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The British Basketball League Championship, often shortened to the BBL Championship, is the top-level men's professional basketball league in the United Kingdom. . Established in 1987, the competition is administered by the British Basketball League and comprises 10 teams from both England a
BBL Cup BBL Trophy Most Valuable Player Coach of the Year Carlsberg Basketball League: 1987–88: Portsmouth: Livingston: N/A [a] Livingston: Darryl Thomas (Hemel Royals) Gary Johnson (Calderdale Explorers) 1988–89: Glasgow Rangers: Glasgow Rangers: N/A [a] Bracknell Tigers: Alan Cunningham (Glasgow Rangers) Kevin Cadle (Glasgow Rangers) 1989 ...
The winner of BBL 14 (2024/2025) was the Hobart Hurricanes, who beat the Sydney Thunder by 7 wickets in the final. BBL matches are played in Australia during the summer, from December to February. Out of the eight teams in the tournament, only the Melbourne Stars have not won the title at least once.
The BBL Trophy retained the same, 16-team bracket format as introduced for the 2018–19 season. The eleven BBL teams were joined in the first round draw by five invited teams; Solent Kestrels, Derby Trailblazers, Thames Valley Cavaliers, Hemel Storm and Reading Rockets, all from the English Basketball League. [8] [9]
The 2021–22 BBL Championship of the 2021–22 BBL season, the 35th season of the British Basketball League started on 29 October 2021 to 24 April 2022. [ 1 ] On 6 April 2022, Leicester Riders were crowned league champions and won their 6th BBL Championship title.
Previously the organisation also ran the BBL Cup and BBL Cup Winners' Cup competitions, though these were last contested in 2023 and 2009 respectively. In partnership with Basketball England the organisation launched a women's league in 2014, branded as the Women's British Basketball League (WBBL).
The 1990–91 BBL season was the 4th season of the British Basketball League (known as the Carlsberg League for sponsorship reasons) since its establishment in 1987. The season featured a total of nine teams, playing 24 games each.
The BBL Championship will return to the three game series format used prior to the 2019–20 season, for a 30-game regular season. There will be 21 Rounds between 3 December 2020 and 30 April 2021. There will be 21 Rounds between 3 December 2020 and 30 April 2021.