Conference Basketball League
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Basketball New Zealand logo | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Inaugural season | 1981 |
| Ceased | 2010 |
| Country |
 New Zealand |
| Continent | FIBA Oceania (Oceania) |
| Level on pyramid | 2 |
| Related competitions | New Zealand NBL |
| Official website | CBL |
The Conference Basketball League (CBL) was a second-tiered men's semi-professional basketball league in New Zealand. It sat under the National Basketball League (NBL) as a development league from 1981 to 2008 until taking a break in 2009 and being replaced by the Conference Basketball League Zone 1 which ran in the Auckland Region. The initial CBL returned in 2010 in a diminished form and later ceased to operate after that. The CBL Zone 1 continued to operate in the years after but was later replaced with new competitions such as the Mexicali Fresh Summer Jam and the National Basketball Championships (NBC).
History
In 1981, a group of club and provincial teams came together to create the Conference Basketball League (CBL).[1] Prior to 1981, games were organised between neighbouring representative teams, or in annual tournaments organised as club or provincial national tournaments. Other competitions were also held during Easter tournaments or in small regional leagues. However, the following year, the National Basketball League (NBL) was established and the CBL became a feeder league to the NBL. Future NBL powerhouse team, the Wellington Saints, started off in the CBL where they won the 1982 league title, which promoted them to the NBL. Other teams like New Plymouth, Hutt Valley, Northland, Southland, Palmerston North and Napier also started in the CBL before joining the NBL. The CBL often acted as a development league in which NBL teams would have young players compete in the CBL with an affiliated junior team.
After Basketball New Zealand decided not to host the CBL in 2009 for the first time in league history, North Harbour Basketball Association took on the responsibility. However, the competition was predominantly run in the North Harbour area and was a Zone 1 competition, meaning the teams were made up from associations within and around the Auckland Region.[2] In 2010, Basketball New Zealand re-launched the initial CBL brand and ran a five-day competition with the assistance of the Porirua Basketball Association.[3] Despite Basketball New Zealand's running of the CBL, the CBL Zone 1 was also held in 2010 under the name of the Supercity Basketball Competition.[4][5] Basketball New Zealand again disbanded the CBL in 2011, but the Zone 1 competition continued to operate for a further two years under the name of the Senior Intercity Competition until in 2013, the inaugural Mexicali Fresh Summer Jam was held in Auckland during the NBL off-season.[6] The following year, Basketball New Zealand introduced the National Basketball Championship (NBC) as their newest competition.[7]
List of Champions
| Year | CBL Champion | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Otago | New Plymouth |
| 1982 | Exchequer Saints (Northern) & Napier Sunhawks (Invitation) | Burroughs Karori (Northern & Invitation) |
| 1983 | Hamilton (Northern) & Burroughs Karori (Southern) | New Plymouth (Northern) & Otago (Southern) |
| 1984 | New Plymouth | Palmerston North |
| 1985 | Truth North Shore (Northern) & Otago (Southern) | Waitemata (Northern) & Wanganui Wolfpack (Southern) |
| 1986 | Rotorua (Northern) & Wanganui (Southern) | Cable Price Whangarei (Northern) & Otago (Southern) |
| Year | CBL Champion | Result | Runner-up | MVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Waitemata | Abbey Mazda Northland | ||
| 1988 | Palmerston North | Wainuiomata | ||
| 1989 | Hutt Valley Lakers | Porirua | ||
| 1990 | Wairarapa | Nelson Suns | ||
| 1991 | Mobil Marters Northland | Hawera Hornets | ||
| 1992 | New Plymouth | Mobil Marters Northland | ||
| 1993 | Rotorua Runnin' Rebels | Checkers Canterbury | ||
| 1994 | Mobil Marters Northland | Rotorua Runnin' Rebels | ||
| 1995 | Southland Sharks | Rotorua Runnin' Rebels | ||
| 1996 | Waitakere Rangers | Hibiscus Flash | ||
| 1997 | North Otago Penguins | TransAlta Wellington | ||
| 1998 | Southland Sharks | North Otago Penguins | ||
| 1999 | North Otago Penguins | Masonic Hawks | ||
| 2000 | North Otago Penguins | 83 – 71 | Kaikoura Whale Riders | Leonard King (North Otago)[8] |
| 2001 | Kaikoura Whale Riders | Wellington College Saints[9] | ||
| 2002 | Taranaki Stormers | 85 – 81 | Kaikoura Whale Riders | Willie Banks (Taranaki)[10] |
| 2003 | Canterbury Knights | 80 – 69 | Hutt Valley | Boyd Smart (Canterbury)[11] |
| 2004 | Counties Manukau Spartans | 81 – 77 | Hutt Valley | Glynn Turner (Counties Manukau)[12] |
| 2005 | Waikato Red | 91 – 74 | Hutt Valley | Earl Smith (Waikato)[13] |
| 2006 | Waikato Titans | 96 – 81 | Waitakere Rangers | David Burgess (Waikato)[14] |
| 2007 | Waikato Titans | 94 – 92 | Porirua | Mason Le Pou (Waikato)[15][16] |
| 2008 | Wellington Saints | 90 – 84 | Waikato Titans | Arthur Trousdell (Wellington)[17] |
| 2009 | Not held | |||
| 2010 | Hutt Valley | 111 – 95 | Porirua | Leon Henry (Hutt Valley)[18] |
| Year | Zone 1 Champion | Result | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Harbour Heat Reserves | 110 – 93 | AUT[19] |
| 2010 | Breakers Academy | 72 – 58 | Waitakere[4] |
| 2011 | Waitakere West | Harbour Heat Reserves | |
| 2012 | Waitakere West | 78 – 67 | Northland Suns[20][21] |
References
- ↑ "Story: Basketball". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ↑ "CBL Zone 1 2009". FoxSportsPulse.com. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "2010 Conference Basketball League" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2015.
- 1 2 "SuperCity Basketball Championships". FoxSportsPulse.com. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "Team look on the sunny side". NZHerald.co.nz. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "Mexicali Fresh Summer Jam 2013". Facebook.com. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "NBC LAUNCHED THIS WEEK". Basketball.org.nz. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "2000 Conference Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "2001 Conference Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "2002 Conference Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "2003 Conference Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "2004 Conference Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "2005 Conference Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "2006 Conference Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "2007 Conference Basketball League – Finals". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015.
- ↑ "Titans CBL Three-peat". Basketball.org.nz. 28 August 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007.
- ↑ "2008 Annual Results" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. p. 4. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "Hutt Take Title". Basketball.org.nz. 30 July 2010. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015.
- ↑ "Harbour Heat reserves - 2009 CBL Champoins [sic]". FoxSportsPulse.com. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "Waitakere West winning the 2012 Senior Intercity Competition". FoxSportsPulse.com. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "Breakers Academy 4th In Conference Basketball League". NZBreakers.co.nz. 16 October 2012. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2015.