United_Generation_Basketball

United Generation Basketball

United Generation Basketball

Basketball team in Kigali, Rwanda

United Generation Basketball, also known as UGB, is a Rwandan semi-professional basketball team based in Kigali.[1] The team plays in the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL), the top division in the country since 1998.

Quick Facts UGB, League ...

The team is co-owned by singer Bruce Melodie, who invested in the team in early 2024.[2] Every year, UGB hosts a exhibition tournament named the Legacy Tournament in honour of club founders Championat Aimable and Jean De Dieu Nizeyimana.[3] Among the team's most famous players are Jean Jacques Boissy and Guibert Nijimbere.[4][5]

Season by season

More information Season, Tier ...

References

  1. [1]
    Eurobasket. "United Generation Basketball basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-afrobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. [2]
    Sikubwabo, Damas (19 January 2024). "Singer Bruce Melodie invests in local basketball club UGB". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  3. [3]
    Sikubwabo, Damas (23 January 2024). "Basketball: 13 teams confirmed for Legacy Tourney". The New Times. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  4. [4]
    "AS Douanes' Boissy has BAL title, MVP, NBA Summer League in his sights". ESPN.com. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Guibert Nijimbere: The rise of a basketball star". The New Times. 6 July 2019. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020.
Stub icon

This article about a basketball team in Africa is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article United_Generation_Basketball, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.