Scottish Basketball Championship Men

Basketball league in Scotland
Scottish Basketball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023–24 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season
Founded1969; 55 years ago (1969)
No. of teams18
CountryScotland Scotland
Most recent
champion(s)
Boroughmuir Blaze
(11th title)
Most titlesBoroughmuir Blaze
(11 titles)
Level on pyramid2-3
Domestic cup(s)Scottish Cup
Official websiteOfficial website

The Scottish Basketball Championship (SBC, former: Scottish National Basketball League, SNBL) is the national basketball league of Scotland. The league forms the second and third tiers of British basketball (inline with the National Basketball League) after the professional setup of the British Basketball League, where Scotland currently has one representative in the Caledonia Gladiators. [1][2]

Teams

Listed below are all the teams competing in the 2023-24 Scottish Basketball Championship season.

Division 1

Club Location Founded
Boroughmuir Blaze Edinburgh 1961
City of Edinburgh Kings Edinburgh 1988
Dunfermline Reign Dunfermline 1986
Falkirk Fury Falkirk 1992
Glasgow University Glasgow 1947
Renfrew Rocks Renfrew 1989
Stirling Knights Stirling 2009
St Mirren Paisley 1999


Division 2

Club Location Founded
Ayr Storm Ayr 1996
Dundee Madsons Dundee 1964
Edinburgh Lions Edinburgh 2006
Glasgow Devils Glasgow 2017
Grampian Flyers Aberdeen 2000
North Lanarkshire Chiefs Cumbernauld 1973
North Lanarkshire Titans Wishaw 2014
Perth Phoenix Perth 1973
Tayside Musketeers Arbroath 1993
West Lothian Wolves Bathgate 2000

Results

League

No. Season Champion
1 1969-70 Boroughmuir (1)
2 1970-71 Boroughmuir (2)
3 1971-72 Boroughmuir (3)
4 1972-73 Boroughmuir (4)
5 1973-74 Boroughmuir (5)
6 1974-75 Boroughmuir (6)
7 1975-76 Boroughmuir (7)
8 1976-77 Boroughmuir (8)
9 1977-78 Boroughmuir (9)
10 1978-79 Paisley (1)
11 1979-80 MIM Edinburgh (1)
12 1980-81 MIM Edinburgh (2)
13 1981-82 MIM Edinburgh (3)
14 1982-83 MIM Edinburgh (4)
15 1983-84 MIM Edinburgh (5)
16 1984-85 Falkirk Team Solripe (1)
17 1985-86 MIM Edinburgh (6)
18 1986-87 MIM Livingston (7)
19 1987-88 Cumnock Curries (1)
20 1988-89 MIM Livingston (8)
No. Season Champion
21 1989-90 MIM Livingston (9)
22 1990-91 MIM Livingston (10)
23 1991-92 Livingston Bulls (1)
24 1992-93 Livingston Bulls (2)
25 1993-94 Livingston Bulls (3)
26 1994-95 Livingston Bulls (4)
27 1995-96 Livingston Bulls (5)
28 1996-97 Livingston Bulls (6)
29 1997-98 Midlothian Bulls (7)
30 1998-99 Glasgow Sports Division (1)
31 1999-00 St Mirren (1)
32 2000-01 Falkirk Fury (1)
33 2001-02 Troon Tornadoes (1)
34 2002-03 City of Edinburgh Kings (1)
35 2003-04 City of Edinburgh Kings (2)
36 2004-05 City of Edinburgh Kings (3)
37 2005-06 Troon Tornadoes (2)
38 2006-07 City of Edinburgh Kings (4)
39 2007-08 City of Edinburgh Kings (5)
40 2008-09 City of Edinburgh Kings (6)
No. Season Champion
41 2009-10 City of Edinburgh Kings (7)
42 2010-11 City of Edinburgh Kings (8)
43 2011-12 City of Edinburgh Kings (9)
44 2012-13 Falkirk Fury (2)
45 2013-14 Falkirk Fury (3)
46 2014-15 Falkirk Fury (4)
47 2015-16 Boroughmuir Blaze (10)
48 2016-17 Falkirk Fury (5)
49 2017-18 St Mirren (2)
50 2018-19 Dunfermline Reign (1)
51 2019-20 Falkirk Fury (6)
2020-21 No competition
52 2021-22 St Mirren (3)
53 2022-23 Boroughmuir Blaze (11)

Playoffs

Season Champion
2010-11 City of Edinburgh Kings
2011-12 City of Edinburgh Kings
2012-13 City of Edinburgh Kings
2013-14 Glasgow University
2014-15 Falkirk Fury
2015-16 Boroughmuir Blaze
2016-17 Falkirk Fury
2017-18 City of Edinburgh Kings
2018-19 City of Edinburgh Kings
2019-20 Not played
2020-21 Not played
2021-22 St Mirren
2022-23 Boroughmuir Blaze

BBL Competitions

Scottish National League champions Livingston were founder members of the British Basketball League when the newly-formed professional league started in 1987. The following season (1988-89), both Livingston and Glasgow Rangers finished in the top 2 of the league, with Rangers defeating Livingston 89-86 in the Playoff Final at the NEC in Birmingham. Both teams at this point were owned by David Murray. However, by the start of the 1989-90 season, neither team was based in Scotland; Livingston had folded and the Rangers franchise had returned to Kingston upon Thames.

Since 2006, several Scottish National League teams have been invited to take part in British Basketball League competitions.

For the 2006/07 BBL Trophy, the teams were split into regional groups of 4 for the first round. In that year, the North group consisted of the Newcastle Eagles, the Scottish Rocks, the City of Edinburgh Kings and the Troon Tornadoes. City of Edinburgh Kings finished 3rd in the group with a 1-2 record. Troon Tornadoes finished 4th with a 0-3 record.

Since the 2009/10 season, the BBL Trophy has been a straight knockout competition.

Season Competition Home Team H A Away Team
2012–13 BBL Trophy 1st Round City of Edinburgh Kings 61 72 Glasgow Rocks
2014–15 BBL Trophy 1st Round Falkirk Fury 46 112 Glasgow Rocks
2015–16 BBL Trophy 1st Round Falkirk Fury 42 91 Glasgow Rocks
2016–17 BBL Trophy 1st Round Boroughmuir Blaze 74 108 Plymouth Raiders
2017–18 BBL Trophy 1st Round Falkirk Fury 54 83 Loughborough University
2018–19 BBL Trophy 1st Round Newcastle Eagles 129 59 City of Edinburgh Kings
2019–20 BBL Trophy 1st Round Newcastle Eagles 133 61 Dunfermline Reign
2021–22 BBL Trophy 1st Round Cheshire Phoenix 123 64 Falkirk Fury
2022–23 BBL Trophy 1st Round Plymouth City Patriots 105 52 St Mirren

References

  1. ^ Scottish Basketball Championships basketballscotland.co.uk
  2. ^ Scottish Basketball Championship (SBC) Preview! tubpodcast.org

External links

  • Official Basketball Scotland website
  • Scottish league on Eurobasket
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