New CEBL Draft Format Unveiled for 2024
Three-round draft in April will select 30 eligible players from U SPORTS, CCAA programs
The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) announced Tuesday that beginning in 2024, the newly rebranded and expanded ‘CEBL Draft’ will serve as the league’s annual entry draft for eligible Canadian U SPORTS and Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) student-athletes. Results of the 2024 CEBL Draft will be announced Thursday, April 11.
The CEBL’s amendments to its roster composition rules in 2024 adds CCAA athletes alongside U SPORTS athletes as eligible developmental players (recognized Canadians with experience as a student-athlete with remaining eligibility). CEBL teams are incentivized to have developmental players on their active roster as up to a maximum of three will not count against a club’s per game active roster salary cap.
The first opportunity for a developmental player to join a CEBL team is via the 2024 CEBL Draft. Beginning this year, the CEBL Draft will expand to three rounds with each club making three selections total (one in each round) of either returning or graduating Canadian post-secondary players. In total, 30 eligible players will be selected. The priority of selection in round one will be in the reverse order of how each team finished the 2023 regular season, and the following rounds will revert to a ‘snake format’ in reverse order of the previous round.
The full 2024 CEBL Draft order is as follows:
| ROUND 1 | ROUND 2 | ROUND 3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCK | OVR | TEAM | PCK | OVR | TEAM | PCK | OVR | TEAM |
| 1 | 1 | Montréal Alliance | 1 | 11 | Niagara River Lions | 1 | 21 | Montréal Alliance |
| 2 | 2 | Brampton Honey Badgers | 2 | 12 | Calgary Surge | 2 | 22 | Brampton Honey Badgers |
| 3 | 3 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | 3 | 13 | Winnipeg Sea Bears | 3 | 23 | Saskatchewan Rattlers |
| 4 | 4 | Vancouver Bandits | 4 | 14 | Ottawa BlackJacks | 4 | 24 | Vancouver Bandits |
| 5 | 5 | Edmonton Stingers | 5 | 15 | Scarborough Shooting Stars | 5 | 25 | Edmonton Stingers |
| 6 | 6 | Scarborough Shooting Stars | 6 | 16 | Edmonton Stingers | 6 | 26 | Scarborough Shooting Stars |
| 7 | 7 | Ottawa BlackJacks | 7 | 17 | Vancouver Bandits | 7 | 27 | Ottawa BlackJacks |
| 8 | 8 | Winnipeg Sea Bears | 8 | 18 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | 8 | 28 | Winnipeg Sea Bears |
| 9 | 9 | Calgary Surge | 9 | 19 | Brampton Honey Badgers | 9 | 29 | Calgary Surge |
| 10 | 10 | Niagara River Lions | 10 | 20 | Montréal Alliance | 10 | 30 | Niagara River Lions |
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