Ipswich Basketball was founded in 1962. 1986 saw the formation of the
Queensland Basketball League (QBL) with both a men's and women's competition. Ipswich, trading as the Eagles, entered a team into both the Men's QBL and Women's QBL. In the QBL's inaugural season, the Eagles men reached the final, where they faced the Townsville Suns. The Eagles and the Suns won seven matches in a row to start the year, until they met in July and the Suns prevailed. In 1987 and 1994, the Ipswich women's team reached the championship game, but fell short both times, losing to the Mackay Meteorettes in 1987 and the Cairns Dolphins in 1994. In 2013, the Force reached the QBL women's grand final, where they were beaten 76–59 by the Mackay Meteorettes. For the 2020 season, the Force joined the newly established
NBL1 North, which replaced the QBL. In 2023, the Force men won the NBL1 North championship with a 2–1 grand final series victory over the
Gold Coast Rollers. ==References==