This article is about the basketball governing body. It is not to be confused with their senior elite competition, the BBL Championship.
Basketball league
British Basketball League
Founded
1987; 37 years ago (1987)
First season
1987–88
Country
Great Britain
Federation
British Basketball
Confederation
FIBA Europe (Europe)
Number of teams
10
Level on pyramid
1
Domestic cup(s)
BBL Trophy BBL Cup (defunct)
International cup(s)
EuroCup Champions League FIBA Europe Cup
Current champions
London Lions (3rd title) (2023–24)
Most championships
Newcastle Eagles (7 titles)
TV partners
Sky Sports YouTube
Website
BBL.org.uk
2023–24 British Basketball League season
The British Basketball League (BBL) is a men's professional basketball league in Great Britain and represents the highest level of play in the countries. The league is contested by 10 teams from England and Scotland. There are no clubs from Wales, or Northern Ireland.[1] The BBL runs three additional knockout competitions alongside the BBL Championship which are the BBL Cup, BBL Trophy and the end-of-season BBL Playoffs. In March 2024, there will be a BBL All-Star game which will replace the BBL Cup knockout competition.
The BBL sits above the National Basketball League and the Scottish Basketball Championship which effectively form the second tier of British basketball. There is currently no automatic promotion or relegation between the lower leagues and the BBL because of the franchise system in use in the BBL although several clubs have been successful in making the step up from the NBL in recent years.
The 10 member franchises of the BBL jointly own the league[2] and a chairman is elected by the teams to oversee league operations. The head offices are located in Leicester[3] where the country's oldest team the Leicester Riders are also based.
In partnership with Basketball England the BBL launched a women's league in 2014 branded as the Women's British Basketball League (WBBL).[4]
^Two clubs from Northern Ireland, Belfast Star and Ulster University, play in the Irish Super League, the highest level competition in Ireland, and basketball in Ireland operates on a broadly all-island basis.
^"British Basketball League". BBL. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
^"ULEB Union des Ligues Européenes de Basket-ball". Uleb.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
^"Women's British Basketball League launched". EnglandBasketball.co.uk. 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
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