JBC Basketball

JBC is a Zimbabwean basketball team based in Harare. The team plays in the Harare Basketball Association (HBA) and has won a record of six BUZ National Championship titles. JBC plays in the Road to BAL in the 2023 tournament, becoming the second team from Zimbabwe to do so.^[1] In the first round, JBC won two out of three games to become the first Zimbabwean team to advance to the elite 16.^[2]

JBC
League	Harare Basketball Association BUZ National Championship
Location	Harare, Zimbabwe
President	Addison Chiware
Head coach	Addison Chiware
Championships	6 BUZ National Championships

The club is owned by Addison Chiware, who is also JBC's president and head coach, as well as the president of the country's federation Basketball Union of Zimbabwe (BUZ).^[3]

The JBC is also known for winning multiple awards and have gone international in 2022.

Honours

BUZ National Championship^[4][5]

• Champions (6): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2023

Performance in the Road to BAL

Competition	Season	Coach	Won	Lost	Win %	Final stage	Top scorer
Road to BAL	2024[6]	Addison Chiware	2	4	.333	Eliminated in Elite 16 group stage	Tafadzwa Tela (15.0 PPG)
Totals			2	4	.333	—

Players

Current roster

The following is JBC's roster in the 2024 BAL qualification, which was played in October 2023.^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

JBC roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age C 00 Byers, Tyjhai 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 27 – (1998-04-01)1 April 1998 PF 5 Muratu, Tadisa 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 19 – (2005-11-20)20 November 2005 SG 6 Pote, Kudakwashe 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 31 – (1994-06-08)8 June 1994 SF 7 Phiri, Saul 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1997-03-23)23 March 1997 SF 8 Penduka, Noah Jotham 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1995-11-30)30 November 1995 SG 10 Chidzomba, Munyaradzi 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – (2001-07-16)16 July 2001 PF 12 Nyatanga, Benson 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 34 – (1991-09-04)4 September 1991 PG 14 Pfachi, Dyvonne 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995 PF 15 Zhomwa, Innocent 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1999-04-20)20 April 1999 SF 30 Changara, Rolland Kudakwashe 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 30 – (1995-09-13)13 September 1995 PF 33 Zamani, Takutdzwa 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 30 – (1995-08-04)4 August 1995 C 34 Chiimba, Tashinga 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – (2001-11-22)22 November 2001	Head coach Addison Chiware Assistant coach(es) Johnson Shumba Craig Lambert Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 22 October 2023