After a record-breaking 2023-24 season, the NBL has announced the fixture for the 2024-25 campaign, with a huge opening in the west and blockbuster games galore.
The Tasmania JackJumpers will begin their title defence in the opening game of the season, played in Perth as part of ‘HoopsFest’ on Thursday September 19.
All 10 teams will begin their season in WA with the JackJumpers facing their Championship Series opponent Melbourne United in the opener, then hosting United in Tasmania a week later.
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More than a million fans attended NBL games last season and it’s hoped the 2:30pm Sunday timeslot, to be aired on Channel 10 as well as Foxtel/Kayo via ESPN (where every game will be shown), will become a marquee fixture.
Brian Goorjian’s return as Sydney coach will take place in the first Sunday 2:30pm game, while Xavier Cooks’ first game back in front of Kings fans will be on September 29.
Other highlights include:
– The first Throwdown of the season between the new-look Phoenix and United on September 26
– Hostile rivals the Wildcats and Kings clash on September 27
– The Bullets return to the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on October 5 against the Kings
Queensland rivals the Taipans and Bullets meet for the first time on November 2
– Former Kings Angus Glover, Derrick Walton Jr and Jordan Hunter return to Sydney as members of the Phoenix on November 8
– The Breakers return to Wellington for the first time since 2018 on December 7 against the Kings
– Nathan Sobey makes his return to Brisbane after a controversial exit from the Bullets when he leads the Phoenix against his former side on December 12
– The 36ers host their annual Christmas Eve game against the Bullets
– Christmas hoops returns with another double-header as the Kings host the Hawks and JackJumpers host the Breakers
– The Taipans host a blockbuster Boxing Day fixture against United
– The NBL brings in 2025 with a bang, with a New Year’s Eve double-header consisting of the Hawks hosting the Phoenix and the Taipans hosting the Breakers
– January set to become the summer month of hoops, with 35 games to be played between January 2-25. This includes at least one game every day from January 7-20
– A massive final round of the season includes QLD rivals Taipans and Bullets battling, NSW rivals Hawks and Kings clashing, traditional rivals Wildcats and 36ers resuming hostilities and a Throwdown between United and Phoenix as the last game on February 8
FULL 2024/25 NBL FIXTURE
ROUND 1
Thursday, 19 September
Melbourne vs. Tasmania – 8:30pm AEST (RAC)
Friday, 20 September
Perth vs. SEM – 8:30pm AEST (RAC)
Saturday, 21 September
New Zealand vs. Brisbane – 6:00pm AEST (HBF)
Cairns vs. Illawarra – 8:30pm AEST (HBF)
Sunday, 22 September
Adelaide vs. Sydney – 2:30pm AEST (RAC)
ROUND 2
Thursday, 26 September
SEM vs. Melbourne – 7:30pm AEST (JCA)
Friday, 27 September
Illawarra vs. Brisbane – 7:30pm AEST (WIN)
Perth vs. Sydney – 9:30pm AEST (RAC)
Saturday, 28 September
Cairns vs. Adelaide – 5:30pm AEST (CCC)
Tasmania vs. Melbourne – 8:00pm AEST (MBA)
Sunday, 29 September
Sydney vs. Illawarra – 2:30pm AEST (QBA)
New Zealand vs. SEM – 4:30pm AEST (SA)
ROUND 3
Thursday, 3 October
Adelaide vs. SEM – 7:30pm AEST (AEC)
Friday, 4 October
Cairns vs. Tasmania – 7:30pm AEST (CCC)
Perth vs. Melbourne – 9:30pm AEST (RAC)
Saturday, 5 October
Illawarra vs. Adelaide – 5:30pm AEST (WIN)
Brisbane vs. Sydney – 8:00pm AEST (BEC)
Sunday, 6 October
Melbourne vs. Cairns – 2:30pm AEDT (JCA)
Tasmania vs. Perth – 4:30pm AEDT (MBA)
ROUND 4
Thursday, 10 October
Cairns vs. Perth – 7:30pm AEDT (CCC)
Friday, 11 October
Adelaide vs. Sydney – 7:30pm AEDT (AEC)
Saturday, 12 October
Illawarra vs. Tasmania – 5:30pm AEDT (WIN)
SEM vs. Brisbane – 8:00pm AEDT (JCA)
Sunday, 13 October
Sydney vs. Cairns – 2:30pm AEDT (QBA)
Melbourne vs. Adelaide – 4:30pm AEDT (JCA)
ROUND 5
Thursday, 17 October
Brisbane vs. New Zealand – 7:30pm AEDT (BEC)
Friday, 18 October
Tasmania vs. Sydney – 7:30pm AEDT (S)
Saturday, 19 October
New Zealand vs. Perth – 5:30pm AEDT (SA)
Cairns vs. Illawarra – 8:00pm AEDT (CCC)
Sunday, 20 October
Melbourne vs. SEM – 2:30pm AEDT (JCA)
Adelaide vs. Tasmania – 4:30pm AEDT (AEC)
ROUND 6
Thursday, 24 October
New Zealand vs. SEM – 5:30pm AEDT (WA)
Illawarra vs. Melbourne – 7:30pm AEDT (WIN)
Friday, 25 October
Adelaide vs. Cairns – 7:30pm AEDT (AEC)
Perth vs. Sydney – 9:30pm AEDT (RAC)
Saturday, 26 October
SEM vs. Illawarra – 5:30pm AEDT (JCA)
Brisbane vs. Tasmania – 8:00pm AEDT (BEC)
Sunday, 27 October
Sydney vs. New Zealand – 2:30pm AEDT (QBA)
Melbourne vs. Cairns – 4:30pm AEDT (JCA)
ROUND 7
Thursday, 31 October
Melbourne vs. Sydney – 7:30pm AEDT (JCA)
Friday, 1 November
Tasmania vs. SEM – 7:30pm AEDT (S)
Perth vs. Illawarra – 9:30pm AEDT (RAC)
Saturday, 2 November
New Zealand vs. Adelaide – 5:30pm AEDT (SA)
Cairns vs. Brisbane – 8:00pm AEDT (CCC)
Sunday, 3 November
SEM vs. Perth – 2:30pm AEDT (JCA)
Sydney vs. Tasmania – 4:30pm AEDT (QBA)
Monday, 4 November
Melbourne vs. New Zealand – 7:30pm AEDT (JCA)
ROUND 8
Thursday, 7 November
Brisbane vs. Melbourne – 7:30pm AEDT (BEC)
Perth vs. Tasmania – 9:30pm AEDT (RAC)
Friday, 8 November
Sydney vs. SEM – 7:30pm AEDT (QBA)
Saturday, 9 November
Tasmania vs. New Zealand – 5:30pm AEDT (MBA)
Melbourne vs. Perth – 8:00pm AEDT (JCA)
Sunday, 10 November
SEM vs. Cairns – 2:30pm AEDT (JCA)
Adelaide vs. Illawarra – 4:30pm AEDT (AEC)
ROUND 9
Friday, 15 November
Tasmania vs. Brisbane – 7:30pm AEDT (MBA)
Perth vs. SEM – 9:30pm AEDT (RAC)
Saturday, 16 November
Cairns vs. New Zealand – 5:30pm AEDT (CCC)
Illawarra vs. Sydney – 8:00pm AEDT (WIN)
Sunday, 17 November
Brisbane vs. Perth – 2:30pm AEDT (BEC)
Melbourne vs. Adelaide – 4:30pm AEDT (JCA)
ROUND 10
Thursday, 28 November
Illawarra vs. New Zealand – 7:30pm AEDT (WIN)
Friday, 29 November
Cairns vs. Sydney – 7:30pm AEDT (CCC)
Perth vs. Brisbane – 9:30pm AEDT (RAC)
Saturday, 30 November
SEM vs. Illawarra – 5:30pm AEDT (JCA)
Adelaide vs. Tasmania – 8:00pm AEDT (AEC)
Sunday, 1 December
Melbourne vs. Sydney – 2:30pm AEDT (JCA)
Perth vs. New Zealand – 4:30pm AEDT (RAC)
ROUND 11
Thursday, 5 December
New Zealand vs. Melbourne – 5:30pm AEDT (WA)
Tasmania vs. Cairns – 7:30pm AEDT (MBA)
Friday, 6 December
Brisbane vs. Adelaide – 7:30pm AEDT (BEC)
Perth vs. Illawarra – 9:30pm AEDT (RAC)
Saturday, 7 December
New Zealand vs. Sydney – 5:30pm AEDT (TSB)
SEM vs. Cairns – 8:00pm AEDT (JCA)
Sunday, 8 December
Melbourne vs. Brisbane – 2:30pm AEDT (JCA)
Adelaide vs. Perth – 4:30pm AEDT (AEC)
ROUND 12
Thursday, 12 December
New Zealand vs. Tasmania – 5:30pm AEDT (ES)
Brisbane vs. SEM – 7:30pm AEDT (BEC)
Friday, 13 December
Melbourne vs. Illawarra – 7:30pm AEDT (JCA)
Saturday, 14 December
Adelaide vs. New Zealand – 5:30pm AEDT (AEC)
Cairns vs. Perth – 8:00pm AEDT (CCC)
Sunday, 15 December
SEM vs. Melbourne – 2:30pm AEDT (JCA)
Sydney vs. Brisbane – 4:30pm AEDT (QBA)
ROUND 13
Friday, 20 December
New Zealand vs. Sydney – 5:30pm AEDT (SA)
Brisbane vs. Cairns – 7:30pm AEDT (BEC)
Saturday, 21 December
SEM vs. Adelaide – 8:00pm AEDT (JCA)
Sunday, 22 December
Illawarra vs. Perth – 2:30pm AEDT (WIN)
Monday, 23 December
Melbourne vs. Tasmania – 7:30pm AEDT (JCA)
Tuesday, 24 December
Adelaide vs. Brisbane – 5:30pm AEDT (AEC)
Wednesday, 25 December
Sydney vs. Illawarra – TBC (QBA)
Tasmania vs. New Zealand – TBC (MBA)
ROUND 14
Thursday, 26 December
Cairns vs. Melbourne – 7:30pm AEDT (CCC)
Friday, 27 December
Brisbane vs. Illawarra – 7:30pm AEDT (BEC)
Saturday, 28 December
Adelaide vs. Perth – 8:00pm AEDT (AEC)
Sunday, 29 December
Tasmania vs. Brisbane – 2:30pm AEDT (MBA)
Monday, 30 December
Sydney vs. Adelaide – 7:30pm AEDT (QBA)
Tuesday, 31 December
Illawarra vs. SEM – 5:30pm AEDT (WIN)
Cairns vs. New Zealand – 7:30pm AEDT (CCC)
ROUND 15
Thursday, 2 January
Sydney vs. SEM – 7:30pm AEDT (QBA)
Friday, 3 January
Illawarra vs. Cairns – 7:30pm AEDT (WIN)
Saturday, 4 January
Adelaide vs. Melbourne – 5:30pm AEDT (AEC)
Brisbane vs. Sydney – 8:00pm AEDT (BEC)
Sunday, 5 January
New Zealand vs. Perth – 2:30pm AEDT (SA)
Tasmania vs. SEM – 4:30pm AEDT (MBA)
Tuesday, 7 January
Illawarra vs. Tasmania – 7:30pm AEDT (WIN)
Wednesday, 8 January
Brisbane vs. New Zealand – 7:30pm AEDT (BEC)
ROUND 16
Thursday, 9 January
Sydney vs. Melbourne – 7:30pm AEDT (QBA)
Friday, 10 January
Tasmania vs. Adelaide – 7:30pm AEDT (MBA)
Saturday, 11 January
Illawarra vs. New Zealand – 5:30pm AEDT (WIN)
SEM vs. Brisbane – 8:00pm AEDT (GRS)
Sunday, 12 January
Tasmania vs. Perth – 2:30pm AEDT (MBA)
Sydney vs. Cairns – 4:30pm AEDT (QBA)
Monday, 13 January
New Zealand vs. Melbourne – 5:30pm AEDT (TSB)
Adelaide vs. Illawarra – 7:30pm AEDT (AEC)
Tuesday, 14 January
Cairns vs. SEM – 7:30pm AEDT (CCC)
Wednesday, 15 January
Brisbane vs. Perth – 7:30pm AEDT (BEC)
ROUND 17
Thursday, 16 January
New Zealand vs. Tasmania – 5:30pm AEDT (SA)
Friday, 17 January
Brisbane vs. Cairns – 7:30pm AEDT (BEC)
Perth vs. Adelaide – 9:30pm AEDT (RAC)
Saturday, 18 January
SEM vs. New Zealand – 5:30pm AEDT (SBC)
Illawarra vs. Melbourne – 8:00pm AEDT (WIN)
Sunday, 19 January
Sydney vs. Tasmania – 2:30pm AEDT (QBA)
Cairns vs. Adelaide – 4:30pm AEDT (CCC)
Monday, 20 January
Illawarra vs. Brisbane – 7:30pm AEDT (WIN)
Wednesday, 22 January
SEM vs. Sydney – 7:30pm AEDT (SBC)
Perth vs. Melbourne – 9:30pm AEDT (RAC)
ROUND 18
Thursday, 23 January
Cairns vs. Illawarra – 7:30pm AEDT (CCC)
Friday, 24 January
New Zealand vs. Brisbane – 5:30pm AEDT (WA)
Sydney vs. Adelaide – 7:30pm AEDT (QBA)
Saturday, 25 January
SEM vs. Tasmania – 5:30pm AEDT (SBC)
Perth vs. Cairns – 8:00pm AEDT (RAC)
Sunday, 26 January
Brisbane vs. Melbourne – 2:30pm AEDT (BEC)
Adelaide vs. New Zealand – 4:30pm AEDT (AEC)
ROUND 19
Thursday, 30 January
Tasmania vs. Illawarra – 7:30pm AEDT (MBA)
Friday, 31 January
Adelaide vs. Brisbane – 7:30pm AEDT (AEC)
Perth vs. SEM – 9:30pm AEDT (RAC)
Saturday, 1 February
New Zealand vs. Cairns – 5:30pm AEDT (SA)
Melbourne vs. Tasmania – 8:00pm AEDT (JCA)
Sunday, 2 February
Sydney vs. Perth – 2:30pm AEDT (QBA)
SEM vs. Adelaide – 4:30pm AEDT (JCA)
ROUND 20
Wednesday, 5 February
New Zealand vs. Illawarra – 5:30pm AEDT (SA)
Thursday, 6 February
Cairns vs. Brisbane – 7:30pm AEDT (CCC)
Friday, 7 February
Illawarra vs. Sydney – 7:30pm AEDT (WIN)
Perth vs. Adelaide – 9:30pm AEDT (RAC)
Saturday, 8 February
Tasmania vs. Cairns – 5:30pm AEDT (MBA)
Melbourne vs. SEM – 8:00pm AEDT (JCA)
Venues
(AEC) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
(BEC) Brisbane Entertainment Centre
(CCC) Cairns Convention Centre
(ES) Eventfinda Stadium (Auckland, NZ)
(GRS) Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium
(HBF) HBF Stadium (Perth)
(JCA) John Cain Arena
(MBA) MyState Bank Arena
(NA) Nissan Arena
(QBA) Qudos Bank Arena
(RAC) RAC Arena
(S) Silverdome
(SA) Spark Arena
(SBC) State Basketball Centre
(TSB) TSB Arena (Wellington, NZ)
(WA) Wolfbrook Arena (Christchurch, NZ)
(WIN) WIN Entertainment Centre