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Basketball in Australia
Ten-time NBL champions, the Perth Wildcats
CountryAustralia
Governing bodyBasketball Australia
National team(s)Basketball
Nickname(s)Boomers (Men)
Opals (Women)
First played23 February 1897, Adelaide, South Australia
Clubs93 (Men)
90 (Women)
183 (Total)
National competitions
List
    • Summer Olympics
    • FIBA Oceania Championship
    • FIBA Oceania Championship for Women
    • FIBA Basketball World Cup
    • FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
Club competitions
List
    • Professional
      • National Basketball League
      • Women's National Basketball League
    • Semi-professional
      • Big V
      • NBL1 Central
      • NBL1 North
      • NBL1 South
      • NBL1 West
      • NBL1 East
Audience records
Single match17,514 (2019) NBL: Sydney Kings v. Illawarra Hawks (Qudos Bank Arena)
Season896,408 - 2019–20 NBL season

Basketball is a sport played both indoors and outdoors in Australia. Basketball is the number two sport globally with over 200 countries participating and over 450 million players. According to research by Sweeney Sports, one in three Australians has an interest in basketball. Furthermore, basketball is played by approximately one million men, women, boys, and girls throughout Australia. According to Basketball Australia, as of March 2014, basketball is the second highest team participation sport in Australia.[1]

Basketball in Australia experienced a golden age in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, during which the National Basketball League saw its halcyon days. However, its popularity, media attention, attendance, and corporate support deteriorated during the 2000s. From the mid-2010s, the sport saw renewed interest following a record number of Australians playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the United States.[2]

  1. ^ "Basketball Australia: Key Facts". SportsTG.com. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference turner was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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