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.

 Teams 
 Current 
ConferenceTeamCityVenueCapacityFoundedFirst seasonHead coachEastern ConferenceBrampton Honey BadgersBrampton, OntarioCAA Centre 5,00020182023Sheldon CassimyMontreal AllianceMontreal, QuebecVerdun Auditorium4,11420212022Derrick AlstonNiagara River LionsSt. Catharines, OntarioMeridian Centre4,03020152019Victor RasoOttawa BlackJacksOttawa, OntarioTD Place Arena9,50020192020James DerouinScarborough Shooting StarsScarborough, Ontario (Toronto)Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre2,00020212022Devan BlairWestern ConferenceCalgary SurgeCalgary, AlbertaWinsport Arena2,90020182023Tyrell VernonEdmonton StingersEdmonton, AlbertaEdmonton Expo Centre4,85720182019Jordan BakerSaskatchewan RattlersSaskatoon, SaskatchewanSaskTel Centre (lower bowl)5,89820182019Tanner MasseyVancouver BanditsLangley, British ColumbiaLangley Events Centre5,27620172019Kyle JuliusWinnipeg Sea BearsWinnipeg, Manitoba Canada Life Centre15,32120222023Mike Taylor
 Notes

 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 2018 2022 Newfoundland Growlers St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Field House at Memorial University 2021 2022 Hamilton Honey Badgers Hamilton, Ontario CAA Centre 2018 2022

 CEBL Champions 
SeasonChampionsRunner-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

 References 

Other websites

Category:2010s establishments in Canada
Category:2017 establishments in North America
Category:Basketball leagues
Category:Sport in Canada