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2025–26 Super League Basketball season

2025–26 SLB season
LeagueSuper League Basketball
SportBasketball
Duration19 September 2025 – 17 May 2026
Teams9
TV partnersGreat Britain:
Online:
SLB Championship
SLB Tournaments
Trophy championsLondon Lions (1st title)
  Trophy runners-upNewcastle Eagles
SLB Playoffs

The 2025–26 SLB season is the second season of Super League Basketball (SLB).[1][2] The season features nine teams from across England and Scotland.[3]

Teams

Locations of the 2025–26 SLB teams

Arenas and locations

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

The SLB Championship maintained the four-game series format, reintroduced for the 2024–25 season, for a 32-game regular season.[4]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 London Lions 16 13 3 1306 1172 +134 26 Playoffs
2 Cheshire Phoenix 22 12 10 2072 1961 +111 24
3 Bristol Flyers 20 11 9 1628 1602 +26 22
4 Sheffield Sharks 19 10 9 1578 1573 +5 20
5 Surrey 89ers 19 10 9 1636 1647 −11 20
6 Manchester Basketball 19 10 9 1664 1684 −20 20
7 Leicester Riders 17 9 8 1402 1447 −45 18
8 Newcastle Eagles 19 6 13 1635 1674 −39 12
9 Caledonia Gladiators 19 4 15 1510 1671 −161 8
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2026. Source: BBC Sport

Results

Home \ Away BRI CAL CHE LEI LON MAN NEW SHE SUR
Bristol Flyers — 103–94 86–95 74–70 68–54 78–84 78–60 86–87
— 87–67 79–84 77–67
Caledonia Gladiators 91–93 — 76–101 51–96 74–62 104–108 65–73 76–93
— 74–82 75–88 73–86
Cheshire Phoenix 111–84 108–96 — 88–89 74–89 116–90 91–85 90–87 100–90
— 98–99 101–98 114–95
Leicester Riders 85–73 85–79 95–93 — 72–79 102–95 91–77 65–93 80–89
— 75–83 102–100
London Lions 72–60 81–73 89–83 82–70 — 74–91 95–82
—
Manchester Basketball 80–85 83–82 92–89 87–72 — 102–98 87–75 90–95
97–91 — 84–106 94–80
Newcastle Eagles 83–87 79–87 88–70 98–85 77–82 — 95–99 92–89
83–85 50–76 —
Sheffield Sharks 76–69 77–71 101–97 83–92 98–79 78–73 — 88–94
77–75 68–80 —
Surrey 89ers 66–96 85–100 79–86 78–80 89–80 94–80 82–88 88–77 —
93–80 79–101 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2026. Source: superleaguebasketballm.co.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

SLB Trophy

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification NEW SHE CAL
1 Newcastle Eagles 2 2 0 173 165 +8 4 Semifinals — 94–89
2 Sheffield Sharks 2 1 1 179 173 +6 2 — 90–79
3 Caledonia Gladiators 2 0 2 155 169 −14 0 76–79 —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. Source: superleaguebasketballm.co.uk

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CHE LEI MAN
1 Cheshire Phoenix 2 2 0 180 155 +25 4 Semifinals — 98–78
2 Leicester Riders 2 1 1 189 206 −17 2 — 111–108
3 Manchester Basketball 2 0 2 185 193 −8 0 77–82 —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. Source: superleaguebasketballm.co.uk

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LON BRI SUR
1 London Lions 2 2 0 158 145 +13 4 Semifinals — 87–83
2 Bristol Flyers 2 1 1 159 150 +9 2 62–71 —
3 Surrey 89ers 2 0 2 162 184 −22 0 79–97 —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. Source: superleaguebasketballm.co.uk

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 2 January, second legs 4 January.

Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Newcastle Eagles England205–201England Cheshire Phoenix100–89105–112
London Lions England154–134England Bristol Flyers77–5877–76

Trophy Final

The SLB Trophy final will be played on 1 February 2026.

1 February 2026 London Lions England 74–68 England Newcastle Eagles Birmingham, United Kingdom
15:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 24–11, 12–17, 17–23
DAZN Pts: Brown 15
Rebs: Williams 7
Asts: Phillip, Williams 5 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Burden 20
Rebs: Long 9
Asts: Burden 6 		Arena: Arena Birmingham
Attendance: not available
Referees: Paul Walton, Christopher Dodds, Ingus Bankevics

SLB Cup

Qualifying game

The qualifying game was played on 12 December 2025.

Home teamScoreAway team
Surrey 89ers England99–69Scotland Caledonia Gladiators

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinal matches were played from 23 to 25 January 2026.

Home teamScoreAway team
Leicester Riders England94–102England Surrey 89ers
Newcastle Eagles England68–94England London Lions
Manchester Basketball England92–67England Bristol Flyers
Sheffield Sharks England100–103England Cheshire Phoenix

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 13 February, second legs 15 February.

Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
London Lions England165–156England Cheshire Phoenix89–7276–84
Surrey 89ers England179–200England Manchester Basketball87–10192–99

Cup Final

The SLB Cup final will be played on 22 March 2026.

22 March 2026 London Lions England vs. England Manchester Basketball Manchester, United Kingdom
16:30 Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
DAZN boxscore
 Arena: Manchester Arena

British clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
London Lions EuroCup Regular season
Bristol Flyers European North Basketball League Regular season
Manchester Basketball Round of 16
Newcastle Eagles Regular season

References

  1. ^ "Super League Basketball Confirms Formats for 2025/26 Trophy and Cup Competitions". superleaguebasketballm.co.uk. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  2. ^ "GB men's ban lifted after Fiba recognises SLB". BBC.com. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  3. ^ "British Basketball Federation to enter liquidation". BBC.com. 14 November 2025. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Super League Basketball announce 2025/26 season fixture list". superleaguebasketballm.co.uk. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
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