after a successful first season, the league announced in october 2019 that it would be expanding into queensland for the 2020 season. in january 2020, nbl1 expanded with the establishment of north and south conferences for the 2020 season. after a landmark agreement with basketball queensland, nbl1 north replaced the queensland basketball league (qbl). as a result, the 2019 nbl1 teams formed the new south conference.