Coles Express NBL1 National Final Explainer

The Coles Express NBL1 National Final will see the champions from each of the five conferences, and the Wildcard conference winners, face off on Friday and Saturday for a spot in the Championship Games on Sunday. 

The event will take place in the State Basketball Centre in Melbourne. All the games across Friday, Saturday and the Championship Games on Sunday will stream live on Kayo Freebies. 

Teams will accumulate points over Friday and Saturday’s games, with the top two teams at the end of Saturday’s matches to compete in the NBL1 National Final. 

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The NBL1 National Final uses the historically successful points system used by the NBL for the NBL Cup and the NBL Blitz. Three points will be awarded for a win and an extra point awarded for each quarter won. If the quarter is tied, each team gets half a point. 

The schedule for Friday was determined by a random draw and it is as follows:

Women’s: 

West Adelaide Bearcats (NBL1 Central) v Warwick Senators (NBL1 West) - Court 3, 6:00pm AEST

Townsville Flames (NBL1 North) v Southern District Spartans (Wildcard) - Court 2, 6:15pm AEST

Albury-Wodonga Bandits (NBL1 East) v Ringwood Hawks (NBL1 South) - Court 1, 6:30pm AEST

Men’s: 

Rockingham Flames (NBL1 West) v South Adelaide Panthers (NBL1 Central) - Court 3, 8:00pm AEST

Hobart Chargers (NBL1 South) v Gold Coast Rollers (NBL1 North) - Court 2, 8.15pm AEST

Frankston Blues (Wildcard) v Canberra Gunners (NBL1 East) - Court 1, 8:30pm AEST

On Saturday, the highest point scorer from Friday will face the fifth-placed, the second-highest will face the fourth-highest and the third-highest will face the sixth-highest.

On Sunday, the top two point scores over Friday and Saturday will face off in the Championship Game, while the third and fourth highest and fifth and sixth highest will compete to determine the final standings. 

The full NBL1 National Final schedule is as follows:

Friday 9th September - GAME TIMES 

Court 3 - 6pm Women / 8pm Men 

Court 2 - 6:15pm Women / 8:15pm Men 

Court 1 - 6:30pm Women / 8:30pm Men 

Saturday 10th September - GAME TIMES 

Court 3 - 4pm Women / 6pm Men

Court 2 - 4:15pm Women / 6:15pm Men

Court 1 - 4:30pm Women / 6:30pm Men

Sunday 11th September - GAME TIMES

Court 3 - 10am Women / 12pm Men

Court 2 - 10am Women / 12pm Men 

Court 1 - 11am Women / 2pm Men

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