Cape Town Tigers

Cape Town Tigers is a South African basketball club based in Cape Town. The team is located in the Gugulethu township.[1] Established in 2019, the team is coached by Relton Booysen. In 2021, the club won the South African national championship in its debut season. Generally, they perform well.

Cape Town Tigers
LeagueBasketball Africa League
South African National Championship
Founded2019
HistoryCape Town Tigers
2019–present
LocationGugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa
Team colorsBlack, White, Gold
     
PresidentRaphael Edwards
Head coachRelton Booysen
Team captainPieter Prinsloo
OwnershipSeverus LLC (Raphael Edwards)
Championships1 (2021)
Websitewww.capetowntigers.com

The Tigers play in the 2022 season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

History

The team was founded in 2019 by the organisation Severus LLC, founded by American business man and former player Raphael Edwards.[2] He moved from New York to Cape Town after he was offered the opportunity to own the team.[3] The Severus company was established in order to develop a professional basketball team that could play in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) within 5 years.[4]

Founder Raphael Edwards also became the head coach of the team. Its first roster featured two former NBA players in Billy Preston and Ben Uzoh. Several players for the South African national team were also on the team, such as Pieter Prinsloo, Christopher Gabriel, Thabo Sithole and Lehlogonolo Tholo.

In September 2021, the Tigers won their first national championship. The team beat Jozi Nuggets after overtime in the final, behind Ben Uzoh who scored 22 points in the championship game.[5] Later in the year, the team competed in the qualfication games of the BAL for the first time. The team finished as third without playing its last game which was forfeited by opponent New Star after players tested positive for COVID-19.[6]

Honours
South African National Championship
  • Champions (1): 2021

Players

Current roster

The following is the Cape Town Tigers roster for the group phase of the 2022 BAL season.[7]

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

Cape Town Tigers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SG 00 Myburgh, Ben 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1997-10-26)26 October 1997
F 1 Ganapamo, Evans (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1994-08-19)19 August 1994
G 2 Kabongo, Myck (I) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1992-01-12)12 January 1992
CG 6 Festile, Nkosinathi 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 28 – (1993-07-15)15 July 1993
G 10 Selepe, Lebesa 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 31 – (1991-03-13)13 March 1991
G 11 Mofokeng, Lebohang 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1992-07-24)24 July 1992
G/F 12 Lunnemann, Igor 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (2001-05-29)29 May 2001
PF 14 Sibanyoni, Nkosinathi 23 – (1998-05-24)24 May 1998
SG 15 Artis, Jamel (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1993-01-12)12 January 1993
F 21 Diop, Matar (E) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – (2004-01-15)15 January 2004
C 23 Preston, Billy (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 24 – (1997-10-26)26 October 1997
C 34 Reid, Liam 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 23 – (1998-10-03)3 October 1998
C 41 Prinsloo, Pieter (C) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1992-01-07)7 January 1992
Head coach
  • Relton Booysen
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DC) Dual citizenship
  • (I) Import player
  • (E): BAL Elevate program player
  • Injured
Updated: April 8, 2022

References
  1. "Gugulethu-based club on track for Basketball African League 2022". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. "Introducing Cape Town's Professional Basketball Team: The Cape Town Tigers". PRWeb. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. "Cape Town's Tigers crowned SA's champs in basketball". www.capetownetc.com. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  4. "Cape Town Tigers: The Mother City's basketball team aims to dominate". Ανθρώπινα Νέα | West Africa News. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  5. "D'Tigers Ben Uzoh leads Cape Town Tigers to South Africa club championship". Premium Times. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  6. "Cape Town Tigers qualify for BAL after New Star forfeit". ESPN.com. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  7. "Cape Town Tigers (SOUTH AFRICA)". The BAL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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