Nepal Basketball League

The Nepal Basketball League (नेपाल बास्केटबल लिग), also known as Kwiks Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball league in Nepal, comprising 10 men's teams and 4 women's teams.[1]

Nepal Basketball League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2019 Nepal Basketball League season
SportBasketball
Founded2018
Inaugural season2018
No. of teams8
CountryNepal Nepal
Most recent
champion(s)
The Times International Club (1st title)
(2019)
Most titlesGolden Gate International Club
The Times International Club
(1 title)
Women's Nepal Basketball League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2019 Nepal Basketball League season
SportBasketball
Founded2019
Inaugural season2019
No. of teams4
CountryNepal Nepal
Most recent
champion(s)
Nepal Police Club (1st title)
(2019)
Most titlesNepal Police Club
(1 title)

The league was founded in 2018 and held its first season in the same year.[1] The league also introduced the Women's Nepal Basketball League from its second season in 2019.[2]

Teams

Current Nepal Basketball League teams

Team Court First season City
Budhanilkantha Municipality Basketball Club Golfutar Basketball Court 2018 Budanilkantha
Golden Gate International Club Golden Gate International College 2018 Kathmandu
Kirtipur Basketball Club Naya Bazaar Club 2018 Kirtipur
Nepal Police Club National Police Academy 2019 Kathmandu
Royal Basketball Club Royal Basketball Academy 2019 Lalitpur
South Siders Basketball Club St Xavier's College 2018 Kathmandu
The Times International Club The Times International College 2019 Kathmandu
Tribhuwan Army Club Army Officer's Club 2018 Kathmandu

Current Women's Nepal Basketball League teams

Team First season
Iso Kite 2019
Nepal Police Club 2019
Saipal Academy 2019
Samriddhi Gorillas 2019

Former teams

Team Court Duration City
Bishal Milan Kendra Bishal Milan Kendra 2018 Kathmandu
Himalayan Hounds Shankar Dev Campus 2018 Kathmandu
Xavier International College Xavier International College 2018 Kathmandu

Summary

Season Nepal Basketball League Women's Nepal Basketball League
Champion Score Runner-up Champion Score Runner-up
2018 Golden Gate International College 97–96 Nepal Army Club
2019 The Times International Club 88–71 Nepal Army Club Nepal Police Club 65–52 Samriddhi Gorillas

Titles by club

Nepal Basketball League

Club Champions Runners-up Third Place
Golden Gate International Club 1 (2018)
The Times International Club 1 (2019)
Nepal Army Club 2 (2018, 2019)
Bishal Milan Kendra 1 (2018)
Nepal Police Club 1 (2019)

Women's Nepal Basketball League

Club Champions Runners-up
Nepal Police Club 1 (2019)
Samriddhi Gorillas 1 (2019)

See also

References

  1. "KWIKS Basketball league to kick off from February 17". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  2. "Nepal\'s first ever women\'s basketball league from Saturday". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2019-12-31.


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