The Wollongong Roller Hawks hold out hope of an end-of-year tournament to be played, following the cancellation of the National Wheelchair Basketball League season.
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The competition has been postponed since the COVID-19 crisis hit, but on Monday night, Basketball Australia made the decision not to push ahead with a shortened league campaign.
It comes after the Tokyo Paralympics delay and as Victoria moves into lockdown, in a bid to stem the number of COVID-19 cases.
"I don't think the cancellation of the season comes as any surprise. To me the announcement was more of a formality," Roller Hawks president Geoff Adams said.
"When the season was originally put on hold Basketball Australia consulted the clubs about a revised season. One option was a shortened season and the other was a week-long tournament at the end of the year.
"I know our preference and I think the preference of the majority of clubs was a tournament rather than a shortened season. From a logistical point of view and a cost point of view that option made more sense.
"And that was before the outbreak in Victoria. Now interstate travel is almost impossible, especially for what is still an amateur league like the NWBL."
The Roller Hawks have won the past three league titles, beating the Queensland Spinning Bullets 71-61 in last year's grand final.
Brett Stibners, Luke Pople and Shawn Russell had been named in the Australian squad for the Paralympics, now scheduled for August next year.
