Canadian Elite Basketball League

The **Canadian Elite Basketball League** (**CEBL**) is a Canadian basketball league that started in 2017. As of the current  season, 10 teams play in the league. The commissioner of the league (the person in charge) is Mike Morreale.

## History

The CEBL was formed on October 25, 2017 by Richard Petko and Mike Morreale.

The first five teams were announced later. They were the Edmonton Stingers in Edmonton, Alberta, the Guelph Nighthawks in Guelph, Ontario, the Hamilton Honey Badgers in Hamilton, Ontario, the Saskatchewan Rattlers in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and the Fraser Valley Bandits in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

The league plays under FIBA rules and adopted these after signing an agreement to become the first division professional league for Canada Basketball.

The CEBL regular season starts in May and ends in August, with each team playing 20 games. The playoffs are in a final four and are made up of the top six teams in the regular season. Beginning in 2022, the CEBL adopted Elam Ending rules which means that a team has to score a certain set score to win.

### Current

|scope="col"|Conference|scope="col"|Team|scope="col"|City|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Capacity|scope="col"|Founded|scope="col"|First season|scope="col"|Head coach|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5" style="color:#E4D96F; background-color:#000080"|**Eastern Conference**|scope="row"|Brampton Honey Badgers|Brampton, Ontario|CAA Centre|align=center|5,000|align=center|2018|align=center|2023|Sheldon Cassimy||||
|scope="row"|Montreal Alliance|Montreal, Quebec|Verdun Auditorium|align=center|4,114|align=center|2021|align=center|2022|Derrick Alston||||||
|scope="row"|Niagara River Lions|St. Catharines, Ontario|Meridian Centre|align=center|4,030|align=center|2015|align=center|2019|Victor Raso||||||
|scope="row"|Ottawa BlackJacks|Ottawa, Ontario|TD Place Arena|align=center|9,500|align=center|2019|align=center|2020|James Derouin||||||
|scope="row"|Scarborough Shooting Stars|Scarborough, Ontario (Toronto)|Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre|align=center|2,000|align=center|2021|align=center|2022|Devan Blair||||||
|rowspan="5" style="color:#E4D96F; background-color:#800000"|**Western Conference**|scope="row"|Calgary Surge|Calgary, Alberta|Winsport Arena|align=center|2,900|align=center|2018|align=center|2023|Tyrell Vernon||||
|scope="row"|Edmonton Stingers|Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton Expo Centre|align=center|4,857|align=center|2018|align=center|2019|Jordan Baker||||||
|scope="row"|Saskatchewan Rattlers|Saskatoon, Saskatchewan|SaskTel Centre (lower bowl)|align=center|5,898|align=center|2018|align=center|2019|Tanner Massey||||||
|scope="row"|Vancouver Bandits|Langley, British Columbia|Langley Events Centre|align="center"|5,276|align="center"|2017|align="center"|2019|Kyle Julius||||||
|scope="row"|Winnipeg Sea Bears|Winnipeg, Manitoba|Canada Life Centre|align="center"|15,321|align="center"|2022|align="center"|2023|Mike Taylor||||||
- Notes

1. _A star (*) denotes a franchise move. See the respective team articles for more information._

### Former teams

|Team|City|Last Arena|Founded|Dissolved|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Guelph Nighthawks|Guelph, Ontario|Sleeman Centre|style="text-align:center"|2018|style="text-align:center"|2022|
|Newfoundland Growlers|St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|Field House at Memorial University|style="text-align:center"|2021|style="text-align:center"|2022|
|Hamilton Honey Badgers|Hamilton, Ontario|CAA Centre|style="text-align:center"|2018|style="text-align:center"|2022|

## CEBL Champions

|Season|Champions|Runner-up|
| --- | --- | --- |
|2019|Saskatchewan Rattlers|Hamilton Honey Badgers|
|2020|Edmonton Stingers|Fraser Valley Bandits|
|2021|Edmonton Stingers|Niagara River Lions|
|2022|Hamilton Honey Badgers|Scarborough Shooting Stars|
|2023|Scarborough Shooting Stars|Calgary Surge|
|2024|Niagara River Lions|Vancouver Bandits|

## Infobox (sports league)

- **title**: Canadian Elite Basketball League
- **sport**: Basketball
- **inaugural**: 2019 CEBL season, 2019
- **motto**: _This is Our Game_
- **country**: Canada
- **administrator**: Canada Basketball
- **confed**: FIBA Americas
- **teams**: 10
- **confed cup**: Basketball Champions League Americas, Champions League
- **champions**: Niagara River Lions
(1)
- **most champs**: Edmonton Stingers
(2)
- **commissioner**: Mike Morreale
- **current**: 2024 CEBL season