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
Top draft pickSultan Haider Bhatti
Picked by Montreal Alliance
Regular season
Top seed Vancouver Bandits
Season MVP Mitch Creek
Top scorerJavonte Smart
Championship weekend
Venue Canada Life Centre
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Champions Niagara River Lions (2nd title)
  Runners-up Calgary Surge
Finals MVP Khalil Ahmad
Seasons
2026 →

The 2025 CEBL season is the seventh season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). The regular season began on May 11 and ends on August 10. The league now plays a 24-game season, 4 more than the previous 20-game schedule. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

On May 25, 2025, the Montreal Alliance played the Ottawa BlackJacks at IGA Stadium in Montreal, the first professional basketball game played outdoors in Canadian basketball history. However, the game was suspended at halftime due to court conditions and declared a no contest. [4]

Regular season

Standings

Western Conference

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPCTQualification
1 Vancouver Bandits 2419523722122+250.792Advance to quarter-finals
2 Calgary Surge 2417722872093+194.708Advance to play in games
3 Edmonton Stingers 2415922562183+73.625
4 Winnipeg Sea Bears (H)24111320522141−89.458Advance to championship weekend [a]
5 Saskatchewan Rattlers 2471720542248−194.292
Source: CEBL
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ↑ Automatically qualified for championship weekend as the host team.

Eastern Conference

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPCTQualification
1 Niagara River Lions 24141020622121−59.583Advance to championship weekend
2 Ottawa BlackJacks 24121222172143+74.500Advance to quarter-finals
3 Scarborough Shooting Stars 24111321462137+9.458Advance to play in games
4 Montreal Alliance 2491521032121−18.375
5 Brampton Honey Badgers 2451919352175−240.208
Source: CEBL

Attendance

As of August 10, 2025
PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Winnipeg Sea Bears 92,10310,6495,8717,675−11.5%†
2 Vancouver Bandits 53,1925,5043,7084,432+13.9%†
3 Calgary Surge 40,2866,9542,3363,357−2.7%†
4 Edmonton Stingers 35,3183,4212,0172,943−14.0%†
5 Montreal Alliance 34,7263,397 [a] 2,5222,893+7.3%†
6 Niagara River Lions 28,7394,4541,8002,394−15.6%†
7 Saskatchewan Rattlers 27,6453,5181,5002,303−1.5%†
8 Ottawa Blackjacks 23,8593,2701,4431,988−3.1%†
9 Scarborough Shooting Stars 17,6981,7481,2051,474−1.7%†
10 Brampton Honey Badgers 17,6873,2147531,473−26.3%†
League total371,25310,6497533,093−6.2%†

Source:

  1. ↑ The cancelled Summer Classic had a reported attendance of 9,305. As the game was not official, it does not count towards league attendance.

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 —85–9495–9171–9291–6676–8988–8676–9085–8981–74—84–8673–10196–89
Calgary Surge 90–85—95–98107–9194–76107–9384–8794–80100–8393–61—105–7698–9678–79
Edmonton Stingers 99–8184–86—94–8392–8193–7488–9098–8195–10498–85113–90—105–12197–77
Montreal Alliance 88–6682–99105–83—73–7783–8793–8973–10187–9481–94103–83—87–7989–94
Niagara River Lions 94–8098–9488–10693–82—93–9687–8998–9496–7793–8297–7991–89—96–81
Ottawa Blackjacks 105–83101–11285–8790–7785–87—96–97100–93112–130104–8091–7798–9289–90—
Saskatchewan Rattlers 96–8596–8989–9280–8286–8793–90—93–10165–10570–9481–10394–100—76–101
Scarborough Shooting Stars 86–7193–8975–8188–108102–7087–8691–84—95–10286–8780–9281–6478–97—
Vancouver Bandits 87–8480–95109–7991–82109–7295–8197–85100–97—85–92111–99100–79—106–74
Winnipeg Sea Bears 92–6086–9892–8992–8986–8173–8891–8493–10389–100—89–9392–9598–89—
Source: CEBL
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
E1Niagara93
E2Ottawa81E3Scarborough91
E3Scarborough92E3Scarborough114E1Niagara79
E4Montreal86W2Calgary73
W2Calgary90
W1Vancouver103W4Winnipeg79
W2Calgary103W2Calgary105
W3Edmonton95

Play-in games

Note: all times are local
August 14
7:00pm
Scarborough Shooting Stars 92, Montreal Alliance 86
Scoring by quarter:22–14, 25–24, 23–20, 22–28
Pts: Terquavion Smith 27
Rebs: Khalil Miller 11
Asts: Donovan Smith, Terquavion Smith 6		Pts: Quincy Guerrier 30
Rebs: Quincy Guerrier 11
Asts: Tavian Dunn-Martin 10
Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, Scarborough, Ontario
Attendance: 1,554
Referees: Jayson Stiell, Tommy Wu, Tony Turnbull
August 14
7:30pm
Calgary Surge 103, Edmonton Stingers 95
Scoring by quarter:25–25, 23–25, 30–19, 25–26
Pts: Evan Gilyard II 28
Rebs: Greg Brown III 8
Asts: Gabe Osabuohien 8		Pts: Sean East II 36
Rebs: Scottie Lindsay 9
Asts: Keon Ambrose-Hylton 5
WinSport Event Centre, Calgary, Alberta
Attendance: 2,776
Referees: Perry Stothart, Tanner Cervo, Reed Scott

Quarterfinals

August 16
1:00pm
Ottawa Blackjacks 81, Scarborough Shooting Stars 114
Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 17–28, 25–29, 14–31
Pts: David Walker 19
Rebs: Justin Ndjock-Tadjore 9
Asts: Calvin Epistola 6		Pts: Donovan Williams 26
Rebs: Khalil Miller 17
Asts: Kobe Elvis 7
Centre Slush Puppie, Gatineau, Quebec
Attendance: 2,006
Referees: Greg Spagnoli, Chris Buccella, Farhan Baig
August 16
12:30pm
Vancouver Bandits 103, Calgary Surge 105
Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 24–35, 23–17, 29–27
Pts: Zach Copeland 30
Rebs: Tyrese Samuel 13
Asts: Mitch Creek 7		Pts: Jameer Nelson Jr. 39
Rebs: Evan Gilyard II 8
Asts: Evan Gilyard II 6
Langley Events Centre, Langley, B.C.
Attendance: 5,081
Referees: Waseem Husainy, Ryley Kerrison, Neil Donnelly

Championship Weekend

Semifinals

August 22
5:00pm
Niagara River Lions 93, Scarborough Shooting Stars 91
Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 24–24, 25–18, 19–23
Pts: Khalil Ahmad 29
Rebs: Elijah Lufile 15
Asts: Ron Curry 5		Pts: Donovan Williams 29
Rebs: Donovan Williams 11
Asts: Terquavion Smith 10
Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Attendance: 6,587
Referees: Cooper Toppings, Greg Spagnoli, Ryley Kerrison
August 22
7:30pm
Calgary Surge 90, Winnipeg Sea Bears 79
Scoring by quarter:28–19, 14–17, 26–16, 22–27
Pts: Evan Gilyard II 24
Rebs: Greg Brown III 11
Asts: Jameer Nelson Jr., Gabe Osabuohien 4		Pts: Trevon Scott 18
Rebs: Will Richardson, Simi Shittu 10
Asts: Will Richardson 7
Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Attendance: 9,076
Referees: Jayson Stiell, Tanner Cervo, Chris Buccella

Championship

August 24
6:00pm
Calgary Surge 73, Niagara River Lions 79
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 16–21, 15–21, 22–16
Pts: Sean Miller-Moore 19
Rebs: Greg Brown III 17
Asts: Gabe Osabuohien 5		Pts: Khalil Ahmad 16
Rebs: Khalil Ahmad, Elijah Lufile 9
Asts: Kimbal Mackenzie 5
Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Attendance: 7,129
Referees: Jayson Stiell, Cooper Toppings, Greg Spagnoli

Awards

Source: [5]

All-CEBL teams

First TeamPos.Second Team
PlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Greg Brown III Calgary Surge F Tyrese Samuel Vancouver Bandits
Mitch Creek Vancouver Bandits F Simi Shittu Winnipeg Sea Bears
Sean East II Edmonton Stingers G Khalil Ahmad Niagara River Lions
Javonte Smart Ottawa Blackjacks G Jameer Nelson Jr. Calgary Surge
Donovan Williams Scarborough Shooting StarsG Terquavion Smith Scarborough Shooting Stars

All-Canadian team

Pos.PlayerTeam
F Keon Ambrose-Hylton Edmonton Stingers
F Quincy Guerrier Montreal Alliance
G Sean Miller-Moore Calgary Surge
F Tyrese Samuel Vancouver Bandits
F Simi Shittu Winnipeg Sea Bears

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.
  4. ↑ "CEBL Statement: Ottawa, Montreal Game Declared No Contest". www.cebl.ca. May 27, 2025. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
  5. ↑ "CEBL Stars Honoured in Winnipeg as 2025 Award Winners Revealed". www.cebl.ca. August 21, 2025. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
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