Calgary Club Premier
Three weekends. Stop-time games. Club and CMBA teams on the same hardwood. No membership, no politics. Premier-level basketball, built in our own city.
Premier doesn't mean exclusive.
It means real.
Calgary basketball has been waiting on this. A premier stream where club teams play CMBA teams, where the games are stop-time, where the gym at the end of the day is the same gym whether you wear a club jersey or a CMBA one. The first club tournament league in Alberta sanctioned by the province's largest basketball association. That isn't a footnote. It's the whole point. Three tournament weekends. Real opponents. Real basketball.
Any club. Any CMBA team.
No invitation required.
Bring your program teams. You've got reps to bank. CCPL gives you a city-wide tournament series without leaving Calgary.
House league teams looking for an elevated test. Same gym, same refs, same standings. Just a step up in stakes and competition.
Built on four pillars.
Four principles that shape every weekend. How the league is built, how the games are played, and who gets to play them.
Open Access
No invitation, no membership, no closed circles. Any team in the city that wants in can register and play.
Real Basketball
Stop-time clocks. Four nine-minute quarters. Certified refs. The game played the way it's actually meant to be played.
Tournament Reps
Three minimum games every weekend. Pool play, bracket, finals. The kind of high-stakes basketball that builds players.
Calgary First
Built for Calgary's basketball community, by it. Local gyms. Local refs. Local rivalries that stay local.
Real games. Real rules.
Tournament integrity isn't a slogan. It's a set of policies. Here are the ones that matter.
Rosters submitted and locked before each weekend. No mid-tournament additions, no last-minute ringers. The team you walk in with is the team you finish with.
Every player verified through CMBA registration. Birth dates checked, divisions enforced. No exceptions, no grey areas, no kids playing down.
No in-gym solicitation of players. Coaches don't poach. Clubs don't pitch. Show up, play your team, go home.
The format.
Three tournament weekends. Stop-time clocks. Real games that matter. Here's exactly how it works.
How a weekend runs
The divisions.
Two divisions, two formats. Both open to clubs and CMBA teams citywide.
U15 Premier
High School Premier
The calendar.
Three weekends per division. Mark the gym time.