U18 DIVISION (Travel Team)

*Grade 10 consideration: 

As well, grade 10 players should assess whether they are able to provide the time and commitment required to play for both teams. If a grade 10 player must leave AMBA due to making their high school team a refund is not provided. If a team must fold, due to not having enough remaining players, those players that did not elect to leave AMBA will be provided with a pro-rated refund. Please see our Refund policy for details.

U18 Notes Fall Season:

U18 Programs are broken into 2 Fall and Winter Seasons as many SV players join High school programs for Winter. CMBA has added the option of Platinum League (Male) and Diamond League (Female) team for 2024/2025 which is club style play with full FIBA rules - Mens Teams will determine their elligibility for these leagues during evaluations. Women may register via CMBA - https://www.cmba.ab.ca/content/Diamond-League-Information 

Team Formation:

Teams are created based on the skill level of the player, using evaluation information.  The AMBA team formation committee has the best interests of the individual player and teams as a whole when placing players.  We will not accept requests to play on a specific team as each player is placed where they will have the most opportunity to learn and grow, while seeing as much court time as possible. 

The intention is to place teams of similar skill level together to create a fun and competitive season.  It’s important that players and parents do not focus on the division level they are placed at.

Games:

• Played in Calgary within the CMBA program.  These games are scheduled by the CMBA (and not by the AMBA) and can be in ANY quadrant of the city.   
• Go to Season and Program Information page for important CMBA game dates. 

Practices:

• AMBA attempts to schedule practices within Airdrie, however, based on gym availability, this is not always be feasible (Crossfield and Balzac are the out of town locations also used for practices). 
• Practice days are determined by coach and school availability and will change from season to season. 
• Once practice days are determined, we attempt to keep practice nights consistent for each team from week to week.  However, due to varying gym availabilities, there are some weeks where times and locations may differ, so it’s important to check the weekly practice schedule each week.

U18 Boys Notes Winter Season:

• 8 weeks of regular season gameplay on Saturdays.
• 2 weekends of playoffs.
• Opportunity to attend U18 Youth Provincals in March.
• Each team has a coach.
• Each team will practice at least once per week.
• Games are officiated by CMBA officials.
• Games follow FIBA rules except for the rule modifications that you can find at this link.
• All zones will place athletes onto teams after evaluations.
• A seeding tournament takes place on Jan.4th in addition to the 8 League games.  

U18 Girls Notes Winter Season:

This winter, CMBA will offer a FIBA (Fédération Internationale de Basketball) 3-on-3 format for U18 girls. It will consist of 5 weeks of gameplay, with the following scheduled dates:

• January 11, 2025
• January 25, 2025
• February 8, 2025
• February 22, 2025
• March 8, 2025

 The girls' 3-on-3 league fee is $600 per team (Plus the cost of a jersey if required). Girls may create their teams with a maximum of 5 players. To express interest in the 3-on-3 league, please email registration@airdriebasketball.ca with your ideal roster of players.