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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
SLB Tournaments
SLB Trophy championsNewcastle Eagles (1st title)
  SLB Trophy runners-upBristol Flyers
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]

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.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 London Lions 18 14 4 1573 1368 +205 28 Playoffs
2 Sheffield Sharks 17 13 4 1412 1312 +100 26
3 Leicester Riders 16 12 4 1380 1239 +141 24
4 Newcastle Eagles 16 9 7 1386 1397 −11 18
5 Cheshire Phoenix 18 8 10 1622 1704 −82 16
6 Bristol Flyers 12 5 7 1015 1043 −28 10
7 Surrey 89ers 16 5 11 1288 1318 −30 10
8 Manchester Basketball 17 5 12 1421 1501 −80 10
9 Caledonia Gladiators 16 2 14 1177 1392 −215 4
Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2025. Source: BBC Sport

Results

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Home \ Away BRI CAL CHE LEI LON MAN NEW SHE SUR
Bristol Flyers — 84–88 75–78 92–85 98–94
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Caledonia Gladiators 66–58 — 98–101 79–67 76–100 71–94 68–77
— 53–84 85–91 76–90
Cheshire Phoenix 92–86 87–69 — 86–88 93–97 101–94 106–103 87–86
94–122 — 65–87
Leicester Riders 83–74 85–74 110–87 — 84–75 99–86 89–65 79–82
94–59 — 89–76
London Lions 98–76 94–76 91–71 — 89–79 92–68 83–87
96–51 — 80–77
Manchester Basketball 106–86 74–87 93–99 — 85–89 70–80 85–76
72–108 — 76–72
Newcastle Eagles 86–81 94–88 93–90 74–67 — 84–92 81–77
110–101 80–91 —
Sheffield Sharks 102–90 86–71 87–85 79–61 83–75 — 93–85
93–74 — 82–77
Surrey 89ers 84–88 92–83 89–99 66–82 80–84 86–79 96–70 61–63 —
83–89 72–89 —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2025. Source: superleaguebasketballm.co.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

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 will be 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 will be 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 will be 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 will be played on 9 March 2025.

9 March 2025 Sheffield Sharks England vs. England Surrey 89ers Nottingham, United Kingdom
15:30 Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
DAZN boxscore
 Arena: Nottingham Arena

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 Regular season

References

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  1. ^ "Franchises confirmed for Super League Basketball's debut season". Leicester Riders.
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