UBA Pro Basketball League
Current season, competition or edition: 2016 UBA Pro Basketball League season | |
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 2015 |
| Inaugural season | 2015 |
| Owner(s) | United Basketball Alliance of India |
| CEO | Todd Mack |
| Motto | To developing the talent within India and providing higher levels of competition |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country | India |
| Most recent champion(s) | Chennai Slam |
| TV partner(s) |
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| Official website |
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The UBA Pro Basketball League is the first professional men's professional basketball tournament in India organized by United Basketball Alliance of India also known as UBA India. The main aim of the UBA is to promote the sport of basketball at the grassroots level in India by getting professionals teams into the game.[1]
Chennai Slam were crowned inaugural champions of UBA Pro Basketball League by beating Pune Peshwas 81-49 at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad.[2]
Format
The UBA Pro Basketball League is structured on a league cum knockout basis with final.
- 2015: 8 franchise teams were divided into two divisions North and South.[3] Teams played in double round-robin format during the regular season with teams within their respective division. Top two teams with the best records in league matches from each divisions were advanced to into the finals. The finals included only two semi-finals and the final. Inaugural season was held from 17 July - 30 July 2015 at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, Telangana.
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| N1 | North Div. Winner | ||||||||
| S2 | South Div. Runners-up | ||||||||
| N1 | Semi-final #1 Winner | ||||||||
| S1 | Semi-final #2 Winner | ||||||||
| N2 | North Div. Runners-up | ||||||||
| S1 | South Div. Winner | ||||||||
- 2016: From second season, the UBA schedule was each of its teams playing an equal number of regular season games with their won-loss records used to qualify for the league’s post-season. Each team will play each of its division opponents four times along with one cross division opponent, which will rotate each season. Each division will stage a one game play-in between its second and third place teams with the winner to face the first place team in a best-of-three semi final followed by a best-of-three final between the division winners to determine the UBA Champion.
| Play-offs | Semi-finals | Championship | |||||||||||
| North Division | N1 | North Div. Champion | |||||||||||
| N2 | North Div. Runners-up | N2 | North Div. P/O Winner | ||||||||||
| N3 | North Div. Third | N1 | Semi-Final Winner 1 | ||||||||||
| S1 | Semi-Final Winner 2 | ||||||||||||
| South Division | S1 | South Div. Champion | |||||||||||
| S2 | North Div. Runners-up | S2 | South Div. P/O Winner | ||||||||||
| S3 | North Div. Third | ||||||||||||
Teams
There are currently (in season 2) 8 franchise teams competing in the tournament divided into two divisions:[3][4]
North Division
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South Division
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List of Champions
| Year | Champions | Result | Runners-up | Ref. |
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| 2015 | Chennai Slam | 1–0 | Pune Peshwas | [5] |
| 2016 | Delhi Capitals | 2–1 | Chennai Slam | [6] |
| 2016 | Chennai Slam | 2–1 | Punjab Steelers | [7] |
References
- ↑ "What is the UBA Pro Basketball League?". SportsKeeda.com. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ↑ "UBA Pro Basketball League 2015: Chennai Slam crowned inaugural champions". Ekalavyas.com. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- 1 2 "UBA Pro basketball from tomorrow". TheHansIndia.com. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ "A bigger & better 'UBA Pro Basketball League Season 2' is here". Ekalavyas.com. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ "UBA Pro Basketball League 2015: Chennai Slam crowned inaugural champions". Sportskeeda. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ "UBA Pro Basketball League: Delhi Capitals crowned champions of Season 2 after beating Chennai Slam". Sportskeeda. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ "UBA Pro Basketball League: Chennai Slam crowned champions of Season 3 after beating Punjab Steelers". Sportskeeda. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
External links
- Official website
- UBA Pro Basketball League on Facebook
- UBA Pro Basketball League on Twitter
- UBA Pro Basketball League's channel on YouTube
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