2024–25 Super League Basketball 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
Champions	Leicester Riders (1st title)
Runners-up	Newcastle Eagles

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	Colours	Arena	Capacity	Founded
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

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 (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

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

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

Semifinals

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	174–178	Newcastle Eagles	91–95	83–83

Trophy Final

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
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

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 were played from 13 to 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 were played from 12 to 22 January 2025.

Home team	Score	Away team
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

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

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bristol Flyers	127–154	Sheffield Sharks	64–88	63–66
Surrey 89ers	183–179	Leicester Riders	93–93	90–86

Cup Final

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
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

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

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Playoff Final
	1	London Lions	81	86	167
	8	Surrey 89ers	76	69	145
								1	London Lions	71	75	146
								5	Newcastle Eagles	77	77	154
	4	Manchester Basketball	71	87	158
	5	Newcastle Eagles	78	84	162
															2	Leicester Riders	105
															5	Newcastle Eagles	74
	2	Leicester Riders	78	86	164
	7	Bristol Flyers	55	80	135
								2	Leicester Riders	75	97	172
								3	Sheffield Sharks	85	77	162
	3	Sheffield Sharks	79	99	178
	6	Cheshire Phoenix	89	82	171

*Note: Pairings are reseeded after quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

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

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

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
London Lions	167–145	Surrey 89ers	81–76	86–69

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

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Leicester Riders	164–135	Bristol Flyers	78–55	86–80

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

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sheffield Sharks	178–171	Cheshire Phoenix	79–89	99–82

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

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester Basketball	158–162	Newcastle Eagles	71–78	87–84

Semifinals

The semifinal matches were played on 9–11 May 2025.

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

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
London Lions	146–154	Newcastle Eagles	71–77	75–77

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

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Leicester Riders	172–162	Sheffield Sharks	75–85	97–77

Playoff Final

The SLB Playoff final was played on 18 May 2025.

(2) Leicester Riders vs. (5) Newcastle Eagles

Leicester Riders v Newcastle Eagles

18 May 2025	Leicester Riders	105–74	Newcastle Eagles	London, United Kingdom
16:30	Scoring by quarter: 28–16, 25–26, 30–21, 22–11
DAZN		boxscore report		Arena: The O2 Arena Attendance: 13,041

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	Runners up

External links

• Official website