The Edmonton Stingers are this year's Canadian Elite Basketball League's champions.

Hamilton will face Fraser Valley in one semi-final of the league playoffs.

The Guelph Nighthawks fell 85-72 to the Fraser Valley Bandits on Thursday night in Abbotsford.

For four of the last five years, Canada's only NBA team has held its pre-season training camps at Fortius Sport & Health, an integrated athlete development centre in Burnaby.

Each CEBL team will play a 20-game regular-season schedule. A single-elimination playoff format will be used ahead of the Aug. 25 final.