The 2026 CEBL season was the eighth season of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). The regular season began on May 9 and ended on August 3.
On January 15, 2026, the CEBL announced the introduction of a full in-market postseason and a best-of-three finals, beginning with the 2026 season. The CEBL changed their playoff format disbanding the Championship Weekend to move to a regular playoff format with the top 4 teams in each conference making the playoffs. The first two rounds were single elimination format, with the finals originally due to be a best-of-three. Due to arena issues, the best-of-three series was changed back to a single-game final.
On February 19, 2026, Tyler Mazereeuw was promoted to President and CEO of the CEBL, replacing former commissioner Mike Morreale, who served since the league's inaugural season in 2019.
On February 4, 2026, the Saskatchewan Rattlers rebranded as the Saskatoon Mamba and announced that they will be playing at 2 venues: SaskTel Centre and Merlis Belsher Place.
The Vancouver Bandits played a neutral site home game against the Saskatoon Mamba at Prospera Place in Kelowna on June 6, 2026.
On March 3, 2026, the CEBL announced that the CBC would again be the leagues broadcast partner for 2026–2030. Select games would be shown on CBC TV, and all games would be carried on CBC Gem and CBC Sports YouTube.
In August 2026, the league announced a partnership with TSN and TSN+ to deliver coverage of the playoffs.
Regular season Standings Western Conference
Eastern Conference
Attendance
Results
Playoffs
Conference Semifinals Note: all times are local Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Conference Finals Note: all times are local Eastern Conference
Western Conference
CEBL Finals Due to arena issues in Brampton, the scheduled best-of-three series was reverted to a single-game final. The original Game 1 was cancelled 1 minute 46 seconds of game time into the first quarter, at a score of 6–6.
Awards Source: Most Valuable Player: Myles Powell, Scarborough Shooting Stars Canadian Player of the Year: Tyrese Samuel, Vancouver Bandits Development Player of the Year: Easton Thimm, Saskatoon Mamba Defensive Player of the year: Kellen Tynes, Scarborough Shooting Stars Clutch Player of the Year: Myles Powell, Scarborough Shooting Stars Coach of the Year: Tyrell Vernon, Scarborough Shooting Stars Sixth Man of the Year: Frank Mitchell Scarborough Shooting Stars Officiating Recognition Award: Mike Thomson CEBL Finals MVP: Xavier Moon, Winnipeg Sea Bears
All-CEBL teams First Team Pos. Second Team Player Team Player Team Tyrese Samuel Vancouver Bandits F Frank Mitchell Scarborough Shooting Stars Sean East II Brampton Honey Badgers GF Nick Hornsby Edmonton Stingers Myles Powell Scarborough Shooting Stars G Tavian Dunn-Martin Saskatoon Mamba Teddy Allen Winnipeg Sea Bears G Khalil Ahmad Niagara River Lions Javonte Smart Ottawa BlackJacks G Matthew Cleveland Ottawa BlackJacks
All-Canadian team
Pos. Player TeamF Tyrese Samuel Vancouver Bandits F Frank Mitchell Scarborough Shooting Stars F Quincy Guerrier Montreal AllianceG Sean Miller-Moore Calgary SurgeF Jaden Bediako Saskatoon Mamba
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