Victoria has more than 140 affiliated basketball associations. This is the directory of the ones we have written up so far, grouped by region, each with its clubs, venues, age groups and what a season actually involves for a parent.
Written by Cameron James, founder and head coach at
Liddicoat Basketball. Coaching juniors in Victoria for nearly a decade.
Last updated August 2026.
How to use this directory
Find the association nearest you and start there. Each page covers who they are, which competitions they run, where they play, the age groups, what it costs and how to join.
Basketball Victoria lists more than 140 affiliated associations across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, so this directory is not finished and probably never will be. We add associations in order of how many people are actually searching for them.
If yours is missing or something here is out of date, email admin@liddicoatbasketball.com.au and we will fix it.
Association, club, competition: which is which
These three words get used interchangeably and they mean different things, which is most of why this is confusing.
The three levels
Term
What it actually is
Example
Association
The body that runs basketball in an area. Runs the local competition and enters rep teams.
Knox Basketball Association
Club
The team organisation your child joins, sitting inside an association.
Bulleen Boomers
Competition
The league the teams actually play in. Can span several associations.
EDJBA, NJBL, GEBC
So your child joins a club, the club belongs to an association, and the association enters that club's teams into a competition. You will hear all three names in your first fortnight.
What actually varies between associations
They are not interchangeable. Before you commit, these are the things that genuinely differ and that nobody volunteers.
Age group brackets. Some run U8, U10, U12. Others run U9, U11, U13. It changes which group your child lands in.
The day your child plays. Some split by gender across weeknights, others play everything Saturday.
The age cut off date, which decides the group more than your child's birthday does.
How fees are charged. Some publish a per player season fee, others charge clubs at team level and the club divides it.
How early they start. A few take three year olds, most start around five to eight.
How many grades they run, which decides whether a struggling team can be moved.
Melbourne's east
Nunawading Basketball. East Burwood. Spectres, GEBC Saturday comp.
Kilsyth Basketball. Kilsyth Sports Centre. Cobras, 14 domestic clubs.
Bulleen Boomers. Sheahans Road. EDJBA club, VJBL and Big V.
Knox Basketball. State Basketball Centre. Raiders, VJBL and NBL1.
Warrandyte Basketball. Redbacks and Venom. EDJBA and VJBL.
Ringwood Hawks. The Rings, 4 courts. GEBC and VJBL.
Melbourne's north
Diamond Valley Basketball. Greensborough. NJBL, 20 clubs, 5,000+ players.
Sunbury Basketball. Wilson Lane. Jets, 10 affiliated clubs.
Eltham Wildcats. Montmorency. 7,000+ members, EDJBA and VJBL.
Whittlesea Pacers. Mill Park Stadium. Sunday, Monday, Wednesday games.
Darebin Basketball. Giants and Phoenix. D-League from age 6.
