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| league = [[Basketball Africa League|BAL]]
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| nationality = Nigerian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|11|14}}
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| years7 = 2022
| team7 = [[Rivers Hoopers]]
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| team8 = [[ABC Fighters]]
| years9 = 2023–present
| team9 = [[Dynamo BBC|Dynamo]]
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'''Christopher Ewaoche Obekpa''' (born 14 November 1993)<ref>{{cite web|title=#12 Chris Obekpa|publisher=NBADraft.net|url=http://www.nbadraft.net/players/chris-obekpa|accessdate=24 May 2013}}</ref> is a Nigerian professional [[basketball]] player who plays for the [[ABC Fighters]]. He played college basketball for [[St. John's University (New York)|St. John's University]] in [[Jamaica, New York]] from 2012 to 2015. As a freshman in [[2012–13 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team|2012–13]] he [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season blocks leaders|led NCAA Division I in blocks per game]] with a 4.03 average. After three years at St. John's, Obekpa transferred to [[UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball|UNLV]], [[Redshirt (college sports)|redshirted]] 2015–16, but then declared for the [[2016 NBA draft]]. On 23 April 2016, Obekpa hired an agent, which officially prohibited him from finishing his college career.
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In November 2022, Obekpa signed a short-term contract with Nigerian club [[Rivers Hoopers]] in the [[2022 NBBF Premier League]] Final 8.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-07 |title=Rivers Hoopers sign D'Tigers' Obekpa |url=https://punchng.com/rivers-hoopers-basketball-team-sign-obekpa/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref>
In February 2023, he signed with the [[ABC Fighters]] for [[2023 BAL season|Season 3]] of the BAL.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zahe |first=Charles |date=2023-02-23 |title=BAL 2023 : L' ABC se renforce |url=https://afriksportsmagazine.com/bal-2023-l-abc-se-renforce/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=AFRIKSPORTSMAGAZINE |language=fr-FR}}</ref> He averaged 3.6 points and 7.4 rebounds in five games with the Fighters. On November 21, 2023, Obekpa made his debut for Burundian club [[Dynamo BBC|Dynamo]] with 8 points and 8 rebounds in a 76–61 [[Road to BAL]] loss to the [[Cape Town Tigers]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cape Town Tigers v Dynamo boxscore - Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L. 2024 2023 - 21 November |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/africaleague/2024/qualifiers/game/1411/Cape-Town-Tigers-Dynamo |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}</ref>
==BAL career statistics==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114541/http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/obekpa_chris00.html St. John's profile]
*[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/chris-obekpa-1.html College statistics] @ sports-reference.com
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[[Category:ABC Fighters players]]
[[Category:Al Ahly Benghazi basketball players]]
[[Category:Dynamo BBC players]]
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