Wheelchair Basketball Australia (WBA) has officially released the 2026 competition schedules for the National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL) and Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL), signalling the start of a transformative era for the sport. The WNWBL season launches with a heavyweight clash as the Victorian Wonders host the defending champions, the Sydney Blues. This opening weekend sets the stage for a season defined by elite competition, culminating

Basketball Victoria is proud to unveil an exciting new chapter in its high-performance pathway with the official introduction of the Victorian men’s wheelchair basketball team: the Victoria Marvels. The Victoria Marvels join the successful Victoria Wonders women’s team, who debuted nationally in 2025 and finished an impressive fourth in their inaugural season. The strength, visibility and impact of the Victoria Wonders highlighted Victoria’s depth of talent and made it clear

As we look toward the 2026 season, we want to acknowledge a change in our league lineup. As many of you are aware, the Darwin Basketball Association recently ceased operations. Consequently, Basketball Northern Territory has informed us that they will not proceed with the license for 2026. This means the Darwin Salties will not be competing in the upcoming season. We wish to extend our deepest gratitude to the Darwin community. As our two-time defending champions, the Salties

The dominant force of NWBL 2025 has been crowned champions with the Darwin Salties winning back-to-back National Wheelchair Basketball League titles. The Salties went into the Grand Final as heavy favourites, accumulating a 17-1 record in the regular season and putting their opponents Wollongong to the sword in Friday night’s semi-final 83-64, and while the two sides were neck and neck at half time, the second half was a completely different story.  Darwin ramped up their agg

The Sydney Blues are the Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball League champions after outplaying the Sydney Uni Lions to win 69-38. The Blues, who finished the regular season in first with a 14-1 record, led by just four points at the first break and that was still the margin after Mellissa Dunn made a two-point basket for the Lions with 3:00 left in the second quarter.   From there the Blues made their move, scoring the next 10 points on a perfect 5/5 shooting while the Lio

Australia’s best wheelchair basketballers will descend on Sydney from 29–31 August as all 12 national league clubs battle for Finals glory across the National WheelchairBasketball League (NWBL), Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL), and the fast-growing 3×3 half-court format — a rapid three-a-side Paralympic pathway. With expanding team numbers, world-class talent and growing crowds, this is tipped to be the biggest Finals in league history. The women’s compe

Round 5 of the National Wheelchair Basketball League has thrown up more questions than answers in the race to the Finals with six teams still a chance of seeing post season action and Round 6 shaping as a make or break for several teams. In Geelong, the Red Dust Heelers staked their claim at a Finals berth with two wins over the Perth Wheelcats. The Wheelcats drew first blood with a 56-46 win on Saturday morning after starting the game with a 21-10 opening quarter. The Heeler

The Sydney Blues may have dropped their first game this season but the side continues to go from strength to strength, their two wins on the weekend over the Victoria Wonders was enough to secure them top spot with one round to go. Sydney finished with wins of 51-35, 61-36 before Victoria nabbed a 53-42 win on Sunday.   The home side got the jump on the Wonders early on Friday, with a 21-8 opening quarter as the Wonders opted to start Shelley Matheson off the bench. The Wonde

The race to the Finals is heating up with four of the teams chasing down a berth splitting their games this weekend. The Red Dust Heelers took a 2-1 advantage over the Manly Wheel Eagles while the Southern Districts Spartan took a game off the Perth Wheelcats to keep their post-season hopes alive. The Wheel Eagles and Heelers fought out three “nail biters” with the Heelers winning Game 1 68-64 with Game 2 going to overtime with the Heelers rolling out 68-63 win. The Wheel Eag

Bill Latham has called Spain home for so long, conducting interviews in English feels foreign to him.  But the challenge of a rejuvenated National Wheelchair Basketball League and an almost tailor-made build up to the Paris Paralympics was enough to lure one of Australia’s premier high pointers home. “Having everyone back to play the season is definitely going to be a great opportunity to show the level that Australia has and I think all the games are going to be quite compet