ABC Fighters

ABC Fighters
Nickname	Les Dangôrôs
Leagues	Ivorian Basketball Championship Basketball Africa League
Founded	1997
History	Abidjan Basket Club 1997–2021 ABC Fighters 2021–present
Arena	Palais des Sports de Treichville
Capacity	3,500
Location	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Team colors	Red, White, Orange
President	Boubakari Touré
Head coach	Milutin Nikolić
Championships	1 FIBA Africa Cup 22 Ivorian Leagues 12 Ivorian Cups 2 Ivorian SuperCups
Website	www.abcciv.com
Home Away

Abidjan Basket Club Fighters, commonly known as ABC Fighters, is an Ivorian basketball club based in the city of Abidjan. Founded in 1997, the team is the most successful men teams in the country, with a record 22 national championships, and one continental FIBA Africa Champions Cup in 2005. The home arena of the team is the Palais des Sports de Treichville.

The ABC club was established in 1997 by members of the basketball section of the Africa Sports d'Abidjan football club.^[1] In 2002, the team played in the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup for the first time. In 2004, the first-ever Ivorian Basketball Championship was won.

In 2005, ABC won the FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup and was crowned African champions for the first time. In the final, ABC beat Angolan club Interclube 67–66. Stéphane Konaté was named the competition's Most Valuable Player.

In 2021, the team was re-named from ABC to ABC Fighters.^[2] The team is nicknamed Dangôrôs, a term that designates in Malinké those who have earned the respect devolved to the elders.^[3]

On 18 November 2022, ABC defeated Stade Malien in the Road to BAL semi-finals and clinched their first-ever ticket to the Basketball Africa League (BAL).^[4]

In the playoffs of the 2023 BAL season, ABC played against Petro de Luanda in the quarter-finals. They lost 88-84.

In September 2024, the Fighters signed Karim Mané, the first former NBA player to sign with the team.^[5]

Ivorian Basketball Championship^[1]

• Champions (22): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024^[6]

Ivorian Cup

• Champions (12): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019

Ivorian SuperCup

• Champions (2): 2005, 2006

FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup

• Winners (1): 2005

FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup (7 appearances)

BAL Qualifiers (1 appearance)

2020 – Second Round

Season	League	Conference	Regular season				Post-season	Head coach	Captain
			Finish	Wins	Losses	Win %
ABC Fighters
2023	BAL	Sahara	4th	3	2	.600	Lost quarterfinals (Petro de Luanda, 84–88)	Liz Mills	Stéphane Konaté
Season record				3	2	.600
Playoffs record				0	1	.000

As of 26 February 2023.

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No. Pos. Nat. Player 1 F  CIV Mike Fofana 5 SF  CIV Loukou Oka 8 F  CIV Ismael Diarra 10 PG  CIV Faman Abdallah Kone 11 G  CIV Aristide Otto 12 F  CIV Moussa Kone 15 SG  CIV Stéphane Konaté (captain) F  SSD Chudier Bile PG  USA Alex Robinson C  NGA Chris Obekpa SG  NIG Abdoulaye Harouna

Head coach: Liz Mills

For the 2023 BAL Playoffs the team signed Kenyan forward Tylor Ongwae, Tunisian PG Omar Abada and Guinean centre Ousmane Drame.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Stéphane Konaté
• Abraham Sie

• Franck Sylva: (-2023)
• Liz Mills: (2023)^[7]
• Milutin Nikolić: (2023–present)^[8]

• Official website
• Abidjan Basket Club on Facebook