# 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.

## Teams
### Arenas and locations

| Team | Location | 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 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 2000 | 1744 | +256 | 38 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Sheffield Sharks | 21 | 16 | 5 | 1729 | 1606 | +123 | 32 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Leicester Riders | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1714 | 1560 | +154 | 28 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Newcastle Eagles | 21 | 10 | 11 | 1753 | 1798 | −45 | 20 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Manchester Basketball | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1857 | 1920 | −63 | 18 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Cheshire Phoenix | 23 | 9 | 14 | 2048 | 2181 | −133 | 18 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Surrey 89ers | 19 | 7 | 12 | 1517 | 1545 | −28 | 14 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Bristol Flyers | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1422 | 1487 | −65 | 12 | Playoffs |
| 9 | Caledonia Gladiators | 21 | 4 | 17 | 1582 | 1781 | −199 | 8 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BRI | CAL | CHE | LEI | LON | MAN | NEW | SHE | SUR |
| Bristol Flyers | — | | 84–88 | 63–74 | 75–78 | 92–85 | 98–94 | 67–74 | |
| — | | | | | | 67–85 | | |
| Caledonia Gladiators | 66–58 | — | 98–101 | | 79–67 | 76–100 | 71–94 | | 68–77 |
| 68–57 | — | 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 | 80–87 | | 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 | 90–78 | | — | | 79–68 | 80–77 | |
| Manchester Basketball | | 90–89 | 106–86 | 74–87 | 93–99 | — | 85–89 | 70–80 | 85–76 |
| | | | 100–93 | 72–108 | — | 86–79 | 76–72 | |
| Newcastle Eagles | 68–86 | 86–81 | 94–88 | 93–90 | 74–67 | | — | 84–92 | 81–77 |
| | 67–83 | 110–101 | | 80–91 | | — | | |
| Sheffield Sharks | 102–90 | 86–71 | 87–85 | 79–61 | | 83–75 | | — | 93–85 |
| | | 101–82 | 77–76 | | 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 | | | | 69–65 | — |

## 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 | Semifinals | 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 | — |

### 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 | Semifinals | 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 | — |

### 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.

## 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.

## British clubs in European competitions

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