Ballarat has been granted one of 18 licences for the Miners and Rush to be part of the Basketball Victoria-managed replacement for the South East Australian Basketball League next year.

The new competition, which is yet to be formally named, features teams from Tasmania, New South Wales and Canberra, as well as Victoria.

Ballarat’s senior elite teams administrator Melissa Thomas said the announcement ended a period of uncertainty.

She said while some planning could now go ahead, Basketball Victoria was still to announce the competition format and roster structures.

Thomas said hopefully this would occur within two weeks, allowing recruiting to be finalised.

The bulk of the licences have been allocated to former SEABL teams: Ballarat, Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence (ACT), Dandenong, Diamond Valley, Frankston, Geelong, Hobart, Kilsyth, Melbourne Tigers,  North West Thunder/Launceston (co-licencees),  Nunawading, Sandringham.

Eltham, Ringwood, Waverley and Knox, which left the SEABL at the end of 2014, have also been invited to be part of the competition.

Former SEABL teams Mt Gambier, Canberra and Sydney Uni will not be in the new league.

The Miners hope to announce a new head coach to replace Nathan Cooper-Brown next week.