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PBL era

Founded in 1994 as the Premier Basketball League (PBL), the league was founded by six franchises. In an agreement with the national federation Basketball South Africa, the league began with four new teams, namely Capetown Eagles, Soweto Panthers, Capetown Kings and Pretoria Suns.

The leaguge was sponsored by Allied Bank, and later by Telkom. The PBL was disbanded in 1996.

The PBL disappeared for the following years, but made a return after nine years in 2007. The final of that season was won by the Soweto Panthers.

BNL era

After a 14-year period without a national men's league, the Basketball National League (BNL) was founded in 2013. The Tshwane Suns won the inaugural BNL championship.

The BNL Season of 2018 started in August, the 3rd and ended on October, the 27th. For the first time ever, the championship was won by the Soweto Panthers.

In 2016 the league piloted a women's division in Gauteng, The Sturdy Stars won the title that year.

South Africa saw the official nationwide launch of the Women's Basketball National League (WBNL) in 2021, with the participating club expansion the W-Tshwane Suns won their first national championship on the 27 November 2021.

Because of the scarcity of available basketball arenas, all games between 2013 and 2015 were played at Wembley Stadium in Stafford, Gauteng, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, a former ice-rink which holds up to 3,000 visitors.

The league expanded to 12 clubs in the 2023 season, when the Cape Town Tigers, joined the league. The Tigers had already played in two seasons of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), the continent's most important tournament. The Tigers won the league in their debut season, after going unbeaten.

Date	R	Ομάδα 1 v Ομάδα 2	-
07/30 11:00	-	Τσβάνε Σανς v Κέιπ Τάουν Τάιγκερς	60-85
07/23 14:00	-	Κουαζούλου Μάρλινς v Κέιπ Τάουν Τάιγκερς	68-89
07/23 10:00	-	Τσβάνε Σανς v Μπουμαλάνγκα Ρίνος	64-60
07/16 12:00	-	Free State Warriors v Κέιπ Τάουν Τάιγκερς	36-107
07/16 11:30	-	Νορθ Γουέστ Ιγκλς v Κουαζούλου Μάρλινς	45-76
07/16 08:00	-	Eastern Cape Windbreakers v Northern Cape Zebras	70-86
07/15 12:00	-	Northern Cape Zebras v Νορθ Γουέστ Ιγκλς	60-58
07/15 10:00	-	Κουαζούλου Μάρλινς v Eastern Cape Windbreakers	~~0-0~~
07/09 12:00	-	Κέιπ Τάουν Τάιγκερς v Λιμπόπο Πράιντ	97-51
07/02 12:00	-	Σοβέτο Πάνθερς v Τσβάνε Σανς	59-73
07/02 10:00	-	Μπουμαλάνγκα Ρίνος v Free State Warriors	79-67
07/01 12:00	-	Εγκόλι Μάτζικ v Μπουμαλάνγκα Ρίνος	68-76
07/01 10:00	-	Free State Warriors v Western Cape Mountaineers	43-87
06/25 13:30	-	Κέιπ Τάουν Τάιγκερς v Western Cape Mountaineers	106-46
06/24 14:00	-	Eastern Cape Windbreakers v Νορθ Γουέστ Ιγκλς	5-4
06/11 08:00	-	Κουαζούλου Μάρλινς v Τσβάνε Σανς	View
06/03 10:00	-	Western Cape Mountaineers v Λιμπόπο Πράιντ	54-41
10/23 11:00	-	Western Cape Mountaineers v Τσβάνε Σανς	62-66
10/22 18:00	-	Κουαζούλου Μάρλινς v Τσβάνε Σανς	63-70
10/22 14:00	-	Western Cape Mountaineers v Μπουμαλάνγκα Ρίνος	85-54
10/21 19:00	-	Κουαζούλου Μάρλινς v Νορθ Γουέστ Ιγκλς	67-27
10/21 17:00	-	Eastern Cape Windbreakers v Western Cape Mountaineers	51-64
10/21 15:00	-	Free State Warriors v Σοβέτο Πάνθερς	46-100
10/21 11:00	-	Western Cape Mountaineers v Εγκόλι Μάτζικ	73-57
10/21 09:00	-	Free State Warriors v Τσβάνε Σανς	67-97
10/21 07:00	-	Νορθ Γουέστ Ιγκλς v Eastern Cape Windbreakers	50-68
10/20 19:00	-	Εγκόλι Μάτζικ v Κουαζούλου Μάρλινς	46-79
10/19 20:00	-	Σοβέτο Πάνθερς v Northern Cape Zebras	77-66
10/19 14:00	-	Τσβάνε Σανς v Μπουμαλάνγκα Ρίνος	87-53
11/28 11:00	-	Τσβάνε Σανς v Εγκόλι Μάτζικ	39-53

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