Elite Messieurs


The Elite Messieurs, also known as Cameroon Basketball League, is the premier basketball league for clubs in Cameroon. The league consisted out of 8 teams in the 2022–23 season.
Currently, the most successful team in the league is FAP, who have won four consecutive titles between 2020 and 2023.
The champions of the Elite Messieurs qualify for the Road to BAL, the qualification tournaments of the Basketball Africa League.
In the most recent format, eight teams participated in the regular season where they face each other tea one time. The top four teams advance to the Final Four, where they play in a round-robin to determine the final standings.

Current teams

The following were the 8 teams for the 2025 season:
TeamCityEstablished
ALPYaoundé
ALPBAYaoundé
BEACYaoundé
Douala FirebirdsDouala
Ecole de BasketDouala1991
FalconsYaoundé-
FAPYaoundé1972
Moungo ZoneNkongsamba

Champions

By team

In African competitions

Each year, the champions of the league are placed for the qualifiers of the FIBA Africa Basketball League, the premiere pan-African competition. Since 2020, this league is replaced by the Basketball Africa League. The following list shows Cameroonian teams which played in a main tournament:

FIBA Africa Basketball League

[Basketball Africa League]

Most Valuable Player