{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox basketball club | name = Waverley Falcons | color1 = #097969 | color2 = gold | logo = Waverley Falcons logo.png | leagues = NBL1 South | founded = 1982 | dissolved = | history = '''Waverley Falcons'''<br>1982–present | arena = Waverley Basketball Centre | location = Chadstone, Victoria | colors = Yellow, Green | current = | sponsor = | ceo = Mike Bullock | gm = Elias Palioyiannis | president = Mike Bullock | vice-presidents = Greg Dean | manager = | coach = '''M:''' Elias Palioyiannis<br>'''W:''' Tom Bandilovski | ownership = | league_champs = '''Men:'''<br />'''Big V''' (2){{hlist|2010|2011}}'''Women:'''<br />'''CVIBL''' (1){{hlist|1994}}'''NBL1''' (1){{hlist|2024}}'''NBL1 South''' (1){{hlist|2024}} | website = [https://www.nbl1.com.au/club/waverley-falcons NBL1.com.au] | h_body = | h_pattern_b = | h_shorts = | h_pattern_s = | a_body = | a_pattern_b = | a_shorts = | a_pattern_s = }} '''Waverley Falcons''' is a NBL1 South club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 South. The club is a division of Waverley Basketball Association (WBA), the major administrative basketball organisation in the City of Monash. The Falcons play their home games at Waverley Basketball Centre.
==Club history== Waverley Basketball Association was established in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waverleybasketball.com/page.aspx?id=10|title=History|work=WaverleyBasketball.com|access-date=17 May 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602020906/http://www.waverleybasketball.com/page.aspx?id=10|archive-date=2 June 2015}}</ref> Their representative division, the Waverley Falcons, was formed in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.waverleybasketball.com/page.aspx?id=204|title=WAVERLEY FALCONS REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS|work=WaverleyBasketball.com|access-date=29 December 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924113401/https://www.waverleybasketball.com/page.aspx?id=204|archive-date=24 September 2023}}</ref>
In 1994, the Falcons women won the Country Victorian Invitational Basketball League (CVIBL) championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigv.com.au/index.cgi?sID=17&intArticleID=1946&det=1|title=Women's Champion Teams Year by Year|work=BigV.com.au|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070910003600/http://www.bigv.com.au/index.cgi?sID=17&intArticleID=1946&det=1|archive-date=10 September 2007}}</ref> Waverley joined the Big V in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigv.com.au/index.php?id=885|title=2000 VBL & Big V|work=BigV.com.au|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327043727/http://www.bigv.com.au/index.php?id=885|archive-date=27 March 2012}}</ref> Between 2007 and 2009, the women's team lost three straight Big V grand final series to the Hume City Broncos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446685&c=0-913-0-0-0|title=2007 Championship Women Results|work=Big V|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725152137/https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446685&c=0-913-0-0-0|archive-date=25 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446690&c=0-913-0-0-0|title=2008 Championship Women Results|work=Big V|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725151721/https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446690&c=0-913-0-0-0|archive-date=25 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446675&c=0-913-0-0-0|title=2009 Championship Women Results|work=Big V|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725151250/https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446675&c=0-913-0-0-0|archive-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> In 2010 and 2011, the men's team won back-to-back Big V championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigv.com.au/index.php?id=755&tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2011&tx_ttnews%5Bmonth%5D=08&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2456&cHash=e6f7ec602620fedad8b3b6e6c1fbf5df|title=Waverley Falcons win premiership|work=BigV.com.au|date=30 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325174402/http://www.bigv.com.au/index.php?id=755&tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2011&tx_ttnews%5Bmonth%5D=08&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2456&cHash=e6f7ec602620fedad8b3b6e6c1fbf5df|archive-date=25 March 2012}}</ref>
Waverley joined the NBL1 in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ward|first=Roy|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketball/basketball-victoria-announces-new-elite-league-to-replace-seabl-20181031-p50d83.html|title=Basketball Victoria announces new elite league to replace SEABL|work=SMH.com.au|date=31 October 2018|accessdate=11 November 2018}}</ref> The 2020 NBL1 season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|last=Arsenis|first=Damian|url=https://pickandroll.com.au/2020-nbl1-season-facing-cancellation-as-south-teams-withdraw/|title=2020 NBL1 season facing uncertainty as South teams withdraw|work=pickandroll.com.au|date=20 March 2020|accessdate=20 March 2020}}</ref> In 2023, the women's team lost in the NBL1 South grand final to the Bendigo Braves.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-south-recap-or-womens-grand-final-2023/south|title=NBL1 South Recap | Women's Grand Final 2023|work=NBL1.com.au|date=12 August 2023|access-date=12 August 2023|archive-date=12 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812153421/https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-south-recap-or-womens-grand-final-2023/south|url-status=dead}}</ref> The women's team returned to the NBL1 South grand final in 2024,<ref>{{cite web|last=Everett|first=Lachlan|url=https://nbl1.com.au/article/the-disrespected-hottest-team-in-the-country|title=The "disrespected" hottest team in the country|work=NBL1.com.au|date=8 August 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808141922/https://nbl1.com.au/article/the-disrespected-hottest-team-in-the-country|archive-date=8 August 2024}}</ref> where they won the NBL1 South championship with an 87–82 victory over the Keilor Thunder.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pike|first=Chris|url=https://nbl1.com.au/article/recap-nbl1-south-or-womens-grand-final|title=Recap NBL1 South {{pipe}} Women's Grand Final|work=NBL1.com.au|date=10 August 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811044230/https://nbl1.com.au/article/recap-nbl1-south-or-womens-grand-final|archive-date=11 August 2024|access-date=11 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nbl1.com.au/article/waverley-falcons-win-the-2024-nbl1-south-womens-championship|title=Waverley Falcons win the 2024 NBL1 South women's championship|work=NBL1.com.au|date=10 August 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811045312/https://nbl1.com.au/article/waverley-falcons-win-the-2024-nbl1-south-womens-championship|archive-date=11 August 2024|access-date=11 August 2024}}</ref> They went on to win the NBL1 National championship at the 2024 NBL1 National Finals, where they defeated the Bendigo Braves 97–49 in the grand final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nbl1.com.au/article/recap-nbl1-national-finals-or-womens-championship-game|title=Recap NBL1 National Finals {{pipe}} Women's Championship Game|work=NBL1.com.au|date=18 August 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818042102/https://nbl1.com.au/article/recap-nbl1-national-finals-or-womens-championship-game|archive-date=18 August 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.waverleybasketball.com/ WBA's official website] *[https://www.nbl1.com.au/club/waverley-falcons Official NBL1 club website]
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Category:Big V teams Category:Basketball teams established in 1982 Category:1982 establishments in Australia Category:Basketball teams in Melbourne Category:Sport in the City of Monash