Cape Town Tigers
2023–24 Cape Town Tigers season
League	BNL BAL South African National Championship
Founded	2019
History	Cape Town Tigers 2019–present
Location	Gugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa
Team colors	Black, White, Gold
President	Raphael Edwards
Head coach	Florsheim Ngwenya
Team captain	Pieter Prinsloo
Ownership	Severus LLC
Championships	3 (2021, 2022, 2023 BNL)
Website	www.capetowntigers.com
Home Away

The Cape Town Tigers are a South African basketball team founded in Cape Town.^[1] The Tigers play in the Basketball National League (BNL) and the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

Established in 2019, the Tigers have won the South African national championship three times and qualified for the Basketball Africa League (BAL) finals through the Road to BAL three times.

History

The Cape Town Tigers (Pty) Ltd. was founded in 2019 by U.S. based holding company Severus LLC.^[2][3][4]

The Tigers' first roster featured American import players Davon Dillard, Shaq McFarlan and Nigerian import Austin Ajukwa. Two former NBA players Billy Preston and Ben Uzoh joined the second roster in 2021 and helped winning the first national championship. Several players for the South African national team were also on the team, such as Pieter Prinsloo, Christopher Gabriel, Thabo Sithole and Lehlogonolo Tholo.

In September 2021, the Tigers won their first national championship. The team beat Jozi Nuggets after overtime in the final, behind Ben Uzoh who scored 22 points in the championship game.^[5] Later in the year, the team competed in the qualification games of the BAL for the first time. The team finished third without playing its last game which was forfeited by opponent New Star after players tested positive for COVID-19.^[6]

On August 22, 2022, the Tigers successfully defended their national title.^[7] Three months later, on November 26, the Tigers clinched their second consecutive BAL spot after beating City Oilers in the Road to BAL semi-finals.^[8]

The Cape Town Tigers were quarter-finalists in the BAL once again in 2023, as they lost to Stade Malien in the playoffs.^[9]

Since June 2023, the Cape Town Tigers have joined the Basketball National League (BNL), the most notable private men's league in the country. They won the 2023 championship, following a 5–0 record in the group phase and wide-margin wins in both the semi-finals and finals.^[10]

Honours

South African National Championship

• Champions (3): 2021, 2022, 2023

Basketball National League

• Champions (1): 2023

Basketball Africa League

• Quarterfinalist (2): 2022, 2023

Season by season

BAL (2022–present)

Players

Current roster

Cape Town Tigers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age 3 Whitbread, Dylan 29 – (1994-10-27)27 October 1994 G 5 Ferguson, Terrance 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1998-05-17)17 May 1998 G 10 Selepe, Lebesa 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 33 – (1991-03-13)13 March 1991 G 11 Mofokeng, Lebohang 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1992-07-24)24 July 1992 PF 14 Sibanyoni, Nkosinathi 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (1998-05-24)24 May 1998 SF 22 Larrier, Terry 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1995-08-15)15 August 1995 25 Cele, Samkelo 26 – (1997-12-28)28 December 1997 C 41 Prinsloo, Pieter 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 32 – (1992-01-07)7 January 1992 44 Bondonno, Luke 21 – (2002-09-21)21 September 2002 C 50 Gabriel, Christopher 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 35 – (1988-12-19)19 December 1988	Head coach Florsheim Ngwenya Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 16 December 2023

Notable players

Head coaches

Thus far, the Tigers have had three head coaches:

• Raphael Edwards: (2021)
• Relton Booysen: (2021–2022)
• Florsheim Ngwenya: (2022)^[11]
• Rasheed Hazzard: (2023^BAL)
• Florsheim Ngwenya: (2023-present)

^BAL denotes the coach only coached the Tigers during Basketball Africa League games.