Heavenfall Basketball League
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Current season, competition or edition: 2175-76 HBL season | |
Formerly | Refugee Basketball Community (2063-2065) Heavenfall Refugee Basketball (2065-2079) |
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Association | Heavenfall Assocation of Professional Basketball |
Sport | Basketball |
Founded | 7 March 2063 (112 years ago), New Brooklyn, Heavenfall |
Commissioner | Big Abrines (since 2166) |
No. of teams | 45 |
Country | Heavenfall |
Most recent champion(s) | Mizunoma Cherry Blossoms (1st title) (2174-75) |
Most titles | New Brooklyn Knicks (16 titles) |
Sponsor(s) | Freud Entertainment |
The Heavenfall Basketball League (HBL), known colloquially as the HeavensLeague, is a professional basketball league in Heavenfall composed of 45 teams divided equally between the Land, Air, and Sea conferences. Since its founding, it has been the most popular sports league in Heavenfall and is considered among the "big six" of Heavenfall sports.
The HBL was founded on 7 March 2063 as the Refugee Basketball Community (RBC) before renaming itself as Heavenfall Refugee Basketball (HRB) in 2065. Following a reorganization and professionalization in 2079, the league renamed itself to the Heavenfall Basketball League for the 2080 season after a merger with the Basketball Association of Heavenfall.
Teams
Regular season
During the regular season, each team plays 66 games, 33 each home and away. A team faces opponents in its own division four times (16 games) and other teams in its conference two times (20 games). Among teams in other conferences, a team faces 5 teams twice (20 games) and 5 teams once (10 games).