Roche-Bois Warriors
| Roche Bois Warriors | ||
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| League | MBBF Super League | |
| Founded | 2000 | |
| History | Roche-Bois Warriors 2000–present | |
| Arena | Gymnase de Phoenix | |
| Location | Roche Bois, Port Louis, Mauritius | |
| Head coach | Jerome Tonta | |
| Championships | 2 (2020, 2023) | |
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Roche-Bois Warriors is a Mauritian basketball club based in the Roche-Bois, a suburb of Port Louis. The team plays in the MBBF Super League, the highest level of basketball in Mauritius.[1] The Warriors have won league championships in 2020 and 2023 and has represented Mauritius in the Road to BAL twice.
History[edit]
Established in 2000,[2] the Warriors won their first-ever national championship in 2020, after defeating Mahebourg Flippers in the finals.[3] As a result, the Warriors qualified for the 2022 qualifying tournaments of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) for the first time.[4] This marked the first international appearance of the Warriors.[2] They lost all of their three games.
The Warriors won their second championship in the 2022–23 season.[5] They were eligible to play in the 2024 BAL qualification, but withdrew their participation.[6]
Honours[edit]
- Champions (2): 2019–20, 2022–23
Players[edit]
Current roster[edit]
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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In the Basketball Africa League[edit]
| Season | Road to BAL | Main competition | ||||||
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| W | L | Result | Qualified | W | L | Result | ||
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | First phase | 
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| 2023 | Withdrew | DNQ | ||||||
| 2024 | ||||||||
| Total | 0 | 3 | 0/1 | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Results for MBBF Super League". GameDay. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Roche-Bois Warriors motivated and ready to learn at BAL Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Basket-ball - Super league (play-offs) : Roche-Bois Warriors : un beau champion". Le Mauricien (in French). 3 August 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "Draw results for second edition of Basketball Africa League Qualifiers confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "[VIDÉO] Les Real de Port-Louis et les Warriors de Roche-Bois sacrés champions de basket de Maurice 2022/2023". Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Nigelec and Roche-Bois pull out of First Round of Road to BAL". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 October 2023.