2025 CEBL season

2025 CEBL season
2025 CEBL season
League	Canadian Elite Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	Season: May 11 – August 10 ; Playoffs: August 14–24
Number of games	24 per team
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	TSN
Draft
Top draft pick	Sultan Haider Bhatti
Picked by	Montreal Alliance
Regular season
Top seed	Vancouver Bandits
Season MVP	Mitch Creek
Top scorer	Javonte Smart
Championship weekend
Venue	Canada Life Centre; Winnipeg, Manitoba
Champions	Niagara River Lions (2nd title)
Runners-up	Calgary Surge
Finals MVP	Khalil Ahmad
Seasons
	← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 CEBL season is the seventh season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). The regular season began on May 11 and ends on August 10. The league now plays a 24-game season, 4 more than the previous 20-game schedule.^[1]^[2]^[3]

On May 25, 2025, the Montreal Alliance played the Ottawa BlackJacks at IGA Stadium in Montreal, the first professional basketball game played outdoors in Canadian basketball history. However, the game was suspended at halftime due to court conditions and declared a no contest.^[4]

Regular season

Standings

Western Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Vancouver Bandits	24	19	5	2372	2122	+250	.792	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Calgary Surge	24	17	7	2287	2093	+194	.708	Advance to play in games
3	Edmonton Stingers	24	15	9	2256	2183	+73	.625	Advance to play in games
4	Winnipeg Sea Bears (H)	24	11	13	2052	2141	−89	.458	Advance to championship weekend^[a]
5	Saskatchewan Rattlers	24	7	17	2054	2248	−194	.292

Source: CEBL
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ Automatically qualified for championship weekend as the host team.

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Niagara River Lions	24	14	10	2062	2121	−59	.583	Advance to championship weekend
2	Ottawa BlackJacks	24	12	12	2217	2143	+74	.500	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Scarborough Shooting Stars	24	11	13	2146	2137	+9	.458	Advance to play in games
4	Montreal Alliance	24	9	15	2103	2121	−18	.375	Advance to play in games
5	Brampton Honey Badgers	24	5	19	1935	2175	−240	.208

Source: CEBL

Attendance

As of August 10, 2025

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Winnipeg Sea Bears	92,103	10,649	5,871	7,675	−11.5%^†
2	Vancouver Bandits	53,192	5,504	3,708	4,432	+13.9%^†
3	Calgary Surge	40,286	6,954	2,336	3,357	−2.7%^†
4	Edmonton Stingers	35,318	3,421	2,017	2,943	−14.0%^†
5	Montreal Alliance	34,726	3,397^[a]	2,522	2,893	+7.3%^†
6	Niagara River Lions	28,739	4,454	1,800	2,394	−15.6%^†
7	Saskatchewan Rattlers	27,645	3,518	1,500	2,303	−1.5%^†
8	Ottawa Blackjacks	23,859	3,270	1,443	1,988	−3.1%^†
9	Scarborough Shooting Stars	17,698	1,748	1,205	1,474	−1.7%^†
10	Brampton Honey Badgers	17,687	3,214	753	1,473	−26.3%^†
	League total	371,253	10,649	753	3,093	−6.2%^†

Source: [1]

^ The cancelled Summer Classic had a reported attendance of 9,305. As the game was not official, it does not count towards league attendance.

Results

Teams	BHB	CGY	EDM	MON	NIA	OTT	SSK	SSS	VAN	WPG	BHB	CGY	EDM	MON	NIA	OTT	SSK	SSS	VAN	WPG
Brampton Honey Badgers	—	85–94	95–91	71–92	91–66	76–89	88–86	76–90	85–89	81–74	—				84–86	73–101		96–89
Calgary Surge	90–85	—	95–98	107–91	94–76	107–93	84–87	94–80	100–83	93–61		—					105–76		98–96	78–79
Edmonton Stingers	99–81	84–86	—	94–83	92–81	93–74	88–90	98–81	95–104	98–85		113–90	—						105–121	97–77
Montreal Alliance	88–66	82–99	105–83	—	73–77	83–87	93–89	73–101	87–94	81–94	103–83			—		87–79		89–94
Niagara River Lions	94–80	98–94	88–106	93–82	—	93–96	87–89	98–94	96–77	93–82	97–79			91–89	—			96–81
Ottawa Blackjacks	105–83	101–112	85–87	90–77	85–87	—	96–97	100–93	112–130	104–80	91–77			98–92	89–90	—
Saskatchewan Rattlers	96–85	96–89	89–92	80–82	86–87	93–90	—	93–101	65–105	70–94		81–103	94–100				—		76–101
Scarborough Shooting Stars	86–71	93–89	75–81	88–108	102–70	87–86	91–84	—	95–102	86–87				80–92	81–64	78–97		—
Vancouver Bandits	87–84	80–95	109–79	91–82	109–72	95–81	97–85	100–97	—	85–92			111–99				100–79		—	106–74
Winnipeg Sea Bears	92–60	86–98	92–89	92–89	86–81	73–88	91–84	93–103	89–100	—		89–93	92–95				98–89			—

Source: CEBL
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Play-offs

Bracket

Play-in round
August 14

Quarterfinals
August 16

Semifinals
August 22

Championship
August 24

E1

Niagara

93

E2

Ottawa

81

E3

Scarborough

91

E3

Scarborough

92

E3

Scarborough

114

E1

Niagara

79

E4

Montreal

86

W2

Calgary

73

W2

Calgary

90

W1

Vancouver

103

W4

Winnipeg

79

W2

Calgary

103

W2

Calgary

105

W3

Edmonton

95

Play-in games

Note: all times are local

TSN2

August 14
7:00pm

box score

Scarborough Shooting Stars 92, Montreal Alliance 86
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 25–24, 23–20, 22–28
Pts: Terquavion Smith 27 Rebs: Khalil Miller 11 Asts: Donovan Smith, Terquavion Smith 6		Pts: Quincy Guerrier 30 Rebs: Quincy Guerrier 11 Asts: Tavian Dunn-Martin 10

Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, Scarborough, Ontario
Attendance: 1,554
Referees: Jayson Stiell, Tommy Wu, Tony Turnbull

TSN2

August 14
7:30pm

box score

Calgary Surge 103, Edmonton Stingers 95
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 23–25, 30–19, 25–26
Pts: Evan Gilyard II 28 Rebs: Greg Brown III 8 Asts: Gabe Osabuohien 8		Pts: Sean East II 36 Rebs: Scottie Lindsay 9 Asts: Keon Ambrose-Hylton 5

WinSport Event Centre, Calgary, Alberta
Attendance: 2,776
Referees: Perry Stothart, Tanner Cervo, Reed Scott

Quarterfinals

TSN4

August 16
1:00pm

box score

Ottawa Blackjacks 81, Scarborough Shooting Stars 114
Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 17–28, 25–29, 14–31
Pts: David Walker 19 Rebs: Justin Ndjock-Tadjore 9 Asts: Calvin Epistola 6		Pts: Donovan Williams 26 Rebs: Khalil Miller 17 Asts: Kobe Elvis 7

Centre Slush Puppie, Gatineau, Quebec
Attendance: 2,006
Referees: Greg Spagnoli, Chris Buccella, Farhan Baig

TSN4

August 16
12:30pm

box score

Vancouver Bandits 103, Calgary Surge 105
Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 24–35, 23–17, 29–27
Pts: Zach Copeland 30 Rebs: Tyrese Samuel 13 Asts: Mitch Creek 7		Pts: Jameer Nelson Jr. 39 Rebs: Evan Gilyard II 8 Asts: Evan Gilyard II 6

Langley Events Centre, Langley, B.C.
Attendance: 5,081
Referees: Waseem Husainy, Ryley Kerrison, Neil Donnelly

Championship Weekend

Semifinals

TSN4

August 22
5:00pm

box score

Niagara River Lions 93, Scarborough Shooting Stars 91
Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 24–24, 25–18, 19–23
Pts: Khalil Ahmad 29 Rebs: Elijah Lufile 15 Asts: Ron Curry 5		Pts: Donovan Williams 29 Rebs: Donovan Williams 11 Asts: Terquavion Smith 10

Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Attendance: 6,587
Referees: Cooper Toppings, Greg Spagnoli, Ryley Kerrison

TSN4

August 22
7:30pm

box score

Calgary Surge 90, Winnipeg Sea Bears 79
Scoring by quarter: 28–19, 14–17, 26–16, 22–27
Pts: Evan Gilyard II 24 Rebs: Greg Brown III 11 Asts: Jameer Nelson Jr., Gabe Osabuohien 4		Pts: Trevon Scott 18 Rebs: Will Richardson, Simi Shittu 10 Asts: Will Richardson 7

Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Attendance: 9,076
Referees: Jayson Stiell, Tanner Cervo, Chris Buccella

Championship

TSN3

August 24
6:00pm

box score

Calgary Surge 73, Niagara River Lions 79
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 16–21, 15–21, 22–16
Pts: Sean Miller-Moore 19 Rebs: Greg Brown III 17 Asts: Gabe Osabuohien 5		Pts: Khalil Ahmad 16 Rebs: Khalil Ahmad, Elijah Lufile 9 Asts: Kimbal Mackenzie 5

Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Attendance: 7,129
Referees: Jayson Stiell, Cooper Toppings, Greg Spagnoli

Awards

Source:^[5]

Most Valuable Player: Mitch Creek, Vancouver Bandits
Canadian Player of the Year: Tyrese Samuel, Vancouver Bandits
Development Player of the Year: Isaac Simon, Saskatchewan Rattlers
Defensive Player of the year: Jameer Nelson Jr., Calgary Surge
Clutch Player of the Year: Tyrese Samuel, Vancouver Bandits
Coach of the Year: Kyle Julius, Vancouver Bandits
Sixth Man of the Year: Zane Waterman, Ottawa Blackjacks
Officiating Recognition Award: Karl Toulouse
Community Champion Award:
CEBL Finals MVP: Khalil Ahmad, Niagara River Lions

All-CEBL teams

First Team		Pos.	Second Team
Player	Team	Pos.	Player	Team
Greg Brown III	Calgary Surge	F	Tyrese Samuel	Vancouver Bandits
Mitch Creek	Vancouver Bandits	F	Simi Shittu	Winnipeg Sea Bears
Sean East II	Edmonton Stingers	G	Khalil Ahmad	Niagara River Lions
Javonte Smart	Ottawa Blackjacks	G	Jameer Nelson Jr.	Calgary Surge
Donovan Williams	Scarborough Shooting Stars	G	Terquavion Smith	Scarborough Shooting Stars

All-Canadian team

Pos.	Player	Team
F	Keon Ambrose-Hylton	Edmonton Stingers
F	Quincy Guerrier	Montreal Alliance
G	Sean Miller-Moore	Calgary Surge
F	Tyrese Samuel	Vancouver Bandits
F	Simi Shittu	Winnipeg Sea Bears

References

^ "Canadian Elite Basketball League to Expand Regular Season to 24-Game Format in 2025". Archived from the original on June 26, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ "CEBL ANNOUNCES 2025 SCHEDULE SET TO TIP OFF MAY 11 IN EDMONTON". www.cebl.ca. December 4, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ "CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND 2025". www.cebl.ca. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ "CEBL Statement: Ottawa, Montreal Game Declared No Contest". www.cebl.ca. May 27, 2025. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
^ "CEBL Stars Honoured in Winnipeg as 2025 Award Winners Revealed". www.cebl.ca. August 21, 2025. Retrieved August 21, 2025.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_SF0.46130936567733-5] Automatically qualified for championship weekend as the host team.

[6] The cancelled Summer Classic had a reported attendance of 9,305. As the game was not official, it does not count towards league attendance.

[1] "Canadian Elite Basketball League to Expand Regular Season to 24-Game Format in 2025". Archived from the original on June 26, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[2] "CEBL ANNOUNCES 2025 SCHEDULE SET TO TIP OFF MAY 11 IN EDMONTON". www.cebl.ca. December 4, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[3] "CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND 2025". www.cebl.ca. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[4] "CEBL Statement: Ottawa, Montreal Game Declared No Contest". www.cebl.ca. May 27, 2025. Retrieved June 23, 2025.

[7] "CEBL Stars Honoured in Winnipeg as 2025 Award Winners Revealed". www.cebl.ca. August 21, 2025. Retrieved August 21, 2025.

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