National Wheelchair Basketball League (Australia)

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National Wheelchair Basketball League
Sport wheelchair basketball
Founded1988
No. of teams 7
CountryAustralia
Most recent
champion(s)
Wollongong Rollerhawks (2022)
Most titlesPerth Wheelcats (8)
Official website

The National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL) is Australia's premier male wheelchair basketball league. It was established in 1988. [1]

Contents

The competition seasons in 2020 and 2021 were not completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic with no team declared the winner for either season. [2] [3] The 2023 Season was replaced with a Tournament style format which was not part of the NWBL. [4]

In 2024 Basketball Australia announced the formation of Wheelchair Basketball Australia to manage the Mens and Womens National Wheelchair Basketball Leagues in Australia, with the NWBL and WNWBL competitions to re-commence. [5]

Rules

Games are played in accordance with International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Rules [6] with some minor variations: [7]

(Junior or Rookie players who have represented their country at an international competition are not eligible for a Red Card.)


In 2024, each team will play each other team 3 times in the Season with the top 4 teams playing in the Finals Weekend at one venue.

2024 teams

TeamLocationJoinedTitlesWebsite
Adelaide Thunder Adelaide, SA 1988 (Founding Team)6 (Inaugural Champions)
Darwin Salties Darwin, NT 20220* (2023 Wheelchair Leagues Cup Champions)
Manly Wheel Eagles Northern Beaches, Sydney, NSW 20240
Perth Wheelcats Perth, WA 1988 (Founding Team)8
Red Dust Heelers Country VIC 20130
Southern District Spartans Brisbane, QLD 20240
Wollongong Roller Hawks Wollongong, NSW 20017

Former Teams

Champions

YearTeamReference
1988Adelaide 86ers [8]
1989Sydney Cobras [8]
1990Adelaide Steam [8]
1991Adelaide Steam [8]
1992Sydney Slix [8]
1993Adelaide Thunder [8]
1994Adelaide Thunder [8]
1995Adelaide Thunder [8]
1996Sydney Comets [8]
1997West Sydney Slix [8]
1998West Sydney Slix [8]
1999Sydney Comets [8]
2000Dandenong Rangers [8]
2001West Sydney Razorbacks [8]
2002Perth Wheelcats [8]
2003Wollongong Rollerhawks [8]
2004West Sydney Razorbacks [8]
2005West Sydney Razorbacks [8]
2006Perth Wheelcats [8]
2007Perth Wheelcats [8]
2008Perth Wheelcats [8]
2009Perth Wheelcats [8]
2010Perth Wheelcats [8]
2011Wollongong Rollerhawks [8]
2012Wollongong Rollerhawks [8]
2013Perth Wheelcats [8]
2014Perth Wheelcats [8]
2015Kilsyth Cobras [9]
2016Kilsyth Cobras [8]
2017Wollongong Rollerhawks [10]
2018Wollongong Rollerhawks [8]
2019Wollongong Rollerhawks [8]
2020Season Abandoned [2]
2021Season Abandoned [3]
2022Wollongong Rollerhawks [8]
2023Not Played [4]

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