NBL1 South


NBL1 South is a NBL1 conference based in South East Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. In 2019, Basketball Victoria partnered with the National Basketball League to create NBL1 to replace the South East Australian Basketball League, Australia's pre-eminent semi-professional basketball league between 1981 and 2018. Following the merge of NBL1 and the Queensland Basketball League, the teams based in Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and South Australia joined the newly created South Conference of NBL1.

History

After a successful first season, NBL1 announced in October 2019 that it would be expanding into Queensland for the 2020 season. In January 2020, NBL1 expanded with the establishment of North and South Conferences for the 2020 season. As a result, the 2019 NBL1 teams formed the new South Conference. Whilst the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence team and the now-defunct Hobart Huskies withdrew ahead of the 2020 season, the Hobart Chargers and Mount Gambier Pioneers joined the conference and kept the number of teams at 18. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 season was cancelled.

Current clubs

* Teams that transferred from the South East Australian Basketball League.
** Teams that transferred from the Big V.
*** Teams that transferred from the Premier League.

Former and defunct teams