1983 New Zealand NBL season

1983 New Zealand NBL season
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 8
Top seed Auckland
Finals champions Auckland
  Runners-up Wellington Saints

The 1983 New Zealand National Basketball League season was the second running of the competition. The bottom two ranked teams from the league's inaugural season, Hamilton and Palmerston North, were demoted to the Conference Basketball League (CBL), while 1982 CBL champions, Wellington and Napier (both future powerhouse teams), were promoted to the NBL for the 1983 season. Auckland won the championship in 1983 to claim their second league title, while first-timers Wellington, led by guard Kenny McFadden, finished runners-up.[1]

Final standings

# Team
Auckland
Wellington Saints
3 Napier Sunhawks
4 Waitemata
5 Canterbury Rams
6 Centrals
7 Nelson Giants
8 Porirua

Season awards

References

  1. 1 2 "2005 League Handbook" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. p. 32–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 24, 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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