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2024–25 Super League Basketball season

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2024–25 SLB season
LeagueSuper League Basketball
SportBasketball
Duration27 September 2024 – 27 April 2025
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)Great Britain:
Online:
SLB Championship
League championsLondon Lions (1st title)
  Runners-upLeicester Riders
SLB Tournaments
Trophy championsNewcastle Eagles (1st title)
  Trophy runners-upBristol Flyers
Cup championsSheffield Sharks (1st title)
  Cup runners-upSurrey 89ers
SLB Playoffs
SLB seasons
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 SLB season is the inaugural season of Super League Basketball (SLB). The season features nine teams from across England and Scotland.[1][2]

Teams

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Locations of the 2024–25 SLB teams

Arenas and locations

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Team Location Colours Arena Capacity Founded
Bristol Flyers England Bristol     SGS College Arena 750 2006
Caledonia Gladiators Scotland East Kilbride     Playsport Arena 1,800 1998
Cheshire Phoenix England Ellesmere Port     Cheshire Oaks Arena 1,400 1984
Leicester Riders England Leicester     Mattioli Arena 2,400 1967
London Lions England London (Stratford)     Copper Box Arena 6,000 1977
Manchester Basketball England Manchester     National Basketball Centre 2,000 2024
Newcastle Eagles England Newcastle     Vertu Motors Arena 2,800 1976
Sheffield Sharks England Sheffield     Canon Medical Arena 2,500 1991
Surrey 89ers England Guildford     Surrey Sports Park 970 2024

SLB Championship

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The SLB Championship maintained the four-game series format, reintroduced for the 2022–23 season, for a 32-game regular season.[3]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 London Lions (C) 32 24 8 2740 2448 +292 48 Playoffs
2 Leicester Riders 32 23 9 2796 2552 +244 46
3 Sheffield Sharks 32 22 10 2613 2487 +126 44
4 Manchester Basketball 32 15 17 2755 2777 −22 30
5 Newcastle Eagles 32 14 18 2664 2749 −85 28
6 Cheshire Phoenix 32 14 18 2884 2963 −79 28
7 Bristol Flyers 32 13 19 2493 2596 −103 26
8 Surrey 89ers 32 12 20 2616 2714 −98 24
9 Caledonia Gladiators 32 7 25 2460 2735 −275 14
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2025. Source: BBC Sport
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away BRI CAL CHE LEI LON MAN NEW SHE SUR
Bristol Flyers — 81–62 84–88 63–74 75–78 92–85 98–94 67–74 73–82
— 86–73 81–93 68–67 78–88 76–62 67–85 71–64 87–86
Caledonia Gladiators 66–58 — 98–101 66–88 79–67 76–100 71–94 86–89 68–77
68–57 — 94–96 93–88 53–84 85–91 76–90 83–87 90–81
Cheshire Phoenix 92–86 87–69 — 86–88 93–97 101–94 106–103 87–86 112–78
94–122 89–75 — 78–91 90–105 80–87 99–89 65–87 95–104
Leicester Riders 83–74 85–74 110–87 — 84–75 99–86 89–65 79–82 91–81
94–59 98–78 94–90 — 80–71 89–76 99–81 100–95 91–84
London Lions 75–67 98–76 94–76 91–71 — 78–73 89–79 92–68 83–87
77–69 96–51 90–78 97–80 — 88–90 79–68 80–77 80–69
Manchester Basketball 91–80 90–89 106–86 74–87 93–99 — 85–89 70–80 85–76
92–97 93–91 99–86 100–93 72–108 — 86–79 76–72 104–88
Newcastle Eagles 68–86 86–81 94–88 93–90 74–67 69–100 — 84–92 81–77
84–55 67–83 110–101 91–106 80–91 89–80 — 80–67 81–88
Sheffield Sharks 102–90 86–71 87–85 79–61 60–77 83–75 80–73 — 93–85
88–69 74–81 101–82 77–76 90–82 93–74 90–79 — 82–77
Surrey 89ers 84–88 92–83 89–99 66–82 80–84 86–79 96–70 61–63 —
83–89 79–71 71–94 72–89 88–80 93–87 87–95 69–65 —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2025. Source: superleaguebasketballm.co.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

SLB Trophy

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North Group

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CHE NEW SHE CAL MAN
1 Cheshire Phoenix 8 6 2 745 656 +89 12 Semifinals — 90–82 100–102 95–74 116–85
2 Newcastle Eagles 8 5 3 634 641 −7 10 69–90 — 78–73 93–88 77–89
3 Sheffield Sharks 8 4 4 671 665 +6 8 79–84 82–84 — 84–75 89–77
4 Caledonia Gladiators 8 3 5 659 682 −23 6 86–81 66–71 80–94 — 99–77
5 Manchester Basketball 8 2 6 644 709 −65 4 79–89 63–80 87–68 87–91 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2024. Source: superleaguebasketballm.co.uk

South Group

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LEI BRI LON SUR
1 Leicester Riders 6 6 0 537 449 +88 12 Semifinals — 91–69 76–62 89–76
2 Bristol Flyers 6 3 3 521 505 +16 6 101–105 — 108–85 86–79
3 London Lions 6 2 4 455 494 −39 4 66–89 76–65 — 81–69
4 Surrey 89ers 6 1 5 455 520 −65 2 75–87 69–92 87–85 —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2024. Source: superleaguebasketballm.co.uk

Semifinals

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The first legs were played on 6 December, the second legs were played 8 December and 22 December.

Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Cheshire Phoenix England185–200England Bristol Flyers83–92102–108
Leicester Riders England174–178England Newcastle Eagles91–9583–83

Trophy Final

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The SLB Trophy final was played on 26 January 2025.

26 January 2025 Newcastle Eagles England 97–78 England Bristol Flyers Birmingham, United Kingdom
15:30 Scoring by quarter: 31–19, 21–12, 21–19, 24–28
DAZN Pts: Knight 22
Rebs: Allen-Eikens, Ward-Hibbert 8
Asts: Okauru 6 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Lewis 18
Rebs: Lewis, Louis 6
Asts: Louis 7 		Arena: Arena Birmingham
Attendance: 8,500
Referees: Eduard Udyanskyy, Iain Macdonald, Stephen Ferriss

SLB Cup

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Summary

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Seven wildcard teams were invited to compete in the Cup competition, five from the English National Basketball League and two from the Scottish Basketball Championship.

Wildcard teams

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First round

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The first round matches were played from 13–21 December 2024.

Home teamScoreAway team
Essex Rebels England70–84England Bristol Flyers
St Mirren Scotland60–113England London Lions
Falkirk Fury Scotland61–130England Leicester Riders
Nottingham Hoods England67–108England Cheshire Phoenix
Derby Trailblazers England88–93England Surrey 89ers
Reading Rockets England72–84England Sheffield Sharks
Newcastle Eagles England87–90Scotland Caledonia Gladiators
Hemel Storm England73–93England Manchester Basketball

Quarterfinals

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The quarterfinals matches were played from 12–22 January 2025.

Home teamScoreAway team
Sheffield Sharks England92–78England Cheshire Phoenix
London Lions England86–95England Surrey 89ers
Bristol Flyers England71–58Scotland Caledonia Gladiators
Manchester Basketball England77–83England Leicester Riders

Semifinals

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The first legs were played on 7 February, the second legs were played 9 February.

Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Bristol Flyers England127–154England Sheffield Sharks64–8863–66
Surrey 89ers England183–179England Leicester Riders93–9390–86

Cup Final

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The SLB Cup final was played on 9 March 2025.

9 March 2025 Sheffield Sharks England 105–97 England Surrey 89ers Nottingham, United Kingdom
15:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 26–28, 32–21, 24–25
DAZN Pts: McGill, Nixon 24
Rebs: Clay 9
Asts: Nixon 5 		boxscore
report 		Pts: James 26
Rebs: Adelekun 10
Asts: Ray 6 		Arena: Nottingham Arena
Attendance: not available
Referees: Joe Hodgson, Chris Dodds, Jonpaul Heron

Playoffs

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The 2025 SLB Playoffs will be played in May 2025, consisting of four aggregate quarterfinal series, two aggregate semifinal series and the Playoff Final. The Playoff Final will be played at The O2 Arena, London.

Playoff bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Playoff Final
             
1 London Lions 81 86 167
8 Surrey 89ers 76 69 145
1 London Lions
5 Newcastle Eagles
4 Manchester Basketball 71 87 158
5 Newcastle Eagles 78 84 162
 
 
2 Leicester Riders 78 86 164
7 Bristol Flyers 55 80 135
2 Leicester Riders
3 Sheffield Sharks
3 Sheffield Sharks 79 99 178
6 Cheshire Phoenix 89 82 171

*Note: Pairings are reseeded after quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

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The quarterfinal matches were played on 2–5 May 2025.

(1) London Lions vs. (8) Surrey 89ers

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Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
London Lions England167–145England Surrey 89ers81–7686–69

(2) Leicester Riders vs. (7) Bristol Flyers

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Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Leicester Riders England164–135England Bristol Flyers78–5586–80

(3) Sheffield Sharks vs. (6) Cheshire Phoenix

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Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Sheffield Sharks England178–171England Cheshire Phoenix79–8999–82

(4) Manchester Basketball vs. (5) Newcastle Eagles

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Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Manchester Basketball England158–162England Newcastle Eagles71–7887–84

Semifinals

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The semifinal matches will be played on 9–11 May 2025.

(1) London Lions vs. (5) Newcastle Eagles

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Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
London Lions England0–0England Newcastle Eagles0–00–0

(2) Leicester Riders vs. (3) Sheffield Sharks

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Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Leicester Riders England0–0England Sheffield Sharks0–00–0

British clubs in European competitions

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Team Competition Progress
Caledonia Gladiators Champions League Qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Regular season
Bristol Flyers ENBL Regular season
Newcastle Eagles ENBL Runners up

References

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  1. ^ "Super League Basketball announces four competition formats for debut season". superleaguebasketballm.co.uk. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Franchises confirmed for Super League Basketball's debut season". riders.basketball. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  3. ^ "2024/25 Super League Basketball Fixtures Confirmed". superleaguebasketballm.co.uk. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
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