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Level on pyramid. 1. Domestic cup (s) NBL Cup (defunct) Official website. NBL.com.au. The National Basketball League ( NBL) is a men's professional basketball league in Australasia, currently composed of 10 teams: 9 in Australia and 1 in New Zealand. It is the premier professional men's basketball league in Australia and New Zealand.
Biggest defeat. United States 113–73 Australia. ( Saitama, Japan; 27 August 2006) The Australia men's national basketball team, nicknamed the Boomers after the slang term for a male kangaroo, represents Australia in international basketball competition. [2] Since the late 1980s, Australia has placed among the world elite teams, as the Boomers ...
Attendance. 22,181 [1] The Philippines–Australia basketball brawl occurred between players of the Philippine and Australian men's national basketball teams during a match held on 2 July 2018 at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines. The match was part of the International Basketball Federation 's (FIBA) 2019 Basketball World ...
NBL (Australia) All-time Records. The National Basketball League (NBL) is the premier professional men's basketball league in Australia and New Zealand. It was established in 1979. Andrew Gaze is widely considered one of the league's greatest players and features heavily in these records. Since its inaugural season he has had seven of the top ...
Basketball is a sport played both indoors and outdoors in Australia. Basketball is the number two sport globally with over 200 countries participating and over 450 million players. According to research by Sweeney Sports, one in three Australians has an interest in basketball. Furthermore, basketball is played by approximately one million men ...
2024 NBL Finals. All statistics correct as of 31 March 2024. The 2024 NBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball League's 2023–24 season . As Australia and New Zealand participated in 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification, the league took a break during the FIBA international window of 18–28 February 2024. [1]
Women's basketball was introduced as an Olympic sport at Montreal in 1976. [93] From 1976 to 1992, only six countries (teams) participated in the Olympic tournament. However, in 1996 at Atlanta the tournament was expanded to twelve teams. [94] Through the 2016 Olympics, Australia qualified for the Olympic Games through competing in the FIBA ...
2020–21 NBL season. All statistics correct as of 25 June 2021. The 2020–21 NBL season was the 43rd season of the National Basketball League since its establishment in 1979. A total of nine teams contested in the 2020–21 season. The regular season was played between January and June 2021, followed by a post-season in June 2021.