11-691: Kilsyth Cobras is a NBL1 South club based in Melbourne , Victoria . The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 South. The club is a division of Kilsyth and Mountain District Basketball Association Inc. (K&MDBA), the major administrative basketball organisation in the City of Maroondah . The Cobras play their home games at Kilsyth Sports Centre. Kilsyth and Mountain District Basketball Association Inc. (K&MDBA)
22-625: A new competition known as NBL1 debuted in 2019 with the Cobras playing in the inaugural season . The women's team reached the grand final, where they defeated the Geelong Supercats 86–76 to win the NBL1 championship . Cobras guard Lauren Nicholson was named grand final MVP. The NBL1 South season did not go ahead in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . NBL1 South NBL1 South
33-528: A season in 2020 and only half a season in 2021. In October 2018, following the demise of the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL), Basketball Victoria announced a new senior elite league to take the reins as Australia's pre-eminent semi-professional basketball league. All Victorian-based SEABL teams joined the new league, while Eltham Wildcats , Knox Raiders , Ringwood Hawks and Waverley Falcons also joined
44-697: A victory over the Bulleen Boomers . In 1990, the Cobras were inaugural members of the SEABL women's competition. In 1997, the women's team made their first SEABL grand final and finished runners-up to the Frankston Blues . In 1998, the women's team won the SEABL championship and the ABA National championship. They went on to finish as SEABL runners-up again in 1999. In 1999, the men's team won
55-614: Is a semi-professional basketball league in Victoria and Tasmania , Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. In 2019, Basketball Victoria partnered with the National Basketball League (NBL) to create NBL1 . NBL1 South was the lone conference in 2019, with North , Central , West and East joining over the proceeding three years. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the NBL1 South did not have
66-685: The 2021 NBL1 South season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. With a combined 154 men's and women's games that could not be completed, it was decided to abandon the season with no champions and no individual awards. * Clubs that transferred from the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). ** Clubs that transferred from the Big V (Victoria). *** Clubs that transferred from
77-638: The NBL expanded the NBL1 in 2020 by introducing Basketball Victoria's inaugural 2019 league and teams as the new South Conference and partnering with Basketball Queensland and Basketball South Australia to make the Queensland Basketball League (QBL) and South Australian Premier League the new North and Central conferences. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020 season was cancelled for all three conferences. On 1 September 2021,
88-670: The SEABL East Conference championship but went on to lose in the ABA National grand final to the Geelong Supercats . In 2000, the men's team finished second in the South Conference and went on to reach the ABA National grand final, where they lost to the Hobart Chargers . In 2002, the women's team won the SEABL championship and the ABA National championship. In 2003, the women's team lost in
99-590: The SEABL grand final to the Bendigo Braves . In 2005 and 2007, the men's team lost in the South Conference grand final to the Braves. In 2008, the women's team won their third SEABL championship. In 2015 and 2016, the women's team won back-to-back South Conference titles but lost both years in the SEABL grand final to the Dandenong Rangers . After the demise of the SEABL following the 2018 season,
110-468: The league from the Big V . The North-West Tasmania Thunder men and Launceston Tornadoes women also kept their place, as did Basketball Australia 's Centre of Excellence teams. In February 2019, the league was named NBL1 after Basketball Victoria partnered with the National Basketball League (NBL). The NBL1 in 2019 was a single league and consisted of one conference. After a successful first season,
121-591: Was established in 1963. In 1987, Eastern Sports Development Ltd (ESD) was established to serve as the management body of Kilsyth Basketball. In 1984, the Kilsyth Cobras men's team debuted in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). In 1985, the Cobras finished fourth in the SEABL regular season and went on to reach the ABA National grand final , where they won the National championship with
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