Wikipedia - 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 previously played in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) and domestically plays the Elite Messieurs. FAP has won the national championship three times, the Cameroon Cup once, and the Central Region League Championship three 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.

FAP 籃球俱樂部(法語:Forces Armées et Police Basket-Ball,簡稱 FAP 籃球隊)是一支喀麥隆籃球隊,位於首都雅溫得,主場館為雅溫得多功能體育館。該俱樂部由喀麥隆軍隊和警察組織創建,成立於 1971 年。FAP 籃球隊是喀麥隆籃球聯賽的常勝軍,曾多次獲得聯賽冠軍,並在 1997 年和 2015 年兩次奪得非洲籃球俱樂部冠軍盃。FAP 籃球隊也曾代表喀麥隆參加過多項國際比賽,包括非洲籃球錦標賽和 FIBA 洲際杯。