The NBL1 East, formerly the Waratah League, is a semi-professional basketball league in
New South Wales
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and the
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938, is a landlocked federal territory of Australia containing the national capital Canberra and some surrounding townships. I ...
, comprising both a men's and women's competition. In 2021, Basketball New South Wales and the
National Basketball League (NBL) announced a partnership to bring
NBL1
NBL1 is a semi-professional basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Australia, consisting of NBL1 South, South, NBL1 North, North, NBL1 Central, Central, NBL1 West, West and NBL1 East, East Conferences with both men's and women's compet ...
to New South Wales in 2022, with NBL1 replacing the Waratah League. As a result, the Waratah League became the east conference of NBL1.
The Waratah League was previously a member of the
Australian Basketball Association
The Australian Basketball Association (ABA) was a semi-professional basketball entity based in Australia. The ABA was Australia's biggest basketball competition for many years. With over 120 teams participating across five leagues and six states ...
(ABA) from 2001 to 2008.
Current clubs
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* Teams that transferred from the Waratah League.''
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** Teams that transferred from other NBL1 conference.''
List of Champions
Premier Division
Waratah League
Source
Waratah League History
Notes
References
External links
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Waratah League official websiteBasketball New South Wales official website
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Sports leagues established in 1991
1991 establishments in Australia