2025–26 British Championship Basketball season
| 2025–26 BCB season | |
|---|---|
| League | British Championship Basketball |
| Sport | Basketball |
| 2025–26 | |
The 2025–26 BCB season is the inaugural season of British Championship Basketball, a new second-tier professional British basketball league.[1]
Teams
The teams for the inaugural season comprised all 13 NBL Division One men’s clubs from the previous season, as well as Bristol Flyers II, who would have been promoted from NBL Division Two. Two Scottish teams were also proposed to join the BCB Trophy competition in the inaugural season in 2025-26, with intentions to join the league in full in 2026-27.[2][3]
League
| Club | Location | Last season |
|---|---|---|
 Birmingham Rockets |
Birmingham | D1, 9th |
| Bristol Flyers II |
Bristol | D2 North, 1st |
| Bristol Hurricanes |
Bristol | D1, 8th |
| Derby Trailblazers |
Derby | D1, 2nd |
| Essex Rebels |
Colchester | D1, 6th |
| Hemel Storm |
Hemel Hempstead | D1, 1st |
| London Cavaliers |
London (Uxbridge) | D1, 7th |
| Loughborough Riders |
Loughborough | D1, 5th |
| Milton Keynes Breakers |
Milton Keynes | D1, 4th |
| Newcastle Knights |
Newcastle upon Tyne | D1, 11th |
| Nottingham Hoods |
Nottingham | D1, 10th |
| Reading Rockets |
Reading | D1, 3rd |
| Worthing Thunder |
Worthing | D1, 13th |
| Yorkshire Dragons |
Halifax | D1, 12th |
BCB Trophy
| Club | Location | Last season |
|---|---|---|
 Boroughmuir Blaze |
Edinburgh | SBC, 2nd |
| Falkirk Fury |
Grangemouth | SBC, 1st |
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reading Rockets | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1392 | 1182 | +210 | 26 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 2 | Newcastle Knights | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1560 | 1464 | +96 | 26 | |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Breakers | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1448 | 1211 | +237 | 24 | |
| 4 | City of Birmingham Rockets | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1396 | 1225 | +171 | 22 | |
| 5 | Worthing Thunder | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1374 | 1341 | +33 | 20 | |
| 6 | London Cavaliers | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1283 | 1198 | +85 | 20 | |
| 7 | Essex Rebels | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1445 | 1436 | +9 | 16 | |
| 8 | Yorkshire Dragons | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1412 | 1394 | +18 | 16 | |
| 9 | Nottingham Hoods | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1307 | 1315 | −8 | 16 | |
| 10 | Derby Trailblazers | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1227 | 1210 | +17 | 14 | |
| 11 | Loughborough Riders | 16 | 4 | 12 | 1299 | 1366 | −67 | 8 | |
| 12 | Hemel Storm | 16 | 3 | 13 | 1406 | 1515 | −109 | 6 | |
| 13 | Bristol Hurricanes | 15 | 2 | 13 | 1139 | 1287 | −148 | 4 | |
| 14 | Bristol Flyers II | 16 | 0 | 16 | 1021 | 1565 | −544 | 0 |
Source: BCB Official Website
References
- ^ "British Basketball Federation and Home Country Associations address media reports about the formation of a new second-tier British basketball league". British Basketball Federation. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ Sam Neter (25 June 2025). "NBL D1 clubs prepare to launch new league, British Championship Basketball". Hoopsfix. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ Ben Kearney (2 October 2025). "Signs Express Fury fly the flag for Scotland and Falkirk in BCB Trophy". Falkirk Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2026.