EDMONTON TO HOST 2021 CEBL CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND
With tip-off of its third season coming Thursday, the Canadian Elite Basketball League announced Monday that Edmonton, home of the 2020 CEBL champion Edmonton Stingers, will host the 2021 CEBL Championship Weekend from August 18–22 at the Edmonton Expo Centre. In Monday’s announcement the league also unveiled its playoff schedule, which will begin August 14.
The team with the best regular season record will join host Edmonton with automatic berths into the four-team Championship Weekend. The next four teams in the standings will play quarterfinal games at 4 p.m. ET on August 14 and August 15 to determine which two will advance to the semifinals being held August 20 at the Expo Centre. The first semifinal is at 7 p.m. ET followed by the second semifinal starting at 9:30 p.m. ET. The Championship Finals game is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET on August 22.
Fans can now purchase weekend ticket packages to watch both the semifinals and the championship final in person at the Expo Centre via this link.
All playoff games will be broadcasted nationally on CBC TV and available for live streaming on the CEBL’s new OTT streaming service CEBL+, cbcsports.ca, the free CBC Gem streaming service, the CBC Sports App for iOS and android devices, and on Twitch.
Championship Weekend will be a five-day event hosted in partnership with the Expo Centre, City of Edmonton and Province of Alberta. It will feature the annual CEBL Awards event, a family friendly street-festival, tailgate parties, major concerts featuring top artists, a 3×3 Basketball tournament organized by EYBA, an NBA 2k gaming tournament, and the top four CEBL teams competing to be named CEBL champions. More details, the complete schedule and upcoming news on Championship Weekend can be found here.
“I am thrilled to have Championship Weekend come to Edmonton this year,” said Mike Morreale, Commissioner & CEO of the CEBL. “This five-day event promises to be a fun-filled celebration of basketball, music, and entertainment along with the top CEBL teams battling it out to win the coveted CEBL Championship Trophy. The entire Edmonton region has shown great support for their Stingers, and the community knows how to host major events. Championship Weekend will be an event not to be missed.”
The 2021 CEBL season begins Thursday at 7 p.m. ET in the nation’s capital as the Ottawa BlackJacks host the Niagara River Lions at TD Place. The Hamilton Honey Badgers take on the defending CEBL champion Stingers in Edmonton on June 26 at 2 p.m. MT (4 p.m. ET) in a game that will be nationally televised on CBC. Fraser Valley hosts Saskatchewan that evening to complete the season’s opening weekend of action.
(CEBL Communications)
