CEBL Reveals CW23 Logo as Vancouver set to Host Championship Weekend 2023

The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL), in partnership with the Vancouver Bandits, revealed a new legacy logo Friday for the league’s annual Championship Weekend (CW), spotlighting CW23 to be hosted by the Bandits at Langley Events Centre in Langley, BC from August 11 – 13.

CW23 will see four teams including the host Bandits compete for a chance to win the CEBL Championship trophy. The multi-day event will also feature a vibrant concert lineup featuring top music acts, minor basketball events, and activities designed to engage the entire community. The event will also showcase the annual CEBL Awards event that will honour the best basketball talent across the CEBL. A detailed schedule, as well artist lineup, will be available later this year.

The new event logo consists of a gold illustration of the CEBL Championship trophy and the text CW23 depicted in bold to signify Championship Weekend 2023 above the host city Vancouver. Future logos of the event will be branded similarly with the year and location being changed annually.

Tickets for CW23 are included within the price of Vancouver Bandits’ 2023 season ticket packages. Fans can now get priority access to the event purchasing their season tickets here. More details on tickets and general event information can be found here or by following the newly launched Championship Weekend social media account @CEBLCW on Instagram and Twitter.

Previous CEBL champions include the Saskatchewan Rattlers (2019), Edmonton Stingers (2020, 2021) and current champion Hamilton Honey Badgers (2022).

The CEBL announced earlier this year a conference model of competition for its milestone fifth season. The league’s 10 teams are divided into an Eastern and Western Conference for the first time. The Western Conference includes the Calgary Surge, Edmonton Stingers, Saskatchewan Rattlers, Vancouver Bandits and Winnipeg Sea Bears. The Eastern Conference includes the Brampton Honey Badgers, Montréal Alliance, Niagara River Lions, Ottawa BlackJacks, and Scarborough Shooting Stars. Vancouver, along with the top-ranked team from the Eastern Conference, will automatically be seeded into the semifinals at Championship Weekend.

The CEBL postseason will feature play-in games between the third and fourth-ranked teams in each conference. Winners will advance to the quarterfinals and play the second-best team of their respective conferences. The fifth-ranked team in each conference will be eliminated unless Vancouver places fifth in the west in which case the fourth-ranked west team will get eliminated. Quarterfinal winners in each conference will play their respective conference teams already seeded in the semifinals.

The full CEBL schedule can be found here. The regular season schedule includes 10 tripleheaders and 24 doubleheaders with 38 games falling on weekends. The schedule of nationally televised games will be announced at a later date. All games including playoffs will be live streamed on the CEBL’s OTT platform, CEBL+, and on CEBL Mobile, the official app of the CEBL (available on Android and iOS devices).

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.