Conference Basketball League

Conference Basketball League (CBL)
SportBasketball
First season1981
Ceased2010
Country New Zealand
ContinentFIBA Oceania (Oceania)
Level on pyramid2
Related
competitions		New Zealand NBL
Official websitebasketball.org.nz/cbl

The Conference Basketball League (CBL) was a second-tiered men's semi-professional basketball league in New Zealand. During the 1980s and 1990s, the CBL served as a means of promotion and relegation between the National Basketball League (NBL). By the 2000s, it served as a means for associations to enter representative teams into a national division two competition. The CBL also served as a feeder league for development or academy squads of NBL teams.

History

The Conference Basketball League (CBL) ran every year between 1981 and 2008,[1] and consisted of multiple conferences throughout its lifetime, including northern, capital, central, and southern.[2] From seven teams in 1996, the CBL grew to 25 teams spread over four conferences in 1999.[3][4] The challenges facing the league by the late 2000s were similar to the national women's league, namely finding a format that teams could economically support.[5] Basketball New Zealand chose not to host the CBL in 2009,[6] before bringing it back in a one-off, five-day tournament in 2010.[1][5][7]

League results

Conference Basketball League
Finals Results[1]
Year Result Year Result
1981 1. Otago
2. New Plymouth		 1996 1. Waitakere Rangers
2. Pony Hibiscus Flash
1982 Northern
1. Exchequer Saints (Wgtn)
2. Burroughs Karori (Wgtn)
Invitation
1. Napier Sunhawks
2. Burroughs Karori (Wgtn)		 1997 1. North Otago Penguins
2. TransAlta Wellington
1983 Northern
1. Hamilton
2. New Plymouth
Southern
1. Burroughs Karori (Wgtn)
2. Otago		 1998 1. Smokefree Southland Sharks
2. North Otago Penguins
1984 1. Hertz New Plymouth
2. Palmerston North		 1999 1. North Otago Penguins
2. Masonic Hawks
1985 Northern
1. Truth North Shore
2. Waitemata
Southern
1. 4ZB Otago
2. Wanganui Wolfpack		 2000 1. North Otago Penguins
2. Kaikoura Whale Riders
1986 Northern
1. Rotorua
2. Cable Price Whangarei
Southern
1. Rheineck Wanganui
2. Speights Otago		 2001 1. Kaikoura Whale Riders
2. Wellington College Saints
1987 1. Waitemata
2. Abbey Mazda Northland		 2002 1. Treehouse Taranaki Stormers
2. Kaikoura Whale Riders
1988 1. U-Bix Palmerston North
2. Wainuiomata		 2003 1. Canterbury Knights
2. Hutt Valley
1989 1. Hutt Valley Lakers
2. Ultimate Fitness Porirua		 2004 1. Counties Manukau Spartans
2. BJ's Hutt Valley
1990 1. Governor's Wairarapa
2. Nelson Suns		 2005 1. Waikato Red
2. Hutt Valley
1991 1. Mobil Marters Northland
2. DB Hawera Hornets		 2006 1. Waikato Titans
2. Waitakere Rangers
1992 1. DB Royals New Plymouth
2. Mobil Marters Northland		 2007 1. Waikato Titans
2. Porirua
1993 1. 96 FM Rotorua Runnin' Rebels
2. Checkers Canterbury		 2008 1. Wellington Saints
2. Waikato Titans
1994 1. Mobil Marters Northland
2. Quality Hotel Rotorua Runnin' Rebels		 2009 No League
1995 1. Smokefree Southland Sharks
2. Quality Hotel Rotorua Runnin' Rebels		 2010 1. Hutt Valley
2. Porirua

CBL Zone 1

In 2009, North Harbour Basketball Association took on the responsibility of hosting the Conference Basketball League in the Auckland Region. The competition was predominantly run on the North Shore and was a zone 1 competition.[6] The league was rebranded as the Supercity Basketball Competition in 2010,[8][9] and then as the Senior Intercity Competition in 2011 and 2012,[10][11] although it was still colloquially known during this time as the Conference Basketball League.[12][13]

Results

Year Result Ref
2009 1. Harbour Heat Reserves
2. AUT		 [14][15]
2010 1. Breakers Academy
2. Waitakere		 [8]
2011 1. Waitakere West
2. Harbour Heat Reserves		 [12][16][non-primary source needed]
2012 1. Waitakere West
2. Northland Suns		 [11][13]

References

  1. ^ a b c "2010 Conference Basketball League" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 4–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2015.
  2. ^ "2006 Conference Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Conference Basketball League - CBL". plug.co.nz. Archived from the original on 11 November 1999.
  4. ^ "Conference Basketball League Tips Off". plug.co.nz. 28 April 1999. Archived from the original on 9 October 1999.
  5. ^ a b "2010 BBNZ Annual Report" (PDF). nz.basketball. p. 13 (25). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  6. ^ a b "CBL Zone 1 2009". SportsTG.com. Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc. Retrieved 17 July 2019. BBNZ are not hosting it this year so we are very fortunate that North Harbour have taken the CBL tournament on board.
  7. ^ "Hutt Take Title". Basketball.org.nz. 30 July 2010. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015.
  8. ^ a b "SuperCity Basketball Championships". SportsTG.com. Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Team look on the sunny side". The New Zealand Herald. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015. ...in the SCBC, the renamed Conference Basketball League.
  10. ^ "Senior Provisional Intercity Competition". SportsTG.com. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Waitakere West winning the 2012 Senior Intercity Competition". SportsTG.com. Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  12. ^ a b "NZ Breakers Academy Fall Short in the Semis". NZBreakers.co.nz. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013.
  13. ^ a b "Breakers Academy 4th in Conference Basketball League". NZBreakers.co.nz. 16 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013.
  14. ^ "Harbour Heat reserves – 2009 CBL Champoins [sic]". FoxSportsPulse.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  15. ^ "CBL Zone 1 2009". SportingPulse.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010.
  16. ^ "WWABi Mens SPL Champions". Facebook.com. Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2019.