2025-26 Season Information

• Players born between 2008 and 2019 are eligible to play in the 2025-26 season. 
  • Each player must upload a their picture and government issued identification (birth certificate, health care card or passport) to complete the registration process. This information is required to verify player age.
  • 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, coaches, and managers must be members of the Alberta Basketball Association
  • The membership fee will be added to your registration for both Alberta Basketball Association and Canada Basketball. These membership fees are non-refundable.
• 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 registrar@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.

You can access online registration system here to complete player registrations.

The fee schedule for Alberta Basketball Membership (ABA fee) and Canada Basketball Membership (CB fee) has been updated as shown below. These fees must be paid at the time of registration and are non-refundable. 

Every player in the U11 - U18 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 will be provided to the players, and are required as part of the uniform (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.

U9 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: U11 - U18

• 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.

U13 and U15 Player Evaluations

• All players registered in the U13 and U15 age groups are required to attend evaluations. This includes players wanting to play in competitive (tiers 1 and 2) and community divisions.
• Players must bring indoor shoes and water for tryouts.
• For the 2025-26 season, evaluations are scheduled for the Saville Centre as follows:

Competitive Division (Tier 1 and 2): U13 and U15 only

• 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.