2022 CEBL season

2022 CEBL season
LeagueCanadian Elite Basketball League
SportBasketball
DurationSeason: May 25 – August 1
Play in games: August 4
Playoffs: August 6–14
Number of games20 per team
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)CBC Sports
Draft
Top draft pickDavid Muenkat
Picked byScarborough Shooting Stars
Regular season
Top seedHamilton Honey Badgers
Season MVPKhalil Ahmad (Niagara)
Top scorerKhalil Ahmad (Niagara)
Championship weekend
VenueTD Place Arena
Ottawa, Ontario
ChampionsHamilton Honey Badgers
  Runners-upScarborough Shooting Stars
Finals MVPChristian Vital
Seasons

The 2022 CEBL season was the fourth season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). It began on May 25, 2022, and ended on August 1, 2022. There will be play-in games on August 4 where the 5th to 8th seed will compete to play in the playoffs. The playoffs will start on August 6.[1] The Championship weekend will be from August 12 to the 14; the Ottawa Blackjacks will be hosting the event.[2] It is also the inaugural season for the Montreal Alliance, Newfoundland Growlers, and the Scarborough Shooting Stars. The Hamilton Honey Badgers defeated the Scarborough Shooting Stars 90–88, for their first CEBL championship in franchise history. They will represent Canada in the 2022-23 BCL Americas season.

Teams

2022 Canadian Elite Basketball League
Team City Arena Capacity
Edmonton Stingers Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton Expo Centre 4,000
Fraser Valley Bandits Langley, British Columbia Langley Events Centre 5,276
Guelph Nighthawks Guelph, Ontario Sleeman Centre 4,715
Hamilton Honey Badgers Hamilton, Ontario FirstOntario Centre 17,383
Montreal Alliance Montreal, Quebec Verdun Auditorium 4,100
Newfoundland Growlers St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Field House at Memorial University 2,500
Niagara River Lions St. Catharines, Ontario Meridian Centre 4,030
Ottawa Blackjacks Ottawa, Ontario TD Place Arena 9,500
Saskatchewan Rattlers Saskatoon, Saskatchewan SaskTel Centre 15,100
Scarborough Shooting Stars Toronto, Ontario Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre 2,000

Map of teams

CEBL Teams

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Hamilton Honey Badgers (C) 20 14 6 1697 1570 +127 .700 Advance to championship weekend
2 Niagara River Lions 20 13 7 1763 1643 +120 .650 Advance to quarter-finals
3 Scarborough Shooting Stars 20 12 8 1716 1656 +60 .600
4 Fraser Valley Bandits 20 12 8 1718 1736 −18 .600 Advance to play in games
5 Saskatchewan Rattlers 20 11 9 1665 1749 −84 .550
6 Edmonton Stingers 20 10 10 1701 1691 +10 .500
7 Guelph Nighthawks 20 10 10 1753 1760 −7 .500
8 Ottawa Blackjacks (H) 20 8 12 1740 1721 +19 .400 Advance to championship weekend[a]
9 Newfoundland Growlers 20 6 14 1699 1775 −76 .300
10 Montreal Alliance 20 4 16 1523 1668 −145 .200
Source: CEBL
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ Automatically qualified for championship weekend as the host team.

Results

Teams EDM FRA GUE HAM MON NEW NIA OTT SSK SSS EDM FRA GUE HAM MON NEW NIA OTT SSK SSS
Edmonton Stingers — 81–84 101–100 81–87 85–72 120–69 74–86 96–88 84–71 69–78 — 91–100
Fraser Valley Bandits 86–80 — 79–87 68–80 97–81 94–92 99–102 95–88 90–78 92–89 — 86–93
Guelph Nighthawks 95–101 85–90 — 89–83 86–84 89–82 84–95 86–79 104–82 89–80 — 96–80
Hamilton Honey Badgers 81–88 70–71 103–85 — 80–72 95–91 79–83 86–75 107–86 84–70 95–76 —
Montreal Alliance 60–64 89–72 94–74 72–79 — 71–94 64–76 86–80 72–82 80–70 — 85–105
Newfoundland Growlers 74–89 81–88 80–87 68–86 84–83 — 87–95 85–86 83–60 88–95 — 93–91
Niagara River Lions 77–79 86–95 101–88 73–76 87–62 98–97 — 89–78 81–86 75–86 97–69 —
Ottawa Blackjacks 92–84 87–90 73–83 104–95 81–62 80–94 86–90 — 101–50 81–98 100–79 —
Saskatchewan Rattlers 97–85 86–77 84–81 74–81 98–86 90–71 92–89 92–90 — 83–99 92–90 —
Scarborough Shooting Stars 97–74 101–86 94–89 69–84 78–68 99–81 70–93 90–91 85–91 — 75–72 —
Source: https://www.cebl.ca/result2fiba
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Attendance

As of August 3, 2022[A]
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Montreal Alliance 29,290 3,500 2,214 2,929 n/a†
2 Niagara River Lions 22,737 3,247 1,549 2,274 n/a†
3 Ottawa Blackjacks 18,159 3,538 1,408 1,816 n/a†
4 Edmonton Stingers 17,300 3,000 800 1,922 n/a†
5 Scarborough Shooting Stars 14,682 2,280 1,317 1,631 n/a†
6 Hamilton Honey Badgers 18,109 2,904 1,260 1,811 n/a†
7 Guelph Nighthawks 13,341 2,992 780 1,482 n/a†
8 Newfoundland Growlers 1,892 1,084 808 946 n/a†
9 Fraser Valley Bandits n/a†
10 Saskatchewan Rattlers n/a†
League total 91,192 3,538 780 1,824 n/a†

Source: [1]

Play in round

Play in games

August 4
7:00pm
Saskatchewan Rattlers 94, Edmonton Stingers 91
Scoring by quarter: 29–12, 22–23, 17–25, 26–31
Pts: Devonte Bandoo 22
Rebs: Jordy Tshimanga 11
Asts: Devonte Bandoo 9		 Pts: Adika Peter—Mcneilly 19
Rebs: Jordan Baker 11
Asts: Trahson Burrell 5
SaskTel Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Attendance: N/A
Referees: Vernon Bovell, Mitch Strom, Chris Buccella
August 4
7:30pm
Fraser Valley Bandits 85, Guelph Nighthawks 90
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 11–25, 26–19, 23–21
Pts: Brandon Gilbeck 21
Rebs: Alex Campbell, Shane Gibson, Brandon Gilbeck 6
Asts: Marek Klassen 10		 Pts: Ahmed Hill 27
Rebs: Giorgi Bezhanishvili 10
Asts: Stefan Smith 5
Langley Events Centre, Langley, B.C.
Attendance: N/A
Referees: Tanner Cervo, Reed Scott, Tony Turnbull

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarter-finals
August 6 & 7 		Semi-finals
August 12 		Final
August 14
         
1 Hamilton 76
8 Ottawa 72
1 Hamilton 90
3 Scarborough 88
2 Niagara 99
7 Guelph 78
2 Niagara 81
3 Scarborough 93
3 Scarborough 108
5 Saskatchewan 96

Quarter-finals

August 6
7:00pm
Guelph Nighthawks 78, Niagara River Lions 99
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 12–36, 28–21, 16–25
Pts: Ahmed Hill 17
Rebs: Sean Miller-Moore 6
Asts: Cat Barber 6		 Pts: EJ Onu 28
Rebs: Daniel Walden-Mullings 11
Asts: Elijah Mitrou-Long 6
Sleeman Centre Guelph, Ontario
Attendance: 1408
Referees: Tony Turnbull, Christine Vuong, Chris Buccella
August 7
3:00pm
Scarborough Shooting Stars 108, Saskatchewan Rattlers 96
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 20–22, 36–25, 29—32
Pts: Jalen Harris, Kassius Robertson 24
Rebs: Teddy Allen 7
Asts: Kalif Young 4		 Pts: Tony Carr 21
Rebs: Tony Carr 13
Asts: Tony Carr 15
Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, Scarborough, Ontario
Attendance: 1612
Referees: Jayson Stiell, Frank Rizzuti Robb, Caporicci

Championship Weekend

Semi-finals

August 12
4:00pm
Niagara River Lions 81, Scarborough Shooting Stars 93
Scoring by quarter: 26-14, 9–19, 21–27, 25–33
Pts: EJ Onu 26
Rebs: Antonio Davis Jr 8
Asts: Khalil Ahmad, Antonio Davis Jr 6		 Pts: Jalen Harris, Kameron Chatman 22
Rebs: Jalen Harris, Isiaha Mike 8
Asts: Jalen Harris 6
TD Place Arena, Ottawa, Ontario
Attendance: N/A
Referees: Michael Weiland, Tony Turnbull, MP Malo
August 12
7:00pm
Hamilton Honey Badgers 76, Ottawa Blackjacks 72
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 22–17, 23–18, 19–17
Pts: Christian Vital 16
Rebs: Koby Mcewen 9
Asts: Celeb Agada, Jeremiah Tilman 5		 Pts: Zena Edosomwan 14
Rebs: Zena Edosomwan 10
Asts: Walt Lemon Jr 6
TD Place Arena, Ottawa, Ontario
Attendance: 2827
Referees: Jayson Stiell, Robb Caporicci, Tanner Cervo

Final

August 14
3:30pm
Hamilton Honey Badgers 90, Scarborough Shooting Stars 88
Scoring by quarter: 26—25, 25–19, 18—15, 21—29
Pts: Christian Vital 17
Rebs: Caleb Agada 7
Asts: Caleb Agada 5		 Pts: Kassius Robertson 23
Rebs: Kyle Alexander 7
Asts: Kassius Robertson 5
TD Place Arena, Ottawa, Ontario
Attendance: 2788
Referees: Jayson Stiell, Tony Turnbull, MP Malo
The winning free-throw for Hamilton

Awards

Source:[3]

All-CEBL teams

First Team[4] Pos. Second Team
Player Team Player Team
Isiaha Mike Scarborough Shooting Stars F Jordan Baker Edmonton Stingers
Caleb Agada Hamilton Honey Badgers G Christian Vital Hamilton Honey Badgers
Jalen Harris Scarborough Shooting Stars G Brandon Sampson Newfoundland Growlers
Khalil Ahmad Niagara River Lions G Cat Barber Guelph Nighthawks
Tony Carr Saskatchewan Rattlers G Shane Gibson Fraser Valley Bandits

All-Canadian team

Pos. Player Team
F Thomas Kennedy Fraser Valley Bandits
F Jordan Baker Edmonton Stingers
F Isiaha Mike Scarbororough Shooting Stars
G Caleb Agada Hamilton Honey Badgers
G AJ Lawson Guelph Nighthawks

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Category Player Team(s) Statistic
Points per game Khalil Ahmad Niagara River Lions 21.1
Rebounds per game Jordan Baker Edmonton Stingers 9.4
Assists per game Tony Carr Saskatchewan Rattlers 6.5
Steals per game Christian Vital Hamilton Honey Badgers 2.2
Blocks per game EJ Onu Niagara River Lions 3.3
FG% Jeremiah Tilman Hamilton Honey Badgers 63.9%
3P% Isiaha Mike Scarborough Shooting Stars 47.4%

Notes

  1. ^ The attendances for Fraser Valley, Saskatchewan, Ottawa (June 21), Guelph (June 25), Scarborough (June 26) and Edmonton (June 30) home games hasn't been announced. Newfoundland have only announced attendance for games on June 5 and June 12.

References

  1. ^ "CEBL 2022 Season to Feature Record Number of Games". CEBL. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  2. ^ "City of Ottawa and Ottawa BlackJacks to host 2022 Championship Weekend". CEBL. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  3. ^ "Canadian Elite Basketball League Announces 2020 Cebl Awards Categories And Winner Reveal Dates". cebl.ca. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  4. ^ "All-CEBL First And Second Teams Revealed As Part of CEBL Awards". cebl.ca. August 28, 2020.