List of NBL1 East champions

The champion teams of the NBL1 East, previously known as the Waratah League, are determined annually by a grand final championship day hosted by Basketball New South Wales.[1]

Champions

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Results by year

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Year Men's Champion Result Men's Runner-up Women's Champion Result Women's Runner-up Ref
1991 Goulburn Bears Wagga Wolves Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Parramatta Wildcats [1]
1992 Sydney Sonics Bankstown Bruins Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Albury Cougars
1993 Bankstown Bruins Albury Cougars Sutherland Sharks Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
1994 Parramatta Wildcats Bankstown Bruins Wagga Wolves Bankstown Bruins
1995 ACT Parramatta Wildcats Sutherland Sharks ACT
1996 Bankstown Bruins Wagga Wolves Parramatta Wildcats ACT
1997 Bankstown Bruins Wagga Heat Bankstown Bruins Hills Hornets
1998 Illawarra Hawks Bankstown Bruins Bankstown Bruins Hills Hornets
1999 Illawarra Hawks Bankstown Bruins Bankstown Bruins ACT
2000 Newcastle Hunters Sutherland Sharks ACT Academy Norths Bears
2001 Illawarra Hawks Norths Bears ACT Academy Norths Bears
2002 Sydney Comets Norths Bears ACT Academy Norths Bears
2003 Sydney Comets 102–80 Hills Hornets Bankstown Bruins 101–75 Illawarra Hawks [2][3]
2004 Sydney Comets 101–83 Newcastle Hunters Bankstown Bruins 69–66 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles [4][5]
2005 Sydney Comets Newcastle Hunters Bankstown Bruins Canberra Nationals [1]
2006 Sutherland Sharks Parramatta Wildcats Bankstown Bruins Sydney Comets [1]
2007 Sutherland Sharks Sydney Comets Hornsby Spiders Bankstown Bruins [1]
2008 Sutherland Sharks Newcastle Hunters Sydney Comets Bankstown Bruins [1]
2009 Parramatta Wildcats 109–104 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Hornsby Spiders 90–67 Bankstown Bruins [6][7]
2010 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 65–60 Maitland Mustangs Bankstown Bruins 74–67 Canberra Nationals [8][9]
2011 Illawarra Hawks 81–71 Newcastle Hunters Canberra Nationals 66–35 Bankstown Bruins [10][11][12]
2012 Norths Bears 77–66 Sydney Comets Bankstown Bruins 72–57 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles [13][14]
2013 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 78–69 Sydney Comets Illawarra Hawks 62–54 Hornsby Spiders [15][16]
2014 Norths Bears 100–85 Sydney Comets Hornsby Spiders 94–63 Hills Hornets [17][18]
2015 Sydney Comets 69–67 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Bankstown Bruins 75–64 Sutherland Sharks [19][20]
2016 Bankstown Bruins 79–72 Sydney Comets Newcastle Hunters 55–50 Illawarra Hawks [21][22]
2017 Norths Bears 92–78 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 58–56 Norths Bears [23][24]
2018 Newcastle Hunters 73–67 Norths Bears Norths Bears 90–70 Sutherland Sharks [25][26]
2019 Central Coast Crusaders 74–72 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Newcastle Hunters 86–61 Canberra Nationals [27][28]
2020 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 83–73 Sutherland Sharks Norths Bears 81–71 Central Coast Crusaders [29][30]
2021 BA Centre of Excellence
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
 –  – Sutherland Sharks
Newcastle Hunters
 –  – [a]
2022 Canberra Gunners 76–73 Maitland Mustangs Albury Wodonga Bandits 85–72 Sutherland Sharks [32][33]
2023 Sutherland Sharks 83–80 Maitland Mustangs Norths Bears 71–56 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles [34][35]
2024 Maitland Mustangs 86–67 Canberra Gunners Newcastle Falcons 85–78 Sutherland Sharks [36][37]

Results by teams

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Men Women
Teams   Year(s) won Teams   Year(s) won
Sydney Comets 5 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2015 Bankstown Bruins 10 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2015
Bankstown Bruins 4 1993, 1996, 1997, 2016 Newcastle Hunters/Falcons 4 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024
Illawarra Hawks 4 1998, 1999, 2001, 2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 3 1991, 1992, 2017
Sutherland Sharks 4 2006, 2007, 2008, 2023 Sutherland Sharks 3 1993, 1995, 2021
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 4 2010, 2013, 2020, 2021 ACT Academy 3 2000, 2001, 2002
Norths Bears 3 2012, 2014, 2017 Hornsby Spiders 3 2007, 2009, 2014
Parramatta Wildcats 2 1994, 2009 Norths Bears 3 2018, 2020, 2023
Newcastle Hunters 2 2000, 2018 Wagga Wolves 1 1994
Goulburn Bears 1 1991 Parramatta Wildcats 1 1996
Sydney Sonics 1 1992 Sydney Comets 1 2008
ACT 1 1995 Canberra Nationals 1 2011
Central Coast Crusaders 1 2019 Illawarra Hawks 1 2013
BA Centre of Excellence 1 2021 Albury Wodonga Bandits 1 2022
Canberra Gunners 1 2022
Maitland Mustangs 1 2024

Notes

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  1. ^ Dual winners were announced in 2021 after the season was cancelled due to COVID.[31]

References

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