Sport | Basketball |
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First season | 1981 |
Ceased | 2010 |
Country | ![]() |
Continent | FIBA Oceania (Oceania) |
Level on pyramid | 2 |
Related competitions | New Zealand NBL |
Official website | basketball.org.nz/cbl |
The Conference Basketball League (CBL) was a second-tiered men's semi-professional basketball league in New Zealand. During the 1980s and 1990s, the CBL served as a means of promotion and relegation between the National Basketball League (NBL). By the 2000s, it served as a means for associations to enter representative teams into a national division two competition. The CBL also served as a feeder league for development or academy squads of NBL teams.
History
[edit]The Conference Basketball League (CBL) ran every year between 1981 and 2008,[1] and consisted of multiple conferences throughout its lifetime, including northern, capital, central, and southern.[2] From seven teams in 1996, the CBL grew to 25 teams spread over four conferences in 1999.[3][4] The challenges facing the league by the late 2000s were similar to the national women's league, namely finding a format that teams could economically support.[5] Basketball New Zealand chose not to host the CBL in 2009,[6] before bringing it back in a one-off, five-day tournament in 2010.[1][5][7]
League results
[edit]Conference Basketball League Finals Results[1] | |||
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Year | Result | Year | Result |
1981 | 1. Otago 2. New Plymouth |
1996 | 1. Waitakere Rangers 2. Pony Hibiscus Flash |
1982 | Northern 1. Exchequer Saints (Wgtn) 2. Burroughs Karori (Wgtn) Invitation 1. Napier Sunhawks 2. Burroughs Karori (Wgtn) |
1997 | 1. North Otago Penguins 2. TransAlta Wellington |
1983 | Northern 1. Hamilton 2. New Plymouth Southern 1. Burroughs Karori (Wgtn) 2. Otago |
1998 | 1. Smokefree Southland Sharks 2. North Otago Penguins |
1984 | 1. Hertz New Plymouth 2. Palmerston North |
1999 | 1. North Otago Penguins 2. Masonic Hawks |
1985 | Northern 1. Truth North Shore 2. Waitemata Southern 1. 4ZB Otago 2. Wanganui Wolfpack |
2000 | 1. North Otago Penguins 2. Kaikoura Whale Riders |
1986 | Northern 1. Rotorua 2. Cable Price Whangarei Southern 1. Rheineck Wanganui 2. Speights Otago |
2001 | 1. Kaikoura Whale Riders 2. Wellington College Saints |
1987 | 1. Waitemata 2. Abbey Mazda Northland |
2002 | 1. Treehouse Taranaki Stormers 2. Kaikoura Whale Riders |
1988 | 1. U-Bix Palmerston North 2. Wainuiomata |
2003 | 1. Canterbury Knights 2. Hutt Valley |
1989 | 1. Hutt Valley Lakers 2. Ultimate Fitness Porirua |
2004 | 1. Counties Manukau Spartans 2. BJ's Hutt Valley |
1990 | 1. Governor's Wairarapa 2. Nelson Suns |
2005 | 1. Waikato Red 2. Hutt Valley |
1991 | 1. Mobil Marters Northland 2. DB Hawera Hornets |
2006 | 1. Waikato Titans 2. Waitakere Rangers |
1992 | 1. DB Royals New Plymouth 2. Mobil Marters Northland |
2007 | 1. Waikato Titans 2. Porirua |
1993 | 1. 96 FM Rotorua Runnin' Rebels 2. Checkers Canterbury |
2008 | 1. Wellington Saints 2. Waikato Titans |
1994 | 1. Mobil Marters Northland 2. Quality Hotel Rotorua Runnin' Rebels |
2009 | No League |
1995 | 1. Smokefree Southland Sharks 2. Quality Hotel Rotorua Runnin' Rebels |
2010 | 1. Hutt Valley 2. Porirua |
CBL Zone 1
[edit]In 2009, North Harbour Basketball Association took on the responsibility of hosting the Conference Basketball League in the Auckland Region. The competition was predominantly run on the North Shore and was a zone 1 competition.[6] The league was rebranded as the Supercity Basketball Competition in 2010,[8][9] and then as the Senior Intercity Competition in 2011 and 2012,[10][11] although it was still colloquially known during this time as the Conference Basketball League.[12][13]
Results
[edit]Year | Result | Ref |
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2009 | 1. Harbour Heat Reserves 2. AUT |
[14][15] |
2010 | 1. Breakers Academy 2. Waitakere |
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2011 | 1. Waitakere West 2. Harbour Heat Reserves |
[12][16][non-primary source needed] |
2012 | 1. Waitakere West 2. Northland Suns |
[11][13] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "2010 Conference Basketball League" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 4–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2015.
- ^ "2006 Conference Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Conference Basketball League - CBL". plug.co.nz. Archived from the original on 11 November 1999.
- ^ "Conference Basketball League Tips Off". plug.co.nz. 28 April 1999. Archived from the original on 9 October 1999.
- ^ a b "2010 BBNZ Annual Report" (PDF). nz.basketball. p. 13 (25). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ a b "CBL Zone 1 2009". SportsTG.com. Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
BBNZ are not hosting it this year so we are very fortunate that North Harbour have taken the CBL tournament on board.
- ^ "Hutt Take Title". Basketball.org.nz. 30 July 2010. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015.
- ^ a b "SuperCity Basketball Championships". SportsTG.com. Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Team look on the sunny side". The New Zealand Herald. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
...in the SCBC, the renamed Conference Basketball League.
- ^ "Senior Provisional Intercity Competition". SportsTG.com. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Waitakere West winning the 2012 Senior Intercity Competition". SportsTG.com. Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ a b "NZ Breakers Academy Fall Short in the Semis". NZBreakers.co.nz. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Breakers Academy 4th in Conference Basketball League". NZBreakers.co.nz. 16 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013.
- ^ "Harbour Heat reserves – 2009 CBL Champoins [sic]". FoxSportsPulse.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ "CBL Zone 1 2009". SportingPulse.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010.
- ^ "WWABi Mens SPL Champions". Facebook.com. Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
External links
[edit]- CBL @ Basketball.org.nz 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
- CBL 1999
- CBL 2001
- CBL finals 2001
- 2001 CBL finals review
- 2002 CBL finals review
- CBL 2008 (page 10)
- CBL 2009
- CBL 2010