Waverley Falcons
Basketball team in Chadstone, Victoria
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Waverley Falcons 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 Waverley Basketball Association (WBA), the major administrative basketball organisation in the City of Monash. The Falcons play their home games at Waverley Basketball Centre.
| Waverley Falcons | |
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| Leagues | NBL1 South |
| Founded | 1982 |
| History | Waverley Falcons 1982–present |
| Arena | Waverley Basketball Centre |
| Location | Chadstone, Victoria |
| Team colors | Yellow, Green |
| General manager | Elias Palioyiannis |
| Head coach | M: Elias Palioyiannis W: Tom Bandilovski |
| Championships | Men: Big V (2)Women: CVIBL (1)NBL1 (1)NBL1 South (1) |
| Website | waverleyfalcons.nbl1.com.au |
Club history
Waverley Basketball Association was established in 1976.[1] Their representative division, the Waverley Falcons, was formed in 1982.[2]
In 1994, the Falcons women won the Country Victorian Invitational Basketball League (CVIBL) championship.[3] Waverley joined the Big V in 2000.[4] Between 2007 and 2009, the women's team lost three straight Big V grand final series to the Hume City Broncos.[5][6][7] In 2010 and 2011, the men's team won back-to-back Big V championships.[8]
Waverley joined the NBL1 in 2019.[9] The 2020 NBL1 season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[10] In 2023, the women's team lost in the NBL1 South grand final to the Bendigo Braves.[11] The women's team returned to the NBL1 South grand final in 2024,[12] where they won the NBL1 South championship with an 87–82 victory over the Keilor Thunder.[13][14] They went on to win the NBL1 National championship at the 2024 NBL1 National Finals, where they defeated the Bendigo Braves 97–49 in the grand final.[15]