| Al-Nasr | |||
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| Leagues | Libyan Division I Basketball League | ||
| Founded | 1956 | ||
| Location | Benghazi, Libya | ||
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Al-Nasr Sports, Cultural and Social Club (Arabic: نادي النصر الرياضي، ثقافي إجتماعي), also spelled as Al Naser, is a Libyan basketball club based in Benghazi. Founded in 1956, the team has won the Libyan championship three times.[1] Its most recent title was in 2018.
Al-Nasr, which was previously funded by the family of Muammar Gaddafi, was featured in the 2013 memoir Qaddafi's Point Guard by Alex Owumi, who played for the team leading up to the Libyan Civil War in 2011.[2]
- ^ "Al Nasr Benghazi basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details - afrobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ Spitznagel, Eric (6 November 2013). "Basketball Saved My Life". Men's Health. Retrieved 26 October 2019.