JBC Basketball

JBC
JBC
League	Harare Basketball Association; BUZ National Championship
Location	Harare, Zimbabwe
President	Addison Chiware
Head coach	Addison Chiware
Championships	6 BUZ National Championships

JBC Basketball is a Zimbabwean basketball team based in Harare. The team plays in the Harare Basketball Association (HBA) and has won a record of six BUZ National Championship titles. JBC plays in the Road to BAL in the 2023 tournament, becoming the second team from Zimbabwe to do so.^[1] In the first round, JBC won two out of three games to become the first Zimbabwean team to advance to the elite 16.^[2]

The club is owned by Addison Chiware, who is also JBC's president and head coach, as well as the president of the country's federation Basketball Union of Zimbabwe (BUZ).^[3]

The JBC is also known for winning multiple awards and have gone international in 2022.

Honours[edit]

BUZ National Championship^[4]^[5]

Champions (6): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2023

Players[edit]

Current roster[edit]

The following is JBC's roster in the 2024 BAL qualification, which was played in October 2023.^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

JBC roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
C	00	Byers, Tyjhai	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	26 – (1998-04-01)1 April 1998
PF	5	Muratu, Tadisa	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	18 – (2005-11-20)20 November 2005
SG	6	Pote, Kudakwashe	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	29 – (1994-06-08)8 June 1994
SF	7	Phiri, Saul	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	27 – (1997-03-23)23 March 1997
SF	8	Penduka, Noah Jotham	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	28 – (1995-11-30)30 November 1995
SG	10	Chidzomba, Munyaradzi	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	22 – (2001-07-16)16 July 2001
PF	12	Nyatanga, Benson	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	32 – (1991-09-04)4 September 1991
PG	14	Pfachi, Dyvonne	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	28 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995
PF	15	Zhomwa, Innocent	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	25 – (1999-04-20)20 April 1999
SF	30	Changara, Rolland Kudakwashe	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	28 – (1995-09-13)13 September 1995
PF	33	Zamani, Takutdzwa	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	28 – (1995-08-04)4 August 1995
C	34	Chiimba, Tashinga	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	22 – (2001-11-22)22 November 2001

Head coach

Addison Chiware

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 22 October 2023

References[edit]

^ "Road to BAL: Get to know the teams drawn in Group D". FIBA.basketball. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
^ "JBC storm past the Suns, book ticket to the Elite 16 Division East". FIBA.basketball. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
^ Mail, The Sunday (7 May 2016). "Harare Basketball Association fumes over rebel clubs". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
^ "JBC, Mavericks BUZ champs". H-Metro. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Zimbabwe: JBC Want to Keep Their Titles - Ghanamma.com". 1 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "JBC at the Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L. 2024 2023". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

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[1] "Road to BAL: Get to know the teams drawn in Group D". FIBA.basketball. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

[2] "JBC storm past the Suns, book ticket to the Elite 16 Division East". FIBA.basketball. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

[3] Mail, The Sunday (7 May 2016). "Harare Basketball Association fumes over rebel clubs". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

[:3-4] "JBC, Mavericks BUZ champs". H-Metro. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

[:0-5] "Zimbabwe: JBC Want to Keep Their Titles - Ghanamma.com". 1 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

[6] "JBC at the Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L. 2024 2023". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

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