UBA Pro Basketball League

UBA Pro Basketball League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2016 UBA Pro Basketball League season
Sport Basketball
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)

India:

Official website www.ubaindia.com

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.

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


  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

Teams State/City
Haryana Gold Haryana
Punjab Steelers Punjab, India
Delhi Capitals Delhi
Mumbai Challengers Mumbai

South Division

Teams State/City
Pune Peshwas Pune
Bengaluru Beast Bengaluru
Chennai Slam Chennai
Hyderabad Sky Hyderabad

List of Champions

Year Champions Result Runners-up Ref.
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

  1. "What is the UBA Pro Basketball League?". SportsKeeda.com. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  2. "UBA Pro Basketball League 2015: Chennai Slam crowned inaugural champions". Ekalavyas.com. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 "UBA Pro basketball from tomorrow". TheHansIndia.com. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  4. "A bigger & better 'UBA Pro Basketball League Season 2' is here". Ekalavyas.com. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  5. "UBA Pro Basketball League 2015: Chennai Slam crowned inaugural champions". Sportskeeda. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  6. "UBA Pro Basketball League: Delhi Capitals crowned champions of Season 2 after beating Chennai Slam". Sportskeeda. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  7. "UBA Pro Basketball League: Chennai Slam crowned champions of Season 3 after beating Punjab Steelers". Sportskeeda. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
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