Tshwane Suns
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{{Infobox basketball club
| name = Tshwane Suns
| color1 = #fff
| color2 = #f00
| color3 = #000
| logo = Tshwane Suns.png
| image_size = 160px
| nickname =
| leagues = Basketball National League
| founded =1996
| history =Tshwane Suns
1996–present
| arena = Wembley Stadium
| capacity = 3,000
| location = Tshwane, South Africa
| colors = Red, Black, White
{{color box|red}} {{color box|black}} {{color box|white}}
| president = Dion Karagiannis
| coach = Terry Nxumalo
| championships = 4 (2013, 2014, 2017, 2022)
| website = [https://tshwanesuns.com/ Official website]
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Tshwane Suns is a basketball team located in Tshwane, South Africa.
The team competes in South Africa's highest division, the Basketball National League (BNL).[https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/08/03/429023380/basketball-and-the-nba-try-to-find-fans-in-south-africa?t=1606751912130 Basketball (And The NBA) Try To Find Fans In South Africa] Don Boroughs (NPR), 3 August 2015. Accessed 3 December 2020. Founded in 1996, they have won the BNL championship four times, in 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2022.{{Cite web |title=Suns – Basketball National League |url=https://bnlsa.com/suns-2/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |language=en-GB}}
Arena
Like all other teams in the Basketball National League, the Suns play their games at the Wembley Stadium, in Stafford, Gauteng, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, a former ice rink which holds up to 3,000 visitors.
Notable players
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.
- {{flagicon|RSA}} Lehlogonolo Tholo
- {{flagicon|RSA}} Kagiso Ngoetjana
- {{flagicon|USA}} Larry Jackson
- {{flagicon|RSA}}{{flagicon|SRB}} Nikola Jokanović
Head coach position
- {{flagicon|RSA}}{{flagicon|SRB}} Nikola Jokanović (2006)
- {{flagicon|RSA}} George Makena (2006–2017)
- {{flagicon|GRE}} Giannis Grapsas[https://www.contra.gr/longreads/stin-afriki-to-mpasket-tora-archizei.7480573.html Στην Αφρική το μπάσκετ τώρα αρχίζει] CONTRA.gr, 2 April 2019. Accessed 7 December 2020. {{in lang|el}} - 2019
- {{flagicon|RSA}} Terry Nxumalo (2020)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://maltabasketball.web.geniussports.com/competitions/?WHurl=%2Fteam%2F118709%2Froster%3F Presentation at league website]
- [https://basketball.afrobasket.com/team/South-Africa/Tshwane-Suns/10580 Profile at afrobasket.com]
- [https://www.facebook.com/TshwaneSuns/ Profile at facebook.com]
- [https://www.instagram.com/tshwanesuns/?hl=en Profile at instagram.com]
- [https://twitter.com/tshwanesuns?lang=en Profile at twitter.com]
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Category:Basketball teams in South Africa