2026 New Zealand NBL season

Duration9 April – 9 August

Games20

The 2026 NBL season is the 45th season of the National Basketball League. The league fields 11 teams.

The 2026 regular season commenced on 9 April, with the finals set to take place from 29 July to 9 August.^[1]

Team	City	Arena	Head Coach	Import	Import	Import
Auckland Tuatara	Auckland	Eventfinda Stadium	Cameron Gliddon	Sean Bairstow	Josh Dilling	Chris Johnson
Canterbury Rams	Christchurch	Parakiore Recreation and Sport Centre	Quinn Clinton
Franklin Bulls	Pukekohe	Franklin Pool and Leisure Centre	Dan Ryan
Hawke's Bay Hawks	Napier	Pettigrew Green Arena	Will Lopez
Manawatu Jets	Palmerston North	Arena Manawatu	Tony Webster
Nelson Giants	Nelson	Trafalgar Centre	Michael Fitchett
Otago Nuggets	Dunedin	Edgar Centre	Jeff Sparrow
Southland Sharks	Invercargill	Stadium Southland	Jonathan Yim
Taranaki Airs	New Plymouth	TSB Stadium	John White
Tauranga Whai	Tauranga	Mercury Baypark	Matt Lacey
Wellington Saints	Wellington	TSB Bank Arena	Aaron Young

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification
1	Otago Nuggets	2	2	0	Semi Finals
2	Auckland Tuatara	2	2	0	Semi Finals
3	Tauranga Whai	2	2	0	Elimination Finals
4	Canterbury Rams	2	2	0
5	Taranaki Airs	3	2	1
6	Wellington Saints	2	1	1
7	Manawatu Jets	3	1	2
8	Southland Sharks	3	1	2
9	Nelson Giants	2	0	2
10	Franklin Bulls	2	0	2
11	Hawke's Bay Hawks	3	0	3

Summary