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Super League Basketball announces four competition formats for debut season
Ahead of a hotly anticipated debut campaign, Super League Basketball (SLB) is
delighted to announce the four competitions that will make up the inaugural season,
which is set to tip off on Friday September 27.

The SLB have introduced four formats for the 2024/25 season which pay homage to the
storied history of top-flight British basketball, with Championship, Cup, Playoff and
Trophy competitions set to keeps fans on the edges of their seats throughout the year.
Getting underway in late September, the Trophy tournament takes centre-stage from
the tip-off as five weeks of group stage action will see SLB fans to the start of November,
when the Championship campaign commences.

Utilita Arena Birmingham will host the first major Final in SLB history on January 26,
2025, as the Trophy title will be up for grabs, representing the first in a trio of showpiece
events taking place before the end of the season.

Continuing the history of one of British basketball’s most storied competitions, the SLB
have established a Cup competition which will take place over six weeks from February
ahead of a Final in March at a venue to be confirmed, before the road to the Playoffs
resumes with the Championship action concluding on April 27.

The top eight teams in the SLB will qualify for the post-season, battling in two-legged
quarter- and semi-finals for a place in London on May 18 in the Playoff Final to compete
for the biggest prize in British basketball. Venue information for the Cup and Playoff
Finals will be announced in the coming weeks.

Speaking following confirmation of the competition formats, SLB Interim Chair Vaughn
Millette said:

“We’re delighted to be launching our inaugural season with four fantastic competitions
for our fans to look forward to. British basketball has a rich history and we’re pleased to
pay tribute to that heritage with these competitions, setting the stage for a spectacular
SLB season.

“The excitement for the return of elite level British basketball is evident and we’re
delighted to be able to give the fans what they want from September 27, with a full
fixture list for all of our competitions to be released in the coming days.”

OVERVIEW

Championship format: 

  • Featuring all nine SLB franchises, playing each other four time (twice at home, twice away from home) over a 23-week season, equating to 32 games per club.

Cup format: 

  • A bracket-style knockout tournament.
  • A random draw will take place to draw seven teams straight into the Cup quarter-finals, with the remaining two franchises playing a single-leg qualifier for the chance to join the other seven teams in the next round.
  • Semi-finals will be aggregate score over two-legged ties.
  • Single-leg Final to take place at the end of March with date and venue TBC.

Trophy format: 

  • Featuring all nine teams in a round robin tournament.
  • Teams will be split into two groups – one group of four and another group of five.
  • Teams will play home and away games against each of their group opponents.
  • The winners and runners-up in each group will qualify for the two-legged semi-finals (aggregate score), with the winner of Group A facing the runner-up of Group B and vice-versa.
  • A single-leg Final will take place at Utilita Arena Birmingham on Sunday, January 26th 2025.

Playoff format: 

  • The top eight SLB teams from the end-of-season Championship standings will qualify for the Playoffs.
  • Both quarter-finals and semi-finals will be played over two legs (aggregate score).
  • Quarter-final ties will be assigned by Championship seeding (1st vs 8th, 2nd vs 7th, 3rd vs 6th, 4th vs 5th).
  • Semi-final ties will be assigned by the highest remaining seed facing the lowest remaining seed and the second-highest facing the second-lowest.
  • In both round, the higher seed has the choice of home leg.
  • A single-leg Final will take place in London on May 18th with venue information TBC.