2025 CEBL season

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2025 CEBL season
League Canadian Elite Basketball League
Sport Basketball
DurationSeason: May 11 – August 10
Playoffs: August 14–24
Number of games24 per team
Number of teams10
TV partner(s) TSN
Draft
Regular season
Championship weekend
Venue Canada Life Centre
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Seasons
2026 →

The 2025 CEBL season is the seventh season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). It will begin on May 11, 2025, and the regular season ends on August 10, 2025. The league added 4 more games to the season, to 24 games from the previous 20 game schedule. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Regular season

Standings

Western Conference

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPCTQualification
1 Calgary Surge 000000—Advance to quarter-finals
2 Edmonton Stingers 000000—Advance to play in games
3 Saskatchewan Rattlers 000000—
4 Vancouver Bandits 000000—
5 Winnipeg Sea Bears (H)000000—Advance to championship weekend [a]
First match(es) will be played: May 11, 2025. Source: CEBL
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ↑ Automatically qualified for championship weekend as the host team.

Eastern Conference

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPCTQualification
1 Brampton Honey Badgers 000000—Advance to championship weekend
2 Montreal Alliance 000000—Advance to quarter-finals
3 Niagara River Lions 000000—Advance to play in games
4 Ottawa BlackJacks 000000—
5 Scarborough Shooting Stars 000000—
First match(es) will be played: May 16, 2025. Source: CEBL

Results

Teams BHB CGY EDM MON NIA OTT SSK SSS VAN WPG BHB CGY EDM MON NIA OTT SSK SSS VAN WPG
Brampton Honey Badgers —July 3Jun 14Jun 4Jun 29Jun 22Jun 20May 25July 11Jun 6—July 27July 9July 25
Calgary Surge May 29—Jun 19July 10Aug 10Jun 8Jun 6Jun 15Jun 22May 25—Aug 8July 25July 27
Edmonton Stingers May 28May 11—July 1Aug 8Jun 10Aug 3Jun 29May 30Jun 22July 6—Aug 1Aug 10
Montreal Alliance May 18Aug 4Jun 6—July 6May 23Jun 22Jun 18July 13July 20Aug 1—July 23July 27
Niagara River Lions Jun 8May 16Jun 13Jun 20—July 31May 30Jun 6July 10July 4July 16July 25—July 20
Ottawa Blackjacks May 21Aug 2July 17Jun 28May 18—July 26July 29Aug 10July 1July 21Aug 8Jun 15—
Saskatchewan Rattlers Aug 10Jun 26May 22July 3May 24July 5—Jun 13May 15July 11July 15Aug 6—Jun 8
Scarborough Shooting Stars July 13July 31July 11Jun 9Jun 22May 27May 29—Aug 8Jun 7Aug 10Aug 3Jun 20—
Vancouver Bandits July 6Jun 1May 24Jun 14May 22Jun 6June 28July 1—Jun 20July 20July 18—Aug 3
Winnipeg Sea Bears Aug 8May 23May 16Jun 11Aug 6May 31Jun 15Jun 27May 28—July 17July 25Aug 1—
First match(es) will be played: May 11, 2025. Source: https://www.cebl.ca/games
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Play-offs

Bracket

Play-in round
August 14		Quarterfinals
August 16		Semifinals
August 22		Championship
August 24
E1
E2
E3
E4
HWinnipeg

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References

  1. ↑ "Canadian Elite Basketball League to Expand Regular Season to 24-Game Format in 2025". Archived from the original on June 26, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  2. ↑ "CEBL ANNOUNCES 2025 SCHEDULE SET TO TIP OFF MAY 11 IN EDMONTON". www.cebl.ca. December 4, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  3. ↑ "CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND 2025". www.cebl.ca. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
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