National Basketball League of Canada

National Basketball League of Canada

Current season or competition: 2011–12 NBL Canada season
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2011
Motto	"It's Showtime!"
No. of teams	7
Country(ies)	Canada (7 teams)
Official website	http://www.nblcanada.com

For the league that played briefly in 2004, see Canadian National Basketball League.

The National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada) is a Canadian professional men's basketball league founded in 2011. For the first season, three teams formerly of the Premier Basketball League have joined, with four expansion teams officially joining to form the NBL's "Original Seven".

Teams

Current

These are the confirmed teams:^[1]

Kebs

Lightning

Power

Rainmen

Mill Rats

Storm

Miracles

Team	City	Arena (Capacity)
Halifax Rainmen	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Halifax Metro Centre (11,093)
London Lightning	London, Ontario	John Labatt Centre (9,100)
Moncton Miracles	Moncton, New Brunswick	Moncton Coliseum (7,200)
Oshawa Power	Oshawa, Ontario	General Motors Centre (5,113)
Quebec Kebs	Québec City, Québec	PEPS de L'Université Laval (2,000) 1
Saint John Mill Rats	Saint John, New Brunswick	Harbour Station (6,603)
Summerside Storm	Summerside, Prince Edward Island	Consolidated Credit Union Place (5,000)

1. The final two games of the Quebec Kebs' regular season will be played at the 15,176-seat Colisée Pepsi.

Former Canadian Basketball leagues

• National Basketball League 1993-94
• Canadian National Basketball League

References

1. ^ Teams, nblcanada.com, http://www.nblcanada.com/teams.php, retrieved 2011-05-12 

External links

• Official Website