2025 CEBL season

2025 CEBL season
LeagueCanadian Elite Basketball League
SportBasketball
DurationSeason: May 11 – August 10
Playoffs: August 14–24
Number of games24 per team
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)TSN
Draft
Top draft pickSultan Haider Bhatti
Picked byMontreal Alliance
Regular season
Championship weekend
VenueCanada Life Centre
Winnipeg, Manitoba

The 2025 CEBL season is the seventh season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). The regular season began on May 11 and ends on August 10. The league now plays a 24-game season, 4 more than the previous 20-game schedule.[1][2][3]

On May 25, 2025, the Montreal Alliance played the Ottawa BlackJacks at IGA Stadium in Montreal, the first professional basketball game played outdoors in Canadian basketball history. However, the game was suspended at halftime due to court conditions and declared a no contest.[4]

Regular season

Standings

Western Conference

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Vancouver Bandits 13 10 3 1259 1108 +151 .769 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Calgary Surge 13 9 4 1219 1116 +103 .692 Advance to play in games
3 Edmonton Stingers 14 8 6 1299 1267 +32 .571
4 Winnipeg Sea Bears (H) 14 5 9 1177 1291 −114 .357 Advance to championship weekend[a]
5 Saskatchewan Rattlers 15 4 11 1282 1379 −97 .267
Updated to match(es) played on July 5, 2025. Source: CEBL
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ Automatically qualified for championship weekend as the host team.

Eastern Conference

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Niagara River Lions 13 8 5 1124 1189 −65 .615 Advance to championship weekend
2 Scarborough Shooting Stars 14 7 7 1279 1257 +22 .500 Advance to quarter-finals
3 Montreal Alliance 12 6 6 1054 1038 +16 .500 Advance to play in games
4 Ottawa BlackJacks 13 6 7 1171 1119 +52 .462
5 Brampton Honey Badgers 13 4 9 1058 1158 −100 .308
Updated to match(es) played on July 5, 2025. Source: CEBL

Attendance

As of July 10, 2025
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Winnipeg Sea Bears 57,340 10,649 6,505 8,191 −5.6%†
2 Vancouver Bandits 38,636 4,984 3,708 4,293 +10.3%†
3 Montreal Alliance 24,128 9,305 2,522 4,021 +49.2%†
4 Calgary Surge 25,163 6,954 2,336 3,145 −8.9%†
5 Edmonton Stingers 23,273 3,421 2,017 2,909 −15.0%†
6 Niagara River Lions 19,330 4,454 1,825 2,416 −14.8%†
7 Saskatchewan Rattlers 18,539 3,518 1,500 2,317 −0.9%†
8 Ottawa Blackjacks 11,429 3,270 1,498 2,286 +11.4%†
9 Scarborough Shooting Stars 8,728 1,647 1,205 1,746 +16.4%†
10 Brampton Honey Badgers 14,191 3,214 830 1,577 −21.2%†
League total 240,757 10,649 830 3,254 −1.3%†

Source: [1]

Results

Teams BHB CGY EDM MON NIA OTT SSK SSS VAN WPG BHB CGY EDM MON NIA OTT SSK SSS VAN WPG
Brampton Honey Badgers — 85–94 95–91 71–92 91–66 76–89 88–86 76–90 July 11 81–74 — July 27 July 9 July 25
Calgary Surge 90–85 — 95–98 July 10 Aug 10 107–93 84–87 94–80 100–83 93–61 — Aug 8 July 25 July 27
Edmonton Stingers 99–81 84–86 — 94–83 Aug 8 93–74 Aug 3 98–81 95–104 98–85 July 6 — Aug 1 Aug 10
Montreal Alliance 88–66 Aug 4 105–83 — July 6 TBD 93–89 73–101 July 13 July 20 Aug 1 — July 23 July 27
Niagara River Lions 94–80 98–94 88–106 93–82 — July 31 87–89 98–94 July 10 93–82 July 16 July 25 — July 20
Ottawa Blackjacks 105–83 Aug 2 July 17 90–77 85–87 — July 26 July 29 Aug 10 104–80 July 21 Aug 8 89–90 —
Saskatchewan Rattlers Aug 10 96–89 89–92 80–82 86–87 93–90 — 93–101 65–105 July 11 July 15 Aug 6 — 76–101
Scarborough Shooting Stars July 13 July 31 July 11 88–108 102–70 87–86 91–84 — Aug 8 86–87 Aug 10 Aug 3 78–97 —
Vancouver Bandits July 6 80–95 109–79 91–82 109–72 95–81 97–85 100–97 — 85–92 July 20 July 18 — Aug 3
Winnipeg Sea Bears Aug 8 86–98 92–89 92–89 Aug 6 73–88 91–84 93–103 89–100 — July 17 July 25 Aug 1 —
Updated to match(es) played on July 5, 2025. Source: https://www.cebl.ca/games
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Play-offs

Bracket

Play-in round
August 14		Quarterfinals
August 16		Semifinals
August 22		Championship
August 24
E1
E2
E3
E4
Winnipeg

References

  1. ^ "Canadian Elite Basketball League to Expand Regular Season to 24-Game Format in 2025". Archived from the original on June 26, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  2. ^ "CEBL ANNOUNCES 2025 SCHEDULE SET TO TIP OFF MAY 11 IN EDMONTON". www.cebl.ca. December 4, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  3. ^ "CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND 2025". www.cebl.ca. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  4. ^ "CEBL Statement: Ottawa, Montreal Game Declared No Contest". www.cebl.ca. May 27, 2025. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
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