The South African National Basketball Club Championship is the national championship for premier basketball teams in South Africa. The winner of the national championship qualifies for the qualifying tournaments of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). The privately organised Basketball National League (BNL) is considered the de facto top level basketball league in the country, and has had a representative in some seasons.
The competition is organised by Basketball South Africa, the national basketball federation, since 2021.
The competition was not held in 2023, but returned in 2024.
Format and rules Each team is allowed to register a maximum of 20 players, of which 4 can be foreign players. Of those 4 foreign players, 2 must be of African nationality. In the first four tournaments, 4 teams participated. In 2025, the tournament expanded to 9 teams with two groups and a final stage.
Teams
MBB (2024 Champions) Johannesburg Giants Rhodes Titans KwaZulu-Natal Marlins DUEP Montana Vikings Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) Cape Town Sharks Mbekweni
Champions Season Champions Finals score Runners-up Third placeVenueCity Ref. 2021 Cape Town Tigers 76–70 Jozi Nuggets KwaDukuza KingsWalter Sisulu HallRandburg 2022Cape Town Tigers (2)Round-robinJozi NuggetsTshwane SunsMandeville Sport ComplexJohannesburg 2023colspan=6 2024MBB80–58TS Vikings–Mandeville Sport ComplexJohannesburg (2)2025Johannesburg Giants79–76KwaZulu MarlinsUniversity of Cape TownCape Town
Individual awards
2025
MVP: Joshua Ozabor (Johannesburg Giants) All-Star Team: Nino Dim (Johannesburg Giants), Thabo Sithole (MBB), George Williams (KwaZulu Marlins), Aviwe Mahlong (Johannesburg Giants), Ian Limbe (DUEP)
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