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Geelong to host ABA National Finals

Predictions on SA's two teams to go over? Woodville and Sturt for me.

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Press release:

The 2004 Australian Basketball Association season is set to reach its climax with the ABA National Finals to be held at The Geelong Arena from August 27 - 29.

The ABA finals will see eight women's and eight men's basketball teams from across Australia battling it out for the national club championship.

The ABA is Australia's largest national basketball competition. The league plays host to over 124 basketball teams and over 1,900 registered players each year. A hotbed of talent and the official development league of Basketball Australia, the ABA has been the breeding ground for a plethora of rising stars as well as providing competition for established NBL and 'Price Attack' WNBL players wanting to keep their hand in during the off-season.

The ABA National Finals will showcase the top placed teams from across the country. In the men's competition, the champions of Big V, Central, Queensland, SEABL South, SEABL East and Waratah leagues plus two wild card teams will make up the finals teams. As the host Association, Geelong will qualify for a wildcard place along with the second highest placed team from the Central competition. In the women's competition, the champions of Big V, Central, Queensland, SEABL and Waratah leagues plus three wild cards which are the second highest placed teams from Big V, SEABL and Waratah.

The National Finals series will be a sudden death knockout. However, whether a team wins or loses their first game on Friday they will proceed to play another game on Saturday to determine their national ranking. The men's and women's championship final will be held on Sunday August 29.

St Laurence Geelong Supercats General Manager Ben Kavenagh is eagerly looking forward to the knock-out series. "We can't wait to take on the best of the best right here at the Geelong Arena. Visiting clubs always comment to us that they set themselves for the Arena games knowing they are playing in the best stadium and in front of the biggest crowds the League has to offer," he said.

With only a few weeks to go in each of the Leagues, all teams in finals contention will be working hard to make the trip to Geelong in August a reality.

Results from across the leagues can be accessed through the ABA website - www.ababasketball.net.au.

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