Super League Basketball (SLB) is pleased to announce the structure and key dates for the 2025/26 season, promising another action-packed year of British basketball across four major competitions.
The new season will tip off on Friday, September 19th and run through to Sunday, May 17th where a spectacular second SLB season will draw to a close at The O2, London, with the Play-off Finals.
Competing in the Men’s League for the 2025/26 season will be the B. Braun Sheffield Sharks, Bristol Flyers, Caledonia Gladiators, Cheshire Phoenix, Leicester Riders, London Lions, Manchester Basketball, Newcastle Eagles and Surrey 89ers.
All nine teams will compete in the Championship, Cup and Trophy competitions and fight for a place in the season-ending Play-offs.
The defending Championship winners, the London Lions, will tip-off their season on the road to their fierce rivals, the Leicester Riders, at 7:30pm on September 19th.
Manchester Basketball will host Cheshire Phoenix and the B. Braun Sheffield Sharks will travel to the Bristol Flyers on the same night as the eagerly-awaited new season gets off to a fast-paced start. Each team in the Championship will play every other team home and away twice, making for a 32-game Regular Season.
The Trophy Final is locked in to take place at Utilita Arena Birmingham on February 1st 2026 with the Cup Final following suit on March 22nd, making British basketball history as the first Final in league history to be hosted at Manchester’s AO Arena.
Full formats for the Trophy and Cup competitions will be confirmed in due course.
The top eight teams from the Championship season will qualify for the season-ending Play-offs, which get underway in May, with two-legged quarter- and semi-finals decided by aggregate scores and the last two teams standing booking their spots at The O2, London, to close out the season in style.
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