World Basketball Association

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World Basketball Association (WBA)
World Basketball Association logo.jpg
SportBasketball
Founded2004
Motto"The next best thing to the NBA"
No. of teams7
CountryUSA
ContinentFIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent
champion(s)
Most titlesGwinnett Majic (3)
Official websitewww.WBAball.net

The World Basketball Association (WBA) was a semi-professional men's spring basketball league in the United States. The league suspended operations after the 2013 season.

History[]

The WBA was conceived in 2009, with seven teams scheduled to play. One of those original seven, the , did not start the season and was replaced by the .

Final teams[]

Team City Arena Head Coach
Atlanta Blaze Brookhaven, Georgia Lynwood Gymnasium
Conyers, Georgia J.P. Carr Gynmnasium
Gastonia, North Carolina Ashbrook High School Gymnasium TBA
Gwinnett Majic Gwinnett County, Georgia Bogan Park Gymnasium David Akin
Greenville, South Carolina TBA TBA
Rome Gladiators Rome, Georgia Winthrop-King Centre
Anderson, South Carolina Anderson Recreation Center

Former teams[]

Champions[]

Year Champion Runner-up Result
2004 Southern Crescent Lightning 82-79
2005 Rome Gladiators 103-100
2006 Rome Gladiators Cartersville Warriors 125-114
2007 Mayas-USA 114-104
2008 Buford Majic 131-128 (2OT)
2009 Buford Majic 95-93
2010 Gwinnett Majic Franklin Knights 133-113
2011 Gwinnett Majic 113-91
2012 No championship
2013 [1] Rome Gladiators

References[]

  1. ^ "WBA league Championship". USbasket.com. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

External links[]

Official WBA website

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