QBL
Current season, competition or edition: 2017 Queensland Basketball League season
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 1986 |
| Inaugural season | 1986 |
| No. of teams |
M: 15 W: 15 |
| Country | Australia |
| Most recent champion(s) |
M: Townsville Heat (4th title) W: Brisbane Spartans (10th title) |
| Most titles |
M: Cairns Marlins (9 titles) W: Brisbane Spartans (10 titles) |
| Related competitions |
Southern Basketball League |
| Official website | QBL.basketballqld.com.au |
The Queensland Basketball League (QBL) is a semi-professional basketball league in Queensland, Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. The league is run by Basketball Queensland and has an affiliate development league called the Southern Basketball League (SBL).
The league was formed in 1986 as the Queensland State Basketball League. In 1994, the league merged with the South and East conferences of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) to form a North conference. 1998 saw further CBA expansion with the inclusion of a Central Conference from South Australia. The CBA was renamed the Australian Basketball Association (ABA) for the 1999 season and later added the Big V and the Waratah League for a total of six conferences. As a member of the ABA, the league took on the name of Queensland Australian Basketball League (QABL) in the early 2000s and set up a division system to separate the north and south teams within the state. The Sunstate (North Queensland) and Southern Cross (South Queensland) divisions were a big part of the league for a number of years, remaining in tacked up until the 2006 season. Following the 2006 season, the QABL restructured the competition, which saw the two divisions combining to have a statewide league of only one division for the 2007 season. In 2009, the QABL became known as the QBL following the demise of the Australian Basketball Association.
* Grand Final was a best-of-three series
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