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Victoria Titans
Leagues	NBL
Founded	1998
Dissolved	2004
History	Victoria Titans 1998–2002 Victoria Giants 2002–2004
Arena	Melbourne Park (1998–2000) Vodafone Arena (2000–2002) MSAC (2002–2004)
Capacity	MP – 15,000 VA – 10,500 MSAC – 2,000
Location	Melbourne, Victoria
Team colors	Titans – Black, teal, white       Giants – Carolina blue, orange, white, black
Main sponsor	Liberty
Championships	0
Website	www.giants.com.au
Home Away

The Victoria Titans (known in its final two seasons as the Victoria Giants), were an Australian professional basketball team that competed in the National Basketball League (NBL). The club was based in Melbourne, Victoria.

History

The Titans were founded as a merger between the South East Melbourne Magic and North Melbourne Giants and competed in the National Basketball League (NBL) between the 1998–99 season and the 2003–04 season, and played their home games at Melbourne Park (1998–2000) and Vodafone Arena (2000–2002) when branded as the Titans. As the Giants the team played their games at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (2002–2004).

Under the Titans name, the team competed in back-to-back NBL Grand Finals in 1999 and 2000, losing to the Adelaide 36ers and Perth Wildcats respectively. After the Titans folded in mid-2002, a group fronted by businessman Peter Fiddes was granted a licence in their place and called the new team the Giants. The club struggled financially for one season before being propped up by Gerry Ryan for the 2003–04 season. Ryan and co-owner Sandy Constantine pulled the team out of the league in 2004, but retained the licence despite the NBL's attempts to take it back.

Season by season

As of the end of the 2003–04 season

Source: Victoria Giants Year by Year

Honour roll

References

1. "2001 NBL Clubs". NBL.com.au. 8 April 2001. Archived from the original on 8 April 2001. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
2. Uluc, Olgun (16 October 2015). "The NBL's defunct franchises: Sydney Astronauts, Launceston Casino City, Singapore Slingers, and more". FoxSports.com.au. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
3. Howell, Stephen (19 October 2005). "Victoria back to two teams in NBL". TheAge.com.au. Retrieved 26 September 2017.

External links

• NBL official website

• Basketball teams in Melbourne
• Defunct National Basketball League (Australia) teams
• Basketball teams established in 1998
• Basketball teams disestablished in 2004
• 1998 establishments in Australia
• 2004 disestablishments in Australia