2024–25 Super League Basketball season

1st season of Super League Basketball

Sports season

2024–25 SLB season

League| Super League Basketball
Sport| Basketball
Duration| 27 September 2024 – 27 April 2025
Number of teams| 9
TV partner(s)| Great Britain:

* DAZN

Online:

* YouTube

SLB Championship
League champions| London Lions (1st title)
Runners-up| Leicester Riders
SLB Tournaments
Trophy champions| Newcastle Eagles (1st title)
Trophy runners-up| Bristol Flyers
Cup champions| Sheffield Sharks (1st title)
Cup runners-up| Surrey 89ers
SLB Playoffs
SLB seasons

← 2023–24 (BBL)

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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Flyers

Phoenix

Gladiators

Riders

Lions

MCR

Eagles

Sharks

89ers

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Locations of the 2024–25 SLB teams

### Arenas and locations

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Team  | Location  | Colours  | Arena  | Capacity  | Founded

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

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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
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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

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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

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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
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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

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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
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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 1| Aggregate| Team 2| 1st leg| 2nd leg

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Cheshire Phoenix | 185–200|  Bristol Flyers| 83–92| 102–108
Leicester Riders | 174–178|  Newcastle Eagles| 91–95| 83–83

### Trophy Final

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The SLB Trophy final was played on 26 January 2025.

Newcastle Eagles v  Bristol Flyers 26 January 2025 | Newcastle Eagles | 97-78 |  Bristol Flyers | Birmingham, United Kingdom

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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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* Derby Trailblazers (NBL)
* Essex Rebels (NBL)
* Hemel Storm (NBL)
* Nottingham Hoods (NBL)
* Reading Rockets (NBL)
* Falkirk Fury (SBC)
* St Mirren (SBC)

### First round

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

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Essex Rebels | 70–84|  Bristol Flyers
St Mirren | 60–113|  London Lions
Falkirk Fury | 61–130|  Leicester Riders
Nottingham Hoods | 67–108|  Cheshire Phoenix
Derby Trailblazers | 88–93|  Surrey 89ers
Reading Rockets | 72–84|  Sheffield Sharks
Newcastle Eagles | 87–90|  Caledonia Gladiators
Hemel Storm | 73–93|  Manchester Basketball

### Quarterfinals

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

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Sheffield Sharks | 92–78|  Cheshire Phoenix
London Lions | 86–95|  Surrey 89ers
Bristol Flyers | 71–58|  Caledonia Gladiators
Manchester Basketball | 77–83|  Leicester Riders

### Semifinals

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

Team 1| Aggregate| Team 2| 1st leg| 2nd leg

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Bristol Flyers | 127–154|  Sheffield Sharks| 64–88| 63–66
Surrey 89ers | 183–179|  Leicester Riders| 93–93| 90–86

### Cup Final

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The SLB Cup final was played on 9 March 2025.

Sheffield Sharks v  Surrey 89ers 9 March 2025 | Sheffield Sharks | 105-97 |  Surrey 89ers | Nottingham, United Kingdom

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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 |

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| 1 | London Lions | 81 | 86 | 167 | | |
| 8 | Surrey 89ers | 76 | 69 | 145 |
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| 4 | Manchester Basketball | 71 | 87 | 158 |

| 5 | Newcastle Eagles | 78 | 84 | 162 |
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| 2 | Leicester Riders | 78 | 86 | 164 | |

| 7 | Bristol Flyers | 55 | 80 | 135 |
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| 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 1| Aggregate| Team 2| 1st leg| 2nd leg

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London Lions | 167–145|  Surrey 89ers| 81–76| 86–69

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

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Team 1| Aggregate| Team 2| 1st leg| 2nd leg

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Leicester Riders | 164–135|  Bristol Flyers| 78–55| 86–80

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

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Team 1| Aggregate| Team 2| 1st leg| 2nd leg

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Sheffield Sharks | 178–171|  Cheshire Phoenix| 79–89| 99–82

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

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Team 1| Aggregate| Team 2| 1st leg| 2nd leg

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Manchester Basketball | 158–162|  Newcastle Eagles| 71–78| 87–84

### 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 1| Aggregate| Team 2| 1st leg| 2nd leg

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London Lions | 0–0|  Newcastle Eagles| 0–0| 0–0

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

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Leicester Riders | 0–0|  Sheffield Sharks| 0–0| 0–0

## British clubs in European competitions

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Team | Competition | Progress

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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.

## External links

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