2024–25 Super League Basketball season

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]

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
Championship
SLB Tournaments
Trophy champions	Newcastle Eagles (1st title)
Trophy runners-up	Bristol Flyers
Playoffs

Teams

Flyers

Phoenix

Gladiators

Riders

Lions

MCR

Eagles

Sharks

89ers

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	21	17	4	1831	1598	+233	34	Playoffs
2	Sheffield Sharks	18	14	4	1486	1379	+107	28
3	Leicester Riders	17	13	4	1471	1320	+151	26
4	Newcastle Eagles	18	10	8	1550	1550	0	20
5	Cheshire Phoenix	20	9	11	1808	1903	−95	18
6	Surrey 89ers	18	6	12	1448	1480	−32	12
7	Manchester Basketball	19	6	13	1580	1658	−78	12
8	Bristol Flyers	15	5	10	1216	1277	−61	10
9	Caledonia Gladiators	18	2	16	1342	1567	−225	4

Updated to match(es) played on 5 March 2025. Source: BBC Sport

Results

Home \ Away	BRI	CAL	CHE	LEI	LON	MAN	NEW	SHE	SUR
Bristol Flyers	—		84–88		75–78	92–85	98–94	67–74
—						67–85
Caledonia Gladiators	66–58	—	98–101		79–67	76–100	71–94		68–77
	—	94–96		53–84	85–91	76–90
Cheshire Phoenix	92–86	87–69	—	86–88	93–97	101–94	106–103	87–86
94–122		—		90–105			65–87
Leicester Riders	83–74	85–74	110–87	—	84–75	99–86	89–65	79–82	91–81
94–59			—		89–76
London Lions	75–67	98–76	94–76	91–71	—	78–73	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	—	86–79	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	79–71		72–89					—

Updated to match(es) played on 5 March 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

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 will be played on 26 January 2025.

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

Newcastle Eagles v Bristol Flyers

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 12–22 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 will be played on 9 March 2025.

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

Sheffield Sharks v Surrey 89ers

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