2023 CEBL Playoffs Set to Begin Friday
Niagara & Vancouver await rivals for Championship Weekend 2023
The 2023 Canadian Elite Basketball League’s (CEBL) fifth season is coming to a head as this year’s single elimination playoff format takes flight Friday, August 4 in a Play-In round doubleheader at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. EDT.
The Eastern Conference Play-In game is a rematch of the 2022 CEBL Final as the defending champion Brampton Honey Badgers travel to Scarborough to take on the Shooting Stars at 7 p.m. at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. Immediately following that game, the Western Conference Play-In game will tip off at 9 p.m. (8 p.m. CDT) at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg when the Sea Bears host the two-time CEBL champion Edmonton Stingers.
The Ottawa BlackJacks and Calgary Surge will host their respective Conference Semifinal games on Sunday, August 6 against the winners of the Play-In games. Winners of that round will then advance to Championship Weekend 2023 where the Niagara River Lions and Vancouver Bandits (host team) await their opponents for the Conference Finals.
The four-team Championship Weekend hosted this year at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia, will see a Conference Finals doubleheader on Friday, August 11 before culminating in the CEBL Championship Final on Sunday, August 13. Tickets to this event and other CW23 events are available via this
link.
For full details on the CEBL’s playoff format, please visit:
https://www.cebl.ca/playoffs
The CEBL’s full 2023 playoff schedule is as follows:
| GM# | ROUND | DATE | ROAD | HOME | EDT | LOCAL | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Eastern Conference Play-In | Fri, Aug 4 | Brampton | Scarborough | 7 p.m. | 7 p.m. | Pan AM Sports Centre |
| 102 | Western Conference Play-In | Fri, Aug 4 | Edmonton | Winnipeg | 9 p.m. | 8 p.m. | Canada Life Centre |
| 103 | Eastern Conference Semifinal | Sun, Aug 6 | Gm 101 Winner | Ottawa | 7 p.m. | 7 p.m. | TD Place Arena |
| 104 | Western Conference Semifinal | Sun, Aug 6 | Gm 102 Winner | Calgary | 9 p.m. | 7 p.m. | WinSport Event Centre |
| CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND 2023: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | Eastern Conference Final | Fri, Aug 11 | Gm 103 Winner | Niagara | 8 p.m. | 5 p.m. | Langley Events Centre |
| 106 | Western Conference Final | Fri, Aug 11 | *Vancouver | Gm 104 Winner | 10:30 p.m. | 7:30 p.m. | Langley Events Centre |
| 107 | CEBL Championship Final | Sun, Aug 13 | TBD | TBD | 7 p.m. | 4 p.m. | Langley Events Centre |
*Vancouver will be the lower seed due to finishing beneath Calgary, Winnipeg & Edmonton in the 2023 CEBL standings.
All games will be televised live on TSN and available to stream on TSN+ and CEBL+ Powered By BetVictor.
A league created by Canadians for Canadians with a mission to develop Canadian players, coaches, sports executives, and referees, the CEBL boasts the highest percentage of Canadian players of any pro league in the country with 71 percent of its 2022 rosters being Canadian. Players bring experience from the NBA, NBA G League, top international pro leagues, the Canadian National team program, and top NCAA programs as well as U SPORTS. Nine players have moved from the CEBL into the NBA following a CEBL season, and 28 CEBL players attended NBA G League training camps during October. The CEBL season runs from May through August. More information about the CEBL is available at CEBL.ca and @cebleague on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook & YouTube.