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Launceston Casino City

Defunct Australian basketball team

Summary

Defunct Australian basketball team

Field	Value
name	Launceston Casino City
nickname	Tigers
leagues	NBL
founded	1980
dissolved	1982
history	Launceston Casino City
1980–1982
arena	Dowling Street Stadium
location	Launceston, Tasmania
colors	Yellow, red, dark green

championships	1 (1981)

1980–1982

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Launceston Casino City was an Australian professional basketball team that competed in the National Basketball League (NBL). Formed in 1980, the club was based in Launceston, Tasmania. It lasted only three seasons before folding, but won the NBL championship in 1981.

History

Launceston Casino City entered the NBL in the 1980 season with a grant from the Tasmanian Government and the support of the developers of the state's second casino. Their inaugural team included Olympian Ian Davies and club president was Gary Carr. In its first season, the team finished ninth in the 12-team competition with nine wins.

In the 1981 NBL season, the team improved to 14 wins and finished second in the regular season. The top-seeded St. Kilda Saints decided to forgo the NBL finals to compete in the 1981 FIBA Club World Cup. This meant the Saints' finals spot went to the fifth-placed Brisbane Bullets, and Launceston entered the post-season as the competition's top seed. In the semi-final, Launceston defeated the Bullets 71–69. They then met the Nunawading Spectres in the grand final at Apollo Stadium in Adelaide, where they won 75–54 to claim the NBL championship.

In its third and final NBL season in 1982, the team won five games and finished 12th. The team was coached by Curtis Coleman. During the season, the club directors decided on a majority vote to replace Coleman with Max Pike, who helped Jim Ericksen coach the team previously. The players however would not agree to the change and would only play under Coleman.

In 2009, a public plea was made by the Northern Tasmanian Basketball Association to help locate Launceston Casino City's lost premiership silverware including the championship cup and banner. The banner was found in a Hobart shed in 2019 and was later unveiled at the Silverdome by the Tasmania JackJumpers in 2023.

Honour roll

NBL Best Sixth Man:	None

Season by season

References

(3 February 2012). "Back in the Day: Tin shed artists". [[Basketball Australia]].
Edwards, Phil. (8 November 2013). "Tasmania loses basketball legend". [[The Examiner (Tasmania).
(31 October 2024). "Flashback: Paying homage to Tasmania's first NBL title". NBL Official Website.
Woods, Dan. (31 March 2024). "Remember When: Launceston won Tassie's first title". NBL.com.au.
"FLASHBACK 48: March 29, 1982". BotiNagy.com.
(21 May 2009). "Hunt for Casino City's lost silverware". [[The Examiner (Tasmania).
Mathieson, Andrew. (4 September 2019). "Unfurling the Past: A lost tale of a former NBL club". [[The Examiner (Tasmania).
Tuxworth, Jon. (18 January 2023). "Launceston Casino City's long lost NBL championship flag to finally be unveiled". [[The Mercury (Hobart).

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