NBL Finals

Format

1980–1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989–1991

1992–1996

1997–1998

1999

• The first round of the postseason sees the team that finishes in first place at the end of the regular season against the team that finishes sixth; second plays fifth, and third plays fourth.
• The three teams that win their respective best-of-three first-round series advances, and is joined in the semifinals by the highest-placed losing team from the first round.
• Teams are then seeded again for the best-of-three semifinal series. The three winning teams from the first round are seeded in order of their regular-season finishing positions, and the first-round loser automatically becomes the No. 4 seed.
• The two winning teams from the semifinals meet in a best-of-three Grand Final series to determine the champion.

  2000

2001–2003

• The first round of the postseason sees the team that finishes in first place at the end of the regular season against the team that finishes sixth; second plays fifth, and third plays fourth.
• The three teams that win their respective best-of-three first-round series advances, and is joined in the semifinals by the highest-placed losing team from the first round.
• Teams are then seeded again for the best-of-three semifinal series. The three winning teams from the first round are seeded in order of their regular-season finishing positions, and the first-round loser automatically becomes the No. 4 seed.
• The two winning teams from the semifinals meet in a best-of-three Grand Final series to determine the champion.

  2017–present

Finals appearances