Scottish Basketball Championships
Current season, competition or edition: 2016-17 Scottish Basketball Championships (Men) season | |
Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1969 |
No. of teams | 18 |
Country | 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
- Boroughmuir Blaze
- City of Edinburgh Kings
- Sony Centre Fury
- Dunfermline Reign
- Edinburgh University
- Glasgow Storm
- Glasgow University
- Stirling Knights
- St Mirren West College Scotland
- Tayside Musketeers
Division 2
- Ayrshire Tornadoes
- Boroughmuir Blaze 'B'
- City of Edinburgh Kings 'B'
- Edinburgh Lions
- Glasgow University 'B'
- Heriot-Watt University B.C.
- Pleasance B.C.
- West Lothian Wolves
Playoff Champions
Season | Champion | Runner-up | Result |
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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
- ↑ Best-of-three games series
References
- ↑ Scottish Basketball Championships basketballscotland.co.uk
- 1 2 Scottish Basketball Championship (SBC) Preview! tubpodcast.org
- 1 2 http://www.basketballscotland.co.uk/