2024–25 Super League Basketball season

2024–25 SLB season
LeagueSuper League Basketball
SportBasketball
Duration27 September 2024 – 27 April 2025
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)Great Britain:
Online:
SLB Championship
League championsLondon Lions (1st title)
  Runners-upLeicester Riders
Season MVP Aaryn Rai (London)
SLB Tournaments
Trophy championsNewcastle Eagles (1st title)
  Trophy runners-upBristol Flyers
Cup championsSheffield Sharks (1st title)
  Cup runners-upSurrey 89ers
SLB Playoffs
ChampionsLeicester Riders (1st title)
  Runners-upNewcastle Eagles
Finals MVP Jaylin Hunter (Leicester)

The 2024–25 SLB season is the inaugural season of Super League Basketball (SLB). The season features nine teams from across England and Scotland.[1][2]

Teams

Locations of the 2024–25 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 2022–23 season, for a 32-game regular season.[3]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 London Lions (C) 32 24 8 2740 2448 +292 48 Playoffs
2 Leicester Riders 32 23 9 2796 2552 +244 46
3 Sheffield Sharks 32 22 10 2613 2487 +126 44
4 Manchester Basketball 32 15 17 2755 2777 −22 30
5 Newcastle Eagles 32 14 18 2664 2749 −85 28
6 Cheshire Phoenix 32 14 18 2884 2963 −79 28
7 Bristol Flyers 32 13 19 2493 2596 −103 26
8 Surrey 89ers 32 12 20 2616 2714 −98 24
9 Caledonia Gladiators 32 7 25 2460 2735 −275 14
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2025. Source: BBC Sport
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away BRI CAL CHE LEI LON MAN NEW SHE SUR
Bristol Flyers — 81–62 84–88 63–74 75–78 92–85 98–94 67–74 73–82
— 86–73 81–93 68–67 78–88 76–62 67–85 71–64 87–86
Caledonia Gladiators 66–58 — 98–101 66–88 79–67 76–100 71–94 86–89 68–77
68–57 — 94–96 93–88 53–84 85–91 76–90 83–87 90–81
Cheshire Phoenix 92–86 87–69 — 86–88 93–97 101–94 106–103 87–86 112–78
94–122 89–75 — 78–91 90–105 80–87 99–89 65–87 95–104
Leicester Riders 83–74 85–74 110–87 — 84–75 99–86 89–65 79–82 91–81
94–59 98–78 94–90 — 80–71 89–76 99–81 100–95 91–84
London Lions 75–67 98–76 94–76 91–71 — 78–73 89–79 92–68 83–87
77–69 96–51 90–78 97–80 — 88–90 79–68 80–77 80–69
Manchester Basketball 91–80 90–89 106–86 74–87 93–99 — 85–89 70–80 85–76
92–97 93–91 99–86 100–93 72–108 — 86–79 76–72 104–88
Newcastle Eagles 68–86 86–81 94–88 93–90 74–67 69–100 — 84–92 81–77
84–55 67–83 110–101 91–106 80–91 89–80 — 80–67 81–88
Sheffield Sharks 102–90 86–71 87–85 79–61 60–77 83–75 80–73 — 93–85
88–69 74–81 101–82 77–76 90–82 93–74 90–79 — 82–77
Surrey 89ers 84–88 92–83 89–99 66–82 80–84 86–79 96–70 61–63 —
83–89 79–71 71–94 72–89 88–80 93–87 87–95 69–65 —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2025. Source: superleaguebasketballm.co.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

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 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 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2024. Source: superleaguebasketballm.co.uk

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 6 101–105 — 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 —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2024. Source: superleaguebasketballm.co.uk

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 6 December, the second legs were played 8 December and 22 December.

Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Cheshire Phoenix 185–200 Bristol Flyers83–92102–108
Leicester Riders 174–178 Newcastle Eagles91–9583–83

Trophy Final

The SLB Trophy final was played on 26 January 2025.

26 January 2025 Newcastle Eagles 97–78 Bristol Flyers Birmingham, United Kingdom
15:30 Scoring by quarter: 31–19, 21–12, 21–19, 24–28
DAZN Pts: Knight 22
Rebs: Allen-Eikens, Ward-Hibbert 8
Asts: Okauru 6 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Lewis 18
Rebs: Lewis, Louis 6
Asts: Louis 7 		Arena: Arena Birmingham
Attendance: 8,500
Referees: Eduard Udyanskyy, Iain Macdonald, Stephen Ferriss

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

First round

The first round matches were played from 13 to 21 December 2024.

Home teamScoreAway 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 were played from 12 to 22 January 2025.

Home teamScoreAway 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 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Bristol Flyers 127–154 Sheffield Sharks64–8863–66
Surrey 89ers 183–179 Leicester Riders93–9390–86

Cup Final

The SLB Cup final was played on 9 March 2025.

9 March 2025 Sheffield Sharks 105–97 Surrey 89ers Nottingham, United Kingdom
15:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 26–28, 32–21, 24–25
DAZN Pts: McGill, Nixon 24
Rebs: Clay 9
Asts: Nixon 5 		boxscore
report 		Pts: James 26
Rebs: Adelekun 10
Asts: Ray 6 		Arena: Nottingham Arena
Attendance: not available
Referees: Joe Hodgson, Chris Dodds, Jonpaul Heron

Playoffs

The 2025 SLB Playoffs will be played in May 2025, consisting of four aggregate quarterfinal series, two aggregate semifinal series and the Playoff Final. The Playoff Final will be played at The O2 Arena, London.

Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Playoff Final
             
1 London Lions 81 86 167
8 Surrey 89ers 76 69 145
1 London Lions 71 75 146
5 Newcastle Eagles 77 77 154
4 Manchester Basketball 71 87 158
5 Newcastle Eagles 78 84 162
2 Leicester Riders 105
5 Newcastle Eagles 74
2 Leicester Riders 78 86 164
7 Bristol Flyers 55 80 135
2 Leicester Riders 75 97 172
3 Sheffield Sharks 85 77 162
3 Sheffield Sharks 79 99 178
6 Cheshire Phoenix 89 82 171

*Note: Pairings are reseeded after quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinal matches were played on 2–5 May 2025.

(1) London Lions vs. (8) Surrey 89ers

Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
London Lions 167–145 Surrey 89ers81–7686–69

(2) Leicester Riders vs. (7) Bristol Flyers

Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Leicester Riders 164–135 Bristol Flyers78–5586–80

(3) Sheffield Sharks vs. (6) Cheshire Phoenix

Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Sheffield Sharks 178–171 Cheshire Phoenix79–8999–82

(4) Manchester Basketball vs. (5) Newcastle Eagles

Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Manchester Basketball 158–162 Newcastle Eagles71–7887–84

Semifinals

The semifinal matches were played on 9–11 May 2025.

(1) London Lions vs. (5) Newcastle Eagles

Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
London Lions 146–154 Newcastle Eagles71–7775–77

(2) Leicester Riders vs. (3) Sheffield Sharks

Team 1AggregateTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Leicester Riders 172–162 Sheffield Sharks75–8597–77

Playoff Final

The SLB Playoff final was played on 18 May 2025.

(2) Leicester Riders vs. (5) Newcastle Eagles

18 May 2025 Leicester Riders 105–74 Newcastle Eagles London, United Kingdom
16:30 Scoring by quarter: 28–16, 25–26, 30–21, 22–11
DAZN Pts: Hunter, Jackson 23
Rebs: Thompson 17
Asts: Johnson 7 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Pulliam 22
Rebs: Ward-Hibbert 10
Asts: Pulliam 4 		Arena: The O2 Arena
Attendance: 13,041
Referees: Kate Unsworth, Joshua Bowe, Rob Hickman

Awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Aaryn Rai (London Lions)[4]
  • Play-off Final MVP: Jaylin Hunter (Leicester Riders)
  • Coach of the Year: Petar Božić (London Lions)
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Charles Thompson (Leicester Riders)
  • Most Improved Player: Nedas Chloevinskas (Surrey 89ers)
  • Sixth Player of the Year: Ethan Wright (Leicester Riders)
  • Community Champion of the Year: Nick Lewis (Manchester Basketball)

2024–25 SLB Team of the Year

# Player Team
PG Aaryn Rai London Lions
SG Prentiss Nixon Sheffield Sharks
SF Mike Okauru Newcastle Eagles
PF Zach Jackson Leicester Riders
C Charles Thompson Leicester Riders

Source: 2024–25 SLB Team of the Year

2024–25 SLB All-British Team of the Year

# Player Team
PG Aaryn Rai London Lions
SG Jaiden Delaire London Lions
SF Joshua Ward-Hibbert Newcastle Eagles
PF Patrick Whelan Caledonia Gladiators
C Riley Abercrombie Leicester Riders

Source: 2024–25 SLB All-British Team of the Year

2024–25 SLB Defensive Team of the Year

# Player Team
PG Larry Austin Jr. Cheshire Phoenix
SG Joshua Ward-Hibbert Newcastle Eagles
SF Alen Hadžibegović London Lions
PF Charles Thompson Leicester Riders
C Dame Adelekun Surrey 89ers

Source: 2024–25 SLB Defensive Team of the Year

British clubs in European competitions

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

References

  1. ^ "Super League Basketball announces four competition formats for debut season". superleaguebasketballm.co.uk. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Franchises confirmed for Super League Basketball's debut season". riders.basketball. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  3. ^ "2024/25 Super League Basketball Fixtures Confirmed". superleaguebasketballm.co.uk. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  4. ^ "London Lions star Aaryn Rai wins Molten Most Valuable Player honours". superleaguebasketballm.co.uk. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
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