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

LeagueCanadian Elite Basketball League
SportBasketball
DurationSeason: May 11 – August 10
Playoffs: August 14–24
Games24 per team
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2025 CEBL season
LeagueCanadian Elite Basketball League
SportBasketball
DurationSeason: May 11 – August 10
Playoffs: August 14–24
Games24 per team
Teams10
TV partnerTSN
Draft
Top draft pickSultan Haider Bhatti
Picked byMontreal Alliance
Regular season
Top seedVancouver Bandits
Season MVPMitch Creek
Top scorerJavonte Smart
Championship Weekend
VenueCanada Life Centre
Winnipeg, Manitoba
ChampionsNiagara River Lions (2nd title)
  Runners-upCalgary Surge
Finals MVPKhalil Ahmad
Seasons
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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

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Vancouver Bandits 24 19 5 2372 2122 +250 .792 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Calgary Surge 24 17 7 2287 2093 +194 .708 Advance to play in games
3 Edmonton Stingers 24 15 9 2256 2183 +73 .625
4 Winnipeg Sea Bears (H) 24 11 13 2052 2141 −89 .458 Advance to championship weekend[a]
5 Saskatchewan Rattlers 24 7 17 2054 2248 −194 .292
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Source: CEBL
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Automatically qualified for championship weekend as the host team.

Eastern Conference

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Niagara River Lions 24 14 10 2062 2121 −59 .583 Advance to championship weekend
2 Ottawa BlackJacks 24 12 12 2217 2143 +74 .500 Advance to quarter-finals
3 Scarborough Shooting Stars 24 11 13 2146 2137 +9 .458 Advance to play in games
4 Montreal Alliance 24 9 15 2103 2121 −18 .375
5 Brampton Honey Badgers 24 5 19 1935 2175 −240 .208
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Source: CEBL

Attendance

As of August 10, 2025
More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Winnipeg Sea Bears 92,103 10,649 5,871 7,675 −11.5%†
2 Vancouver Bandits 53,192 5,504 3,708 4,432 +13.9%†
3 Calgary Surge 40,286 6,954 2,336 3,357 −2.7%†
4 Edmonton Stingers 35,318 3,421 2,017 2,943 −14.0%†
5 Montreal Alliance 34,726 3,397[a] 2,522 2,893 +7.3%†
6 Niagara River Lions 28,739 4,454 1,800 2,394 −15.6%†
7 Saskatchewan Rattlers 27,645 3,518 1,500 2,303 −1.5%†
8 Ottawa BlackJacks 23,859 3,270 1,443 1,988 −3.1%†
9 Scarborough Shooting Stars 17,698 1,748 1,205 1,474 −1.7%†
10 Brampton Honey Badgers 17,687 3,214 753 1,473 −26.3%†
League total 371,253 10,649 753 3,093 −6.2%†
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Source:

  1. [a]
    The cancelled Summer Classic had a reported attendance of 9,305. As the game was not official, it does not count towards league attendance.

Results

More information Teams, BHB ...
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 85–89 81–74 — 84–86 73–101 96–89
Calgary Surge 90–85 — 95–98 107–91 94–76 107–93 84–87 94–80 100–83 93–61 — 105–76 98–96 78–79
Edmonton Stingers 99–81 84–86 — 94–83 92–81 93–74 88–90 98–81 95–104 98–85 113–90 — 105–121 97–77
Montreal Alliance 88–66 82–99 105–83 — 73–77 83–87 93–89 73–101 87–94 81–94 103–83 — 87–79 89–94
Niagara River Lions 94–80 98–94 88–106 93–82 — 93–96 87–89 98–94 96–77 93–82 97–79 91–89 — 96–81
Ottawa BlackJacks 105–83 101–112 85–87 90–77 85–87 — 96–97 100–93 112–130 104–80 91–77 98–92 89–90 —
Saskatchewan Rattlers 96–85 96–89 89–92 80–82 86–87 93–90 — 93–101 65–105 70–94 81–103 94–100 — 76–101
Scarborough Shooting Stars 86–71 93–89 75–81 88–108 102–70 87–86 91–84 — 95–102 86–87 80–92 81–64 78–97 —
Vancouver Bandits 87–84 80–95 109–79 91–82 109–72 95–81 97–85 100–97 — 85–92 111–99 100–79 — 106–74
Winnipeg Sea Bears 92–60 86–98 92–89 92–89 86–81 73–88 91–84 93–103 89–100 — 89–93 92–95 98–89 —
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Source: CEBL
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
E1Niagara93
E2Ottawa81E3Scarborough91
E3Scarborough92E3Scarborough114E1Niagara79
E4Montreal86W2Calgary73
W2Calgary90
W1Vancouver103W4Winnipeg79
W2Calgary103W2Calgary105
W3Edmonton95

Play-in games

Note: all times are local
August 14
7:00pm
Scarborough Shooting Stars 92, Montreal Alliance 86
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 25–24, 23–20, 22–28
Pts: Terquavion Smith 27
Rebs: Khalil Miller 11
Asts: Donovan Smith, Terquavion Smith 6		 Pts: Quincy Guerrier 30
Rebs: Quincy Guerrier 11
Asts: Tavian Dunn-Martin 10
Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, Scarborough, Ontario
Attendance: 1,554
Referees: Jayson Stiell, Tommy Wu, Tony Turnbull
August 14
7:30pm
Calgary Surge 103, Edmonton Stingers 95
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 23–25, 30–19, 25–26
Pts: Evan Gilyard II 28
Rebs: Greg Brown III 8
Asts: Gabe Osabuohien 8		 Pts: Sean East II 36
Rebs: Scottie Lindsay 9
Asts: Keon Ambrose-Hylton 5
WinSport Event Centre, Calgary, Alberta
Attendance: 2,776
Referees: Perry Stothart, Tanner Cervo, Reed Scott

Quarterfinals

August 16
1:00pm
Ottawa BlackJacks 81, Scarborough Shooting Stars 114
Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 17–28, 25–29, 14–31
Pts: David Walker 19
Rebs: Justin Ndjock-Tadjore 9
Asts: Calvin Epistola 6		 Pts: Donovan Williams 26
Rebs: Khalil Miller 17
Asts: Kobe Elvis 7
Centre Slush Puppie, Gatineau, Quebec
Attendance: 2,006
Referees: Greg Spagnoli, Chris Buccella, Farhan Baig
August 16
12:30pm
Vancouver Bandits 103, Calgary Surge 105
Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 24–35, 23–17, 29–27
Pts: Zach Copeland 30
Rebs: Tyrese Samuel 13
Asts: Mitch Creek 7		 Pts: Jameer Nelson Jr. 39
Rebs: Evan Gilyard II 8
Asts: Evan Gilyard II 6
Langley Events Centre, Langley, B.C.
Attendance: 5,081
Referees: Waseem Husainy, Ryley Kerrison, Neil Donnelly

Championship Weekend

Semifinals

August 22
5:00pm
Niagara River Lions 93, Scarborough Shooting Stars 91
Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 24–24, 25–18, 19–23
Pts: Khalil Ahmad 29
Rebs: Elijah Lufile 15
Asts: Ron Curry 5		 Pts: Donovan Williams 29
Rebs: Donovan Williams 11
Asts: Terquavion Smith 10
Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Attendance: 6,587
Referees: Cooper Toppings, Greg Spagnoli, Ryley Kerrison
August 22
7:30pm
Calgary Surge 90, Winnipeg Sea Bears 79
Scoring by quarter: 28–19, 14–17, 26–16, 22–27
Pts: Evan Gilyard II 24
Rebs: Greg Brown III 11
Asts: Jameer Nelson Jr., Gabe Osabuohien 4		 Pts: Trevon Scott 18
Rebs: Will Richardson, Simi Shittu 10
Asts: Will Richardson 7
Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Attendance: 9,076
Referees: Jayson Stiell, Tanner Cervo, Chris Buccella

Championship

August 24
6:00pm
Calgary Surge 73, Niagara River Lions 79
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 16–21, 15–21, 22–16
Pts: Sean Miller-Moore 19
Rebs: Greg Brown III 17
Asts: Gabe Osabuohien 5		 Pts: Khalil Ahmad 16
Rebs: Khalil Ahmad, Elijah Lufile 9
Asts: Kimbal Mackenzie 5
Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Attendance: 7,129
Referees: Jayson Stiell, Cooper Toppings, Greg Spagnoli

Awards

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All-CEBL teams

More information First Team, Pos. ...
First Team Pos. Second Team
PlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Greg Brown III Calgary Surge F Tyrese Samuel Vancouver Bandits
Mitch Creek Vancouver Bandits F Simi Shittu Winnipeg Sea Bears
Sean East II Edmonton Stingers G Khalil Ahmad Niagara River Lions
Javonte Smart Ottawa BlackJacks G Jameer Nelson Jr. Calgary Surge
Donovan Williams Scarborough Shooting Stars G Terquavion Smith Scarborough Shooting Stars
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All-Canadian team

More information Pos., Player ...
Pos. Player Team
F Keon Ambrose-Hylton Edmonton Stingers
F Quincy Guerrier Montreal Alliance
G Sean Miller-Moore Calgary Surge
F Tyrese Samuel Vancouver Bandits
F Simi Shittu Winnipeg Sea Bears
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