NBL Finals

The National Basketball League (NBL) Finals is a tournament held at the end of each NBL season to determine the league champions. The top six teams qualify for the finals based on the regular season results. The current finals format consists of four rounds: two sudden-death play-in games then the best-of-three Semifinals and best-of-five Grand Final series.

Format

1980–1983

1984

1985

1986

1987–1988

1989–1991

1992–1996

1997–1998

1999

The top six teams at the end of the regular season advance to the finals under this playoff system:

2000

2004–2008

2009

2010–2016

2017–2022

The top four teams at the end of the regular season advance to the finals under this playoff system:

2023–present

List of finals

This is a complete listing of National Basketball League (NBL) Finals series, grouped by franchise. Series featuring relocated and/or renamed teams are kept with their ultimate relocation franchises. Bolded years indicate wins. Years in italics indicate series in progress. Tables are sorted first by the number of series, then the number of wins, and then by year of first occurrence.

Adelaide 36ers

As of the end of the 2018 season

Brisbane Bullets

As of the end of the 2019 season