroon Armed Forces | |||
| Championships | 3 Cameroon national champions 1 Cameroon Cup 3 Central Region Championships | |||
| Website | fapbasketball | |||
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The Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex serves as home arena of the team.[1]
The club was established in 1972 in Yaoundé.[2] In November 2019, FAP entered the qualifying tournaments for the newly established Basketball Africa League (BAL), representing Cameroon as runners-up because champions Condor BC refused its invitation.[3] After a good first round run, FAP played even better in the second round. After beating ABC in the semi-finals, FAP qualified for the first edition of the BAL.[4]
In 2020, FAP won its first silverware after winning the Elite Messieurs title. It went unbeaten in the Final Four tournament with a 6–0 record.[5] Ahead of the inaugural BAL season in May 2021, FAP signed Lazare Adingono as head coach.[6] In the following season, FAP repeated as champions.
In the 2022 BAL season, FAP finished in fourth place after eliminating the favoured Rwandan hosts REG in the quarter-finals. The third place game was lost to Zamalek.
The Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, built in 2009, is the home arena of FAP Basketball. Most basketball games of the Elite Messieurs final stages are played in the complex.
Domestic
- Champions (3): 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
- Runners-up (1): 2018–19
- Winners (1): 2022
Regional
Central Region League Championship[2]
- Champions (5): 2011, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022
International
Current roster
The following is the FAP roster for the 2022 BAL season:[7]
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Past rosters
Notable players
Jordan Rezendes (1 year: 2020)
Joel Almeida (2 years: 2021–present)
Alexis Wangmene (1 year: 2022)- Charles Minlend Jr. (1 year: 2022)
- Ebaku Akumenzoh (2013–15, 2017–present)
- Gilles Kouamo: (–2021)
- Lazare Adingono: (2021)
- François Enyegue: (2021–2023)
- Kevin Ngwese: (2023–present)
| Year | Road to BAL | BAL | ||||
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| W | L | Result | W | L | Result | |
| 2021 | 6 | 2 |  Silver |
1 | 3 | Quarter-finalist |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 |  Gold |
2 | 3 | Fourth Place |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | Elite 16 | DNQ | ||
| Total | 13 | 4 | 3/3 | 3 | 6 | 2/3 |
- "FAP". Basketball Africa League. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- "Eliminatoires Basketball Africa League : FAP affute ses armes pour le second tour". 6 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- "GSP, FAP qualify to the regular season of Basketball Africa League 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- "Hungry FAP eye BAL success after Cameroon crown". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- "New signings dominate Basketball Africa League teams' latest moves". FIBA.basketball. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- "F.A.P. (CAMEROON)". The BAL. Retrieved 9 April 2022.