FAP Basketball

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.

FAP
FAP logo
NicknameLes Lions (The Lions)
LeaguesElite Messieurs
Founded1972
HistoryForces Armées et Police Basketball
1972–present
ArenaYaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex
Capacity5,263
LocationYaoundé, Cameroon
ChairmanJackson Kamgaing
Head coachFrançois Enyegue
OwnershipCameroon Armed Forces
Championships3 Cameroon national champions
1 Cameroon Cup
3 Central Region Championships
Websitefapbasketball.com

The Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex serves as home arena of the team.[1]

History

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.

Arena
Interior view of the Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, home arena of FAP

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.

Honours

Domestic

Elite Messieurs

  • Champions (3): 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
    • Runners-up (1): 2018–19

Cameroonian Cup

  • Winners (1): 2022

Regional

Central Region League Championship[2]

  • Champions (5): 2011, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022

International

Basketball Africa League

  • Fourth place (1): 2022
  • Quarter-finalist (1): 2021

BAL Qualifying Tournaments

  • Winners (1): 2022 (West Division)
    • Runners-up (1): 2021 (West Division)

Players

Current roster
The FAP roster ahead of the 2022 BAL Playoffs

The following is the FAP roster for the 2022 BAL season:[7]

FAP roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 00 United States Morman, Deshaun (WI) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1994-02-26)26 February 1994
PG 1 Cameroon Liale Keumoe, Cyrille 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 31 – (1992-06-10)10 June 1992
G/F 2 Cameroon Minlend Jr., Charles 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1997-12-19)19 December 1997
PF 4 Cameroon Eyaga Bidias, Brice 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1998-10-26)26 October 1998
SF 5 Cameroon Tsangue, Cédric 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 32 – (1991-08-21)21 August 1991
F 6 Cameroon Tankoua, Pierre 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1994-08-15)15 August 1994
SG 10 Cape Verde Almeida, Joel (AI) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 38 – (1985-10-11)11 October 1985
C 13 Cameroon Ngaransou, Yves-Louis 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1994-10-20)20 October 1994
F 14 Cameroon Kamka-Chmoche, Ulrich (E) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 17 – (2005-12-30)30 December 2005
G/F 15 Cameroon Tametong Toko, Étienne 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 31 – (1992-07-13)13 July 1992
C 21 United States Byers, Tyjhai (WI) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 25 – (1998-04-01)1 April 1998
SF 23 Cameroon Essome, Pierre Cedric 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 34 – (1989-05-31)31 May 1989
C 24 Cameroon Wangmene, Alexis 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 34 – (1989-03-01)1 March 1989
PF 28 Senegal Diallo, Abou (AI) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1995-06-30)30 June 1995
PF 41 Cameroon Akumenzoh, Ebaku (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 34 – (1989-03-07)7 March 1989
Head coach
  • Cameroon François Enyegue
Assistant coach(es)
  • Cameroon Simon Mbabi
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Cameroon Alfred Nije
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (E): BAL Elevate player
  • (WI): World import
  • (AI): African import
  • Injured Injured
Updated: May 20, 2022

Past rosters

Notable players

Head coaches
  • Cameroon Gilles Kouamo (–2021)
  • Cameroon Lazare Adingono (2021)
  • Cameroon François Enyegue (2021–present)

Performance in the Basketball Africa League
Year Road to BAL BAL
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

References
  1. "GPS coordinates of Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, Cameroon. Latitude: 3.8740 Longitude: 11.5120".
  2. "FAP". Basketball Africa League. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. "Eliminatoires Basketball Africa League : FAP affute ses armes pour le second tour". 6 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. "GSP, FAP qualify to the regular season of Basketball Africa League 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  5. "Hungry FAP eye BAL success after Cameroon crown". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  6. "New signings dominate Basketball Africa League teams' latest moves". FIBA.basketball. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  7. "F.A.P. (CAMEROON)". The BAL. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
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