List of SEABL champions

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Below is a list of South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) champions for both the men's and women's competitions. The men's competition ran from 1981 to 2018, while the women's competition ran from 1990 to 2018.

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Men

The champions of the SEABL from 1981 to 1994 were all identical to those who finished on top of the regular-season ladder. [1] From 1995 to 2007, there were conference grand finals that determined the conference champions. [2] [3] [4]

In 2008, a SEABL grand final was held between the South and East conference champions and an overall SEABL champion was crowned for the first time since 1985. [5] [6] The conference system was scrapped by the SEABL in 2018, with a top eight finals structure taking its place. [7] [8]

YearSouth championEast championLeague championRef
1981–– Geelong Cats [4] [9]
1982–– Frankston Bears
1983–– Melbourne Tigers
1984–– Chelsea Gulls
1985–– Dandenong Rangers
1986 Newcastle Hunters Dandenong Rangers –
1987 Ballarat Miners Adelaide Buffalos –
1988 Bendigo Braves Bulleen Boomers –
1989 Ballarat Miners Bulleen Boomers –
1990 Ballarat Miners Bendigo Braves –
1991 Knox Raiders Ballarat Miners –
1992 North East Melbourne Arrows Bayside Blues –
1993 Bayside Blues Sydney City Comets –
1994 Broadmeadows Broncos Knox Raiders –
1995 Frankston Blues Nunawading Spectres –
1996 North-West Tasmania Originals Knox Raiders –
1997 Hobart Chargers Dandenong Rangers –
1998 Hobart Chargers Frankston Blues –
1999 Geelong Supercats Kilsyth Cobras –
2000 Hobart Chargers Frankston Blues –
2001 Ballarat Miners Albury Wodonga Bandits –
2002 Hobart Chargers Australian Institute of Sport –
2003 Mount Gambier Pioneers Canberra Gunners –
2004 North-West Tasmania Thunder Dandenong Rangers –
2005 Bendigo Braves Geelong Supercats –
2006 Knox Raiders Geelong Supercats –
2007 Bendigo Braves Geelong Supercats – [10]
2008 Hobart Chargers Knox Raiders Hobart Chargers [11]
2009 Frankston Blues Knox Raiders Knox Raiders [12]
2010 Geelong Supercats Bendigo Braves Geelong Supercats [13]
2011 Nunawading Spectres Bendigo Braves Nunawading Spectres [14] [15]
2012 Albury Wodonga Bandits Dandenong Rangers Albury Wodonga Bandits [16] [17] [18]
2013 Mount Gambier Pioneers Dandenong Rangers Dandenong Rangers [19]
2014 Mount Gambier Pioneers Nunawading Spectres Mount Gambier Pioneers [20] [21]
2015 Mount Gambier Pioneers Albury Wodonga Bandits Mount Gambier Pioneers [22]
2016 Mount Gambier Pioneers Bendigo Braves Bendigo Braves [23]
2017 Dandenong Rangers Mount Gambier Pioneers Mount Gambier Pioneers [24]
2018–– Hobart Chargers [25]

Results by teams

TeamsConference ChampionsTeamsLeague Champions
Gold Cup icon.svg Year(s) won Gold Cup icon.svg Year(s) won
Bendigo 71988, 1990, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2016 Mount Gambier 32014, 2015, 2017
Dandenong 61986, 1997, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2017 Geelong 21981, 2010
Knox 61991, 1994, 1996, 2006, 2008, 2009 Dandenong 21985, 2013
Frankston/Bayside 61992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2009 Hobart 22008, 2018
Mount Gambier 62003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Frankston/Bayside 11982
Ballarat 51987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2001 Melbourne 11983
Hobart 51997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2008 Chelsea 11984
Geelong 51999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 Knox 12009
Nunawading 31995, 2011, 2014 Nunawading 12011
Albury Wodonga 32001, 2012, 2015 Albury Wodonga 12012
Bulleen 21988, 1989 Bendigo 12016
NW Tasmania 21996, 2004
Newcastle 11986
Adelaide 11987
NE Melbourne 11992
Sydney 11993
Broadmeadows 11994
Kilsyth 11999
AIS 12002
Canberra 12003

Women

The SEABL women's competition was first introduced in 1990. [1] In 2012, the women's competition was divided into two conferences for the first time due to five new women's teams having joined the SEABL since 2006—Brisbane (2007), Sandringham (2009), Hobart (2010), Geelong (2011) and Canberra (2012). Canberra's addition in 2012 expanded the league to 14 teams. [26] The conference system was scrapped by the SEABL in 2018, with a top eight finals structure taking its place. [7] [8]

YearSouth championEast championLeague championRef
1990–– Dandenong Rangers [4] [9]
1991–– Dandenong Rangers
1992–– Knox Raiders
1993–– Frankston Blues
1994–– Knox Raiders
1995–– Launceston Tornadoes
1996–– Knox Raiders
1997–– Frankston Blues
1998–– Kilsyth Cobras
1999–– Bendigo Braves
2000–– Bendigo Braves
2001–– Dandenong Rangers
2002–– Kilsyth Cobras
2003–– Bendigo Braves
2004–– Frankston Blues
2005–– Ballarat Miners
2006–– Bendigo Braves
2007–– Bendigo Braves [10]
2008–– Kilsyth Cobras [27] [28]
2009–– Brisbane Spartans [12]
2010–– Dandenong Rangers [29]
2011–– Dandenong Rangers [30]
2012 Knox Raiders Dandenong Rangers Dandenong Rangers [31] [32]
2013 Knox Raiders Bendigo Braves Knox Raiders [33]
2014 Hobart Chargers Brisbane Spartans Brisbane Spartans [21]
2015 Kilsyth Cobras Dandenong Rangers Dandenong Rangers [34] [35] [36]
2016 Kilsyth Cobras Dandenong Rangers Dandenong Rangers [37]
2017 Bendigo Braves Geelong Supercats Geelong Supercats [38]
2018–– Bendigo Braves [39]

Results by teams

TeamsConference ChampionsTeamsLeague Champions
Gold Cup icon.svg Year(s) won Gold Cup icon.svg Year(s) won
Dandenong 32012, 2015, 2016 Dandenong 81990, 1991, 2001, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016
Knox 22012, 2013 Bendigo 61999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2018
Bendigo 22013, 2017 Knox 41992, 1994, 1996, 2013
Kilsyth 22015, 2016 Frankston 31993, 1997, 2004
Hobart 12014 Kilsyth 31998, 2002, 2008
Brisbane 12014 Brisbane 22009, 2014
Geelong 12017 Launceston 11995
Ballarat 12005
Geelong 12017

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