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04/27 04:00 5 Manawatu Jets v Auckland Tuatara View
04/27 07:30 5 Southland Sharks v Canterbury Rams View
04/28 02:00 5 Franklin Bulls v Whai View
04/28 05:30 5 Nelson Giants v Taranaki Steelformers Airs View
05/01 07:30 6 Hawke’s Bay Hawks v Whai View
05/02 07:30 6 Canterbury Rams v Otago Nuggets View
05/03 07:30 6 Southland Sharks v Nelson Giants View
05/04 04:00 6 Taranaki Steelformers Airs v Franklin Bulls View
05/04 07:30 6 Auckland Tuatara v Hawke’s Bay Hawks View
05/05 03:00 6 Otago Nuggets v Nelson Giants View
05/05 06:00 6 Manawatu Jets v Wellington Saints View
05/08 07:30 7 Whai v Otago Nuggets View
05/09 07:30 7 Canterbury Rams v Taranaki Steelformers Airs View
05/10 07:30 7 Franklin Bulls v Southland Sharks View
05/11 04:00 7 Hawke’s Bay Hawks v Otago Nuggets View
05/11 07:30 7 Auckland Tuatara v Manawatu Jets View
05/12 03:00 7 Taranaki Steelformers Airs v Southland Sharks View
05/12 06:30 7 Wellington Saints v Nelson Giants View
05/15 07:30 8 Hawke’s Bay Hawks v Franklin Bulls View
05/16 07:30 8 Otago Nuggets v Auckland Tuatara View
05/17 07:30 8 Canterbury Rams v Whai View
05/18 04:00 8 Southland Sharks v Auckland Tuatara View
05/18 07:30 8 Taranaki Steelformers Airs v Manawatu Jets View
05/19 03:00 8 Franklin Bulls v Wellington Saints View
05/19 06:30 8 Nelson Giants v Whai View
05/22 07:30 9 Taranaki Steelformers Airs v Hawke’s Bay Hawks View
05/23 07:30 9 Whai v Canterbury Rams View
05/24 07:30 9 Auckland Tuatara v Nelson Giants View
05/25 04:00 9 Southland Sharks v Otago Nuggets View
05/25 07:30 9 Wellington Saints v Canterbury Rams View
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Wikipedia - National Basketball League (New Zealand)

The New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) is a men's semi-professional basketball league in New Zealand.

History

The 1980s ushered in a period of exceptional growth and popularity for basketball in New Zealand. Late in 1981, six men's teams – a mixture of club and provincial representative sides – went out alone and created an inaugural national league. It was enough of a success to come under the control of the New Zealand Basketball Federation the following year, when it grew in size and secured a naming sponsor. An allowance of two imported players (invariably Americans with college basketball experience) per team, and the fact that games were played in the evening indoors, helped turn the league into a new family entertainment option. Spectators filled gymnasiums and media coverage reached unprecedented levels. The early 1990s held dwindling fortunes for New Zealand basketball and many teams in the NZNBL, with reduced TV coverage, sponsorships, and crowd numbers. With the success of the Tall Blacks at the 2002 FIBA World Championship and the introduction of the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian NBL in 2003, basketball in New Zealand rose in popularity again.

The number of teams each season has constantly changed since the league's inception, with many promotions and relegations between the first division and second division during the 1980s and 1990s, as well as many withdrawals due to financial reasons. The league began with 8 teams in 1982, then peaked at 13 teams in 1995, before dropping to a low of 7 in 2016. In 2019, the Southern Huskies from Tasmania became the first ever Australian team to join a New Zealand competition. The league returned to 7 teams in 2020 following a revised small-scale format due to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2022, the league was hailed for reaching competitive balance after years of unbalanced competition, with evenly spread talent and resources across the ten teams.

**Nieuw-Zeeland - NBL**

De Nieuw-Zeeland National Basketball League (NBL) is de hoogste professionele basketbalcompetitie in Nieuw-Zeeland. De competitie werd opgericht in 1981 en bestaat momenteel uit acht teams die strijden om de kampioenstitel.

**Teams:**

* Auckland City Hawks
* Bay Hawks
* Canterbury Rams
* Franklin Bulls
* Hawke's Bay Hawks
* Nelson Giants
* Saints
* Wellington Saints

**Reglement:**

De NBL speelt een reguliere competitie waarbij elk team 28 wedstrijden speelt. De beste zes teams plaatsen zich voor de play-offs, die worden gespeeld in een best-of-three-formaat. De finale wordt gespeeld in een best-of-five-formaat.

**Geschiedenis:**

De NBL is een van de langstlopende professionele basketbalcompetities ter wereld. De Auckland City Hawks zijn het meest succesvolle team, met 13 kampioenstitels. Andere opvallende teams zijn de Canterbury Rams en de Wellington Saints.

**Internationale spelers:**

De NBL heeft een aantal opmerkelijke internationale spelers aangetrokken, waaronder NBA-spelers Sean Marks, Steven Adams en Tai Webster. De competitie heeft ook gediend als een springplank voor Nieuw-Zeelandse spelers die een professionele carrière in het buitenland nastreven.

**Cultuur:**

De NBL is een belangrijk onderdeel van de basketbalcultuur in Nieuw-Zeeland. De wedstrijden trekken grote menigten en worden uitgezonden op televisie. De competitie wordt ook ondersteund door een sterke fanbase en een groot aantal junior- en jeugdprogramma's.