The National Basketball League (NBL) is the pre-eminent professional men's basketball league in Australia and New Zealand. The league was founded in 1979 and is currently contested by eight teams; seven from Australia and one from New Zealand.
Lang Park, also known as Brisbane Stadium, and by the sponsored name Suncorp Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Milton. The current facility comprises a three-tiered rectangular sporting stadium with a capacity of 52,500 people. It is primarily used for rugby league, rugby union, and soccer, with a rectangular playing field of 136 metres by 82 metres.
Carrara Stadium is a sporting venue on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Carrara.
The Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (QSAC), more commonly known by its former names ANZ Stadium or QE II, is a major multi-purpose sporting facility on the south side of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. From 1993 to 2003, QSAC was the home of the Brisbane Broncos, who play in National Rugby League.
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) is a convention centre in Brisbane, Australia. It is located in South Brisbane and occupies most of the block formed by Grey Street, Melbourne Street, Merivale Street, and Glenelg Street. The centre is owned by South Bank Corporation and managed by AEG Ogden.
Ballymore is a rugby union stadium situated in Herston, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is the headquarters of Queensland Rugby Union and the home ground of the Brisbane City team in the National Rugby Championship. It is also used as a training facility for the Queensland Reds and Australian Wallabies rugby teams.
The Premier League is a semi-professional basketball league in South Australia, Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. Formerly a conference of the Australian Basketball Association (ABA), the league is used as a development league for the Adelaide teams competing in the NBL and WNBL.
David Cooper is an Australian former professional basketball player who played the majority of his career in the Australian National Basketball League (ANBL). He also played in the New Zealand NBL and the South Australian State League.
The Illawarra Hawks are an Australian professional basketball team based in Wollongong, New South Wales. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at WIN Entertainment Centre, known colloquially as "The Sandpit". The Hawks are the only remaining NBL team to have competed in every season since the league's inception in 1979. The team won their first and so far only NBL Championship in 2001 and finished as runners-up in 2005, 2010 and 2017.
Calvin Thomas "C. J." Bruton, Jr. is an American-Australian former professional basketball player who played the majority of his career in the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). Bruton moved to Australia at the age of three when his father Calvin Bruton, Sr. moved to Australia to play for the Brisbane Bullets in 1979. Bruton played for numerous NBL teams over his career: Perth Wildcats, Brisbane Bullets, Wollongong Hawks, Canberra Cannons, Sydney Kings and New Zealand Breakers. On 10 October 2013, Bruton was named in the Sydney Kings 25th Anniversary Team.
Dusty Mike Rychart is an Australian-American professional basketball player for the Brisbane Capitals of the Queensland Basketball League (QBL).
Adam Gibson is an Australian professional basketball player for the Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball League (NBL). He has twice played on NBL championship teams, in 2007 with the Brisbane Bullets, and in 2009 with the South Dragons. Gibson was a member of the Australian national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, helping the Boomers to a seventh-place finish with a 3–3 record.
Christopher James Goulding is an Australian professional basketball player for Melbourne United of the National Basketball League (NBL). He has also previously played in the Queensland Basketball League for the Brisbane Spartans, Northside Wizards and Gladstone Port City Power, and has spent time in Spain and Italy. Goulding is one of the most accomplished players in the NBL. He was the NBL All-Star Game's MVP in 2012, the NBL's scoring champion in 2014, has twice been named to the All-NBL First Team and has won two NBL championships, including winning the finals MVP in 2018. He has also represented Australia twice and has helped bring home a gold medal on both occasions.
The Rockhampton Rockets are an Australian basketball team based in Rockhampton, Queensland. The Rockets compete in the Men's Queensland Basketball League (QBL) and play their home games at Hegvold Stadium. The team is affiliated with Rockhampton Basketball Inc., the major administrative basketball organisation in the region.
The 2018–19 NBL season is the 41st season of the National Basketball League since its establishment in 1979. A total of eight teams have contested the league. The regular season had been played between October 2018 and February 2019, followed by a post-season featuring the top four in March 2019.
Brisbane Capitals is a Queensland Basketball League (QBL) club based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club fields a team in both the Men's QBL and Women's QBL. The club is a division of Brisbane Basketball Incorporated (BBI), one of two major administrative basketball organisations in the region, the other being Southern Districts Basketball Association. The Capitals play their home games at NAB Stadium.
