National Basketball League (Australia)

The **National Basketball League** is a basketball competition in Australasia.
It's current sponsor is Hungry Jack's, so it is also known as the **Hungry Jack's NBL Championship**. It is the top-level basketball competition in Australasia. The Singapore Slingers once played in this league, meaning it is the first Australasian sporting league ever to have a team from Asia. The league started in 1979, and its most successful time is during the 1980s and 1990s. However, it started to struggle in the 20th century. At the start of the 2004/05 season the league had a deal with Fox Sports of Australia. On September 18, 2007, the National Basketball League had Hummer as their sponsor. one HD started broadcasting in 2010, the first time a game has been on TV for eight years.

### Current clubs

|scope="col"|Club|scope="col"|Location|scope="col"|Arena|scope="col"|Capacity|scope="col"|Head Coach|scope="col"|Titles|scope="col"|Founded|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Adelaide 36ers**|Adelaide|Adelaide Entertainment Centre|11,300|Scott Ninnis|style="text-align: center;"|4|align=center|1982||||||
|**Brisbane Bullets**|Brisbane|Nissan Arena|5,000|Justin Schueller|style="text-align: center;"|3|style="text-align: center;"|1979||||||
|**Cairns Taipans**|Cairns|Cairns Convention Centre|5,300|Adam Forde|style="text-align: center;"|0|align=center|1999||||||
|**Illawarra Hawks**|Wollongong|Wollongong Entertainment Centre|6,000|Justin Tatum|style="text-align: center;"|1|align=center|1979||||||
|**Melbourne United**|Melbourne|John Cain Arena|10,175|Dean Vickerman|style="text-align: center;"|6|align=center|1984||||||
|**New Zealand Breakers**|Auckland|Spark Arena|9,740|Mody Maor|style="text-align: center;"|4|style="text-align: center;"|2003||||||
|**Perth Wildcats**|Perth|Perth Arena|15,500|John Rillie|style="text-align:center;"|10|align=center|1982||||||
|**S.E. Melbourne Phoenix**|Melbourne|John Cain Arena|10,175|Mike Kelly|style="text-align: center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|2018||||||
|**Sydney Kings**|Sydney|Sydney SuperDome|18,200|Mahmoud Abdelfattah|style="text-align: center;"|5|align=center|1988||||||
|**Tasmania JackJumpers**|Hobart|MyState Bank Arena|4,340|Scott Roth|style="text-align:center;"|0|style="text-align:center;"|2020||||||

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### Former clubs

|scope="col"|Club|scope="col"|Location|scope="col"|Years|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|nowrap|Canberra Cannons|Canberra|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|1979–2003||
|nowrap|Devonport Warriors|Devonport|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|1983–1984||
|nowrap|Eastside Spectres|Nunawading|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|1979–1991||
|nowrap|Forestville Eagles|Wayville|nowrap="" style="text-align:right;"|1980–1981||
|nowrap|Frankston Bears|Frankston|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|1983–1984||
|nowrap|Geelong Supercats|Geelong|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|1982–1996||
|nowrap|Glenelg Tigers|Glenelg|nowrap style="text-align:center;"|1979||
|nowrap|Gold Coast Blaze|Gold Coast|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|2007–2012||
|nowrap|Gold Coast Rollers|Gold Coast|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|1990–1996||
|nowrap|Hobart Devils|Hobart|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|1983–1996||
|nowrap|Hunter Pirates|Newcastle|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|2003–2006||
|nowrap|Launceston Casino City|Launceston|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|1980–1982||
|nowrap|Newcastle Falcons|Newcastle|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|1979–1999||
|nowrap|North Melbourne Giants|North Melbourne|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|1980–1998||
|nowrap|Singapore Slingers|Singapore|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|2006–2008||
|nowrap|South Dragons|Melbourne|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|2006–2009||
|nowrap|S.E. Melbourne Magic|Melbourne|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|1992–1998||
|nowrap|Southern Melbourne Saints|Melbourne|nowrap="" style="text-align:right;"|1979–1991||
|nowrap|Sydney Supersonics|Sydney|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|1979–1987||
|nowrap|Townsville Crocodiles|Townsville|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|1993–2016||
|nowrap|Victoria Titans|Melbourne|nowrap="" style="text-align:right;"|1998–2004||
|nowrap|West Adelaide Bearcats|Adelaide|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|1979–1984||
|nowrap|West Sydney Razorbacks|Western Sydney|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|1998–2009||
|nowrap|West Sydney Westars|Bankstown|nowrap style="text-align:right;"|1979–1987||

### Naming rights

- 1979 to 1987: none
- 1988 to 1991: Hungry Jack's
- 1992 to 2001–02: Mitsubishi
- 2002–03 to 2003–04: none
- 2004–05 to 2006–07: Philips
- 2007–08: Hummer
- 2008–09 to 2009–10: none
- 2010–11 to 2012–13: iiNet
- 2013–14 to 2016–17: none
- 2017–18 to present: Hungry Jack's

### Broadcasting

Since 1995, the league has had a broadcasting deal for paid programming with Fox Sports of Australia. For free TV, they were first sponsored by ABC from 1979 to 1987. Then they were sponsored by Seven Network for three years, and then from Network Ten from 1992 to 1997. From 1998 to 2001, they were again sponsored by ABC. The league did not have free TV for almost a decade, until in 2010 when Network Ten HD started broadcasting. This contract ended in 2015. The current broadcasting rights are owned by SBS.

## NBLxNBA

The NBLxNBA is an annual series involving clubs from the NBL and the National Basketball Association (NBA) of the United States. The series started in 2017 for each league's 2017–18 season, and each season includes between three and seven games. The games have previously always been held in the US and Canada, and are normally held during September and early October.

## Infobox (basketball league)

- **name**: National Basketball League
- **pixels**: 200
- **first**: 1979 NBL season, 1979
- **country**: Australia
(9 teams)
- **other countries**: New Zealand
(1 team)
- **confed**: FIBA Oceania (Oceania)
- **teams**: #Current clubs, 10
- **levels**: 1
- **pyramid**: Basketball in Australia#League system
- **domest cup**: NBL Cup
- **champions**: Melbourne United
- **season**: 2020–21 NBL season, 2020–21, 6th title
- **most champs**: Perth Wildcats
(10 titles)
- **sponsor**: Hungry Jack's
- **commissioner**: Jeremy Loeliger
- **president**: Larry Kestelman
- **tv**: **Australia**:
**New Zealand**:
**Online**:
- **website**: [http://www.nbl.com.au/ NBL.com.au]