Ferroviario Beira
Wikipedia - Clube Ferroviário da Beira (basketball)
Clube Ferroviário da Beira (in English: Railway Club Beira) is a basketball club from Beira, Mozambique. The team plays in the national Mozambican Basketball League (LMB) and has won the national championship five times.
The team currently plays in the Basketball Africa League (BAL), having qualified for the 2022 and 2023 seasons. During the 2000s and 2010s, they played in the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup four editions as well.
History
Founded in 1924, Ferroviário da Beira has played in the Mozambican Basketball League (LMB) for most of its existence. From 2012, the team won three consecutive league championships.
Ferroviário team played in the 2018–19 Africa Basketball League.
In June 2021, the Spanish coach Luis Lopez Hernandez was hired as new head coach, his second stint with the club. In the fall of 2021, they played in the qualifiers of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) for the first time. On December 10, 2021, the team qualified for the 2022 BAL season after defeating Cape Town Tigers in the semi-finals. In its debut season in the BAL, Beira finished in the fifth place in the Sahara Conference with a 1–4 record. On 8 March 2022, the team won its first game in the league after defeating hosts DUC 98–92.
In 2022 and 2023, Beira won its fourth and fifth national championship, behind league MVP Will Perry.
Beira returned to the 2023 BAL season and played in the Nile Conference. On 30 April, Will Perry scored 41 points in Beira's 109–97 win over SLAC, which tied the league record for most points in a single game by a player.
Il club è stato fondato nel 1924 ed è uno dei più antichi e titolati del Mozambico. Ha vinto 11 campionati nazionali, l'ultimo dei quali nel 2019, e due coppe nazionali.
Il Ferroviário Beira è una squadra molto popolare in Mozambico e ha una grande tifoseria. La squadra gioca le partite casalinghe al Pavilhão dos Desportos da Beira, un palazzetto dello sport con una capacità di 5.000 spettatori.
Il Ferroviário Beira è una squadra molto competitiva e ha ottenuto buoni risultati anche a livello internazionale. Ha partecipato a diverse edizioni dell'AfricaBasket, il campionato africano di pallacanestro, e ha raggiunto le finali nel 1980 e nel 1989.
Il Ferroviário Beira è una squadra molto importante per il basket mozambicano e rappresenta il paese nelle competizioni internazionali.