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New Zealand NBL

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Established
1981 (43 years old)

First Recorded Event
2010-03-04

Current Season
2024

API Football ID
66

Sport
Basketball

Location
New Zealand

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - ESPN [2020-2021]

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18/05	Southland Sh	-	Auckland Tua		4:00am
18/05	Taranaki Air	-	Manawatu Jet		7:30am
19/05	Franklin Bul	-	Wellington S		1:00am
19/05	Nelson Giant	-	Tauranga Wha		6:30am
22/05	Taranaki Air	-	Hawkes Bay H		7:30am
23/05	Tauranga Wha	-	Canterbury R		7:30am
24/05	Auckland Tua	-	Nelson Giant		7:30am
25/05	Southland Sh	-	Otago Nugget		4:00am
25/05	Wellington S	-	Canterbury R		7:30am
26/05	Franklin Bul	-	Nelson Giant		6:30am
Results
17/05	Canterbury R	96 - 76	Tauranga Wha
16/05	Otago Nugget	78 - 87	Auckland Tua
15/05	Hawkes Bay H	79 - 101	Franklin Bul
12/05	Taranaki Air	102 - 78	Southland Sh
12/05	Wellington S	96 - 105	Nelson Giant
11/05	Auckland Tua	110 - 72	Manawatu Jet
11/05	Hawkes Bay H	116 - 105	Otago Nugget
10/05	Franklin Bul	109 - 75	Southland Sh
09/05	Canterbury R	86 - 83	Taranaki Air
08/05	Tauranga Wha	70 - 69	Otago Nugget

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The National Basketball League (NBL) is a men's semi-professional basketball league in New Zealand.

In 1981, a group of club and provincial teams came together to create a men's national basketball league. The following year, the league was brought under the management of the New Zealand Basketball Federation. The league quickly grew in size and popularity due to the influx of sponsors and American import players. The early 1990s held dwindling fortunes for New Zealand basketball, with reduced TV coverage, sponsorships, and crowd numbers. The sport's popularity increased in the 2000s with the success of the Tall Blacks and the introduction of the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian NBL.

In the early days, Auckland, Canterbury and Wellington were the benchmark teams of the league. During the 1990s, Auckland and Nelson were the teams to beat, before Waikato joined Auckland as the dominant sides during the 2000s. During the 2010s, Wellington and Southland became the league's premier teams.


Seasons

2024		2023		2022		2021

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Teams

Auckland Tuatar		Canterbury Rams		Franklin Bulls		Hawkes Bay Hawk
Manawatu Jets		Nelson Giants		Otago Nuggets		Southland Shark
Taranaki Airs		Tauranga Whai		Wellington Sain

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