NBA Basketball Australia
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Basketball Information -Basketball Australia Basketball Australia is the governing body of basketball in Australia, responsible for the development and promotion of the sport. In addition to sanctioning Australia's two professional leagues, the National Basketball League and the Women's National Basketball League, Basketball Australia also fields representative teams in FIBA, Commonwealth Games and Olympic Basketball competition. Australian NBA Basketball Championship Winners1979 St Kilda Saints (def Canberra Cannons 94-93 in final) 1980 St Kilda Saints (def West Adelaide Bearcats 113-88 in final) 1981 Launceston Casino City (def Nunawading Spectres 75-54 in final) 1982 West Adelaide Bearcats (def Geelong Cats 80-74 in final) 1983 Canberra Cannons (def West Adelaide Bearcats 75-73 in final) 1984 Canberra Cannons (def Brisbane Bullets 84-82 in final) 1985 Brisbane Bullets (def Adelaide 36ers 121-95 in final) 1986 Adelaide 36ers (def Brisbane Bullets 2-1 in best-of-three final series) 1987 Brisbane Bullets (def Perth Wildcats 2-0 in best-of-three final series) 1988 Canberra Cannons (def North Melbourne Giants 2-1 in best-of-three final series) 1989 North Melbourne Giants (def Canberra Cannons 2-1 in best-of-three final series) 1990 Perth Wildcats (def Brisbane Bullets 2-1 in best-of-three final series) 1991 Perth Wildcats (def Eastside Melbourne Spectres 2-1 in best-of-three final series) 1992 South East Melbourne Magic (def Melbourne Tigers 2-1 in best-of-three final series) 1993 Melbourne Tigers (def Perth Wildcats 2-1 in best-of-three final series) 1994 North Melbourne Giants (def Adelaide 36ers 2-0 in best-of-three final series) 1995 Perth Wildcats (def North Melbourne Giants 2-1 in best-of-three final series) 1996 South East Melbourne Magic (def Melbourne Tigers 2-1 in best-of-three final series) 1997 Melbourne Tigers (def South East Melbourne Magic 2-1 in best-of-three final series) 1998 Adelaide 36ers (def South East Melbourne Magic 2-0 in best-of-three final series) 1999 Adelaide 36ers (def Victoria Titans 2-1 in best-of-three final series) 2000 Perth Wildcats (def Victoria Titans 2-0 in best-of-three final series) 2001 Wollongong Hawks (def Townsville Crocodiles 2-1 in best-of-three final series) 2002 Adelaide 36ers (def West Sydney Razorbacks 2-1 in best-of-three final series) 2003 Sydney Kings (def Perth Wildcats 2-0 in best-of-three final series) 2004 Sydney Kings (def West Sydney Razorbacks 3-2 in best-of-five final series) 2005 Sydney Kings (def Wollongong Hawks 3-0 in best-of-five final series)
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International Australian Mens and Women's s Rep Teams
History of Basketball in Australia The National Basketball League is Australia's top-level professional basketball competition. It formed in 1978, playing a winter season (April-September). In 1998 the competition was shifted to a summer competition between October and April, mainly to avoid competing directly against Australia's various football codes. There are currently eleven teams in the league, with teams in all capital cities (except Canberra, Hobart and Darwin), regional centres Cairns, Newcastle, Townsville and Wollongong, as well as New Zealand. A second Melbourne club, the South Dragons, will enter league in 2006-07. The league's best years were in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but it has struggled recently and many teams have downsized to smaller venues to cut costs. A number of clubs have folded or ceased to compete in the competition. Despite these issues, at the start of the 2004/05 season the league struck a new television deal with Fox Sports in Australia and a multi-year naming-rights sponsorship deal with electronics manufacturer Philips. There are future plans to expand into South East Asia with a Singaporean team being considered. The previous major sponsor of the NBL was Mitsubishi Motors, however due to the switch to summer and lack of funding from its owner left the NBL close to folding.Most teams have historically featured at least one and sometimes two American imports; teams are limited to having two non-Australians on the roster at any one time. Some of these players have moved to Australia permanently and become Australian citizens; a few have even played for the Australian national team (under a rule that allowed one naturalized player to compete for a national team). NBL Teams
NBL Hall of FameThe National Basketball League celebrated 27 seasons of competition in 2005. The NBL Hall of Fame recognises outstanding players, coaches, referees and contributors to the basketball league.
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