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Wikipedia - NBL1 South
NBL1 South is a semi-professional basketball league in Victoria and Tasmania, Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. In 2019, Basketball Victoria partnered with the National Basketball League (NBL) to create NBL1. NBL1 South was the lone conference in 2019, with North, Central, West and East joining over the proceeding three years. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NBL1 South did not have a season in 2020 and only half a season in 2021.
History
In October 2018, following the demise of the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL), Basketball Victoria announced a new senior elite league to take the reins as Australia's pre-eminent semi-professional basketball league. All Victorian-based SEABL teams joined the new league, while Eltham Wildcats, Knox Raiders, Ringwood Hawks and Waverley Falcons also joined the league from the Big V. The North-West Tasmania Thunder men and Launceston Tornadoes women also kept their place, as did Basketball Australia's Centre of Excellence teams. In February 2019, the league was named NBL1 after Basketball Victoria partnered with the National Basketball League (NBL).
The NBL1 in 2019 was a single league and consisted of one conference. After a successful first season, the NBL expanded the NBL1 in 2020 by introducing Basketball Victoria's inaugural 2019 league and teams as the new South Conference and partnering with Basketball Queensland and Basketball South Australia to make the Queensland Basketball League (QBL) and South Australian Premier League the new North and Central conferences. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 season was cancelled for all three conferences.
On 1 September 2021, the 2021 NBL1 South season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. With a combined 154 men's and women's games that could not be completed, it was decided to abandon the season with no champions and no individual awards.
Die NBL1 South ist eine australische Basketballliga, die aus acht Mannschaften aus den Bundesstaaten South Australia, Victoria und Tasmanien besteht. Die Liga ist die zweithöchste Stufe des australischen Basketballs unterhalb der NBL.
Die NBL1 South wurde 2019 gegründet und ersetzte die SEABL (South East Australian Basketball League). Die Liga spielt von März bis August und der Meister qualifiziert sich für die NBL1 Finals, um den nationalen Meister zu ermitteln.
Zu den bekanntesten Mannschaften der NBL1 South gehören die Adelaide 36ers, die Bendigo Braves, die Frankston Blues und die Mount Gambier Pioneers. Die Liga ist für ihr hohes Niveau und ihre Wettbewerbsfähigkeit bekannt und viele Spieler haben die NBL1 South als Sprungbrett in die NBL oder andere internationale Ligen genutzt.