Camberwell District Basketball Association, also known as Camberwell Basketball or CDBA, is a member association of Basketball Victoria which operates under the auspices of Basketball Australia.
Think of Camberwell Basketball as the “league” that runs the competition – think of them as a mini version of the NBL or AFL for community basketball in eastern suburban Melbourne.
Find out more about the Camberwell District Basketball Association.
There are over 500 junior teams in the Saturday competitions. Younger primary school aged players generally have games on Saturday mornings. Under 8 teams play early Friday evenings and under 22 teams play early Sunday evenings.
Secondary school aged players generally play Saturday afternoons to so there aren’t clashes with their school sport commitments.
Games use 45 minute time slots.
Two competitions seasons run each year:
- Summer competition is played in school terms 4 and 1
- Winter competition in played in school terms 2 and 3
There are no games on public holiday weekends or school holidays. The competitions are age-based on the 2-year groupings used throughout Australian basketball.
Camberwell District Basketball Association has under 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 22 age groups to designate both summer and winter competitions. Player eligibility is assessed from a cut off date for summer and winter competitions.
The first rounds of games each season are grading games. These games assess the skill levels of teams and intention is for teams compete with other teams of a similar skill level. The aim of the game is fun – competitive games are way more fun than having teams put in the wrong grade where they either win or lose by a huge margin each week.
Our team delegates work hard to ensure our teams are slotted into the appropriate grade for their games.
Camberwell Basketball competition rules
For competition rules, see the Rules and Policies page on the Camberwell Basketball website.
