Conference Basketball League

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Conference Basketball League (CBL)
Sport Basketball
Inaugural season1981
Ceased2010
CountryFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Continent FIBA Oceania (Oceania)
Level on pyramid2
Related
competitions		 New Zealand NBL
Official website basketball.org.nz/cbl

The Conference Basketball League (CBL) was a second-tiered men's semi-professional basketball league in New Zealand. During the 1980s and 1990s, the CBL served as a means of promotion and relegation between the National Basketball League (NBL). By the 2000s, it served as a means for associations to enter representative teams into a national division two competition. The CBL also served as a feeder league for development or academy squads of NBL teams.

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Farm team Sports club whose role is to provide experience and training for young players

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History

The Conference Basketball League (CBL) ran every year between 1981 and 2008, [1] and consisted of multiple conferences throughout its lifetime, including northern, capital, central, and southern. [2] The challenges facing the league by the late 2000s were similar to the national women's league, namely finding a format that teams could economically support. [3] Basketball New Zealand chose not to host the CBL in 2009, [4] before bringing it back in a one-off, five-day tournament in 2010. [1] [3] [5]

League results

Conference Basketball League
Finals Results [1]
YearResultYearResult
19811. Otago
2. New Plymouth		19961. Waitakere Rangers
2. Pony Hibiscus Flash
1982Northern
1. Exchequer Saints (Wgtn)
2. Burroughs Karori (Wgtn)
Invitation
1. Napier Sunhawks
2. Burroughs Karori (Wgtn)		19971. North Otago Penguins
2. TransAlta Wellington
1983Northern
1. Hamilton
2. New Plymouth
Southern
1. Burroughs Karori (Wgtn)
2. Otago		19981. Smokefree Southland Sharks
2. North Otago Penguins
19841. Hertz New Plymouth
2. Palmerston North		19991. North Otago Penguins
2. Masonic Hawks
1985Northern
1. Truth North Shore
2. Waitemata
Southern
1. 4ZB Otago
2. Wanganui Wolfpack		 2000 1. North Otago Penguins
2. Kaikoura Whale Riders
1986Northern
1. Rotorua
2. Cable Price Whangarei
Southern
1. Rheineck Wanganui
2. Speights Otago		 2001 1. Kaikoura Whale Riders
2. Wellington College Saints
19871. Waitemata
2. Abbey Mazda Northland		 2002 1. Treehouse Taranaki Stormers
2. Kaikoura Whale Riders
19881. U-Bix Palmerston North
2. Wainuiomata		 2003 1. Canterbury Knights
2. Hutt Valley
19891. Hutt Valley Lakers
2. Ultimate Fitness Porirua		 2004 1. Counties Manukau Spartans
2. BJ's Hutt Valley
19901. Governor's Wairarapa
2. Nelson Suns		 2005 1. Waikato Red
2. Hutt Valley
19911. Mobil Marters Northland
2. DB Hawera Hornets		 2006 1. Waikato Titans
2. Waitakere Rangers
19921. DB Royals New Plymouth
2. Mobil Marters Northland		 2007 1. Waikato Titans
2. Porirua
19931. 96 FM Rotorua Runnin' Rebels
2. Checkers Canterbury		20081. Wellington Saints
2. Waikato Titans
19941. Mobil Marters Northland
2. Quality Hotel Rotorua Runnin' Rebels		2009No League
19951. Smokefree Southland Sharks
2. Quality Hotel Rotorua Runnin' Rebels		20101. Hutt Valley
2. Porirua

CBL Zone 1

In 2009, North Harbour Basketball Association took on the responsibility of hosting the Conference Basketball League in the Auckland Region. The competition was predominantly run in the North Harbour area and was a zone 1 competition. [4] The league was rebranded as the Supercity Basketball Competition in 2010, [6] [7] and then as the Senior Intercity Competition in 2011 and 2012, [8] [9] although it was still colloquially known during this time as the Conference Basketball League. [10] [11]

Auckland Region region of New Zealands North Island

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North Harbour, New Zealand Suburb in Auckland Council, New Zealand

North Harbour is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located 12 kilometres north of the city centre, to the south of the suburb of Albany, close to the northern edge of the city.

Results

YearResultRef
20091. Harbour Heat Reserves
2. AUT		 [12] [13]
20101. Breakers Academy
2. Waitakere		 [6]
20111. Waitakere West
2. Harbour Heat Reserves		 [10] [14]
20121. Waitakere West
2. Northland Suns		 [9] [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "2010 Conference Basketball League" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 4–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "2006 Conference Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 "2010 BBNZ Annual Report" (PDF). nz.basketball. p. 13 (25). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 "CBL Zone 1 2009". SportsTG.com. Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc. Retrieved 17 July 2019. BBNZ are not hosting it this year so we are very fortunate that North Harbour have taken the CBL tournament on board.
  5. ↑ "Hutt Take Title". Basketball.org.nz. 30 July 2010. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015.
  6. 1 2 "SuperCity Basketball Championships". SportsTG.com. Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Team look on the sunny side". The New Zealand Herald. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015. ...in the SCBC, the renamed Conference Basketball League.
  8. ↑ "Senior Provisional Intercity Competition". SportsTG.com. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  9. 1 2 "Waitakere West winning the 2012 Senior Intercity Competition". SportsTG.com. Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  10. 1 2 "NZ Breakers Academy Fall Short in the Semis". NZBreakers.co.nz. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013.
  11. 1 2 "Breakers Academy 4th in Conference Basketball League". NZBreakers.co.nz. 16 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013.
  12. ↑ "Harbour Heat reserves – 2009 CBL Champoins[sic]". FoxSportsPulse.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  13. ↑ "CBL Zone 1 2009". SportingPulse.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010.
  14. ↑ "WWABi Mens SPL Champions". Facebook.com. Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2019.[ non-primary source needed ]
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