# List of NBL1 East champions

The champion teams of the NBL1 East, previously known as the Waratah League, are determined annually by a grand final championship day hosted by Basketball New South Wales.

## Champions
### Results by year

| Year | Men's Champion | Result | Men's Runner-up | Women's Champion | Result | Women's Runner-up |
| 1991 | Goulburn Bears | | Wagga Wolves | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | | Parramatta Wildcats |
| 1992 | Sydney Sonics | | Bankstown Bruins | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | | Albury Cougars |
| 1993 | Bankstown Bruins | | Albury Cougars | Sutherland Sharks | | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles |
| 1994 | Parramatta Wildcats | | Bankstown Bruins | Wagga Wolves | | Bankstown Bruins |
| 1995 | ACT | | Parramatta Wildcats | Sutherland Sharks | | ACT |
| 1996 | Bankstown Bruins | | Wagga Wolves | Parramatta Wildcats | | ACT |
| 1997 | Bankstown Bruins | | Wagga Heat | Bankstown Bruins | | Hills Hornets |
| 1998 | Illawarra Hawks | | Bankstown Bruins | Bankstown Bruins | | Hills Hornets |
| 1999 | Illawarra Hawks | | Bankstown Bruins | Bankstown Bruins | | ACT |
| 2000 | Newcastle Hunters | | Sutherland Sharks | ACT Academy | | Norths Bears |
| 2001 | Illawarra Hawks | | Norths Bears | ACT Academy | | Norths Bears |
| 2002 | Sydney Comets | | Norths Bears | ACT Academy | | Norths Bears |
| 2003 | Sydney Comets | 102–80 | Hills Hornets | Bankstown Bruins | 101–75 | Illawarra Hawks |
| 2004 | Sydney Comets | 101–83 | Newcastle Hunters | Bankstown Bruins | 69–66 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles |
| 2005 | Sydney Comets | | Newcastle Hunters | Bankstown Bruins | | Canberra Nationals |
| 2006 | Sutherland Sharks | | Parramatta Wildcats | Bankstown Bruins | | Sydney Comets |
| 2007 | Sutherland Sharks | | Sydney Comets | Hornsby Spiders | | Bankstown Bruins |
| 2008 | Sutherland Sharks | | Newcastle Hunters | Sydney Comets | | Bankstown Bruins |
| 2009 | Parramatta Wildcats | 109–104 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Hornsby Spiders | 90–67 | Bankstown Bruins |
| 2010 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 65–60 | Maitland Mustangs | Bankstown Bruins | 74–67 | Canberra Nationals |
| 2011 | Illawarra Hawks | 81–71 | Newcastle Hunters | Canberra Nationals | 66–35 | Bankstown Bruins |
| 2012 | Norths Bears | 77–66 | Sydney Comets | Bankstown Bruins | 72–57 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles |
| 2013 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 78–69 | Sydney Comets | Illawarra Hawks | 62–54 | Hornsby Spiders |
| 2014 | Norths Bears | 100–85 | Sydney Comets | Hornsby Spiders | 94–63 | Hills Hornets |
| 2015 | Sydney Comets | 69–67 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Bankstown Bruins | 75–64 | Sutherland Sharks |
| 2016 | Bankstown Bruins | 79–72 | Sydney Comets | Newcastle Hunters | 55–50 | Illawarra Hawks |
| 2017 | Norths Bears | 92–78 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 58–56 | Norths Bears |
| 2018 | Newcastle Hunters | 73–67 | Norths Bears | Norths Bears | 90–70 | Sutherland Sharks |
| 2019 | Central Coast Crusaders | 74–72 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Newcastle Hunters | 86–61 | Canberra Nationals |
| 2020 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 83–73 | Sutherland Sharks | Norths Bears | 81–71 | Central Coast Crusaders |
| 2021 | BA Centre of Excellence Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | – | – | Sutherland Sharks Newcastle Hunters | – | – |
| 2022 | Canberra Gunners | 76–73 | Maitland Mustangs | Albury Wodonga Bandits | 85–72 | Sutherland Sharks |
| 2023 | Sutherland Sharks | 83–80 | Maitland Mustangs | Norths Bears | 71–56 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles |
| 2024 | Maitland Mustangs | 86–67 | Canberra Gunners | Newcastle Falcons | 85–78 | Sutherland Sharks |

### Results by teams

| Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Teams | | Year(s) won | Teams | | Year(s) won |
| Sydney Comets | 5 | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2015 | Bankstown Bruins | 10 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2015 |
| Bankstown Bruins | 4 | 1993, 1996, 1997, 2016 | Newcastle Hunters/Falcons | 4 | 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 |
| Illawarra Hawks | 4 | 1998, 1999, 2001, 2011 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 3 | 1991, 1992, 2017 |
| Sutherland Sharks | 4 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2023 | Sutherland Sharks | 3 | 1993, 1995, 2021 |
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 4 | 2010, 2013, 2020, 2021 | ACT Academy | 3 | 2000, 2001, 2002 |
| Norths Bears | 3 | 2012, 2014, 2017 | Hornsby Spiders | 3 | 2007, 2009, 2014 |
| Parramatta Wildcats | 2 | 1994, 2009 | Norths Bears | 3 | 2018, 2020, 2023 |
| Newcastle Hunters | 2 | 2000, 2018 | Wagga Wolves | 1 | 1994 |
| Goulburn Bears | 1 | 1991 | Parramatta Wildcats | 1 | 1996 |
| Sydney Sonics | 1 | 1992 | Sydney Comets | 1 | 2008 |
| ACT | 1 | 1995 | Canberra Nationals | 1 | 2011 |
| Central Coast Crusaders | 1 | 2019 | Illawarra Hawks | 1 | 2013 |
| BA Centre of Excellence | 1 | 2021 | Albury Wodonga Bandits | 1 | 2022 |
| Canberra Gunners | 1 | 2022 | | | |
| Maitland Mustangs | 1 | 2024 | | | |