The Victorian Championship for U20’s has a new look in 2025 and is set to begin! A short, sharp format, pitting Victoria’s best U20 players and clubs against each other is sure to bring out high quality basketball each Sunday evening!
In a first, any VJBL association could nominate their team for the 7 round Victorian Championship competition, no grading, no trials; simply nominate your team to compete and you’re in. It will see 32 Men’s teams and 15 Women’s teams compete for the ‘Victorian Champions’ title.
The Men are split geographically into 4 groups of 8 teams. Following 7 matches within their pool, the top teams will come together for the Round of 16 knockout, competing in elimination games until the Victorian Championship game. In another point of difference, the 8 teams in each pool will see each other play weekly as they each compete at the same venue which rotates from week to week.
The Women’s competition is tweaked slightly to reflect the team entries. Featuring 15 teams, they’ll also play 7 matches each, before coming together for the knockout stages.
The significant changes to U20 basketball in the VJBL was made following feedback from associations, coaches and players alike. After undertaking a series of meetings, Basketball Victoria launched the new look U20 format with significant growth in team entries for its inaugural year.
The teams are:
Check out the calendar for this year’s U20’s season, and head to PlayHQ to keep up with all the action.
