REG BBC

Rwanda Energy Group BBC, commonly known as REG, is a Rwandan basketball club based in Kigali. It is owned and named after the company Rwanda Energy Group Limited. It plays in the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL), the highest tier of basketball in Rwanda. REG has won the national championship thrice, in 2017, 2021 and 2022.

REG
Leagues	Rwanda Basketball League
Founded	2016
History	REG BBC 2016–present
Arena	Amahoro Indoor Stadium Kigali Arena
Capacity	2,500 10,000
Location	Kigali, Rwanda
Main sponsor	Rwanda Energy Group Limited
President	Francis Murindabigwi
Team manager	Eric Bugingo
Head coach	Charles Mushumba
Team captain	Elie Kaje
Ownership	Rwanda Energy Group Limited
2021 position	Rwandan NBL, 1st of 14
Championships	3 (2017, 2021, 2022)
Home Away

The club played in the Sahara Conference of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in 2022 and 2023, and was a quarter-finalist in both seasons. REG shares a rivalry with Patriots BBC.

History

Established in 2016, the club won the NBL Rwanda in 2017. Then, REG played in an African competition for the first time when it entered the 2018–19 Africa Basketball League.^[1]

On 2 November 2019, Henry Mwinuka signed for two years as the new head coach.^[2]

On 30 October 2021, REG won its first Rwandan national championship after defeating arch-rivals Patriots 2–0 in the finals. Olivier Shyaka was named the league's Most Valuable Player after scoring 30 points in Game 1 and 22 points in Game 2.^[3] As a result of the championship, REG also qualified for the 2022 season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). On February 18, 2022, the team signed ex-NBA player and coach Robert Pack as its new head coach.^[4]

The team won their third national title after once again defeating Patriots in the finals, 3–2, in the 2022 season.^[5] Subsequently, REG represented Rwanda in the BAL for the 2023 season and was once again a quarter-finalist, this time being eliminated by the later to be champions Al Ahly.

Honours

Rwanda Basketball League

• Champions (3): 2017, 2021, 2022
  • Runners-up (3): 2018, 2019, 2020

Rwanda Cup

• Runners-up (1): 2024

Heroes Cup

• Winners (3): 2018, 2019,^[6] 2020^[7]

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Position	Heroes Cup	African competitions
2016–17	1	NBL Rwanda / RBL	1st
2017–18			2nd	Winners
2018–19			2nd	Winners	Africa Basketball League	RS
2019–20			2nd	Winners
2020–21			1st	Cancelled
2021–22			1st	Not held	BAL	QF
2022–23			2nd		BAL	QF

• RS: Regular season
• QF: Quarterfinals

In African competitions

FIBA Africa Basketball League (1 appearance)

2018–19 – Group Stage

Basketball Africa League (BAL) (2 appearances)

• 2022 – Quarterfinalist
• 2023 – Quarterfinalist

Players

Current roster

The following roster is REG's final team for the 2022 BAL season.^[8]

REG BBC roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 0 Filer, Adonis 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – (1993-07-11)11 July 1993 G 1 Vandriessche, Pierre 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2000-07-21)21 July 2000 SF 2 Ndizeye, Dieudonné 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1996-10-14)14 October 1996 G 5 Thomas, Cleveland (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1993-12-02)2 December 1993 SG 10 Shyaka, Olivier 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1995-08-14)14 August 1995 PG 11 Nshobozwabyosenumukiza, Wilson 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 26 – (1998-07-26)26 July 1998 PG 12 Ighovodja, Joy (E) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 20 – (2004-10-12)12 October 2004 C 13 Kaje, Elie (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1995-03-17)17 March 1995 G 15 Habimana, Ntore 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1997-08-15)15 August 1997 F/C 21 Mpoyo, Axel 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1997-01-05)5 January 1997 F/C 28 Kabange, Kami 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 40 – (1984-07-02)2 July 1984 C 34 Kambuy Manga, Pitchou (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 36 – (1988-12-12)12 December 1988 C 41 Walker, Anthony (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1993-07-22)22 July 1993	Head coach Robert Pack Legend (C) Team captain (E): BAL Elevate player Injured Roster Updated: March 8, 2022

Notable players

• Kubwimana Kazingufu Ali (2018–)
• Cleveland Thomas
• Kendall Gray (2024–present)
• Pitchou Kambuy Manga
• Jean Jacques Nshobozwabyosenumukiza (2018–2022; 2023)
• Dieudonné Ndizeye
• Ulrich Chomche (2021)

Head coaches

• Henry Mwinuka: (2019–2022)
• Robert Pack: (2022 BAL season)
• Henry Mwinuka: (2022–2023)
• Dean Murray: (2023)
• Charles Mushumba: (2023–present)^[9]

Women's team

Their women's team will take part in the 2023 Africa Women's Basketball League.^[10]