National Gay Basketball Association

The National Gay Basketball Association (NGBA) is an LGBTQ sports organization which exists to promote gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender athletic participation in basketball.

Founded in 2003 by Mark Chambers,[1] who also co-founded the Lambda Basketball League, to help LGBT players create city leagues, travel teams, and to allow individual players the ability to find a place or team to participate in LGBT basketball events that are held around the world. The organizational board, consisting of Mark Chambers, Ted Cappas,[2] Jeff Hermann[3] and Rob Smithermann,[4] help NGBA incorporated in May 2005.

The NGBA played a key role in the success of the 2006 Chicago Gay Games basketball event by introducing four new categories in men and women's brackets, A division, B division, C division, 35 and older, and 50 and older 3 on 3 half court, Basketball hosting the most teams in the history of the Gay Basketball.

The first official NGBA event was hosted by Salt Lake City in October 2006.[5]

Member clubs

Atlanta

  • Atlanta Sugar Bakers
  • Atlanta Trade
  • Atlanta Trojans
  • Atlanta Blaze
  • Atlanta Hustle

Austin Gay Basketball League

  • Austin Venom
  • Austin Flames
  • Austin Inferno
  • Austin Sparks

Boston Gay Basketball League[6]

  • Boston Fritz
  • Boston Revolution
  • Boston Strong / German Light Infantry
  • Boston Massacre
  • Boston Ballers

Chicago Windy City Hoops[7]

  • Chicago Cougars
  • Chicago Spin
  • ChiBoyz
  • Chicago 2
  • Chicago Has-Bens
  • Illinois Playboys

Dallas, Texas[8]

  • Dallas Ballers
  • Dallas Hotshotz

Lambda Basketball League (Los Angeles)[9][10]

  • Los Angeles Quake, 1989-1992
  • Los Angeles Motion, 1990-1993
  • Long Beach Rebels, 1991-2010
  • Los Angeles Heat, 1994-2002
  • Lambda Basketball League Ballers, 2004-2006
  • Los Angeles Dream, 2009-present[11]
  • Long Beach Nightmare, 2009-present
  • Los Angeles Freeze, 2002-2006
  • Los Angeles Metrostars, 2009-present
  • Hollywood Blindside, 2010-present
  • Lambda Basketball Sharks, 2001-2002
  • Lambda Basketball Slashers, 2006-2007
  • LA United, 2012-present
  • LA Express, 2013-present

Long Beach, California

  • LB Pegasus, 2012-present

London, UK

Jet City Hoops Seattle[13]

  • Seattle Surge
  • Green Menace
  • Seattle Grunge

Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • MLSP Bounce

San Francisco Gay Basketball Association[14]

  • San Francisco Pacers
  • San Francisco Eagles
  • San Francisco Shock
  • San Francisco Rockdogs, featured in reality show Shirts & Skins
  • SF SOS
  • SF Spurs
  • SF Royals

Sydney, Australia

Indiana Gay Basketball League

  • Indiana Force
  • Indiana Knockout

New York City Gay Basketball League[16]

  • NYCGBL-1
  • NYC Burn!
  • NYC Ballerz, also known as the Empire Ballers
  • NYC Keep It Cute
  • NYC S.I.O.C.
  • NYC Rim City

San Diego Hoops[17]

  • San Diego Shooters

Sacramento Hoops

  • 916ers

Washington DC Sentinels[18]

  • Sentinels A1
  • Sentinels A2
  • Sentinels Blue
  • Sentinels Red
  • Sentinels Grey
  • Sentinels Old School

Phoenix, Arizona

  • Phoenix Hellraisers

Portland, Oregon[19]

  • PDX Fusion
  • PDX Ballers

Salt Lake City Hardwood, Utah

  • SLC Old Dawgs
  • SLC Young Guns

NGBA Teams without a home city

  • All City Ballers
  • Showtime
  • Honey Badgers
  • Misfits

Tournament host

Austin, TX

  • Capital City Classic, 2012
    • Upper Open Champion
      • 1st - Rockdogs
      • 2nd - LA Dream-1
      • 3rd - NYCGBL-1
    • Competitive Champion
      • 1st - LA Metrostars
      • 2nd - Spin Showtime
      • 3rd - Dallas Hotshotz
    • Recreational Champion
      • 1st - OC Lady Husky's
      • 2nd - AGBL-C
      • 3rd - AGBL Flames
  • Capitol City Classic 2, 2019

Chicago, IL

  • Chicago Windy City Hoops Classic, 1991 - 2004
  • Coady RoundBall Classic, 2005
  • Coady RoundBall Classic, 2006 merged with 2006 Gay Games
  • Coady RoundBall Classic, 2007 - 2015
  • 2015, final in Chicago, 25th anniversary

Philadelphia, PA

  • Coady RoundBall Classic, 2017

Dallas, TX

  • October 2015

San Diego, CA

  • Hill Crest Classic, 1991 - 1992, 2002 - 2007, 2015 MLK Weekend

Long Beach / Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles Classic, 1992
  • West Coast Classic I, 2004
  • West Coast Classic II, 2006
  • West Coast Classic III, 2008

Las Vegas, NV

  • Sin City Shootout, 2011
  • Sin City Shootout, 2012
  • West Coast Classic, 2013
  • West Coast Classic, 2014
  • Coady RoundBall Classic, 2016
  • Sin City Sports Festival, 2013[20]

Seattle, WA

  • Emerald City Hoops Classic, 1995
  • Jet City Hoops Classic, 2011

Atlanta, GA

  • Atlanta Armory Classic, 1997, 1999 - 2002
  • Coady RoundBall Classic, 2018

Boston, MA

  • Boston Tea Party Classic, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2009, 2014

San Francisco, CA

  • San Francisco Golden Gayte Classic, 1996, 2000
  • 2016 Jasinski Golden Gayte Classic

Sacramento, CA

  • Sacramento Sac-Town Shootout, 2006

Salt Lake City

  • 2006 Shootout NGBA inaugural tournament[21]

Memphis, TN

  • Memphis River City Hoops, 2007

Minneapolis, MN

  • MPLS Classic, October 2017

Washington, D.C.

  • Washington D.C. Capitol Classic[22]
    • Washington D.C. Capitol Classic, 2008
      • A Division Champions - San Francisco Rockdogs
      • B Division Champions - San Francisco Shock
      • Lower B Division Champions - Indy Spartans
    • Washington D.C. Capitol Classic, 2010
      • A Division Champions - DC Sentinels
      • B Division Champions - All City Ballers
      • Lower B Division Champions - DC Sentinels
      • C Division Champions - DC Sentinels

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

  • Hurricane Classic, October 2012
    • Open Champion
      • 1st - Rockdogs
      • 2nd - ATL Trade
    • Low Open Champion
      • 1st - LA Metrostars
      • 2nd - Rockdogs 2
    • Competitive Champion
      • 1st - All City Ballers
      • 2nd - Spin-Showtime
      • Competitive Middle Champion
      • 1st - DC Red
      • - 2nd Dallas Hotshots
    • Competitive Low Champion
      • 1st - Misfits
      • 2nd - DC Blue
    • Recreation Champion
      • 1st - Salt Lake Hardwood
      • 2nd - SOS

Portland, Oregon

  • #BETRUE Summer Showcase hosted by NIKE, July 2013

Gay Games Basketball Events
  • 1982 San Francisco Challenge '82[23]
  • 1986 San Francisco Triumph '86[24]
    • Gold - San Diego
    • Silver - San Francisco
    • Bronze - Los Angeles
  • 1990 Vancouver Celebration '90[25]
    • Gold - San Francisco Pacers
    • Silver - Long Beach Lancers
    • Bronze - Boston and San Diego
  • 1994 New York Unity '94[26]
    • Gold - Long Beach Rebels
    • Silver - San Francisco Pacers
    • Bronze - Washington DC
  • 1998 Amsterdam Friendship '98[27]
    • Gold - San Francisco Rockdogs
    • Silver - Long Beach Rebels
    • Bronze - Above the Pacific Rim (ATP)
  • 2002 Sydney Under New Skies '02[28]
    • Gold - LA Heat
    • Silver - Long Beach Rebels
    • Bronze - United American Ballers
  • 2006 Chicago[29]
    • A division
      • Gold - SF Rockdogs
      • Silver - NY Warriors
      • Bronze - LA Freeze
    • B Division
      • Gold - LA Ballers
      • Silver - Indiana Showtime
    • Master 35 plus
      • Gold - London Cruisers
      • Silver - Los Angeles Old Dogs
  • 2010 Cologne[30]
    • Men's Open
      • Gold - San Francisco Rockdogs
      • Silver - Long Beach Rebels
      • Bronze - Washington DC sentinels
    • Men's Recreational
      • Gold - Seattle
      • Silver - San Francisco SOS
      • Bronze - LA Dream
    • Men's Masters
      • Gold - London Cruisers
  • 2014 Columbus[31]

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  30. 2010 Cologne
  31. 2014 Columbus
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