Scottish Basketball Championships

Scottish Basketball Championships
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2016-17 Scottish Basketball Championships (Men) season
Sport Basketball
Founded 1969
No. of teams 18
Country Scotland Scotland
Most recent
champion(s)
Boroughmuir Blaze
Official website Results webpage

The Scottish Basketball Championships[1][2] (former: Scottish National Basketball League, SNBL) and particularly Senior Men Divisions 1 and 2,[2] is the top men's basketball league in Scotland, and forms the second tier of British basketball (inline with the English Basketball League) after the professional setup of the BBL, where Scotland has just one representative in the Glasgow Rocks. The governing body of basketball in Scotland is basketballscotland.

The current league champions are Boroughmuir Blaze, who were first in the league the 2015-2016 season.[3]

The current play offs champions are Boroughmuir Blaze, who won the 2015-2016 post season play offs after beating Edinburgh University 76-71 in the final in Edinburgh.[3]

Teams

The line-up for the 2016-2017 season features the following teams:

Division 1

Division 2

Playoff Champions

Season Champion Runner-up Result
1999–00 St Mirren West College City of Edinburgh Kings 2–1[N 1]
2000–01 Falkirk Fury City of Edinburgh Kings N/A
2001–02 Troon Tornadoes City of Edinburgh Kings N/A
2002–03 City of Edinburgh Kings Troon Tornadoes N/A
2003–04 City of Edinburgh Kings Falkirk Fury N/A
2004–05 City of Edinburgh Kings Troon Tornadoes N/A
2005–06 Troon Tornadoes City of Edinburgh Kings N/A
2006–07 City of Edinburgh Kings Falkirk Fury N/A
2007–08 City of Edinburgh Kings Falkirk Fury N/A
2008–09 City of Edinburgh Kings Falkirk Fury N/A
2009–10 City of Edinburgh Kings Falkirk Fury N/A
2010–11 City of Edinburgh Kings St Mirren West College 92–63
2011–12 City of Edinburgh Kings Falkirk Fury 89–69
2012–13 City of Edinburgh Kings Falkirk Fury 68–66
2013–14 Glasgow University St Mirren West College 90–79
2014–15 Falkirk Fury Boroughmuir Blaze 76–61
2015–16 Boroughmuir Blaze Edinburgh University 76–71

Current Season

2016–17 Scottish Basketball Championships (Men) season

See also

2015-16 Scottish Women's National League season

Notes

  1. Best-of-three games series

References


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