National Basketball League (Uganda)

National Basketball League
Organising bodyFUBA
Founded1995
First season1995
CountryUganda
ConfederationFIBA Africa
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toDivision 1
International cup(s)Basketball Africa League (Road to BAL)
Current championsCity Oilers (10th title)
(2024)
Most championshipsCity Oilers (10 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2024 NBL Uganda season

The National Basketball League is a semi-professional basketball league in Uganda that is the highest division of men's basketball in the country.[1] The league currently consists of 13 teams.

Established in 1995, media often highlights the league's physicality.[2] The City Oilers dominated during the 2010s, winning seven straight NBL titles. The Oilers are the league's most decorated team with ten won championships, which were all won consecutively.[3]

The champions of each season qualify for the Road to BAL, the qualifying rounds of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

  1. ^ City Oil eases past Phenoms, New Vision-Uganda news. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  2. ^ Mister City Oilers! John Vianney Nsimbe (The Observer), 13 February 2020. Accessed 29 June 2021.
  3. ^ Kule, Edwin Kyle (25 October 2023). "City Oilers lift record ninth straight National Basketball League title". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 26 October 2023.