Gay Basketball Tournament History
Tournament History: Gay Basketball Championships
Since there is no one place where the history of Gay Basketball Tournament Champions can be found, the SFGBA is attempting to collect this information so as to have a complete record of tournament accomplishments, international and domestic, past, present, and future.
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A Champions Year City Tournament 2nd/3rd: Notes:
San Francisco Hotshots? 1982 San Francisco Gay Games I Silver: Boston, Bronze: Los Angeles Challenge '82
San Francisco, USA
San Diego 1986 San Francisco Gay Games II Silver: San Francisco, Bronze: Los Angeles Triumph '86
San Francisco, USA
1987 San Diego San Diego Tournament
San Francisco Pacers 1990 Vancouver Gay Games III Silver: Long Beach Lancers, Bronze: San Francisco Streakers & Team San Diego Celebration '90
Vancouver, Canada
Long Beach Rebels/LA 1991 Chicago Chicago Classic
Long Beach Rebels 1992 Chicago Chicago Classic
Long Beach Rebels 1993 Chicago Chicago Classic
Chicago Annex III 1994 Chicago Chicago Classic
Long Beach Rebels 1994 New York City Gay Games IV Silver: San Francisco Pacer, Bronze: Team D.C. Unity '94
New York City, USA
Chicago Ann Sathers 1994 Chicago Chicago Classic
San Francisco Pacers 1995 Seattle Seattle Tournament
Minneapolis 1996 San Francisco San Francisco Tournament II
Minneapolis 1996 Chicago Chicago Classic
Minneapolis 1997 Chicago Chicago Classic
San Francisco Rockdogs 1997 Boston Boston Tea Party Classic 1st Boston tournament
Above the Pacific Rim 1997 Atlanta Armory Sports Classic
San Francisco Rockdogs 1998 Chicago Chicago Classic
San Francisco Rockdogs 1998 Amsterdam Gay Games V Silver: Long Beach Rebels, Bronze: Above the Pacific Rim Friendship '98
Amsterdam, Netherlands
D.C. Sentinels 1998 Boston Boston Tea Party Classic
Amsterdam 1999 Paris Entre2Basket
San Francisco Rockdogs 1999 Chicago Chicago Classic
Above the Pacific Rim 1999 Atlanta Armory Sports Classic
Above the Pacific Rim 2000 Boston Boston Tea Party Classic
Cal United 2000 Chicago Chicago Classic
London Cruisers 2000 Zürich Eurogames Silver: Paris Entre2Basket
Above the Pacific Rim 2000 Atlanta Armory Sports Classic
San Francisco Rockdogs 2000 San Francisco Golden GaYte Classic
Los Angeles Heat 2001 Chicago Chicago Classic
Above the Pacific Rim 2001 Atlanta Armory Sports Classic
Los Angeles Freeze 2002 San Diego Hillcrest Classic II
Los Angeles Heat 2002 Chicago Chicago Classic
Above the Pacific Rim 2002 Atlanta Armory Sports Classic
Los Angeles Heat 2002 Sydney Gay Games VI Silver: Long Beach Rebels, Bronze: United American Balllers Under New Skies '02
Sydney, Australia
Long Beach Rebels 2003 San Diego Hillcrest Classic III
Los Angeles Freeze 2003 Chicago Chicago Classic
2003 Montreal Black & Blue Tournament
San Francisco Rockdogs 2004 Long Beach West Coast Classic I
Madrid Helagatos 2004 Madrid Madrid San Francisco Fusion
New York Ballers 2004 Chicago Chicago Tournament MVP: Roy Cole
Dallas Heat 2004 Atlanta Fast Breakers Championship Series
New York Warriors 2005 San Diego Hillcrest Classic
Los Angeles Freeze 2005 Chicago Coady Roundball Classic MVPs: Gabe Caldwell & Lamont Hill
H-Town Hoops (Houston) 2005 Atlanta Fast Breakers Championship Series
Above the Pacific Rim 2006 San Diego Hillcrest Classic New York Ballers, San Francisco Fusion
Los Angeles Freeze 2006 Sacramento Sac Town Shootout Atlanta Trade MVP: Lamont Long
San Francisco Rockdogs 2006 Chicago Gay Games VII Silver: New York Warriors, Bronze: Los Angeles Freeze
London Cruisers 2006 London Cruisers Tournament
2006 Paris Entre2Basket June 2006
San Francisco Rockdogs 2006 Salt Lake City Salt Lake City Tournament
San Francisco Rockdogs 2007 San Diego Hillcrest Classic
San Francisco Rockdogs 2007 Chicago Coady Roundball Classic MVP: Clint Walker
San Francisco Rockdogs 2007 London London Cruisers Tournament London Cruisers
Los Angeles Freeze 2007 Memphis River City Tournament San Francisco Rockdogs
San Francisco Rockdogs 2008 Los Angeles West Coast Classic III
San Francisco Rockdogs 2008 Chicago Coady Roundball Classic MVP: Jamel Lewis
San Francisco Rockdogs 2008 Washington D.C. Washington D.C. Capitol Classic Long Beach Rebels
San Francisco Rockdogs 2009 San Diego Hillcrest Classic San Diego Hoops
San Francisco Rockdogs 2009 Chicago Coady Roundball Classic MVP: Jamel Lewis
San Francisco Rockdogs 2009 Boston Boston Tea Party Classic Maryland Mavericks MVPs: Jamel Lewis & Mike Survillion
San Francisco Rockdogs 2010 San Francisco Golden GaYte Classic II Phoenix Hellraisers
San Francisco Rockdogs 2010 Chicago Coady Roundball Classic Long Beach Rebels MVP: Jamel Lewis
San Francisco Rockdogs 2010 Cologne, Germany Gay Games VIII Long Beach Rebels (silver), D.C. Sentinels (bronze), Seattle (B gold), SF S.O.S (B silver), Los Angeles Dream (B bronze) MVP:
D.C. Sentinels A 2010 Washington D.C. Washington D.C. Capitol Classic Los Angeles Thunder, All City Ballers ("B1" Division), DC Bandits (B2), DC Blades (B3)
D.C. Sentinels A 2011 Las Vegas Sin City Shootout Phoenix, Chicago Spin (upper B), SF Shock (lower B)
Tournament Champions: San Francisco Rockdogs (17), Los Angeles Freeze/Heat (9), Above the Pacific Rim (7), Long Beach Rebels (5), Minneapolis (3)
The above information was collected from online and offline information. We obviously are missing a lot of data (mainly from the 1980s-90s. If you have any information about previous tournaments that we are missing, please contact info @ sfgba.com.
In our attempt to collect all tournament championships in one place, we are bound to make mistakes along the way as we are relying on archaic websites, old documents and images, and word of mouth – if you see any errors or like to make additions (we’d love to create a list of “B” division and “C” division tournament champions), please send us an email at info at SFGBA.com with any facts/evidence that you have.


