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Malagasy basketball club
COSPN
Nickname Les Policiers (The Policemen)Leagues
N1A Arena Palais des Sports Mahamasina Capacity 7,090 Location
Antananarivo , Analamanga Head coach Jean de Dieu Randrianarivelo 2022 position N1A, 1st of 12 Championships 3 (2018, 2021, 2022)
Club Omnisport de La Police Nationale , commonly known as COSPN or COSPN Analamanga , is a Malagasy
basketball club based in
Antananarivo , Analamanga. The team plays in the
N1A , the top tier level in Madagascar. COSPN is affiliated to the national police force and has won the league three times, in 2018, 2021 and 2022.
[1]
In December 2018, COSPN qualified for the
2018–19 Africa Basketball League after defeating
Premium Cobras from the Seychelles in the Zone 7 qualification.
[2] It was the COSPN's debut at Africa's highest continental level.
Honours
Winners (3): 2018, 2021, 2022
Runners-up (2): 2016, 2019
FIBA Africa Zone 7 Championship
In African competitions
FIBA Africa Basketball League (1 appearances)
2018–19 – Group Stage
Road to BAL (1 appearance)
2023 – Elite 16
Players
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at
FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
COSPN roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Nat.
Name
Ht.
Age
F
1
Randriamampionona, Elly
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
26 – (1997-07-20 ) 20 July 1997
SG
2
Rahajaniaina, Orlando
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
27 – (1997-06-18 ) 18 June 1997
3
Adewunmi, Samuel
25 – (1999-01-18 ) 18 January 1999
G
6
Ratianarivo, Livio
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
28 – (1996-04-24 ) 24 April 1996
C
12
Solondrainy, Alpha
1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
25 – (1999-05-04 ) 4 May 1999
C
14
Rakoto, Sylvestre
1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
31 – (1993-02-05 ) 5 February 1993
C
15
Rasolomanana, Anthony
1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
27 – (1997-05-02 ) 2 May 1997
SG
23
Solonomeniavo, Riza
1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
30 – (1994-04-06 ) 6 April 1994
SG
30
Rakotovao, Marco
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
23 – (2001-05-20 ) 20 May 2001
PG
32
Tsarafeno, Edito
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
22 – (2001-11-09 ) 9 November 2001
PF
50
Coulter, Bishop
1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
27 – (1997-01-24 ) 24 January 1997
C
99
Umeadi, Emmanuel
2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)
27 – (1996-08-30 ) 30 August 1996
Head coach
Jean De Dieu Randrianarivelo
Assistant coach(es)
Jacques Andriamihaja
Richardin Ratsitokana
Legend
(C) Team captain(I) Import player
Injured
Updated: 26 November 2023
References