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The '''2021–22 Cobra Sport season''' was a season of [[Cobra Sport]], a South Sudanese basketball club. They successfully qualified for the [[2022 BAL season]], as the first team from South Sudan to do so.

In the [[2021 BAL qualification]], Cobra was led by head coach John Omondi and progressed through the first round with a wild card, despite not winning any games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Warriors, Oilers, Heats, New Star move on to Elite 16 Round of BAL Qualifiers |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/africaleague/2022/qualifiers/news/warriors-oilers-heats-new-star-move-on-to-elite-16-round-of-bal-qualifiers |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cobra Sport at the ROAD TO BAL 2022 2021 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/africaleague/2022/qualifiers/team/Cobra-Sport |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}</ref> In the Elite 16, following a win over the [[Ulinzi Warriors]], they advanced to the semifinals. There, on 10 December 2021, Cobra defeated [[New Star BBC|New Star]] from Burundi, to qualify for their first-ever BAL season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ferroviario da Beira and Cobra Sport make history by booking tickets to Basketball Africa League 2022 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/africaleague/2022/qualifiers/news/ferroviario-da-beira-and-cobra-sport-make-history-by-booking-tickets-to-basketball-africa-league-2022 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}</ref>

The team was coached by Manny Berberi and played in the Nile Conference,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-12 |title=Cobra Sports' Berberi and Kiir add Australian flair to BAL |url=https://africa.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/33722323/cobra-sports-manny-berberi-mayan-kiir-add-australian-flair-bal |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> where they finished in the fifth place with a 1–4 record. Cobra player [[Mayan Kiir]] led the league in rebounds per game, and also set a then-record of most rebounds in a game.

== Rosters ==

=== BAL roster ===
{{Basketball roster header|team=Cobra Sport|wt=n}}
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{{player3|num=00|nat=SSD|first=Gatwang|last=Dieu|pos=PG|m=1.84|year=2003|month=1|day=1}}
{{player3|num=1|nat=SSD|first=Mayan|last=Kiir|pos=PF|m=2.06|year=1998|month=1|day=1}}
{{player3|num=2|nat=SSD|first=Nyang|last=Wek|pos=SF|m=1.98|year=1996|month=03|day=06}}
{{player3|num=5|nat=SSD|first=Padiet|last=Wang|pos=G|m=1.93|year=1998|month=01|day=13}}
{{player3|num=10|nat=USA|first=Jared|last=Harrington|pos=PG|m=1.96|year=1997|month=4|day=23|note=I}}
{{player3|num=11|nat=SSD|first=Alex|last=Lado|note=C|pos=PF|m=2.01|year=1995|month=5|day=13}}
{{player3|num=14|nat=SSD|first=David|last=Deng|pos=PF|m=2.04|year=2000|month=6|day=25}}
{{player3|num=21|nat=USA|first=Leon|last=Hampton|pos=C|m=2.13|year=1995|month=6|day=13|note=I}}
{{player3|num=23|nat=SSD|first=Malual|last=Malual|pos=F|m=1.87|year=2000|month=7|day=30}}
{{player3|num=24|nat=SSD|first=Khaman|last=Maluach|pos=C|m=2.13|year=2006|month=9|day=14|note=E}}
{{player3|num=34|nat=SSD|first=Lual|last=Akuei|pos=C|m=2.08|year=1991|month=1|day=12}}
{{player3|num=|nat=KEN|first=Tom|last=Wamukota|inj=yes|pos=C|m=2.13|year=1993|month=9|day=8|note=I}}
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{{Basketball roster footer|head_coach=* {{player||SSD|Manny Berberi}}|asst_coach=* {{player||KEN|John Omondi}}
* {{player||SSD|Majak Kou}}|I=yes|ath_train=|legend1='''(E):''' BAL Elevate player|roster_url=https://bal.nba.com/teams/cobra-sports-club-south-sudan?view=roster|accessdate=April 9, 2022}}

== Games ==

=== Road to BAL ===
{{Main|2022 BAL qualification}}

==== First round ====
{{Basketballbox collapsible|result=L|date=29 October 2021|place=[[Dar es Salaam]], Tanzania|teamA='''[[New Star BBC|New Star]]''' {{flagicon|BDI}}|teamB={{flagicon|SSD}} [[Cobra Sport]]|round=1|scoreA='''67'''|scoreB=46}}{{Basketballbox collapsible|result=L|date=31 October 2021|place=[[Dar es Salaam]], Tanzania|teamA=[[Cobra Sport]] {{flagicon|SSD}}|teamB={{flagicon|KEN}}  '''[[Ulinzi Warriors]]'''|round=2|scoreA=47|scoreB='''53'''}}

==== Elite 16 ====

===== Group phase =====
{{Basketballbox collapsible|result=L|date=6 December 2021|place=[[Johannesburg]], South Africa|teamA='''[[Clube Ferroviário da Beira (basketball)|Ferroviário da Beira]]''' {{flagicon|MOZ}}|teamB={{flagicon|SSD}} [[Cobra Sport]]|round=1|scoreA='''76'''|scoreB=46|arena=[[Wembley Stadium (Johannesburg)|Wembley Stadium]]}}{{Basketballbox collapsible|result=W|date=7 December 2021|place=[[Johannesburg]], South Africa|teamA='''[[Cobra Sport]]''' {{flagicon|SSD}}|teamB={{flagicon|KEN}} [[Ulinzi Warriors]]|round=2|scoreA='''77'''|scoreB=67}}

===== Semifinal =====
{{basketballbox collapsible|result=W|round=|date=10 December 2021|time=15:30|bg=#eee|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/africaleague/2022/qualifiers/game/1012/New-Star--Cobra-Sport Report]|teamA=[[New Star BBC|New Star]] {{flagicon|BDI}}|scoreA=76|teamB={{flagicon|SSD}} '''[[Cobra Sport]]'''|scoreB='''78'''|Q1=18-13|Q2=19–28|Q3=13–26|Q4=26–11|points1=[[Álvaro Calvo Masa|Calvo Masa]] 33|rebounds1=[[Landry Ndikumana (basketball)|Ndikumana]] 11|assist1=[[Kenny Gasana|Gasana]] 6|rating1=Masa 27|points2=[[Michael Tang|Tang]] 27|rebounds2=[[Tom Wamukota|Wamukota]] 13|assist2=Wamukota, [[David Deng|Deng]] 5|rating2=[[Dieudonné Ndizeye|Ndizeye]] 20|arena=Wembley Stadium|place=Wembley Stadium, [[Johannesburg]]|attendance=|referee=|stack=yes}}

===== Final =====
{{basketballbox collapsible|result=L|round=|date=11 December 2021|time=20:00|bg=#ffffd0|report=[https://www.fiba.basketball/africaleague/2022/qualifiers/game/1112/Cobra-Sport-Ferroviario-da-Beira#tab=boxscore Report]|teamA=[[Cobra Sport]] {{flagicon|SSD}}|scoreA=65|teamB={{flagicon|MOZ}} '''[[Clube Ferroviário da Beira (basketball)|Ferroviário da Beira]]'''|scoreB='''91'''|Q1=12–17|Q2=18–28|Q3=17–30|Q4=18–16|points1=[[Malual Malual|Malual]] 21|rebounds1=[[Deng Mabior|Mabior]] 6|assist1=[[Tom Wamukota|Wamukota]] 6|rating1=Wamukota 23|points2=[[Ismael Nurmamade|Nurmamade]] 25|rebounds2=[[Helton Ubisse|Ubisse]] 9|assist2=[[Jermel Kennedy|Kennedy]] 7|rating2=Nurmamade 18|arena=Wembley Stadium|place=Wembley Stadium, [[Johannesburg]]|attendance=|referee=|stack=yes}}

=== BAL ===
{{Main|2022 BAL season}}
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== References ==
<references />
{{2022 BAL season}}
[[Category:Basketball in South Sudan]]
[[Category:2022 BAL season by team|Cobra Sport]]