History
In 1965, the South Eastern Conference (SEC) was established. The SEC continued until 1971 when the Australian Club Championships gained pre-eminence. [1] [2] The Australian Club Championships ceased operations after 1980 due to the rise of Australia's first truly national competition, the National Basketball League (NBL). [1] [3]
In 1981, the SEC was reborn as the South Eastern Basketball League (SEBL). [1] [3] The competition was known as SEBL for seven seasons until being officially known as the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) from 1988 to 1991. [4] The competition became known as the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), and in 1994 it merged with the Queensland Basketball League (QBL) to grow to three conferences: North, South and East. [1] In 1998, the CBA saw further expansion with the inclusion of a Central Conference from South Australia. [1]
The CBA was restructured as the Australian Basketball Association (ABA) in 1999, [5] and over the next two years, the Big V from Victoria (2000) and the Waratah League from New South Wales (2001) joined the ABA. [1]
Starting in 2002, the champions of each of the six conferences and a number of wildcard entries competed at the annual ABA National Finals. [1] In 2007, Basketball Australia took over as operators of the ABA. [6] A brand change saw the Australian Club Championships (ACC) operate as the national finals series in 2007 and 2008. [7]
The ABA and ACC was abandoned following the 2008 season, resulting in the SEABL, QBL, Central ABL, Big V and Waratah League continuing on as independent leagues. [7]
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