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 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 2024–25 season, for a 32-game regular season.[4]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 London Lions 23 18 5 1904 1702 +202 36 Playoffs
2 Cheshire Phoenix 27 16 11 2566 2405 +161 32
3 Manchester Basketball 24 14 10 2102 2071 +31 28
4 Sheffield Sharks 23 12 11 1911 1905 +6 24
5 Bristol Flyers 24 12 12 1969 1966 +3 24
6 Surrey 89ers 25 11 14 2123 2191 −68 22
7 Leicester Riders 21 10 11 1706 1783 −77 20
8 Newcastle Eagles 25 10 15 2194 2202 −8 20
9 Caledonia Gladiators 24 5 19 1897 2147 −250 10
Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 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 76–98 78–60 86–87
— 87–67 94–95 79–84 77–86 77–67
Caledonia Gladiators 91–93 — 76–101 79–65 51–96 74–62 104–108 65–73 76–93
— 80–114 74–82 75–88 70–92 73–86
Cheshire Phoenix 111–84 108–96 — 88–89 74–89 116–90 91–85 90–87 100–90
— 98–99 101–98 114–95 106–84
Leicester Riders 85–73 85–79 95–93 — 72–79 102–95 91–77 65–93 80–89
78–82 — 75–83 102–100
London Lions 72–60 81–73 89–83 82–70 — 74–91 95–82 87–72
95–78 — 71–72 98–71 92–84
Manchester Basketball 80–85 83–82 92–89 87–72 74–82 — 102–98 87–75 90–95
101–78 97–91 — 105–79 84–106 94–80
Newcastle Eagles 83–87 79–87 88–70 98–85 77–82 — 95–99 92–89
83–85 104–80 108–97 50–76 — 99–72
Sheffield Sharks 76–69 77–71 101–97 83–92 98–79 78–73 — 88–94
85–94 77–75 79–73 68–80 —
Surrey 89ers 66–96 85–100 79–86 78–80 89–80 94–80 82–88 88–77 —
93–80 79–101 80–83 95–77 —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 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 205–201 Cheshire Phoenix100–89105–112
London Lions 154–134 Bristol Flyers77–5877–76

Trophy Final

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

1 February 2026 London Lions 74–68 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 99–69 Caledonia Gladiators

Quarterfinals

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

Home teamScoreAway team
Leicester Riders 94–102 Surrey 89ers
Newcastle Eagles 68–94 London Lions
Manchester Basketball 92–67 Bristol Flyers
Sheffield Sharks 100–103 Cheshire Phoenix

Semifinals

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

Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
London Lions 165–156 Cheshire Phoenix89–7276–84
Surrey 89ers 179–200 Manchester Basketball87–10192–99

Cup Final

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

22 March 2026 London Lions vs. 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 Quarterfinals
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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