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CEBL Championship Weekend

Championship Weekend
First played2019
Most recently played2024
Most recent championsNiagara River Lions (1)
Most titlesEdmonton Stingers (2)

The Championship Weekend is the annual championship tournament of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). Four teams play in a final four single-elimination tournament to determine the league champion. In addition to the host team, three teams qualify through regular season play or play-in games.[1]

Results

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Champions

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Year Champion Score Runner-up Semi-finalists Host city Finals MVP Ref
2019 Saskatchewan Rattlers 94–83 Hamilton Honey Badgers Edmonton Stingers (83–85 SSK)
Niagara River Lions (103–104 HAM) 		Saskatoon Alex Campbell [2]
2020[a] Edmonton Stingers 90–73 Fraser Valley Bandits Hamilton Honey Badgers (75–76 FRA)
Ottawa Blackjacks (75–88 EDM) 		St. Catharines Xavier Moon [3]
2021 Edmonton Stingers 101–65 Niagara River Lions Fraser Valley Bandits (84–82 NIA)
Ottawa Blackjacks (87-94 EDM) 		Edmonton Xavier Moon [4]
2022 Hamilton Honey Badgers 90–88 Scarborough Shooting Stars Niagara River Lions (93–81 SSS)
Ottawa Blackjacks (76–72 HAM) 		Ottawa Christian Vital [5]
2023 Scarborough Shooting Stars 82–70 Calgary Surge Niagara River Lions (74–71 SSS)
Vancouver Bandits (77–75 CGY) 		Langley Isiaha Mike [6]
2024 Niagara River Lions 97–95 Vancouver Bandits Calgary Surge (89–87 VAN)
Montreal Alliance (78–75 NIA) 		Montreal Khalil Ahmad [7]
2025 Winnipeg [8]

Results by teams

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Note: Statistics include the semi-finals and final of the 2020 Summer Series which was held in lieu of the Championship Weekend due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bold Team won that year's Championship Weekend
Italics Team hosted that year's Championship Weekend
Team Championships Runners-up Semi-final losses Total appearances Year(s) of appearance
Brampton Honey Badgers 1 1 1 3 2019, 2020, 2022
Calgary Surge 0 1 1 2 2023, 2024
Edmonton Stingers 2 0 1 3 2019, 2020, 2021
Montreal Alliance 0 0 1 1 2024
Niagara River Lions 1 1 3 5 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Ottawa Blackjacks 0 0 3 3 2020, 2021, 2022
Saskatchewan Rattlers 1 0 0 1 2019
Scarborough Shooting Stars 1 1 0 2 2022, 2023
Vancouver Bandits 0 2 2 4 2020, 2021 2023, 2024

Notes

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  1. ^ As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Championship Weekend was not held in Edmonton as originally planned. Instead, a single-site Summer Series tournament was held.

References

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  1. ^ Cvitkovic, Michael. "CANADIAN ELITE BASKETBALL LEAGUE ANNOUNCES 2020 GAME SCHEDULE". Canadian Elite Basketball League. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "CEBL 2019 CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND". Canadian Elite Basketball League. Archived from the original on 2019-07-30. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "CEBL 2020 CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND". Canadian Elite Basketball League. Archived from the original on 2019-12-23. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  4. ^ "Edmonton To Host 2021 CEBL Championship Weekend". Canadian Elite Basketball League. Archived from the original on 2021-06-21. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  5. ^ "City of Ottawa and Ottawa BlackJacks to host 2022 Championship Weekend". Canadian Elite Basketball League. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  6. ^ "Canadian Elite Basketball League Awards 2023 Championship Weekend to Fraser Valley". Canadian Elite Basketball League. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  7. ^ "Montréal to Host 2024 CEBL Championship Weekend". Canadian Elite Basketball League. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  8. ^ "Winnipeg to Host 2025 CEBL Championship Weekend". Canadian Elite Basketball League. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
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