Basketball Super League (North America)

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Basketball Super League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 Basketball Super League season
Sport Basketball
Founded 2023
President Dave Magley
No. of teams 6
Countries Canada
United States
Continents North America
Most recent champion(s) London Lightning (1st title)

The Basketball Super League is a professional basketball league based throughout Canada and the United States. The goal is to model the league after professional soccer and basketball leagues in Europe, by playing against teams in The Basketball League.[1][2] The most recent champions are the London Lightning who defeated the KW Titans 3-1 in the 2024 BSL finals.

History

On June 18, 2022, the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC) announced that The Basketball League President David Magley, a former NBL Commissioner, will work alongside Audley Stephenson, the current NBLC Commissioner in overseeing the growth of both leagues.[3]

For the 2021–22 season, the NBLC announced that they had agreed to inter-league series play with several teams from The Basketball League. The games played between the teams from the two leagues are included in their respective regular season standings for each league.[4]

On April 11, 2023, Dave Magley and announced the formation a new professional basketball league called the Basketball Super League is to begin on December 26, 2023. The league will consist of teams located in Canada and the United States. The KW Titans, London Lightning and the Sudbury Five from the National Basketball League of Canada would be the first three teams to join. .[5]

Teams

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Basketball Super League (North America) (Canada)

2023–24 teams

Team City Arena Capacity Founded Joined Head coach
KW Titans Kitchener, Ontario Kitchener Memorial Auditorium 7,312 2016 2023 Cliff Clinkscales
London Lightning London, Ontario Budweiser Gardens 9,046 2011 2023 Doug Plumb
Montreal Tundra Montreal, Quebec Centre Pierre Charbonneau 2,700 2022 2023 Damian Buckley
Newfoundland Rogues St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Mary Brown's Centre 6,750 2022 2023 Jerry Williams
Sudbury Five Greater Sudbury, Ontario Sudbury Community Arena 4,640[6] 2017 2023[7] Logan Stutz
Windsor Express Windsor, Ontario WFCU Centre 7,000 2012 2023 Bill Jones

Announced TBL teams

Team City Arena Capacity Founded Joined Head coach

References

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External links

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