the competition and social activities

In 1978, the then New South Wales basketball president, John Rui Shi Ke, want to develop a professional national competition, the development of which will contribute to the whole Australian basketball. Ten who interested him an abandoned hangar at Sydney Kingsford Airport, to discuss the establishment of a national competition. In 1979 saw the first NBL season St Kilda saints, Nunawading ghost West Adelaide fighters, lie Longgang Eagle City astronauts Sydney, Newcastle falcons, Canberra artillery, Banks bear, tiger Greer play against each other. This year also saw the NBA (in 1984 by FIBA) into the 3 ball in the game.
Women's competition is it right? Far behind men, women's basketball meeting interstate competition began in 1981 - this is the predecessor of the WNBL. Australia's National Women's team in the first Olympic Games in Losangeles, in 1984, finished a very respectable 1/5. Jump ahead a few years, until 1996, opal in the bronze medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games to win the first Olympic basketball gold medal. Opal once again in the Sydney Olympic Games on the excellent, won a silver medal in the 2000. This is our best results so far - now a man of the Olympic gold medal, we still failed to.
Wheelchair basketball has very strong competition in Australia, local and international. The Australian team - women and men - - glider drum - have been successful in recent games, respectively won bronze and gold.
The basketball team sports participation in Australia has one of the highest rates of. Look, our number increased year by year, more and more people enjoy, it brings the competition and social activities. Now, we can 750000 visitors expected during the summer season NBL game - VIDEO pay digital TV channel large numbers of followers.