Diamond Valley Eagles
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Diamond Valley Eagles
1990–present
Women:
Diamond Valley Eagles
1984–present
| Diamond Valley Eagles | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leagues | NBL1 South |
| Founded | 1984 |
| History | Men: Diamond Valley Eagles 1990–present Women: Diamond Valley Eagles 1984–present |
| Arena | Diamond Valley Sports and Fitness Centre |
| Location | Greensborough, Victoria |
| Team colors | Red, green, white |
| President | Stuart Callaghan |
| Vice-president | Sarah Davies |
| General manager | Patrick Di Lizio |
| Championships | 0 |
| Website | NBL1.com.au |
Diamond Valley Eagles is a NBL1 South club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 South. The club is a division of Diamond Valley Basketball Association, the major administrative basketball organisation in the Shire of Diamond Valley. The Eagles play their home games at Diamond Valley Sports and Fitness Centre.
Background
Diamond Valley Basketball Association was established in 1974.[1] Two years later, the Diamond Valley Sports and Fitness Centre was built.[2][3]
WBC, CVIBL and Big V
In 1984, the Diamond Valley Eagles debuted in the inaugural season of the Women's Basketball Conference (WBC).[4] They went on to play in the league's first three seasons.[4]
In 1987, the Victorian Women's Conference (VWC) was established.[5] In 1989, the VWC was renamed the Country Victorian Invitation Basketball League (CVIBL), with Diamond Valley earning CVIBL runners-up honours that year.[6]
The earliest known appearance of the Diamond Valley men was in 1990,[7] in what was the second year of the men's CVIBL competition.[8] Both the Diamond Valley men and women played in the top division of the CVIBL, which was later renamed the Victorian Basketball League (VBL), every year up until 1999.[7]
In 2000, the Eagles men were inaugural members of the Big V Championship Division.[9] The women's team were demoted to the third division.[9] This setup remained the same until in 2006, the women's team were promoted to the second division.[9] After winning the second division in 2008,[10] the Eagles women joined the men in the Big V Championship Division in 2009.[11][12] Both teams remained in Championship Division up until 2017.[13][14][15]
SEABL and NBL1
In October 2017, the Eagles were accepted into the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) for the 2018 season, with the club moving its senior men's and women's teams from Big V State Championship into the SEABL.[16]
Following the demised of the SEABL, the Eagles joined the NBL1 for the league's inaugural season in 2019.[17][18][19] Both teams missed the finals in their first NBL1 season.[20][21] The NBL1 South season did not go ahead in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22]
References
- ↑ Di Lizio, Patrick (9 March 2026). "DVBA 50 Years Stories – The Stadium". dvbasketball.com.au. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ↑ "Diamond Valley Sports and Fitness Centre reopens tomorrow". Mirage News. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ↑ "Life Members". dvbasketball.com.au. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- 1 2 "FLASHBACK 99a: NWBL, WBC 1986". botinagy.com. 30 July 2017. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024.
- ↑ "Big V/Youth League". dvbasketball.com.au. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ↑ "Women's Champion Teams Year by Year". BigV.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 September 2007.
- 1 2 "League History 1989 -1999". BigV.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.
- ↑ "Men's Champion Teams Year by Year". BigV.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 September 2007.
- 1 2 3 "League History 2000 - 2010". BigV.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.
- ↑ "Results for Division One Women – Big V 2008". GameDay. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ↑ "Ladder for Championship Women – Big V 2009". GameDay.
- ↑ "Ladder for SCM 2009 – Big V". GameDay. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ↑ "Competitions at BigV Past Results". GameDay. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ↑ Hustwaite, Megan (25 April 2016). "Diamond Valley Championship Men fit and firing with 7-0 start to Big V season". heraldsun.com.au. Diamond Valley Leader. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ↑ Chalmers, Steve (10 March 2017). "Your ultimate guide to the 2017 Big V State Championship Women season". pickandroll.com.au. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ↑ Cowan, Geordie (19 October 2017). "Diamond Valley Eagles ecstatic to move into SEABL competition". heraldsun.com.au. Diamond Valley Leader. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ↑ Ward, Roy (31 October 2018). "Basketball Victoria announces new elite league to replace SEABL". SMH.com.au. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ↑ "NBL1 to Showcase Next Level of Australia's Basketball Talent". NBL.com.au. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ↑ Williams, Peter (7 June 2019). "NBL1 mid-season review: Diamond Valley Eagles". Basketball Rookie Me Central. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ↑ Williams, Peter (30 March 2020). "NBL1 South women's team summary: Diamond Valley Eagles". Basketball Rookie Me Central. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ↑ Williams, Peter (24 April 2020). "NBL1 South Men's team summary: Diamond Valley Eagles". Basketball Rookie Me Central. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ↑ Arsenis, Damian (20 March 2020). "2020 NBL1 season facing uncertainty as South teams withdraw". pickandroll.com.au. Retrieved 20 March 2020.