Association Sportive des Douanes, commonly known as AS Douanes, is a Senegalese basketball club from Dakar. Part of the Senegalese national customs agency, the team plays in the national top division Nationale 1 (NM1) and in the Basketball Africa League (BAL).
AS Douanes is the most decorated club in Senegalese basketball, having collected 35 trophies in its existence. The club has won a record 11 NM1 championships, seven Senegalese Cups, thirteen Mayor's Cups and five Saint Michel Cups.
The most successful international performance of AS Douanes was in 2023, when they finished as runners-up of the 2023 BAL season. They also reached the quarter-finals in the 2021 season.
Home games of the team are generally played in the Marius Ndiaye Stadium, which has capacity for 3,000 people.
History AS Douanes was established in 1980, as the basketball section of the Senegalese customs organisation. In 1998, the team won its first national championship.
They won two more championships in 2007 and 2008, followed by six championship in the 2010s.
In October 2019, Douane won its ninth Senegalese championship after defeating DUC in the final. By winning, Douanes qualified directly for the inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) as an automatic spot was granted to the Senegalese champions.
In their debut season in the BAL, Les Gabelous were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the playoffs.
After losing the 2021 title to DUC and missing out on the BAL, Douanes won their 10th national title on 16 October 2022, after beating their arch-rivals 2–0 in the finals series.
Following their title, they qualified directly to the 2023 BAL season, returning after a one-year absence. They acquired Chris Crawford and Terrell Stoglin as American import players. The team lost the first two games of the season, after which the team released Stoglin from their roster. After this, Douanes won three straight games and was able to qualify for the playoffs after they defeated the defending champions US Monastir on the final game day. They eliminated Monastir as well, and advanced based on the tie-breaker between the five teams with a 3–2 record.
In the 2023 BAL Playoffs, Douanes easily cruised past Ferroviário da Beira, before facing the reigning runners-up Petro de Luanda in the semi-final. Behind 28 points from Jean Jacques Boissy and 26 points from Crawford, Douanes beat the Angolan team in what was widely considered to be a shocking win. On 26 May, one day before the final, Pabi Gueye was named the BAL Coach of the Year. In the final, AS Douanes was defeated by Egyptian champions Al Ahly who led the majority of the game. Boissy and Crawford were, however, named to the All-BAL First Team.
On 17 September 2023, AS Douanes won 2023 national championship, overtaking ASFAS as the club with the most championships in Senegal basketball history.
Players
Current roster
Individual awards Nationale 1 King of the Season
Ibrahima Mbengue – 2011 Birahim Gaye – 2014 Louis Adams – 2017 Pape Moustapha Diop (2×) – 2018, 2019
Nationale 1 Finals MVP
Samba Daly Fall (2×) – 2022, 2023
Nationale 1 Coach of the Year
Pabi Gueye (5×) – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 Senegalese Cup Final MVP
Pape Moustapha Diop – 2019 Bamba Diallo – 2021 Bara Diop – 2024 Saint Michel Cup Final MVP Jean Jacques Boissy – 2023 All-BAL First Team
Jean Jacques Boissy – 2023 Chris Crawford – 2023
BAL Coach of the Year Pabi Gueye – 2023
Honours Titles: 38
National competitions Nationale 1Palmares (record) Champions (12): 1998, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2026 Senegalese Cup Winners (9): 2000, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024 Mayor's Cup Winners (13): 1988, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018 Saint-Michel Cup Winners (5): 1993, 2005, 2007, 2018, 2023
International competitions Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Runners-up (1): 2023 Quarter-finalist (2): 2021, 2024
Season-by-season
BAL
SeasonLeagueRegular seasonPostseasonHead coachCaptainConferenceFinishPlayedWinsLossesWin %AS Douanes2021BALGroup C3rd112Lost quarterfinals (Monastir) 62–86Pabi GuèyeAlkaly Ndour2022Did not qualify2023BALSahara2nd532Won quarterfinals (Beira) 93–73Won semifinal (Petro) 88–84Lost finals (Al Ahly) 75–802024BALSahara2nd633.500Won seeding game (Rivers Hoopers) 63–57Lost quarterfinals (Petro) 65–66Season record1477.500Playoffs record633.500
Nationale 1
SeasonGroupRegular seasonPlayoffsFinishWinsLossesPct.AS Douanes2019–1st142Won semifinals (SLBC) 2–1Won final (DUC) 61–542020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic2021Group A1st122Won quarterfinals (UGB) 2–0Won semifinals (ASCVD) 2–1Lost final (DUC) 66–652022Group B1st121Won quarterfinals (US Rail) 2–0Won semifinal (JA) 2–0Won finals (DUC) 2–02023Group A1st140Won quarterfinals (Larry Diouf) 2–0Won semifinals (ASCVD) 2–0Won final (JA) 2–12024Group A2nd1201st in Final Eight Group A (5–1) Lost semifinals (DUC) 1–2Regular season record645Playoff record257
References
External links AS Douane Dakar at Afrobasket.com