Sport Basketball No. of teams M: 14
W: 14 Number of teams 14 (W, M) | Inaugural season 1986 Country Australia Founded 1986 | |
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Most recent
champion(s) M: Cairns Marlins (9th title)
W: Rockhampton Cyclones (2nd title) Most titles M: Cairns Marlins (9 titles)
W: Southern Districts Spartans (9 titles) Teams Gold Coast Rollers, Logan Thunder, Sunshine Coast Rip, Gladstone Port City Power, University of the Sunshine | ||
Queensland basketball league
The Queensland Basketball League (QBL) is a semi-professional basketball league in Queensland, Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. The league is run by Basketball Queensland and has an affiliate development league called the Southern Basketball League (SBL).
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History
The league was formed in 1986 as the Queensland State Basketball League. In 1994, the league merged with the South and East conferences of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) to form a North conference. 1998 saw further CBA expansion with the inclusion of a Central Conference from South Australia. The CBA was renamed the Australian Basketball Association (ABA) for the 1999 season and later added the Big V and the Waratah League for a total of six conferences. As a member of the ABA, the league took on the name of Queensland Australian Basketball League (QABL) in the early 2000s and set up a division system to separate the north and south teams within the state. The Sunstate (North Queensland) and Southern Cross (South Queensland) divisions were a big part of the league for a number of years, remaining in tacked up until the 2006 season. Following the 2006 season, the QABL restructured the competition, which saw the two divisions combining to have a statewide league of only one division for the 2007 season. In 2009, the QABL became known as the QBL following the demise of the Australian Basketball Association.
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Women
List of Champions
* Grand Final was a best-of-three series