2019 NBL1 season | |
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League | NBL1 |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | 29 March – 21 July (Regular season) 27 July – 17 August (Finals) |
Number of teams | 18 |
Regular season | |
Minor premiers | M: Ballarat Miners W: Bendigo Braves |
Season MVP | M: Demarcus Gatlin (Geelong Supercats) W: Kelly Wilson (Bendigo Braves) |
Finals | |
Champions | M: Nunawading Spectres W: Kilsyth Cobras |
Runners-up | M: Bendigo Braves W: Geelong Supercats |
Grand Final MVP | M: Dain Swetalla (Nunawading Spectres) W: Lauren Nicholson (Kilsyth Cobras) |
The 2019 NBL1 season was the inaugural season of the NBL1. The season began on 29 March and concluded on 17 August with grand final day for both the men's and women's seasons. [1]
The NBL1 in 2019 was a single league and consisted of one conference run by Basketball Victoria. The teams, mostly from Victoria and Tasmania, would go on to make up the NBL1 South in 2020 after the inclusion of multiple new conferences.
Basketball Victoria introduced a new senior elite league in 2019 called NBL1 after partnering with the National Basketball League (NBL). [2] [3] [4]
The former teams from the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) were part of the inaugural NBL1 season, while Eltham Wildcats, Knox Raiders, Ringwood Hawks and Waverley Falcons joined from the Big V. [2]
Men's ladder
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Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
Jul 27, Ballarat Minerdome | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | Ballarat Miners | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Kilsyth Cobras | 66 | Aug 4, Kilsyth Sports Centre | ||||||||||||||||
Kilsyth Cobras | 104 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jul 28, MSAC | Bendigo Braves | 115 | Aug 10, Ballarat Minerdome | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Melbourne Tigers | 76 | Ballarat Miners | 68 | |||||||||||||||
8 | Bendigo Braves | 86 | Nunawading Spectres | 75 | Aug 17, State Basketball Centre | ||||||||||||||
Nunawading Spectres | 99 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jul 27, Geelong Arena | Aug 10, Frankston Basketball Stadium | Bendigo Braves | 90 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Geelong Supercats | 85 | Frankston Blues | 67 | |||||||||||||||
7 | Dandenong Rangers | 79 | Aug 3, Nunawading Basketball Centre | Bendigo Braves | 85 | ||||||||||||||
Nunawading Spectres | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jul 27, Frankston Basketball Stadium | Geelong Supercats | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Frankston Blues | 107 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Nunawading Spectres | 97 | |||||||||||||||||
Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
Aug 2, Bendigo Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | Bendigo Braves | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Kilsyth Cobras | 85 | Aug 4, Bendigo Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
Bendigo Braves | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
Aug 3, State Basketball Centre | Knox Raiders | 65 | Aug 10, Kilsyth Sports Centre | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Knox Raiders | 86 | Kilsyth Cobras | 82 | |||||||||||||||
8 | Dandenong Rangers | 65 | Nunawading Spectres | 59 | Aug 17, State Basketball Centre | ||||||||||||||
Geelong Supercats | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
Aug 3, Nunawading Basketball Centre | Aug 11, Geelong Arena | Kilsyth Cobras | 86 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Nunawading Spectres | 89 | Geelong Supercats | 83 | |||||||||||||||
7 | Waverley Falcons | 61 | Aug 4, The Rings | Bendigo Braves | 80 | ||||||||||||||
Ringwood Hawks | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
Aug 3, Geelong Arena | Nunawading Spectres | 97 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Geelong Supercats | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Ringwood Hawks | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
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