2024–25 Super League Basketball season

2024–25 SLB season
League	Super League Basketball
Season	2024–25
Teams	9

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

Teams

Flyers

Phoenix

Gladiators

Riders

Lions

MCR

Eagles

Sharks

89ers

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Locations of the 2024–25 SLB teams

Arenas and locations

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Bristol Flyers	Bristol	SGS College Arena	750
Caledonia Gladiators	East Kilbride	Playsport Arena	1,800
Cheshire Phoenix	Ellesmere Port	Cheshire Oaks Arena	1,400
Leicester Riders	Leicester	Mattioli Arena	2,400
London Lions	London	Copper Box Arena	6,000
Manchester Basketball	Manchester	National Basketball Centre	2,000
Newcastle Eagles	Newcastle upon Tyne	Vertu Motors Arena	2,800
Sheffield Sharks	Sheffield	Canon Medical Arena	2,500
Surrey 89ers	Guildford	Surrey Sports Park	970

SLB Championship

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	London Lions	8	6	2	705	652	+53	12	Playoffs
2	Sheffield Sharks	9	6	3	753	715	+38	12
3	Leicester Riders	7	5	2	587	536	+51	10
4	Newcastle Eagles	6	4	2	503	490	+13	8
5	Cheshire Phoenix	6	3	3	534	535	−1	6
6	Surrey 89ers	8	3	5	649	678	−29	6
7	Bristol Flyers	5	2	3	440	451	−11	4
8	Manchester Basketball	6	1	5	513	532	−19	2
9	Caledonia Gladiators	7	1	6	532	627	−95	2

Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2024. Source: BBC Sport

Results

Home \ Away	BRI	CAL	CHE	LEI	LON	MAN	NEW	SHE	SUR
Bristol Flyers	—		84–88			92–85
—
Caledonia Gladiators		—			79–67	76–100	71–94
	—					76–90
Cheshire Phoenix	92–86		—	86–88	93–97			87–86
		—
Leicester Riders				—		99–86	89–65	79–82
			—
London Lions		98–76			—		89–79	92–68	83–87
				—			80–77
Manchester Basketball					93–99	—		70–80
					—
Newcastle Eagles			94–88				—		81–77
						—
Sheffield Sharks	102–90	86–71		79–61				—	93–85
							—
Surrey 89ers	84–88	92–83		66–82		86–79			—
			72–89					—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2024. Source: superleaguebasketballm.co.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

SLB Trophy

North Group

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

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

Summary

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
Cheshire Phoenix	185–200	Bristol Flyers	83–92	102–108
Leicester Riders	91–95	Newcastle Eagles	91–95	22 Dec

SLB Cup

Summary

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

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

First round

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

Home team	Score	Away team
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

The quarterfinals matches will be played from 10–12 January 2025.

Home team	Score	Away team
Manchester Basketball	0–0	Leicester Riders
London Lions	0–0	Surrey 89ers
Sheffield Sharks	0–0	Cheshire Phoenix
Bristol Flyers	0–0	Caledonia Gladiators

British clubs in European competitions

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

External links

• Official website