Gold Coast Rollers is a

NBL1 North NBL1 North, formerly the Queensland Basketball League (QBL), is a semi-professional basketball league in Queensland and Northern Territory, Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. In 2020, Basketball Queensland partnered wit ...

club based in Gold Coast,

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. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 North. The club is a division of Gold Coast City Regional Basketball Association, the major administrative basketball organisation in the region. The Rollers play their home games at Carrara Indoor Stadium.

Club history

In 1959, the Gold Coast Amateur Basketball Association was established. The Queensland State Basketball League (QSBL) began in 1986, and in 1987, the Cougars men won their first championship. They went on to win their second title a year later, defeating the Townsville Suns in back-to-back grand finals. Following a

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team entering the National Basketball League in 1990, the club changed their name to Gold Coast Warriors. In 1994, the QSBL joined the

Continental Basketball Association The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) (originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association) was a men's professional basketball mi ...

(CBA) and became the association's North Conference; Gold Coast was one of 12 teams in the conference's inaugural season. In 1998, the Warriors hosted the CBA National Grand Finals, marking the first time the National Finals were held in Queensland. In 2002, the club went through name changes, with the men's team being renamed the Goannas and the women's team being renamed the Gliders. In 2007, the Goannas reached the QABL Grand Final series, where they were defeated 2–0 by the Cairns Marlins. In

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, both teams were rebranded as Gold Coast Rollers. In 2019, both teams made grand final appearances, with both finishing as runners-up. For the 2020 season, the Rollers joined the newly-established

, which replaced the QBL. In 2022, the Rollers men won the NBL1 North championship.

References

External links

Gold Coast Basketball's official website
* {{NBL1 North 1986 establishments in Australia Basketball teams established in 1986 Queensland Basketball League teams Basketball teams in Queensland Gold Coast Rollers Sport on the Gold Coast, Queensland