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The Manchester Giants are an English basketball club from the city of Manchester in the northwest of England.

For the 2019-20 season, the Magic will compete in the National Basketball League Division 2 North. They play their home games at the Manchester Basketball Centre, which was part-funded by former NBA star John Amaechi. A sister team, the Manchester Mystics, compete in the top-tier Women's British Basketball League.

History

The Magic were first established in 1997, originally as a reserve squad for the nearby Manchester Giants, entering the newly founded NBL Division 3 for the 1997/1998 season and winning immediate promotion as league runner-up and playoff champions. A change in direction from their one-time parent club saw the fledgling team become independent mid-way through their first season in Division Two, choosing the City of Manchester Attitude as their new name. A first league title was to follow at the end of the 1999/2000 season, with the club joining the top flight just as the national league was being restructured, forming the short-lived NBL Conference.^[1]

After rebranding as the Manchester Magic, the club enjoyed over a decade of success in the top tier of the English Basketball League, with the highlight being a triple title success in the 2007/2008 season, claiming the National Cup alongside the league and playoff titles. The team then took the shock decision to play in Division 3 for the 2011/12 season, in order "to forge a much closer link between the youngsters... and the men's team",^[2] in the words of club director Joe Forber. The club worked their way back up the English leagues in record time, winning Division 3 at the first attempt to earn a return to Division 2, and then gaining back-to-back promotions with a runner-up spot in Division 2 in the 2012/13 season.

Since returning to Division 1, the Magic have claimed both the National Cup and National Trophy in the 2014/15 season, alongside second-place finishes in both the league and the end-of-season playoffs.^[3]

Club honours

National Cup

2007, 2008, 2015, 2016

National Trophy

2015, 2016

EBL Division 1 League Champions

2008

EBL Division 1 Playoff Champions

2008, 2010

EBL Division 2 League Champions

2000

EBL Division 3 League Champions

2012

EBL Division 3 Playoff Champions

1998

Season-by-season records

Season	Division	Tier	Pos.	Played	Won	Lost	Points	Playoffs	National Cup	National Trophy	Patrons Cup	National Shield
Manchester Giants B
1997-98	D3	4	2nd	26	15	11	30	Winners		1st round	DNE	DNE
City of Manchester Attitude
1998-99	D2	3	3rd	24	18	6	36	Semi-Final		2nd round	DNE	DNE
1999-00	D2	3	1st	24	20	4	40	Runner-Up		2nd round	DNE	DNE
Manchester Magic
2000-01	Conf	2	4th	21	9	7	18	Semi-Final		Quarter-Final	DNE	DNE
2001-02	Conf	2	5th	18	9	9	18	Semi-Final		Semi-Final	DNE	DNE
2002-03	Conf	2	5th	22	12	10	24	Semi-Final	1st round	1st round	DNE	DNE
2003-04	D1	2	4th	22	16	6	32	Quarter-Final	Quarter-Final	1st round	DNE	DNE
2004-05	D1	2	6th	22	12	10	24	Quarter-Final	Quarter-Final	1st round	DNE	DNE
2005-06	D1	2	4th	26	19	7	38	Semi-Final	Quarter-Final	1st round	DNE	DNE
2006-07	D1	2	3rd	22	17	5	34	Runner-Up	Winners	Semi-Final	DNE	DNE
2007-08	D1	2	1st	18	16	2	32	Winners	Winners	Semi-Final	DNE	DNE
2008-09	D1	2	2nd	18	15	3	30	Runner-Up	Runner-Up	Runner-Up	DNE	DNE
2009-10	D1	2	2nd	22	16	6	32	Winners	Runner-Up	Runner-Up	DNE	DNE
2010-11	D1	2	6th	18	7	11	14	Quarter-Final	3rd round	1st round	DNE	DNE
2011-12	D3 Nor	4	1st	22	19	3	38	Runner-Up	2nd round	DNE	DNE	Quarter-Final
2012-13	D2	3	2nd	22	15	7	30	Runner-Up	3rd round	DNE	1st round	DNE
2013-14	D1	2	5th	26	16	10	32	Quarter-Final	Semi-Final	Runner-Up	DNE	DNE
2014-15	D1	2	2nd	24	17	7	34	Runner-Up	Winners	Winners	DNE	DNE
2015-16	D1	2	1st	26	23	3	46	Winners			DNE	DNE
2016-17	D1	2	2nd	26	21	5	42	Winners			DNE	DNE
2017-18	D1	2	8th	24	11	13	22	Quarter-finals			DNE	DNE
2018-19	D1	2	14th	26	2	24	4	Did not qualify			DNE	DNE
2019-20	D2 Nor	3	5th	18	10	8	22	Did not qualify	3rd round

References

^ "Manchester Magic History". pawprint75.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009.
^ "Manchester Magic to withdraw from EBL1". Manchester Evening News.
^ "League Table History". Basketball England. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014.