2023-24 Program Information

• Players born between 2006 and 2017 are eligible to play in our 2023-24 season. 
  • Proof will be required in the registration via birth certificate, Alberta Health Care Card or passport.
  • Players may NOT play under their age bracket. Players may only play above their age bracket if there is room in the division.
• Players must live or go to school within the boundaries of the North East Zone, which includes the area north of the North Saskatchewan River and east of 97 Street out to the City Limits.  If you are from outside of the North East Zone, you must be released from your current zone.
• All players and coaches must be members of the Alberta Basketball Association
  • a $20 membership fee will be added to your registration
• Each family in the 11U-18U program must complete a NEBA volunteer activity as part of their registration. The opt out fee is $200 per family.
• If you do not meet the age or residency criteria, please contact secretary@northeastbasketball.com prior to registering.
• Players will not be placed on a team or provided a practice date until all required documents are provided, and registration fees are paid in full.

Category	Birth year	Fee Schedule
9U co-ed team	2015-2017	$160 (Includes ball, year end tourney and t-shirt)
11U girls team 11U boys team	2013-2014	$265
13U girls team 13U boys team	2011-2012	$275
15U girls team 15U boys team	2009-2010	$295
18U girls team 18U boys team	2006-2008	$165 per season (fall and winter)

Every player in the 11U - 18U program requires the following marked items to play basketball:

• Inside runners appropriate for basketball, with non-marking soles
• Marked water bottle
• A bag to store players equipment for games and practices is recommended
• Team jerseys will be provided to the teams for the season, and must be returned at the end of the season. If a player wants to wear a t-shirt under their jersey, it should be white to match the NEBA uniform.
• Navy blue basketball shorts are required as part of the uniform. Shorts are available for purchase during registration. (Nike, Adidas, school team shorts are not appropriate attire). 

• The basketball season runs from the last week of September to early March. 
• Practices are held in northeast Edmonton school gyms on week nights between 6pm and 10pm. Breaks in the schedule will occur when school gymnasiums are closed for long weekends and school events. 
  • Teams will be assigned one regular practice night per week in late September. Other gymnasiums and dates may be assigned to teams depending on availability.
  • Parents are responsible to get their child to and from practices and games.   
  • If a player is unable to attend a game or practice, please remember to let your coach know as soon as possible to help them plan accordingly. 
• Please be aware of our gym etiquette rules and code of conduct.

9U Division

• 9U basketball starts the last week of September and runs thru to March depending on the availability of school gyms that we use for the program.
• 1 hour practices are usually held on Monday nights, based on gym allocations and coach availability. This schedule will be available in late September.
• There are no regular games at this level - the focus is on skill development. The first half of the program will be spent on skill development, and then progress to game type experience in the second half of the program in preparation for the year end EYBA tournament.
• The season wraps up with a 9U tournament in March.

Community Division: 11U - 18U

• All players are eligible to play in the community program and will be placed on a team in mid to late September.
• Teams are created considering friend requests, dates available to practice, and any previous experience with NEBA.
• Games usually will start the first week of October and runs until the first weekend prior to spring break. 
  • Games are scheduled at the Saville Center, Legacy Athletics, the EYBA Center, and school gyms in Edmonton and the surrounding area.
  • Community division games are generally played on Saturdays (occasionally Friday evenings or Sunday morning). 
  • Teams will be re-seeded by EYBA several times during league play.
  • Regular season games will be followed by play-offs in March.
• The 18U program is broken up into 2 seasons (Fall and Winter), as players may not play for a community league winter season, and their high school senior basketball team at the same time.

Competitive Division (Tier 1 and 2): 13U and 15U only

• Evaluations will usually occur in late August to create the teams. All players are welcome to attend evaluations.
• Teams are created based on player ability. The competitive team will only be created if there are enough players registered in the program.  Teams can be moved from competitive level to community level based on their play (re-seeding).
• Games usually will start the first week of October and runs until the first weekend prior to spring break. 
  • Games are scheduled at the Saville Center, Legacy Athletics, the EYBA Center, and school gyms in Edmonton and the surrounding area.
  • Competitive division games are played on Wednesday nights (Girls program) and Tuesday nights (Boys program).
  • Teams will be re-seeded by EYBA several times during league play, and can move to community division (i.e. Tier 3)
  • Regular season games will be followed by play-offs in March.
• Teams will be entered in the EYBA seeding tournament in early September to place them in the season.

See here for more info on volunteer commitment

Our policies (including KidSport Policy, Refund Policy, Post dated Cheque Policy, NSF Cheque Policy, Late Player Registration Fee) can be found here.