Espoir Basket Club | |
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League | Ligue de Basket-ball de l’Estuaire Gabonese Cup |
Location | Libreville, Gabon |
President | David Chancel Likouma |
Head coach | Michaël Hermann Oganda Igoue |
Espoir Basket Club (in English: Hope Basketball Club), also known as Espoir BC, is a Gabonese semi-professional basketball team based in Libreville.[1] The team has won the Gabonese Cup in 2023.[2]
They play in the Estuaire Province's Ligue de Basket-ball de l’Estuaire (Libabe), and won the province championship in 2022 after defeating former champions Clutch Time in the final, 73–37.[3]
As runners-up of the 2022 Gabonese Cup and replacement of champions Clutch Time,[4] Espoir earned the right to play in the 2023 BAL qualification.[5] In September 2022, Espoir recruited Stéphane Lasme, widely considered the best Gabonese player ever, as a reinforcement.[6] Michaël Oganda Igoue is the team's current head coach.[1]