INFORMATION

Each Team will play a minimum of 5 games outside of forfeits/last minute pull outs out of our control. The Majority of teams will make finals and play at least one more game on the final day.

Game schedules will be the exact same as VJBL timing rules with the only difference being 20 minute halves rather than 10 minute quarters to make it less likely games run long and cause delays.

• 2027 Tournament Dates
  • Friday 22nd January 2027 (from approx. 4pm)
  • Saturday 23rd January 2027 (all day)
  • Sunday 24th January 2027 (all day)
  • Monday 25th January 2027
  • Note, Public Holiday is 26th January 2027 (day after tournament)

   
• 2028 Tournament Dates
  • Friday 21st January 2028
  • Saturday 22nd January 2028
  • Sunday 23rd January 2028
  • Monday 24th January 2028

2027 Age Groups:

Under 10 – those born 2018 and younger
Under 12 – those born 2016 and younger
Under 14 – those born 2014 and younger
Under 16 – those born 2012 and younger
Under 18 – those born 2010 and younger
Under 20 – those born 2008 and younger

We spend quite some time analysing VJBL results to do our best to provide good grading. The large number of entries assists in helping this process. We ask Associations to provide information which is helpful for grading. The organisers reserve the right to re-grade if the information supplied is misleading.

A GRADE – It is for teams which expect to be in Victorian Championship (Victorian teams) or equivalent interstate or international standard. This tournament regularly attracts most of the top ranked teams in Victoria.

A RESERVE – This is for teams who are aiming at Victorian Championship, but are maybe on the fringe. Likewise for mid to lower ranked Division 1 teams from interstate/overseas.

B GRADE –In general terms, is aimed towards teams aiming for VJL1-4 grades of competition within the VJBL. There will be multiple ‘grades of competition’ within B Grade.

C GRADE –Generally aimed towards Regional division teams within the VJBL competition. There will be multiple ‘grades of competition’ within C Grade.

DOMESTIC TEAMS –We welcome warmly domestic teams and we have a special grade or grades for them in most age groups. Where teams believe they are strong enough, they may enter into the higher grades. In some age groups we have found domestic teams can be combined with lower VJBL teams with no adverse impact on domestic teams.

You are welcome to make further enquiries on 03 9439 5686 or by email  tournament@elthamwildcats.net.au

Player registration links will be received by Team Managers when the team is registered in PlayHQ.

• Registrations are made on the PlayHQ platform
• Registration fees for 2027 are TBC
• The fee includes door entry into every stadium for all players, coaches & spectators. There will be no other charges on the weekend.

We do our best to meet compatibility requests around head coaches. This is almost always possible when coaches are coaching 2 teams, but not always when coaching 3 sides.

Due to the size of the tournament we aren’t able to consider requests for assistant coach or team manager compatabilties.

We seek to minimise travel during the tournament where possible. We allow a minimum of 2 hours between the finish of one game of a team and the commencement of the next one.

In a tournament the FIBA rules state twelve players can be used in a game. We abide by this rule.

You are welcome to make further enquiries on 03 9439 5686 or by email tournament@elthamwildcats.net.au