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 plays in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) and the Elite Messieurs.

FAP
NicknameLes Lions (The Lions)
LeaguesBAL
Elite Messieurs
Founded1972
ArenaYaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex
Capacity5,263[1]
LocationYaoundé, Cameroon
Head coachFrançois Enyegue
OwnershipCameroon Armed Forces
Championships2 Cameroon Leagues
3 Central Region Championships
Websitefapbasketball.com
Active sport clubs of Forces Armées et Police
Basketball
(men)		Basketball
(women)		Volleyball
Football

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

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.

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
Honours No. Years
National leagues
Elite Messieurs Winners22019–20, 2020–21
Runners-up12018–19
Central Region League Championship[2] Winners32011, 2016, 2018
International leagues
BAL Quarter-finalist12021
BAL Qualifying Tournaments Winners12022
Runners-up12021

Players

Current roster

The following is the FAP 13-man roster for the 2022 BAL season:[7]

FAP roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 00 Morman, Deshaun (I) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1994-02-26)26 February 1994
PG 1 Liale Keumoe, Cyrille 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 29 – (1992-06-10)10 June 1992
PF 4 Eyaga Bidias, Brice 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 23 – (1998-10-26)26 October 1998
SF 5 Tsangue, Cédric 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 30 – (1991-08-21)21 August 1991
F 6 Tankoua, Pierre 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1994-08-15)15 August 1994
SG 10 Almeida, Joel (I) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 36 – (1985-10-11)11 October 1985
C 13 Ngaransou, Yves-Louis 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1994-10-20)20 October 1994
F 14 Kamka-Chmoche, Ulrich (E) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 16 – (2005-12-30)30 December 2005
G/F 15 Tametong Toko, Etienne 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 29 – (1992-07-13)13 July 1992
C 21 Byers, Tyjhai (I) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 24 – (1998-04-01)1 April 1998
SF 23 Essome, Pierre Cedric 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 32 – (1989-05-31)31 May 1989
C 24 Wangmene, Alexis 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1989-03-01)1 March 1989
PF 41 Akumenzoh, Ebaku (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 33 – (1989-03-07)7 March 1989
Head coach
  • François Enyegue
Assistant coach(es)
  • Simon Mbabi
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • (E): BAL Elevate program player
  • Injured
Updated: April 9, 2021

Past rosters

Notable players
  • Jordan Rezendes (1 year: 2020)
  • Joel Almeida (2021–present)

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

References
  1. https://latitude.to/articles-by-country/cm/cameroon/365228/yaounde-multipurpose-sports-complex
  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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