Forces Armées et Police Basketball (), 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 previously played in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) and domestically plays in the Elite Messieurs. FAP has won the national championship four times, the Cameroon Cup twice, and the Central Region League Championship five times.
The Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex serves as home arena of the team.
History The club was established in 1972 in Yaoundé. 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. 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.
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. Ahead of the inaugural BAL season in May 2021, FAP signed Lazare Adingono as head coach. In the following season, FAP repeated as champions.
In the 2022 BAL season, FAP finished in fourth place after eliminating the favoured Rwandan hosts REG in the quarter-finals. The third place game was lost to Zamalek.
Arena
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
Domestic Elite Messieurs
Champions (4): 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 Runners-up (1): 2018–19
Cameroonian Cup
Winners (2): 2022, 2024
Regional Central Region League Championship
Champions (5): 2011, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022
International Basketball Africa League
Fourth place (1): 2022 Quarter-finalist (1): 2021
BAL Qualifying Tournaments
Winners (1): 2022 (West Division) Runners-up (1): 2021 (West Division)
Players Current roster
The following is the FAP roster for the 2022 BAL season:
Past rosters 2021 BAL season 2022 BAL season
Notable players Jordan Rezendes (1 year: 2020) Joel Almeida (2 years: 2021–present) Alexis Wangmene (1 year: 2022) Charles Minlend Jr. (1 year: 2022) Ebaku Akumenzoh (2013–15, 2017–present)
Head coaches Gilles Kouamo: (–2021) Lazare Adingono: (2021) François Enyegue: (2021–2023) Kevin Ngwese: (2023–2024) Laurent Baleba: (2023–2024)
Performance in the Basketball Africa League +YearRoad to BALBAL WLResult W LResult202162 13Quarter-finalist202260 23Fourth Place202312Elite 16DNQTotal1343/3362/3
References
External links Official website Fap de Yaounde at Afrobasket.com