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.

Clubs

 Current clubs 
+Overview of NBL teamsClubLocationArena CapacityHead CoachTitlesFounded 15px Adelaide 36ers  Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre  11,300  Scott Ninnis 4 1982 15px Brisbane Bullets  Brisbane Nissan Arena  5,000  Justin Schueller 3 1979 15px Cairns Taipans  Cairns Cairns Convention Centre  5,300  Adam Forde 0 1999 15px Illawarra Hawks  Wollongong Wollongong Entertainment Centre  6,000  Justin Tatum 1 1979 15px Melbourne United   Melbourne John Cain Arena  10,175  Dean Vickerman 6 1984 15px New Zealand Breakers  Auckland Spark Arena  9,740  Mody Maor 4 2003 15px Perth Wildcats  Perth Perth Arena  15,500  John Rillie 10 1982 15px S.E. Melbourne Phoenix  Melbourne John Cain Arena  10,175  Mike Kelly 0 2018 15px Sydney Kings  Sydney Sydney SuperDome  18,200  Mahmoud Abdelfattah 5 1988 15px Tasmania JackJumpers  Hobart MyState Bank Arena  4,340  Scott Roth 0 2020

 Former clubs 

+Overview of defunct NBL teamsClubLocationYears15px Canberra Cannons  Canberra 1979–200315px Devonport Warriors  Devonport 1983–198415px Eastside Spectres  Nunawading 1979–199115px Forestville Eagles  Wayville 1980–198115px Frankston Bears  Frankston 1983–198415px Geelong Supercats  Geelong 1982–199615px Glenelg Tigers  Glenelg 197915px Gold Coast Blaze  Gold Coast 2007–201215px Gold Coast Rollers  Gold Coast 1990–199615px Hobart Devils  Hobart 1983–199615px Hunter Pirates  Newcastle 2003–200615px Launceston Casino City  Launceston 1980–198215px Newcastle Falcons  Newcastle 1979–199915px North Melbourne Giants  North Melbourne 1980–199815px Singapore Slingers  Singapore 2006–200815px South Dragons  Melbourne 2006–200915px S.E. Melbourne Magic  Melbourne 1992–199815px Southern Melbourne Saints  Melbourne 1979–199115px Sydney Supersonics  Sydney 1979–198715px Townsville Crocodiles  Townsville 1993–201615px Victoria Titans  Melbourne 1998–200415px West Adelaide Bearcats  Adelaide 1979–198415px West Sydney Razorbacks  Western Sydney 1998–200915px West Sydney Westars  Bankstown 1979–1987

 Sponsors 

 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.

References

Category:Basketball leagues
Category:1979 establishments in Australia
Category:Basketball in Australia