{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{About|the Australian basketball club|the Chinese basketball team|Guangdong Southern Tigers|the intercollegiate athletics program|Texas Southern Tigers}} {{Infobox basketball club | name = Southern Tigers | color1 = gold | color2 = black | color3 = maroon | logo = Southern Tigers logo.png | leagues = NBL1 Central | founded = 2003 | dissolved = | history = '''Southern Tigers'''<br>2003–present | arena = Morphett Vale Stadium | capacity = | location = Morphett Vale, South Australia | colors = Gold, maroon, black | current = | sponsor = | president = Gavin Miller | vice-presidents = | manager = | coach = | captain = | ownership = | championships = '''2''' (2016, 2018) (M)<br>'''2''' (2017, 2021) (W) | website = [https://www.nbl1.com.au/club/southern-tigers NBL1.com.au] | h_body = | h_pattern_b = | h_shorts = | h_pattern_s = | a_body = | a_pattern_b = | a_shorts = | a_pattern_s = }}
'''Southern Tigers''' is a NBL1 Central club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The club fields both a men's and women's team. The club is a division of the overarching Southern Tigers Basketball Association (STBA), one of the major administrative basketball organisations in Adelaide's southern suburbs. The Tigers play their home games at Morphett Vale Stadium.
==Club history== The Southern Tigers were established in 2003 following the amalgamation of the Noarlunga City Tigers and Adelaide Southern Suns.<ref name=about-us>{{cite news |title=About Us |url=https://www.southerntigers.com.au/about-us/history/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |work=Southern Tigers |language=en}}</ref><ref name=history>{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.southerntigers.com.au/about-us/history/3/ |website=southerntigers.com.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317222531/http://www.southerntigers.com.au/about-us/history/3/ |archive-date=17 March 2016}}</ref>
In the South Australian Premier League, the Tigers men won their first championship in 2016 with an 85–66 grand final victory over the Sturt Sabres.<ref name=mens-champions>{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?client=0-3656-0-0-0&sID=77311&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=5979060|title=Men's Premiers (1957–2019)|work=NBL1 Central|access-date=16 August 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816094606/https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?client=0-3656-0-0-0&sID=77311&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=5979060|archive-date=16 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Nagy|first=Boti|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/southern-tigers-roar-to-claim-first-premier-league-mens-title-this-century-as-norwood-flames-take-care-of-business/news-story/d1429650f4f17674c6fd4d09b5bb3efb|title=Southern Tigers roar to claim first Premier League men's title this century as Norwood Flames take care of business|work=AdelaideNow.com.au|date=11 September 2016|access-date=4 December 2018}}</ref> The team featured Mitch Creek and Alex Starling.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nagy |first1=Boti |title=Southern Tigers star Mitch Creek only knows how to win and there’s no plans to change that in final with Sturt |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/southern-tigers-star-mitch-creek-only-knows-how-to-win-and-theres-no-plans-to-change-that-in-final-with-sturt/news-story/9b6a4841d2ca63591ba56f10f038f391 |access-date=9 December 2024 |work=adelaidenow.com.au |date=9 September 2016}}</ref> In 2017, the women's team won their first Premier League championship with a 65–61 grand final victory over the North Adelaide Rockets.<ref name=womens-champions>{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?client=0-3656-0-0-0&sID=77311&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=5979062|title=Women's Premiers (1957–2019)|work=NBL1 Central|access-date=16 August 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816094604/https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?client=0-3656-0-0-0&sID=77311&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=5979062|archive-date=16 August 2023}}</ref><ref name=boti17>{{cite news |title=Great Dee uncorks champagne for West |url=http://www.botinagy.com/blog/oldham-uncorks-champagne-west-success/ |access-date=9 December 2024 |work=www.botinagy.com |date=20 August 2017}}</ref> That year, the men's team also made the grand final, where they lost 77–64 to the West Adelaide Bearcats.<ref name="mens-champions" /><ref name="boti17" /> In 2018, the men's team won their second Premier League championship with a 70–64 grand final victory over the Forestville Eagles.<ref name="mens-champions" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Matt |title=Southern Tigers win second men's title in three years, while North Adelaide completes unbeaten season in women's Premier League |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/sport/southern-tigers-win-second-mens-title-in-three-years-while-north-adelaide-completes-unbeaten-season-in-womens-premier-league/news-story/da86456a035bd80af513b7e2a93769f1?amp |access-date=9 December 2024 |work=adelaidenow.com.au |date=21 August 2018}}</ref>
In the 2021 NBL1 Central season, the Tigers women defeated the North Adelaide Rockets 87–77 in the grand final to claim the inaugural NBL1 Central championship and their second title overall.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tigers claw on to claim second Championship in Era |url=https://nbl1.com.au/article/tigers-claw-on-to-claim-second-championship-in-era |access-date=9 December 2024 |work=nbl1.com.au |date=11 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharrad |first1=Thamsin |title=Congratulations to our 2021 NBL1 Central Champions! |url=https://basketballsa.com.au/congratulations-to-our-2021-nbl1-central-champions/ |access-date=12 December 2024 |work=Basketball SA |date=17 September 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.southerntigers.com.au/ STBA's official website] *[https://www.nbl1.com.au/club/southern-tigers Official NBL1 club website]
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Category:Premier League (Australia) teams Category:Basketball teams established in 2003 Category:Basketball teams in Adelaide Category:2003 establishments in Australia Category:NBL1 Central