The 2024 NBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball League's 2023–24 season.
As Australia and New Zealand participated in 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification, the league took a break during the FIBA international window of 18–28 February 2024.
Format The finals was played in February and March 2024 between the top six teams of the regular season, consisting of three play-in games, two best-of-three semifinal series and the best-of-five Grand Final series, where the highest seed hosted the first, third and fifth games.
The top two seeds in the regular season automatically qualified to the semifinals. Teams ranked three to six competed in the play-in tournament. The third seed played the fourth seed for third spot and the loser played the winner of fifth or sixth for the fourth seed.
Qualification Qualified teams TeamDate ofqualificationRound ofqualificationFinalsappearancePreviousappearancePrevious bestperformanceRef. Melbourne United 26 January 2024 17 28th 2022 Champions (1993, 1997, 2006, 2008, 2018, 2021) Perth Wildcats 27 January 2024 17 37th 2023 Champions (1990, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020) Tasmania JackJumpers 10 February 2024 19 3rd 2023 Runners-up (2022) Illawarra Hawks 15 February 2024 20 23rd 2022 Champions (2001) Sydney Kings 17 February 2024 20 18th 2023 Champions (2003, 2004, 2005, 2022, 2023) New Zealand Breakers 18 February 2024 20 10th 2023 Champions (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
Ladder
Ladder progression
Seedings Melbourne United Perth Wildcats Tasmania JackJumpers Illawarra Hawks Sydney Kings New Zealand Breakers
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the overall points percentage will determine order of seeding.
Playoff Bracket
Play-in tournament Seeding qualifier (3) Tasmania JackJumpers vs. (4) Illawarra Hawks
+Regular season seriesTasmania won 2–1 in the regular season series
Play-in qualifier (5) Sydney Kings vs. (6) New Zealand Breakers
+Regular season seriesSydney won 2–1 in the regular season series
Play-in game (4) Illawarra Hawks vs. (6) New Zealand Breakers
+Regular season seriesIllawarra won 2–1 in the regular season series
Semifinals series (1) Melbourne United vs. (4) Illawarra Hawks
+Regular season seriesMelbourne won 3–0 in the regular season series
(2) Perth Wildcats vs. (3) Tasmania JackJumpers
+Regular season seriesPerth won 2–1 in the regular season series
Championship series (1) Melbourne United vs. (3) Tasmania JackJumpers
+Regular season seriesTasmania won 2–1 in the regular season series
Media coverage Television Australian broadcast rights to the season are held by ESPN. All games are available live on ESPN and the streaming platform Kayo Freebies. Network 10 will broadcast Sunday afternoon games on 10 Peach and 10 Play.
See also 2023–24 NBL season 2023–24 NBL regular season
References
External links
NBL Historical Stats at SpatialJam.com