Waverley Falcons
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| logo = Waverley Falcons logo.png
| leagues = NBL1 South
| founded = 1982
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| history = Waverley Falcons
1982–present
| arena = Waverley Basketball Centre
| location = Chadstone, Victoria
| colors = Yellow, Green
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| league_champs = Men:
Big V (2){{hlist|2010|2011}}Women:
CVIBL (1){{hlist|1994}}NBL1 (1){{hlist|2024}}NBL1 South (1){{hlist|2024}}
| website = [https://waverleyfalcons.nbl1.com.au/ waverleyfalcons.nbl1.com.au]
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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.
Club history
Waverley Basketball Association was established in 1976.{{cite web|url=http://www.waverleybasketball.com/page.aspx?id=10|title=History|work=WaverleyBasketball.com|access-date=17 May 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602020906/http://www.waverleybasketball.com/page.aspx?id=10|archive-date=2 June 2015}} Their representative division, the Waverley Falcons, was formed in 1982.{{cite web|url=https://www.waverleybasketball.com/page.aspx?id=204|title=WAVERLEY FALCONS REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS|work=WaverleyBasketball.com|access-date=29 December 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924113401/https://www.waverleybasketball.com/page.aspx?id=204|archive-date=24 September 2023}}
In 1994, the Falcons women won the Country Victorian Invitational Basketball League (CVIBL) championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigv.com.au/index.cgi?sID=17&intArticleID=1946&det=1|title=Women's Champion Teams Year by Year|work=BigV.com.au|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070910003600/http://www.bigv.com.au/index.cgi?sID=17&intArticleID=1946&det=1|archive-date=10 September 2007}} Waverley joined the Big V in 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigv.com.au/index.php?id=885|title=2000 VBL & Big V|work=BigV.com.au|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327043727/http://www.bigv.com.au/index.php?id=885|archive-date=27 March 2012}} Between 2007 and 2009, the women's team lost three straight Big V grand final series to the Hume City Broncos.{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446685&c=0-913-0-0-0|title=2007 Championship Women Results|work=Big V|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725152137/https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446685&c=0-913-0-0-0|archive-date=25 July 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446690&c=0-913-0-0-0|title=2008 Championship Women Results|work=Big V|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725151721/https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446690&c=0-913-0-0-0|archive-date=25 July 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446675&c=0-913-0-0-0|title=2009 Championship Women Results|work=Big V|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725151250/https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446675&c=0-913-0-0-0|archive-date=25 July 2024}} In 2010 and 2011, the men's team won back-to-back Big V championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigv.com.au/index.php?id=755&tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2011&tx_ttnews%5Bmonth%5D=08&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2456&cHash=e6f7ec602620fedad8b3b6e6c1fbf5df|title=Waverley Falcons win premiership|work=BigV.com.au|date=30 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325174402/http://www.bigv.com.au/index.php?id=755&tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2011&tx_ttnews%5Bmonth%5D=08&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2456&cHash=e6f7ec602620fedad8b3b6e6c1fbf5df|archive-date=25 March 2012}}
Waverley joined the NBL1 in 2019.{{cite web|last=Ward|first=Roy|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketball/basketball-victoria-announces-new-elite-league-to-replace-seabl-20181031-p50d83.html|title=Basketball Victoria announces new elite league to replace SEABL|work=SMH.com.au|date=31 October 2018|accessdate=11 November 2018}} The 2020 NBL1 season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|last=Arsenis|first=Damian|url=https://pickandroll.com.au/2020-nbl1-season-facing-cancellation-as-south-teams-withdraw/|title=2020 NBL1 season facing uncertainty as South teams withdraw|work=pickandroll.com.au|date=20 March 2020|accessdate=20 March 2020}} In 2023, the women's team lost in the NBL1 South grand final to the Bendigo Braves.{{cite web|url=https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-south-recap-or-womens-grand-final-2023/south|title=NBL1 South Recap | Women's Grand Final 2023|work=NBL1.com.au|date=12 August 2023|access-date=12 August 2023}} The women's team returned to the NBL1 South grand final in 2024,{{cite web|last=Everett|first=Lachlan|url=https://nbl1.com.au/article/the-disrespected-hottest-team-in-the-country|title=The "disrespected" hottest team in the country|work=NBL1.com.au|date=8 August 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808141922/https://nbl1.com.au/article/the-disrespected-hottest-team-in-the-country|archive-date=8 August 2024}} where they won the NBL1 South championship with an 87–82 victory over the Keilor Thunder.{{cite web|last=Pike|first=Chris|url=https://nbl1.com.au/article/recap-nbl1-south-or-womens-grand-final|title=Recap NBL1 South {{pipe}} Women's Grand Final|work=NBL1.com.au|date=10 August 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811044230/https://nbl1.com.au/article/recap-nbl1-south-or-womens-grand-final|archive-date=11 August 2024|access-date=11 August 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://nbl1.com.au/article/waverley-falcons-win-the-2024-nbl1-south-womens-championship|title=Waverley Falcons win the 2024 NBL1 South women's championship|work=NBL1.com.au|date=10 August 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811045312/https://nbl1.com.au/article/waverley-falcons-win-the-2024-nbl1-south-womens-championship|archive-date=11 August 2024|access-date=11 August 2024}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://nbl1.com.au/article/recap-nbl1-national-finals-or-womens-championship-game|title=Recap NBL1 National Finals {{pipe}} Women's Championship Game|work=NBL1.com.au|date=18 August 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818042102/https://nbl1.com.au/article/recap-nbl1-national-finals-or-womens-championship-game|archive-date=18 August 2024}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.waverleybasketball.com/ WBA's official website]
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Category:Basketball teams established in 1982
Category:1982 establishments in Australia