Illawarra Hawks Basketball

The Hawks is an Australian professional basketball team, competing in the National Basketball League. We are the only NBL club to have competed in every season since the league’s inception in 1979. NBL Champions 2001. NBL Finalists 2005, 2010 and 2017. The Hawks are owned by Crest Sport and Entertainment (Crest) group. Crest group also holds significant investment stakes in the East Asia Super League (EASL), Bay Area Dragons and Alumni Basketball League (ABL). Crest is dedicated to the growth of basketball in the Illawarra and across the Asia Pacific region and sees the EASL, Bay Area Dragons and the ABL as vehicles to extend the Hawks brand into new markets while adding value to the club's list management, development pathways, commercial programs and community initiatives in the years to come.