The British Basketball League (BBL) is a men's professional basketball league in the United Kingdom and represents the highest level of play in the country. The league is contested by 10 teams from England and Scotland. There are no clubs however from Wales or Northern Ireland.A single club from Northern Ireland, Belfast Star, play in the Irish Super League, the highest level competition in Ireland, and Basketball in Ireland operates on a broadly all-island basis. The BBL runs three additional knockout competitions alongside the BBL Championship which are the BBL Cup, the BBL Trophy and the end-of-season BBL Play-offs.

The BBL sits above the National Basketball League and the Scottish Basketball Championship which effectively form the second tier of British basketball. There is currently no automatic promotion or relegation between the English and Scottish leagues and the BBL because of the franchise system in use in the BBL although several clubs have been successful in making the step up from the EBL in recent years.

The 10 member franchises of the BBL jointly own the league and a chairman is elected by the teams to oversee league operations. The head offices are located in Leicester where the country's oldest team the Leicester Riders are also based.

In partnership with Basketball England the BBL launched a women's league in 2014 branded as the Women's British Basketball League (WBBL).

History
See: List of British Basketball League seasons

Establishment (1987–1992)
The British Basketball League was formed in 1987, with leading clubs from the National Basketball League of England and Scottish National Basketball League.  In 1988, Portsmouth F.C. won the inaugural BBL Championship title; the following year saw Kingston win the first of three back-to-back league crowns.

Early growth (1992–2002)
The 1990s also saw a growth in popularity and commercialism within the league.  Games were televised and the league picked up sponsors such as Peugeot, Lego, Playboy and Budweiser, while attendances at games also increased. The Manchester Giants opened the 1995–96 season in front of a record 14,251 fans at the Nynex Arena against the London Leopards, a record crowd for a basketball game in Great Britain. It stood until 2006, when the NBA started staging games at the O2 Arena in London.

London clubs dominated the league, with London Towers, Crystal Palace and the Greater London Leopards all sharing success in the mid-1990s. In 1999, a Conference format similar to the NBA was introduced, with clubs split North and South.  The two Conference champions met in a Championship series to decide the champions for the next three years.

Tougher times (2002–2012)
A single division format returned in 2002 and five different franchises won the Championship title in the five years after that. The new millennium, however, also saw a series of setbacks for the BBL. The collapse of ITV Digital cost the league financially, with many franchises struggling to recover from the lost revenue that the £21 million contract was providing. Long established franchises such as the Manchester Giants, Essex Leopards, Derby Storm, Thames Valley Tigers and Birmingham Bullets withdrew from the league, though new teams have been formed under the Giants and Leopards names. The membership crisis brought about the addition of new franchises such as Guildford Heat (formed by supporters of the defunct Thames Valley Tigers), and elected teams from the lower-tier English Basketball League, including the Plymouth Raiders. Both teams made a refreshing impact on the old boys, with the Heat qualifying for the Play-offs in their rookie season.

During the same season Newcastle won 30 of their 40 regular season league fixtures to clinch the Championship crown – the previous season saw the Eagles win 31 matches but lose out to Chester Jets in the final week, by just two points. That title was one of four pieces of silverware won during the dubbed "clean-sweep" season of 2005–06, the Eagles marching on to claim the BBL Cup, BBL Trophy and Playoff's – the complete set.

Current setup (2012–present)
The intervening years saw the perennial success of the Newcastle Eagles, the reemergence of the Leicester Riders as a dominant force in the domestic game, and the rise and fall of teams based in London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Essex, Durham and Worthing. Long term franchise Milton Keynes relocated to London, to become a 2012 Olympics legacy tenant at the Copper Box Arena, and a new incarnation of the famous Manchester Giants name re-entered the league in the same year.

The 2015 Playoffs Final took place at The O2 Arena, London, following a string of sell-out attendances at Wembley Arena between 2012 and 2014. The event saw a record breaking crowd of 14,700.

The past decade has seen sustained growth across the league, with the biggest advances in facilities. Some clubs have now built their own venues, including Worcester, Newcastle and Leicester. Cheshire, Surrey and Glasgow have moved into much improved facilities, while Plymouth, Sheffield, Manchester and the most recent election from the EBL, the Bristol Flyers, have all announced plans for their own arenas. The 2018–19 season saw, for the first time in 11 years, British participation in European competition when Leicester competed in the Basketball Champions League and FIBA Europe Cup.

Teams
Current teams

TeamLocationArena  Capacity Founded JoinedBristol Flyers  Bristol SGS College Arena 750 2006 2014Cheshire Phoenix  Ellesmere Port Cheshire Oaks Arena 1,400 1984 1991Glasgow Rocks Glasgow Emirates Arena 6,500  1998*Leicester Riders Leicester Morningside Arena 2,400 1967 1987London Lions London (Stratford) Copper Box Arena 6,000 1977* 1987Manchester Giants Manchester National Basketball Centre 2,000 2012Newcastle Eagles Newcastle upon Tyne Vertu Motors Arena 3,000 1976* 1987Plymouth City Patriots Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions 1,500  2021Sheffield Sharks Sheffield Ponds Forge 1,000 1991 1994Surrey Scorchers Guildford Surrey Sports Park 1,000 2005

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 An asterisk (*) denotes a franchise move. See the respective team articles for more information.
 The Hemel & Watford Royals, Leicester City Riders and Sunderland 76ers were all participants in the previous top-flight league, the NBL, when it changed administration to the BBL in 1987.
 The Cheshire Jets and Sheffield Sharks were both promoted from the NBL in 1991 and 1994 respectively.
 Bristol Flyers (2014) have acquired a franchise licence to compete in the BBL, having previously competed in the EBL.

Proposed new teams
TeamLocationStatus Founded Proposed first seasonReading Rockets  Reading Application submitted 1997 2023-24 UPDATE: ROCKETS BBL APPLICATION - Reading RocketsBirmingham  Birmingham Intention to apply - 2023-24 Investment group looking to establish BBL franchise in Birmingham - HoopsfixEdinburgh  Edinburgh Intention to apply - 2023-24 Sheffield Sharks left flying the Yorkshire flag in BBL expansion plans - Yorkshire Post

Former teams

Apparel
As of the 2016/17 BBL season Italian sportswear manufacturer Kappa was the kit supplier for all teams.

Corporate structure
Board members
The league is an independent company owned by its member clubs. Each club, or franchise, has an equal shareholding in the BBL and a representative on the board of directors, thus is part of all decision-making regarding league policy, issues, and rules. Sir Rodney Walker is the current elected chairperson.

Chairs
 John Deacon (1987 to 1988)
 Kevin Routledge (1988 to 2002)
 Vince Macaulay (2002 to 2006)
 Paul Blake (2006 to 2013)
 Ed Percival (2013 to 2015)
 Sir Rodney Walker (2016 to present)

Competitions
BBL Championship

The BBL Championship is the flagship competition of the British Basketball League and features all member teams playing a double round robin (home and away) league season, from September through to April. Matches are played according to FIBA rules and games consist of four-quarters of 10 minutes each. Two points are awarded for a win, with overtime used if the score is tied at the final buzzer – unlimited numbers of 5-minute overtime periods are played until one team is ahead when a period ends. At the end of the regular season, the team with the most points is crowned as winners of the BBL Championship, and thus British Champions. If points are equal between two or more teams then head-to-head results between said teams are used to determine the winners. In the case of a tie between multiple teams where this does not break the tie, the winners are then determined by the points difference in the games between said teams. Following the completion of the Championship regular season, the top eight ranked teams advance into the post-season Play-offs which usually take place during April.

In the regular season, team schedules are not identical and neither are matchdays, with games scheduled mainly around venue availability. Because of this teams may find themselves playing a series of four or five home games consecutively followed by a straight set of away games. As the regular season is also particularly short many games are played over weekends as 'doubleheaders', whereby a team will play games (possibly a home and away game) on consecutive days, something that is not commonplace in British sports, although often seen in the National Basketball Association and other North American sports.

Play-offs
The post-season Play-offs usually takes place in April, featuring the top eight ranked teams from the Championship regular season compete in a knockout tournament. Teams are seeded depending on their final positioning in the Championship standings, so first-place faces eighth-place, second versus seventh-place, third against sixth-place and finally fourth plays the fifth-placed team. Both the Quarter-finals and the succeeding Semi-finals are played over a three-game series, with the higher seed getting two home games either side of the lower seeds home game. The team that wins two of the three games advances to the next round. As with the Quarter-finals, teams in the Semi-finals are also seeded, with the highest-ranking team drawn against the lowest-ranking team in one Semi-final and the two remaining teams drawn together in the other Semi-final. The culmination of the post-season is the grand Final, held at The O2 Arena in London, which sees the two Semi-final winners play a one-game event to determine the Play-off Champions.

BBL Cup

The BBL Cup emerged from a breakaway of the English Basketball Association-organised National Cup and was contested for the first time in the 2003–04 season, when Sheffield Sharks were the inaugural winners. Since the 2019–20 season, the competition has a group stage followed by a knockout stage. The group stage consists of the teams being split into north and south groups and within each playing a double round-robin system. The top 4 teams from each group are then seeded with 1st of each group playing 4th in the other and 3rd in each group playing 2nd in the other. The winner of the Aggregate score going through to the semi-final. The winner of the aggregate score of each match in the semi-final then goes through to the BBL Cup Final. The Cup final is played at the Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, usually in early January.

BBL Trophy

The BBL Trophy traces its origins back to a previous competition known as the Anglo-Scottish Cup – and subsequently the British Master's Cup – which was founded in 1984 and was initially a competition between teams from both the English and Scottish leagues. Following the launch of the new British Basketball League administration in 1987 – who assumed control over the National Basketball League from the English Basketball Association – the British Master's Cup was scrapped and replaced with the newly formed League Trophy.Page 29 British Basketball League 1996/97 Handbook The Trophy competition has historically had a round-robin group stage format used for the first round, however the current competition is a knockout tournament with pairings drawn completely at random – there are no seeds, and a draw takes place after the majority of fixtures have been played in each round. As well as including all BBL member clubs, invited teams from the English Basketball League, and occasionally the Scottish Basketball League, often take part in the Trophy. The Final is usually played in March at a neutral venue.

European Competition
In 2018, the Leicester Riders competed in Europe's third tier of continental basketball, the Basketball Champions League, losing in the first qualification round on aggregate to the Bakken Bears. They became the first British team to compete in European competition since the Guildford Heat featured in the ULEB Cup during the 2007–08 season.

Following their elimination from the Basketball Champions League, the Leicester Riders played in the 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup, Europe's fourth tier.

To be eligible for entry into the Basketball Champions League or the FIBA Europe Cup, teams must play in arenas with a capacity of at least 2,000 people. Currently the BBL member teams that meet the tournaments' requirements are Leicester, Glasgow, London, Newcastle and Worcester. Bristol and Manchester have both begun work on suitable arenas. Worcester were awarded a B-Licence by the EuroLeague, the top tier of European competition, for the 2014–2015 season having won the 2014 BBL Playoffs. Newcastle, London, Glasgow, and Bristol have all signalled their intentions of playing at a European level in the near future.

Players

 All-time statistics leaders
Bold indicates active BBL players.

+ PointsRankPlayerGamesPts.1 Peter Scantlebury5408,3242  Nigel Lloyd4027,8383  Billy Singleton4546,9504 Mike New4316,0005 Yorick Williams4485,9976  Tony Windless4045,9487 Robert Youngblood4945,9438 Russ Saunders2415,8559  Tony Dorsey2735,82610 Tony Holley3985,703

+ Total ReboundsRankPlayerGamesReb.1 Tony Holley3983,9852  Billy Singleton4543,4603  Mike New4313,3694 Robert Youngblood4943,0885  Jason Siemon3533,0576 Peter Scantlebury5403,0047  Fab Flournoy4982,9108 Martin Henlan3362,8099  Shawn Myers3052,67410  Tony Windless4042,577

+ AssistsRankPlayerGamesAst.1  Nigel Lloyd4021,9092 DeShawn Evans2891,7253  Fab Flournoy4991,6314 Jermaine Hart2281,5375  Jordan Moon2891,5116 Ronnie Barker5401,4707 Neil Rodgers3921,2938  Alton Byrd1521,1889 Peter Scantlebury5401,046102111,017

+ StealsRankPlayerGamesStl.1  Fab Flournoy4987642  Nigel Lloyd4027223 Russ Saunders2416864  Billy Singleton4546855 Peter Scantlebury5406756 John Tresvant2766047  Jason Siemon3535958 Ronnie Baker5395759 T.J. Walker24156610 Steve Nelson369553

Last Updated on 20 September 2012

Foreign imports
British Basketball League rules currently allow for each team to have a maximum of three "import" players – from outside of the European Union (EU) and require a work permit to play – whilst the remaining players on the roster must have citizenship of an EU country, either by birth or by naturalisation. The current ruling was integrated at the beginning of the 2006–07 season, reverting from the previous law which allowed for up to four non-EU players on a roster, along with naturalised players.

New rules introduced for the 2012–13 season allow teams to field a maximum of five non-British players per game (including up to three work permitted players), further demonstrating the League's commitment towards developing British players.

Transfer regulations
According to BBL rules, teams must field no more than six import (non-EU) players in any one season, though only three are allowed to be registered to a roster at any one time. Signings are allowed to be made throughout the pre-season and during the regular season until the league's transfer deadline on 28 February, or if during a leap year, the date is 29 February.

Notable former players

  Kieron Achara
  John Amaechi
  Andrew Betts
  Matthew Bryan-Amaning
  Steve Bucknall
  Dave Gardner
  Trevor Gordon
  Skouson Harker
  Chris Haslam
  Roger Huggins
  Iain MacLean
  Richard Midgley
  Robbie Peers
  Peter Scantlebury
  Greg Francis
   Ricardo Greer
  Pero Cameron
   Ted Berry
   Flinder Boyd
  Rod Brown
  Eric Burks
   Alton Byrd
  Terry Crosby
   Tony Dorsey
   Chuck Evans
  Kenny Gregory
   James Life
  Loren Meyer
   Terrell Myers
   Nate Reinking
  Craig Robinson
  Dennis Rodman
   Billy Singleton
  Andre Smith
   Lynard Stewart
  Clyde Vaughan
  Jerry Williams
   Tony Windless
  Voise Winters
   Charles Claxton

Results

League
Present clubs
ClubChampionsRunners-upLast league titleNewcastle Eagles762014–15Leicester Riders532020–21Sheffield Sharks452002–03Cheshire Phoenix202004–05London Lions122018–19Surrey Scorchers112006–07Glasgow Rocks 01—Bristol Flyers———Manchester Giants———Plymouth City Patriots———

Historical
SeasonChampionsRunners UpThird Place 1987–88  Portsmouth (1)  Kingston Kings  Murray Livingston 1988–89  Glasgow Rangers (1)  Murray Livingston  Bracknell Tigers 1989–90  Kingston Kings (1)  Manchester Giants  Sunderland 76ers 1990–91  Kingston Kings (2)  Sunderland Saints  Thames Valley Tigers 1991–92  Kingston Kings (3)  Thames Valley Tigers  Worthing Bears 1992–93  Worthing Bears (1)  Thames Valley Tigers  London Towers 1993–94  Thames Valley Tigers (1)  Worthing Bears  Manchester Giants 1994–95  Sheffield Sharks (1)  Thames Valley Tigers  London Towers 1995–96  London Towers (1)  Sheffield Sharks  Birmingham Bullets 1996–97  Leopards (1)  London Towers  Sheffield Sharks 1997–98  Leopards (2)  Birmingham Bullets  Newcastle Eagles 1998–99  Sheffield Sharks (2)  Manchester Giants  London Towers

SeasonNorth ChampionsNorth Runners UpSouth ChampionsSouth Runners Up 1999–00  Manchester Giants Sheffield Sharks London Towers  Thames Valley Tigers 2000–01  Sheffield Sharks  Chester Jets  London Towers  Greater London Leopards 2001–02  Chester Jets  Sheffield Sharks  London Towers  Brighton Bears

SeasonChampionsRunners UpThird Place 2002–03  Sheffield Sharks (3)  Brighton Bears  Chester Jets 2003–04  Brighton Bears (2)  Sheffield Sharks  London Towers 2004–05  Chester Jets (1)  Newcastle Eagles  London Towers 2005–06  Newcastle Eagles (1)  Scottish Rocks  Sheffield Sharks 2006–07  Guildford Heat (1)  Sheffield Sharks  Newcastle Eagles 2007–08  Newcastle Eagles (2)  Guildford Heat  Plymouth Raiders 2008–09  Newcastle Eagles (3)  Mersey Tigers  Leicester Riders 2009–10  Newcastle Eagles (4)  Sheffield Sharks  Glasgow Rocks 2010–11  Mersey Tigers (1)  Newcastle Eagles  Sheffield Sharks 2011–12  Newcastle Eagles (5)  Leicester Riders  Worcester Wolves 2012–13  Leicester Riders (1)  Newcastle Eagles  Glasgow Rocks 2013–14  Newcastle Eagles (6)  Sheffield Sharks  Worcester Wolves 2014–15  Newcastle Eagles (7)  Leicester Riders  Worcester Wolves 2015–16  Leicester Riders (2)  Newcastle Eagles  Sheffield Sharks 2016–17  Leicester Riders (3)  Newcastle Eagles  Glasgow Rocks 2017–18  Leicester Riders (4)  London Lions  Newcastle Eagles 2018–19  London Lions (1)  Leicester Riders  Newcastle Eagles 2019–20 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21  Leicester Riders (5)  London Lions  Plymouth Raiders

Playoffs
 Season Champions Result Runners Up Venue 1987–88  Murray Livingston (1)  81–72  Portsmouth  Wembley Arena, London 1988–89  Glasgow Rangers (1)  89–86  Murray Livingston  NEC, Birmingham 1989–90  Kingston Kings (1)  87–82  Sunderland 76ers  NEC, Birmingham 1990–91  Kingston Kings (2)  94–72  Sunderland Saints  NEC, Birmingham 1991–92  Kingston Kings (3)  84–67  Thames Valley Tigers  Wembley Arena, London 1992–93  Worthing Bears (1)  75–74 Thames Valley Tigers  Wembley Arena, London 1993–94  Worthing Bears (2)  71–65  Guildford Kings  Wembley Arena, London 1994–95  Worthing Bears (3)  77–73  Manchester Giants  Wembley Arena, London 1995–96  Birmingham Bullets (1)  78–72  London Towers  Wembley Arena, London 1996–97  London Towers (1)  89–88  London Leopards  Wembley Arena, London 1997–98  Birmingham Bullets (2)  78–75  Thames Valley Tigers  Wembley Arena, London 1998–99  London Towers (2)  82–71  Thames Valley Tigers  Wembley Arena, London 1999–00  Manchester Giants (1)  74–65  Birmingham Bullets  Wembley Arena, London 2000–01  Leicester Riders (1)  84–75  Sheffield Sharks  Wembley Arena, London 2001–02  Chester Jets (1)  93–82  Sheffield Sharks  Wembley Arena, London 2002–03  Scottish Rocks (1)  83–76  Brighton Bears  National Indoor Arena, Birmingham 2003–04  Sheffield Sharks (1)  86–74  Chester Jets  National Indoor Arena, Birmingham 2004–05  Newcastle Eagles (1)  78–75  Chester Jets  National Indoor Arena, Birmingham 2005–06  Newcastle Eagles (2)  83–68  Scottish Rocks  National Indoor Arena, Birmingham 2006–07  Newcastle Eagles (3)  95–82  Scottish Rocks  Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne 2007–08  Guildford Heat (1)  100–88  Milton Keynes Lions  National Indoor Arena, Birmingham 2008–09  Newcastle Eagles (4)  87–84  Mersey Tigers  National Indoor Arena, Birmingham 2009–10 Mersey Tigers (1)  80–72  Glasgow Rocks  National Indoor Arena, Birmingham 2010–11  Mersey Tigers (2)  79–74  Sheffield Sharks  National Indoor Arena, Birmingham 2011–12  Newcastle Eagles (5)  71–62  Leicester Riders  National Indoor Arena, Birmingham 2012–13  Leicester Riders (2)  68–57  Newcastle Eagles  Wembley Arena, London 2013–14  Worcester Wolves (1)  90–78  Newcastle Eagles  Wembley Arena, London 2014–15  Newcastle Eagles (6)  96–84  London Lions  The O2 Arena, London 2015–16  Sheffield Sharks (2)  85–78  Leicester Riders The O2 Arena, London 2016–17  Leicester Riders (3)  84–63  Newcastle Eagles The O2 Arena, London 2017–18  Leicester Riders (4)  81–66  London Lions  The O2 Arena, London 2018–19  Leicester Riders (5)  93–61  London City Royals  The O2 Arena, London 2020–21  Newcastle Eagles (7)  68–66  London Lions  Morningside Arena, Leicester

Honours board

Media coverage
Basketball receives little national press coverage in the United Kingdom, although coverage is more extensive from the local newspapers in cities where BBL clubs are based, with publications such as The Plymouth Herald, Manchester Evening News, Leicester Mercury and the Newcastle Chronicle all having dedicated basketball reporters who cover the respective local team. Some national newspapers list results and occasionally provide short summaries of the League's news, but more extensive coverage remains minimal.

The history of television coverage of the BBL has been sporadic. Previously the League enjoyed coverage from Channel 4 in the 1980s and Sky Sports from 1995 to 2001, where audiences peaked at around 150,000 viewers.  The League signed a three-year broadcast deal with the ill-fated digital TV company ITV Digital in 2001, and coverage suffered a sharp decline as the broadcaster struggled and eventually went out of business, resulting in a significant loss of income to member clubs.  Television coverage was then infrequent until the 2007–08 season, when international broadcaster Setanta Sports signed a deal to screen one live game a week.  In 2010, the League agreed a broadcast rights deal with BSkyB network Sky Sports marking the return of BBL action on Sky Sports after a 9-year gap.  The League's own subscription-based online TV station, BBL TV, took over the broadcast of live games from 2013 to 2015, and during the 2013–14 season match highlights were also televised and featured on British Eurosport each week.

In July 2016, the league signed a two-year broadcast deal with the BBC, featuring both British Basketball League and Women's British Basketball League games. The games would be broadcast on the BBC Sport website with the showpiece finals also being broadcast on the BBC Red Button. Alongside the BBC deal, a six-year deal with Perform was signed which saw every BBL game broadcast via LiveBasketball.TV, and a deal followed a year later with UNILAD to broadcast one game a week live via Facebook. FreeSports signed a deal with the league in January 2018 to broadcast games for the remainder of the season, starting with the BBL Cup Final between Worcester Wolves and Cheshire Phoenix.

In November 2020, coverage of the league returned to Sky Sports in a new two-year deal which sees Sky broadcasting 30 games per season, including BBL Trophy Final, BBL Cup Final and BBL Playoffs.

Awards
Most Valuable Player award
Coach of the Year award
All-Star Team award

See also

 Basketball in England
 National Basketball League (England)
 Super League (Ireland), featuring teams from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
 Women's British Basketball League
 List of professional sports teams in the United Kingdom

 Notes

References

External links

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The 10 member franchises of the BBL jointly own the league and a chairman is elected by the teams to oversee league operations .

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In partnership with Basketball England the BBL launched a women 's league in 2014 branded as the Women 's British Basketball League ( WBBL ) .

Women's British Basketball League launched
Thursday, 05-Jun-2014
The British Basketball League (BBL) and England Basketball are pleased to announce the next stage of developing the women's game through the launch of the WBBL. Building on the England Basketball National League (EBL) Division One the WBBL will form the top flight of women's club basketball in the UK from the 2014/15 season.
Comprised of the existing eight Division One Women's EBL clubs, along with two newly promoted clubs to bring the league total up to ten, the WBBL will commence at the start of the new season in September 2014. The WBBL will seek to enhance the standard of women's basketball in the UK both on and off court. By introducing a more commercial and professional outlook to the elite level of women's basketball and by championing improvement in playing and coaching standards the WBBL aims to continue the upward performance curve that the women's side of the sport has been enjoying over the past few years.
England Basketball will continue to provide administrative and regulatory support through officials appointments, league discipline and FIBA relations for player clearances while the BBL will provide scheduling and results, marketing, commercial development, rights exploitation and promotion for the WBBL.
Huw Morgan, CEO of England Basketball, said: "Growth of the sport across the whole basketball market is something that England Basketball is very passionate about. Providing more girls and women with the chance to continue their journey to the top of the game is essential for both improving the performance of players on court today and creating an aspirational pathway for the players of tomorrow. We are delighted to be working in partnership with the BBL and women's clubs across the country in making this happen."
Ed Percival, the BBL Chairman, commented: "Everyone in the BBL is committed to making the WBBL a success. All our clubs have very significant grassroots development programme, and basketball is a sport that is very attractive to boys and girls. Thus we owe it to our young fans to ensure there is opportunity for young women to follow their dream and become as good as they can. We have seen in countries around the world the improvements on and off the court in women's basketball, and we felt the time was right to make this investment to grow the game further in the UK. Together with England Basketball we are committed to leveraging our various partnerships and resources to really make a difference to women's club basketball."
Betty Codona, OBE, of City of Sheffield Hatters Women's Basketball Club said: "This is a very exciting development and will be great for the women's game. It is a huge step in the right direction for helping to raise the standards of the women's game on and off the court. We have seen how the Great Britain women's team has improved immeasurably over the last six years or so, and now we want to ensure that improvement continues to be seen at every level starting with the top flight clubs across the UK."
The new WBBL Clubs
Barking Abbey
Cardiff Met Archers
City of Sheffield Hatters
Leeds Carnegie
Loughborough Riders
LSBU Brixton Topcats
Manchester Mystics
Nottingham Wildcats
Sevenoaks Suns
Team Northumbria
About the BBL
The BBL - British Basketball League - is an independent company, owned by its member clubs, which has run the top men's professional league in the UK since 1987. It operates a system of franchises over the UK stretching from Plymouth in the south west to Glasgow north of the border.
The BBL is a major contributor to the development of the sport at all levels and its member clubs place a large emphasis on work undertaken in their local communities.
The 2014/15 season will be the League's 28th and promises to be the most successful to date both on and off the playing court.
About England Basketball
England Basketball is the National Governing Body of the sport in England. With a key focus on growing the game England Basketball works with partners across the country to introduce more people to the sport, to enable basketball players to enjoy the sport as frequently as, and in the format, that they wish, and to facilitate more opportunities for people to get on court.
Based in Sheffield, the organisation also manages and administers the National Basketball League catering for both men and women, which provides competitive play for senior and junior players.
For more information on England Basketball please contact Craig Costello
or call 0114 2841073.
Image credit - John McGibbon Photography

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Question: what was the name of the women's league launched in 2014

Answer: Women's British Basketball League

what was the name of the women's league launched in 2014

Question: when did the womens british basketball league start

Answer: 2014

when did the womens british basketball league start

Question: what was the name of the women's league launched by the bbl in 2014

Answer: Women's British Basketball League (WBBL)

what was the name of the women's league launched by the bbl in 2014

Question: what did the bbl launch in 2014

Answer: women's league

Question: what does wbbl stand for

Answer: British Basketball League

Proposed new teams TeamLocationStatus Founded Proposed first seasonReading Rockets Reading Application submitted 1997 2023 - 24 UPDATE : ROCKETS BBL APPLICATION - Reading RocketsBirmingham Birmingham Intention to apply - 2023 - 24 Investment group looking to establish BBL franchise in Birmingham - HoopsfixEdinburgh Edinburgh Intention to apply - 2023 - 24 Sheffield Sharks left flying the Yorkshire flag in BBL expansion plans - Yorkshire Post

Rockets Chairman, Gary Johnson, is pleased to update you on the Club’s application to join the British Basketball League (BBL).
In the light of their recent significant investment, the BBL has notified us that they are currently reviewing their arrangements for new franchises, including what support they will be providing as they seek to ensure that new teams have the very best opportunity for success.
This move is clearly in the best interests of both parties and aligned to this BBL have indicated that they will re-engage with Rockets in the off-season, once their review is complete, as the club works towards a re-application for the 2023/24 season.
In the meantime, Rockets are pursuing their fully professional goals for the coming season and pressing ahead with a number of plans that will build on already the great foundations the club has built over the last 25 years.

Question: what is the name of the new yorkshire bbl team

Answer: Sheffield Sharks

what is the name of the new yorkshire bbl team

Question: which english newspaper is the sponsor of the reading rockets

Answer: Yorkshire Post

which english newspaper is the sponsor of the reading rockets

Question: which city is the home of the reading rockets

Answer: Birmingham

which city is the home of the reading rockets

Question: what flag are the sheffield sharks flying

Answer: the Yorkshire flag

what flag are the sheffield sharks flying

Question: what is the name of the new team in the bbl

Answer: TeamLocationStatus

what is the name of the new team in the bbl

Question: which yorkshire city is the home of the bbl basketball team

Answer: Reading

which yorkshire city is the home of the bbl basketball team

Question: what is the name of the bbl team based in birmingham

Answer: Rockets

what is the name of the bbl team based in birmingham

Apparel As of the 2016/17 BBL season Italian sportswear manufacturer Kappa was the kit supplier for all teams .

Leading international sportswear brand Kappa will become the official and exclusive apparel sponsor to the British professional basketball leagues and Great Britain national teams.
This ground-breaking agreement is a first for British basketball, in that it covers all the top teams for men and women across the three organisations of British Basketball League (BBL), Women’s Basketball League (WBBL) and all men’s, women’s and junior Great Britain international teams.
Commencing at the start of the 2016-2017 season for an initial three year period, the deal includes a significant investment from Kappa - as well as the provision of a wide range of sportswear, including track suits, playing uniforms, training uniforms and leisure wear for all clubs and teams.
“The agreement with Kappa is excellent news and marks a significant first for British basketball," stated Nick Humby, the independent Chair of the British Basketball Federation (BBF).
"It is a real positive and clearly demonstrates how GB Basketball, BBL and WBBL are working together to achieve a higher awareness of the sport.
“This announcement also follows on from the live streaming of BBL and WBBL games via Skysports.com and Webcastsport.com, who have come together with Hawkeye Innovations in a pioneering collaboration to stream basketball events live and free-to-air worldwide.
"The airing of the BBL Cup & WBBL Trophy Finals on 17 January from the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham is particularly exciting and with the addition of the Kappa partnership, it is yet more positive news for British basketball and its long term objectives.”
Meanwhile Kappa UK Managing Director, Mark Ward is thrilled with the deal and commented, “We are delighted to be appointed as exclusive apparel sponsor to the British Basketball League, the Women’s Basketball League and all Great Britain international teams.
"We are also excited about moving the relationship forward.
"We have been operating in our brand new UK office since 2014 and are keen to increase our market penetration in all team sports such as football, rugby and other major sports.
"Our agreement with British basketball is another positive step towards achieving this goal.”
Bob Hope, Commercial Director of BBL, WBBL and GB Basketball added, "We are thrilled to appoint Kappa as our official and exclusive apparel sponsor for three years from the start of the 2016/2017 season.
"This is a significant development towards uniting the sport under one brand.
“Kappa is a relatively new brand to the basketball community in the UK, but it is well-known and respected internationally, with partnerships such as Argentina national team, Le Mans Sarthe Basket and Tango Bourges to name but a few.
"We are looking forward to growing our relationship over the three year period and trust that it will be as beneficial for Kappa as it will be for British basketball.”

Question: what is the name of the italian manufacturer of basketball kits

Answer: Kappa

what is the name of the italian manufacturer of basketball kits

Question: what nationality is kappa, the kit supplier for all bbl teams

Answer: Italian

what nationality is kappa, the kit supplier for all bbl teams

Question: what does kappa stand for in bbl

Answer: Apparel

Question: what type of clothing does kappa make

Answer: Italian sportswear

Question: when was the last time kappa supplied kit

Answer: 2016/17 BBL season

when was the last time kappa supplied kit

Question: what is the name of the 2016/17 basketball season

Answer: BBL season

what is the name of the 2016/17 basketball season

Question: what does kappa do for bbl teams

Answer: kit supplier

Competitions BBL Championship The BBL Championship is the flagship competition of the British Basketball League and features all member teams playing a double round robin ( home and away ) league season , from September through to April .

The countdown to the next British Basketball League (BBL) season has officially begun with the release of the fixtures and competition systems for 2019-20.
Following previously announced changes to competition formats, the 2019-20 season will open on Friday 20 September with the Cup Group Stages, which will run until the weekend of 22-24 November.
The following weekend, 29 Nov – 1 Dec will see the Cup Quarter Finals take place.
The BBL Championship will commence on Friday 6 December and the BBL Trophy First Round will open in the New Year on the weekend of 4/5 January.
Please find below links to PDF copies of the fixtures:
BBL Championship
Featuring all 12 BBL teams now in a 22-game schedule, each team playing home and away. The team that finishes the season in first place will be crowned BBL Championship winners.
BBL Cup
Featuring all 12 BBL teams split geographically into two groups of six. The groups are:
North – Glasgow, Newcastle, Sheffield, Manchester, Cheshire, Leicester
South – Worcester, Bristol, Plymouth, Surrey, London, London City
The top four teams in each group will then advance into the Quarter Finals with the top two hosting one-legged ties:
Quarter Finals (Single Leg) – 29 Nov – 1 Dec 2019
North 1 v South 4
South 1 v North 4
North 2 v South 3
South 2 v North 3
Semi-Finals (Two Legs) – mid-December
Winner of N1 v S4 v Winner S2 v N3
Winner of S1 v N4 v Winner N2 v S3
The BBL Cup Final will take place on Sunday 26 January 2020 at Arena Birmingham, and tickets are available now [CLICK HERE].
BBL Trophy
The Trophy will remain the same format as last season, with the 12 BBL teams and 4 non-BBL teams competing in a bracket knockout tournament, with the First Round an open draw.
First Round (Single Leg – Open Draw) – 3/4/5 January 2020
Quarter Finals (Single Leg) – 17/18/19 January 2020
Semi-Finals (Two Legs) – late January/early February (midweek)
The BBL Trophy Final will take place on Sunday 15 March 2020 at the Emirates Arena, Glasgow, and tickets are available now [CLICK HERE].
BBL Play-Offs
The top eight teams in the BBL Championship will qualify for the Play-Offs and will compete in a Best of 3 series, with ties being determined by each club’s league position.
1st v 8th
2nd v 7th
3rd v 6th
4th v 5th
The higher seed team will be away in Game 1 and home in Game 2 (and home again for Game 3 if necessary). If a lower seeded team defeats a higher seeded team, they will take their seeding.
Quarter Finals (Best of 3) – 24/26/29 April 2020 (on or around)
Semi-Finals (Best of 3) – 3/6/8 May 2020 (on or around)
The BBL Play-Off Final will take place on Sunday 17 May 2020 at The O2, London, and tickets are available now [CLICK HERE].
Keep across #BritishBasketball and BBL channels for all news and updates.

Question: what is the name of the bbl championship

Answer: Competitions BBL Championship

what is the name of the bbl championship

Question: when does the bbl championship take place

Answer: September through to April

when does the bbl championship take place

Question: when does the bbl championship start and end

Answer: April

when does the bbl championship start and end

Question: the bbl championship is the flagship competition of which league

Answer: British Basketball League

the bbl championship is the flagship competition of which league

Question: what is the game called in the bbl

Answer: double round robin

Matches are played according to FIBA rules and games consist of four - quarters of 10 minutes each .

Question: how long are the games in the bbl championship

Answer: 10 minutes each

how long are the games in the bbl championship

Question: how long is a game in bbl

Answer: 10 minutes

Question: how many minutes are in a game of bbl

Answer: four-quarters

In the case of a tie between multiple teams where this does not break the tie , the winners are then determined by the points difference in the games between said teams .

Following the completion of the Championship regular season , the top eight ranked teams advance into the post - season Play - offs which usually take place during April .

Question: when does the post season play-offs take place

Answer: April

when does the post season play-offs take place

Question: when do the post-season play-offs occur

Answer: during April

Question: what determines the winner of a tie between two teams

Answer: points difference

what determines the winner of a tie between two teams

Question: which teams advance to the post season play-offs

Answer: top eight

which teams advance to the post season play-offs

Question: what determines the winners of a tie between two teams

Answer: points difference in the games between said teams

what determines the winners of a tie between two teams

Question: how many teams advance to the post season play-offs

Answer: eight

how many teams advance to the post season play-offs

Question: what do the top 8 teams advance to

Answer: post-season Play-offs

Question: when do the top 8 teams advance to the post-season play-offs

Answer: completion of the Championship regular season

when do the top 8 teams advance to the post-season play-offs

BBL Cup The BBL Cup emerged from a breakaway of the English Basketball Association - organised National Cup and was contested for the first time in the 2003–04 season , when Sheffield Sharks were the inaugural winners .

Question: who won the first bbl cup in 2003

Answer: Sheffield Sharks

Question: what was contested for the first time in the 2003-04 season

Answer: BBL Cup

what was contested for the first time in the 2003-04 season

Question: the bbl is a breakaway from which sport

Answer: English Basketball Association

Question: where did the bbl cup come from

Answer: English Basketball Association-organised National Cup

Question: when was the bbl cup first contested

Answer: 2003

Question: when was the first bbl cup contested

Answer: 2003–04 season

Question: the bbl is a breakaway from what

Answer: National Cup

The Cup final is played at the Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, usually in early January.

The winner of the aggregate score of each match in the semi - final then goes through to the BBL Cup Final .

The Cup final is played at the Arena Birmingham in Birmingham , usually in early January .

Question: where is the bbl cup final played

Answer: Arena Birmingham

Question: what is the final of the bbl cup

Answer: BBL Cup Final

Question: when is the bbl cup final played

Answer: early January

Question: in which city is the bbl cup final played

Answer: Birmingham

in which city is the bbl cup final played

Question: in what month is the bbl cup final played

Answer: January

in what month is the bbl cup final played

Question: what does the winner of the aggregate score of each match go through to

Answer: the BBL Cup Final

what does the winner of the aggregate score of each match go through to

Following the launch of the new British Basketball League administration in 1987 – who assumed control over the National Basketball League from the English Basketball Association – the British Master 's Cup was scrapped and replaced with the newly formed League Trophy .

Page 29 British Basketball League 1996/97 Handbook The Trophy competition has historically had a round - robin group stage format used for the first round , however the current competition is a knockout tournament with pairings drawn completely at random – there are no seeds , and a draw takes place after the majority of fixtures have been played in each round .

As well as including all BBL member clubs , invited teams from the English Basketball League , and occasionally the Scottish Basketball League , often take part in the Trophy .

- MACLEOD TO STEP DOWN AT EAGLES
- MVP CAST: SHANICE BECKFORD-NORTON
- SCOTLAND COMPLETE COMMONWEALTH FIELD
- RIDERS, BBL CHAMPS AGAIN
- LAST COMMONWEALTH GAMES SPOTS ON LINE
- MVP CAST: CAYLIN RAFTOPOULOS
- BBL TROPHY: LIONS TAMED BY PHOENIX
- WBBL TROPHY: LIONS DIM SUNS
- BETTY CODONA: 1938-2022
- MVP CAST: ANTHONY ROWE
BBL CUP, TROPHY DRAWS MADE
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Newcomers Manchester Giants have been handed a tough trip to Glasgow Rocks in the first round of the BBL Cup, with the draw for the Trophy also made.
It has also been confirmed that Mersey Tigers, who host Guildford, will take their place in the top flight after coming through an audit of their ownership structure.
Cup holders Newcastle Eagles, Leicester Riders and Worcester Wolves are able to relax with a quarter-final place already in the bag after each receiving a bye for finishing in the top three positions of the BBL Championship last season.
All games in the first round of the competition will be played during the weekend of the 12-14 October.
The quarter-finals will also be a single leg game ahead of the two-legged semi-finals when the last four teams standing will fight it out to make the 2013 BBL Cup Final on Sunday 13 January at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham.
BBL Cup First Round Draw:
Glasgow Rocks v Manchester Giants
Mersey Tigers v Guildford Heat
Sheffield Sharks v Cheshire Jets
MK Lions v Durham Wildcats
Plymouth Raiders v East London Royals
Meanwhile Edinburgh Kings, London Leopards and Reading Rockets will enter this year’s re-jigged Trophy competition which not only moves away from being played at the start of the season, but also reverts back to a knockout format.
Newcastle won the BBL Trophy last season as part of their clean sweep and they won’t have far to travel when they go up against Durham at Newton Aycliffe.
The other team who made last season’s final were Plymouth Raiders and they will be desperate to go one better this year. Their bid will also start with an away game against Worcester Wolves, a team they know well from previous BBL Trophy meetings.
London Leopards arguably have the toughest assignment should Leicester Riders be anything like as powerful as last season although at least Leopards already know from previous experience what it takes to face a team coached by Rob Paternostro.
Last but not least, there are two relative derby games of sorts to be played out as EBL club Reading Rockets host Guildford while sparks could fly when Edinburgh Kings entertain Glasgow Rocks.
BBL Trophy First Round Draw
Edinburgh Kings v Glasgow Rocks
Durham Wildcats v Newcastle Eagles
East London Royals v Mersey Tigers
London Leopards v Leicester Riders
Manchester Giants v Sheffield Sharks
MK Lions v Cheshire Jets
Reading Rockets v Guildford Heat
Worcester Wolves v Plymouth Raiders
All first round BBL Trophy games will be played between 28 December and 6 January with the winners advancing to the one-legged quarter-final stage.

Question: when was the british master's cup scrapped

Answer: 1987

when was the british master's cup scrapped

Question: what replaced the british master's cup

Answer: League Trophy

Question: along with the english basketball league, what other league sometimes takes part in the league trophy

Answer: Scottish Basketball League

Question: what was replaced by the league trophy

Answer: British Master's Cup

Question: along with the english basketball league and the british masters cup, what other league

Answer: the Scottish Basketball League

along with the english basketball league and the british masters cup, what other league

Question: what has the trophy been used for

Answer: round-robin group stage format

Question: how is the round robin knockout tournament decided

Answer: pairings drawn completely at random

how is the round robin knockout tournament decided

The Final is usually played in March at a neutral venue.

The Final is usually played in March at a neutral venue .

Question: in what month is the final played

Answer: March

Question: teams from the english basketball league and what other league sometimes take part in the trophy

Answer: Scottish Basketball League

teams from the english basketball league and what other league sometimes take part in the trophy

Question: teams from what league often take part in the trophy

Answer: English Basketball League

teams from what league often take part in the trophy

Question: where is the final played in march

Answer: neutral venue

Question: where is the final played

Answer: a neutral venue

Question: when is the final played

Answer: in March

To be eligible for entry into the Basketball Champions League or the FIBA Europe Cup , teams must play in arenas with a capacity of at least 2,000 people .

Currently the BBL member teams that meet the tournaments ' requirements are Leicester , Glasgow , London , Newcastle and Worcester .

Bristol Flyers basketball club have revealed comprehensive plans for a new home as part of a £100m development to extend the footprint of Ashton Gate Stadium.
The centrepiece of the proposed development is the Ashton Gate Sports & Convention Centre – a 4000-capacity venue which will provide a permanent home for the Flyers. The proposal also includes additional housing, offices and a multi-storey car park along with two hotels.
BASKETBALL IS COMING TO BS3! 🏠
Introducing the Ashton Gate Sports & Convention Centre. pic.twitter.com/PpWa8B58ej
— Bristol Flyers (@BristolFlyers) September 18, 2018
Flyers head coach Andreas Kapoulas said: “This is a tremendous moment for Flyers basketball and one which will secure our long-term future.
“We’re entering our fifth season in the British Basketball League and we have built our reputation both on and off the court.
“Last season’s sell-out crowds at SGS College have shown us that there is a real appetite for basketball in Bristol and it is wonderful that we can now look forward to playing in a brand new venue in the next few years, which will support our long-term ambitions for domestic and European success.”
The announcement sees the start of an extensive consultation process.
Chairman of Ashton Gate, Martin Griffiths added: “We are pleased to be able to reveal these plans. It has been more than two years in the planning to ensure that Phase II of Ashton Gate’s redevelopment into a city quarter focused on sport and entertainment was indeed viable, sustainable and most importantly achievable.
“Following the successful £45m transformation of Ashton Gate Stadium, on-time and on-budget, it was always the aspiration to develop it further to give our basketball team, the Flyers, a permanent and secure playing home, right here in BS3.
“The Flyers sold out every home game of the 17/18 season, and this new facility will provide their pathway to sustainability. The new Sports and Convention Centre will also provide much needed space for the growth of a broad range of community based sports, run by our group of charities based at Ashton Gate.”
For any press enquiries or for more information please contact Bristol Flyers’ Head of Media & Communications Joel Osborne on 07817 538 757 or joel.osborne@bristolflyers.co.uk

Question: what is the minimum seating capacity for a bbl team

Answer: 2,000

what is the minimum seating capacity for a bbl team

Question: what is the minimum capacity for arenas in the bbl

Answer: at least 2,000

what is the minimum capacity for arenas in the bbl

Question: what are the member teams of the bbl

Answer: Leicester, Glasgow, London, Newcastle and Worcester

Question: what competition do teams need to play in order to qualify for the bbl

Answer: FIBA Europe Cup

what competition do teams need to play in order to qualify for the bbl

Question: what is the only bbl team that meets the requirements

Answer: Leicester

what is the only bbl team that meets the requirements

Question: what do teams need to play in arenas with a capacity of 2,000 people

Answer: Basketball Champions League or the FIBA Europe Cup

what do teams need to play in arenas with a capacity of 2,000 people

Question: what are the bbl member teams that meet the requirements

Answer: Newcastle and Worcester

what are the bbl member teams that meet the requirements

Bristol and Manchester have both begun work on suitable arenas.

Bristol and Manchester have both begun work on suitable arenas .

Manchester Giants will have a new home from the start of the 2019/20 season as part of a £35million development at Urmston, in the borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester.
Preliminary work will shortly begin on site to deliver Trafford Council’s state-of-the-art project, which will transform the site into a sport, health and wellbeing hub.
The existing sports centre will be expanded and renovated by Manchester Giants providing a state of the art multi-purpose sports and event facility with a capacity of 2,000+ for the BBL club.
ANNOUNCEMENT | New home for the Giants as part of £35m development. We expect to move ahead of the 2019/20 season.
Full story: https://t.co/961gaux6JO#beGIANT #BritishBasketball pic.twitter.com/hY4bQiusFk
— Manchester Giants 🏀 (@McrGiants) February 1, 2018
The club will also further develop on site its existing community basketball and netball teams, providing opportunities for all ages and abilities, as well as hosting the club’s office, a club shop, community outreach team and a community café.
The centre is based just one junction down the M60 from where the Giants currently play their BBL home games, at the Trafford Powerleague Sportsdome, which will continue to be the club’s home until the end of the 2018/19 season.
John Dwan, Manchester Giants chief executive, said:
“It has been a priority for us to find a long term venue that can house and develop our club, not just the elite BBL Basketball team, but also our junior basketball and netball teams, as well as our fast growing community programmes. After fruitless discussions with other venues in recent years securing our own sustainable and affordable facility is a major step forward for the club.”
The plans will also create a new GP hub, a Step up-Step down care facility with the stakeholders working with local partners to bring forward more detailed health related proposals in the coming weeks.
The redeveloped site will also include new affordable residential accommodation specifically for people who work in key public services, such as nurses, teachers and police officers.
Manchester Giants have assigned the development works to the Equity Solutions Group (“ESG”). ESG is a locally based specialist Investor /Developer. It has extensive experience of mixed use developments, and a particular expertise in Health and Community developments. As part of the arrangement, ESG will provide the Giants with a new state of the art base with show courts and training facilities, in addition to the community health facilities.

Question: which two bbl teams are working on arenas

Answer: Bristol and Manchester

which two bbl teams are working on arenas

Question: along with bristol, glasgow, london, newcastle and worcester

Answer: Manchester

along with bristol, glasgow, london, newcastle and worcester

Question: which bbl team has begun work on arenas

Answer: Bristol

Question: leicester, glasgow, newcastle and worcester are member teams of which

Answer: BBL

leicester, glasgow, newcastle and worcester are member teams of which

New rules introduced for the 2012–13 season allow teams to field a maximum of five non - British players per game ( including up to three work permitted players ) , further demonstrating the League 's commitment towards developing British players .

Question: how many non-british players can a team field in the 2012-13

Answer: five

how many non-british players can a team field in the 2012-13

Question: how many work allowed for non-british players in a game

Answer: three

how many work allowed for non-british players in a game

Question: what is the league's commitment to

Answer: developing British players

Question: how many non-british players can teams field in the 2012-13 season

Answer: a maximum of five

how many non-british players can teams field in the 2012-13 season

Question: what does the new rules show

Answer: the League's commitment towards developing British players

Question: how many work allowed for non-british players

Answer: up to three

how many work allowed for non-british players

Question: how many players can a team field in the 2012-13 season

Answer: non-British players per game

how many players can a team field in the 2012-13 season

The history of television coverage of the BBL has been sporadic.

The history of television coverage of the BBL has been sporadic .

Previously the League enjoyed coverage from Channel 4 in the 1980s and Sky Sports from 1995 to 2001 , where audiences peaked at around 150,000 viewers .

How Murdoch has changed the face of British sport
Has Sky's wall-to-wall coverage set new standards in coverage... or is the broadcaster taking sport downhill? Independent writers analyse the evidence
SKY'S SPORTING YEAR
Football 2,900 hours
Golf 2,100
Cricket 1,300
Rugby Union 650
Rugby League 600
Tennis 400
Ice hockey 380
Boxing* 375
Basketball 250
Horse racing 2,000
Sky's three sports channels broadcast a total of 16,000 hours of sport in the 1997 calendar year. This list of the 10 leading sports shows the total number of hours of transmission in 1997.
* Shared with Box Office
FOOTBALL
IN THE six years since Rupert Murdoch and English football joined forces through the creation of the Premier League and the television deal struck with BSkyB, the game in this country has been transformed by its new-found wealth. Clubs can afford top foreign players and their astronomical wages, while the continental exodus of the best of British talent has all but dried up.
Overseas stars were by no means new to English football, but the signing of Dennis Bergkamp by Arsenal and Ruud Gullit by Chelsea led to importing on an unprecedented scale. Now it is rare for any Premier League club not to have foreign players, and in Chelsea's case it would be no surprise if they fielded a team without one English-qualified player at some stage this season. While the fans are revelling in it, the consequences for the national team are yet to be fully appreciated.
Foreign managers like Gullit, now at Newcastle, and Arsene Wenger of Arsenal are also becoming common-place, bringing fresh ideas, dietary programmes and training methods that in many cases have already led to a new lease of life for players approaching their mid-thirties.
Although much of the money has gone on luring internationals like Fabrizio Ravanelli, reportedly paid pounds 40,000 per week during his one-year stay at Middlesbrough, some has also filtered through to the stadiums which has improved the level of spectator enjoyment and justified, to some extent, the rising cost of attending Premiership football. Furthermore it could be argued that the promotion of the game in the media has never been better. Attendance figures are on the up, but not even Murdoch would claim all the credit.
However, there is a downside. Many fans are unhappy about the constant re-scheduling of games to suit the demands of live television, with matches on Monday and Friday evenings, Sunday afternoons and even Saturday mornings. In addition, the Sky money is widening divisions in the game.
"It's a very traditional game and sometimes change doesn't come that easily," Brendan Batson, the deputy chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, said. "We can't turn the clock back, but tradition is a very important part of our national game and the traditional thinking is that games are played on a Saturday afternoon at three o'clock. With the amount of investment from television companies you expect them to have a say in the way the game is run, but we have to make sure the balance doesn't get too one-sided in favour of the TV companies."
Sky has worked hard on presentation to satisfy the armchair supporter by including in its innovative coverage varied camera angles and intricate replay techniques that provide their audience with views that are not available to most in the stadium. The effervescent former Scotland international Andy Gray has become a cult figure through his operation of video replay machines that allow him, as the main studio analyst, to dissect the game and develop points in a way that was not possible before.
Thanks to Sky's financial input smaller clubs in the Nationwide League are undoubtedly better off than they were, but the gap between them and their Premiership counterparts is growing all the time. Even within the Premiership there are clear divisions; a look at which clubs have actually won the Premiership shows how important money is becoming. Variety, one of British football's greatest assets, is in obvious danger.
RUGBY LEAGUE
NO SPORT has been crash-tackled by Rupert Murdoch quite like rugby league. In April 1985, against the background of News Corporation's attempts to hijack the game and its lucrative TV rights in Australia, the Rugby Football League in Britain accepted an offer of pounds 87m from BSkyB for a new five-year television deal.
It was an unheard of sum of money for a sport accustomed to counting its pennies, even if it squandered its pounds, but this was no ordinary TV contract. It involved breaking the habits of 100 years by switching to a summer season - although advocates of that change insisted that it would happen anyway.
Since the deal was designed to isolate the Australian Rugby League, it specified that Great Britain could play only Super League opposition at international level. Most controversially of all, in its original form it involved existing clubs merging to form new entities to play alongside London, Paris and Toulouse in a European Super League.
Club chairman voted for that radical plan in order to get their hands on the pounds 87m, but they could not deliver their side of the bargain. Mergers were howled down by opposition within the game, but London and Paris were included in the competition when it kicked off for its first summer season in 1996.
Producing a national - indeed a trans-national - competition was part of the deal with Sky. Again, the game has been unable to deliver. Paris went to the wall after two years of mismanagement and French farce; London soldier on with considerable success on the field, but little impact off it; Gateshead will be the only new club, when they join Super League next season.
Overall, the legacy of Murdoch and his millions has been mixed. It is hard to imagine the game now without his monthly cheques, even if much of the money has gone in players' "loyalty" bonuses and inflated wages.
Some clubs, like the Bradford Bulls, have seized the opportunity and thrived under the new regime. Others are still adapting, whilst bitterness still lingers amongst some of the clubs excluded.
The game's international programme has been shot to pieces, without that breaking the ARL. They and Super League have reached an uneasy compromise, under which Test rugby will hopefully be restored to its old status.
Peace, of a sort, in Australia carried dangers, though, in a country which was merely a pawn in a bigger game. It was with relief that the sport here was able to announce a three-year extension to the Sky deal this summer, albeit at a lower sum per season.
The game has suffered through a shortage of terrestrial coverage, although that could be addressed by a highlights package on BBC next year.
Dave Hadfield
RUGBY UNION
THE EFFECT of the Dirty Digger's rugby revolution in the British Isles has been profound. BSkyB has not merely turned over the topsoil of the sport, but rearranged its foundations.
A little over three years ago Murdoch cemented a 10-year deal in Johannesburg worth US$550m (pounds 345m) with Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It was small beer compared with the $1.5bn he shelled out for his NFL broadcasting rights, but it was more than enough to crack the union code wide open.
The cathartic result was the collapse of "shamateurism", but it was replaced by a merciless brand of market-force professionalism. England may be big and strong enough to play commercial hardball but Wales, Scotland and Ireland are on their knees and sinking fast.
Within a year of the Jo'burg accord, Murdoch had successfully tempted England's Rugby Football Union with an pounds 87.5m carrot. It gave him exclusive rights to every Twickenham international. The message was clear: England, with their six million plus viewers, were the priority on the rugby shopping list, with the poor old Celts down among the shampoo and loo paper.
The question with which the unions have been wrestling concerns their ability to "grow" a fledgling professional sport without the help of terrestrial television. They are beginning to realise that they cannot.
Chris Hewett
CRICKET
SKY SPORTS has demonstrated the ability to reach those parts of cricket around the world that other broadcasters either cannot - or cannot be bothered to - reach.
The sum of pounds 60m was paid to the then Test and County Cricket Board at the start of a four-year deal, split approximately pounds 35m-pounds 25m between the BBC and Sky. BBC secured the live rights for the Tests, NatWest Trophy and some Sunday League cricket.
Sky gave viewers something which was never a part of the BBC remit: bringing summer to the northern hemisphere winter and screening more domestic competitions. Until the winter of 1990 England's overseas tours had been a visual mystery to the fans stuck in a cold climate. BSkyB changed all that and this year will be covering a third Ashes tour.
To date, Murdoch's men have put the County Championship on the schedule and broadcast women's cricket, with coverage of the Ashes series. There has also been extensive airtime given to the Benson and Hedges Cup, Sunday League cricket and a regular magazine programme, The Pavilion End.
Its innovative camera angles and other technical and technological refinements have all helped to make the game, one-day or first-class, more interesting to the watch. The net result is a raising of the game's profile and a solid financial footing for the base of the pyramid.
David Llewellyn
BOXING
THE IMPACT of satellite television, and particularly of Sky Sports, on British boxing depends entirely on which side of the fence an interested party sits. Those involved with the promoter Frank Warren, who has an exclusive deal with Sky, are sitting pretty. Apart from the odd crumb, all the others are out in the cold.
Satellite TV, while filling some coffers in the short term, marginalises boxing and causes concern for the future of the sport. When Naseem Hamed, British boxing's biggest star, fought on ITV, he was watched by upwards of 10m viewers. His appearances on Sky pay-per-view have seen that drop below one million.
Sky's "poaching" of fighters who built their careers on ITV has played a large part in the terrestrial network's withdrawal from boxing over the last four years. And it is conspicuous that Sky have been unable to build fighters and make them into household names in the manner that ITV and BBC were able to do.
When Warren took his stable to Sky, he reasoned that only a dedicated sports channel had the time and resources to develop the stars of tomorrow. The biggest stars in British boxing over the last decade - Frank Bruno, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank, Lennox Lewis and Hamed - all came to prominence on terrestrial TV. The void resulting from its withdrawal is one that boxing will live with for years to come.
Glyn Leach
ICE HOCKEY
ICE HOCKEY in Britain has changed dramatically over the past three years and Rupert Murdoch's involvement is illustrative of how his long- term strategy influences where he chooses to invest.
Sky had a deal with the ice hockey Premier League before it became the Superleague two years ago and was in a good position to secure the rights again - for a sport growing in popularity - when they came up for renegotiation recently. Sky signed a two-year deal to screen the sport (worth around pounds 1m per year to the Superleague) and an option for a third year.
The investment is tiny when compared with the pounds 670m four-year deal Sky has with the football's Premier League, but potentially of immense value should demand for British ice hockey increase internationally.
Sky has an ice hockey night on Thursday and it also broadcasts the Benson and Hedges Cup from the quarter-final stages onwards.
"Many people think of it as a small sport," a Superleague spokesman said, while pointing out that attendances of 17,000 and 10,000 in Manchester and Sheffield are larger than many First Division football crowds.
"As and when our product is in demand internationally [NHL hockey from the US and Canada currently dominate] we'll be looking to sell that product around the world."
Sky's investment will not guarantee it secures those rights, but it will put them in the best position to negotiate if and when it happens.
Nick Harris
MIKE SMITH, the Budweiser League chief executive, is adamant. "Sky's involvement with basketball has been nothing but beneficial," said Smith, who this week signs a new deal with the satellite channel which will be worth pounds 1m to the sport over the next three years.
This is the second three-year agreement between the league and Sky, who will show 30 games this season in a two-hour Sunday evening slot, in addition to the DairyLea Dunkers all-star game, the uni-ball League Trophy Final and the Budweiser play-off championships.
"Sky give us a high-quality outlet enabling us to prove that where we have regular coverage we can stand up against other sports,"Smith said.
"Audiences vary between 40,000 and 150,000, which Sky are obviously happy with or they wouldn't be improving our deal. Our figures are 3-1 above audiences for ice hockey, for example, and we have bigger audiences than NBA basketball."
Smith added: "Before Sky came along our only outlet was provided by occasional games, the major finals, on terrestrial TV."
Sky has also developed personalities by using coaches and players as commentators on its programme, fronted by Suzanne Dando.
"They have steered away from outside presenters and that has improved their credibility within the sport," Smith said. "By contrast the BBC's credibility in particular has declined with its often stilted and dated presentation."
Richard Taylor
THE INFLUENCE of Rupert Murdoch on British tennis is still in its infancy, but not through lack of desire. The Holy Grail of the sport here is Wimbledon, which is still a listed event and thus the BBC have the exclusive broadcasting rights.
The listed status is reviewed periodically, however, and it is understood Sky is lobbying for a change so it could bid for the rights to the whole tournament except for the men's final. "The men's final is, and will always remain, listed," an LTA spokesman said.
At the moment Sky's only exclusive tennis deal in Britain is to cover the Nottingham Open, a relatively low-key event but a foot in the door nonetheless. "It's advantageous for ourselves and British tennis to have the Nottingham Open on Sky," an LTA sponsorship spokesman said. He declined to say how much the deal was worth and said he was not in a position to say whether a bid from Sky to screen Wimbledon would be well received by the LTA and the All England Club, which runs Wimbledon and negotiates the sale of television rights. "It depends on whether we want [Wimbledon] retained on terrestrial TV or to explore other broadcasting opportunities," he said.
Sky broadcasts other major international tennis events (the US Open, the Davis Cup, the Federation Cup, the Compaq Grand Slam in Munich), but in Europe the main player is Eurosport, which has a TV deal with the ATP to screen around 50 major tournaments per year.
Nick Harris
IF THE Winning Post is not necessarily the most appropriate title for Sky's no-frills coverage of largely second-rate racing fixtures, calling it Stuck in the Stalls would be a disservice too.
For the racing fanatic who has not been sated by the extensive transmission of the sport by the BBC and, in particular, Channel 4, Sky fills in the gaps, principally by covering evening fixtures and some Saturday meetings that are not on terrestrial TV.
The station has made a narrow inroad into coverage of the better meetings, taking over from Channel 4 at Newcastle and thus denying non-subscribers the chance to view one of the Flat season's biggest handicaps, the Northumberland Plate, and a significant Grand National trial, the Eider Chase.
The latter is sponsored by the Tote, who are in a prime position to assess Sky's effect on racing. "Coverage by Sky had a negative impact on betting compared with terrestrial TV because of their lower customer base," Rob Hartnett, the organisation's spokesman, said. "Betting turnover on the Northumberland Plate and the Eider Chase declined appreciably since the switch from Channel 4."
Sky has not had the opportunity, or the need, to tamper with the sport and there have been no fixture changes to accommodate the station's schedules. Better still, Jeff Stelling's presentation of The Winning Post is high on action and low on talking heads, a refreshing alternative to the verbosity of terrestrial coverage.
John Cobb
BASKETBALL
TENNIS
HORSE RACING
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Question: from what channel did the bbl first broadcast

Answer: Channel 4

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Question: how many people watched sky sports between 1995 and 2001

Answer: 150,000

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Answer: sporadic

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Answer: 1995 to 2001

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Answer: Channel 4 in the 1980s

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Answer: 1980s

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The League signed a three - year broadcast deal with the ill - fated digital TV company ITV Digital in 2001 , and coverage suffered a sharp decline as the broadcaster struggled and eventually went out of business , resulting in a significant loss of income to member clubs .

TCS Chester Jets are counting the cost of the collapse of ITV Digital - nearly two years after the television company went bust.
And like many of their British League rivals, they are going to have to tighten the purse strings even if it means losing at least one of their American stars at the end of the season.
The BBL had a £21m deal with ITV Digital over 10 years and although they received some money after the company went broke, that has now run out and handouts to the clubs have been cut by a third.
Sky Sports have shown a tentative interest in the BBL and the BBC screened the Haribo Cup Final live a fortnight ago, but the sport's profile in this country needs to be higher to attract more sponsorship.
Explained Jets director Mike Burton: 'We held money over from last year to this year, but now we are facing the future with less money and our head coach Paul Smith has been prepared for this.
'Unfortunately, it is likely we will lose our captain John McCord, who I believe to be the best player in the BBL.
'He qualifies for his British passport this year which means he will almost certainly play somewhere in Europe, where he can earn up to five times more than in the BBL.'
Other clubs will be facing the same problem with a reduction in revenue from the BBL, making sponsorship even more vital.
Jets have another year on their contract with their sponsors Trident Corporate Services and Burton believes Chester will still be one of the stronger clubs in the BBL.
'Jets are solid. We don't get ourselves in financial trouble because we cut our cloth accordingly,' he said. 'And we usually play to full houses at the Northgate Arena.'
Smith, who is in his first season as head coach, is bracing himself for a tough summer of recruiting. He revealed in his exclusive column in The Chronicle last week that he could have to rely on more homegrown players next season.
Jets have no matches this weekend - a bonus for Smith with McCord recovering from knee surgery. He is expected to make a return at Scottish Rocks tomorrow week.

Question: what company did the league sign a three year broadcast deal with in 2001

Answer: ITV Digital

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Question: from what channel did the league enjoy coverage in the 1980s

Answer: Channel 4

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Answer: Sky Sports

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Answer: 2001

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Answer: 1995 to 2001

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Answer: 1980s

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Television coverage was then infrequent until the 2007–08 season , when international broadcaster Setanta Sports signed a deal to screen one live game a week .

In 2010 , the League agreed a broadcast rights deal with BSkyB network Sky Sports marking the return of BBL action on Sky Sports after a 9 - year gap .

Question: what network did the league sign a broadcast rights deal with in 2010

Answer: Sky Sports

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Question: which broadcaster signed a deal to screen one live game a week in 2007-08

Answer: Setanta Sports

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Answer: 2010

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Answer: one

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Answer: 9-year

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Answer: 2007

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The League 's own subscription - based online TV station , BBL TV , took over the broadcast of live games from 2013 to 2015 , and during the 2013–14 season match highlights were also televised and featured on British Eurosport each week .

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SKY FALLS IN FOR BBL TV COVERAGE
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- Updated: September 23, 2013
The British Basketball League will be broadcast on British Eurosport this season after chiefs failed to agree a new deal with Sky Sports.
It will see the BBL receive only a one-hour weekly highlights programme, featuring just one game. with no current plans for live coverage.
The league had also held talks with BT Sport after venting their ire at Skyâ€™s late decision to pull last seasonâ€™s showpiece play-off final off one of their main channels at the last minute.
However the new deal will be seen by most as a major step back with Eurosport attracting a fraction of Sky’s reach.
The BBL is also showing a number of live games via an online platform this season but had made its target as a regular live slot on Sky Sports, where its previous arrangement saw teams co-fund a two-hour programme which saw game shown on a delayed basis.
Eurosport’s coverage will solely be a condensed version of the online broadcast, leaving clubs with a potentially minimal cost towards production.
â€œMoving to more regular scheduling throughout the season I’ve no doubt that we’ll be able to translate a surge of interest in the sport, reflected in our participation numbers, into a passionate following for the new weekly show,â€ BBL’s Commercial Director David Leyden Dunbar said.
â€œAccessibility also played a major role in the decision-making process and with British Eurosport available on both Sky, Virgin and BT’s new platform we’re confident that we can build our audience through the season.â€

Question: what is the name of the online bbl television station

Answer: BBL TV

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Question: in what year did the league sign a broadcast rights deal with sky sports

Answer: 2010

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Question: on what channel were match highlights shown in 2013-14

Answer: British Eurosport

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Question: when did bbl tv take over live games

Answer: 2013 to 2015

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Answer: 2015

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In July 2016 , the league signed a two - year broadcast deal with the BBC , featuring both British Basketball League and Women 's British Basketball League games .

The games would be broadcast on the BBC Sport website with the showpiece finals also being broadcast on the BBC Red Button .

The British Basketball League has agreed a six-year deal with Perform, the leading digital sports content and media group, for the distribution and sale of all global media-related rights.
Perform will manage the broadcast and digital rights for all BBL games, including exclusive streaming and data rights for Perform’s Watch&Bet and RunningBall products.
The long-term commitment between the two organisations will see all of the season’s 242 BBL games streamed live worldwide on Perform’s Watch&Bet service, plus a selection of the best BBL games streamed direct to BBL fans on Perform-managed, LiveBasketball.TV.
This contract complements the recent agreement the BBL has reached with the BBC for 23 British Basketball League (BBL) and nine Women’s British Basketball League (WBBL) games to be shown live on the BBC Sport website and all six BBL/WBBL finals to be shown live on the BBC red button.
Basketball has long been a major focus for Perform. Today’s announcement with the BBL follows Perform’s recent ground-breaking partnership with FIBA, the International Basketball Federation, which saw the London-based company become their worldwide partner for the distribution and sale of all media-related rights.
“This partnership with Perform Group is an absolute game changer for the BBL and the sport of basketball in the UK,” stated BBL Commercial Director, Bob Hope.
“It represents a massive investment in the sport, and it will allow games in the BBL to be streamed to a worldwide audience.
“We are particularly delighted to be able to deliver top BBL club action via a well-established partner like Perform.
“We are confident that both our existing basketball fans, and many new fans, will appreciate this new accessibility to the great, action-packed sport that is BBL basketball.”
Simon Denyer, Group CEO for Perform said, “We are delighted to reach this agreement with the BBL.
“It is great news for the sport of basketball in the UK, and will enhance the portfolio of products we can offer to basketball fans worldwide.
“We believe this partnership illustrates that Perform is a committed investor in the global game. We are excited about the BBL plans and growth strategy, and the potential of this deal to broaden our ties to British Basketball.”
About Perform Group:
Perform is a leading digital sports content and media group.
Our mission is to connect the world of sport by supplying some of the quickest, most detailed and most engaging content, managing a network of wholly-owned global media brands and delivering premium sports content directly to fans.
Our B2B brands do this by contributing to one of the world’s most comprehensive sports content collections and distribution operations, servicing global customers in the broadcast, digital media and bookmaking industries.
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Answer: BBC Sport

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Answer: BBC Sport website

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Answer: July 2016

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Answer: 2016

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Answer: two

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Question: where are the british basketball league finals broadcast

Answer: BBC Red Button

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Answer: the BBC Sport

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Question: what two basketball league games will be shown on the bbc in 2016

Answer: British Basketball League and Women's British Basketball League

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In November 2020 , coverage of the league returned to Sky Sports in a new two - year deal which sees Sky broadcasting 30 games per season , including BBL Trophy Final , BBL Cup Final and BBL Playoffs .

SKY SPORTS TO SHOW THE BBL IN A TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT
- Sky Sports will show 30 live matches a season
- Sky Sports will air both the men’s and women’s finals including BBL Trophy Final, BBL Cup Final, BBL Playoffs
- Kieron Achara MBE and Drew Lasker to be part of the Sky Sports broadcasting team
- Newcastle Eagles v London Lions to headline the opening night’s action on December 3 in a double header also featuring B. Braun Sheffield Sharks v Cheshire Phoenix live from Eagles Community Arena. Sky Sports Arena and Sky Sports Main Event, 4.30pm
The British Basketball League is delighted to announce the return of coverage of the BBL to Sky Sports this season. The two-year agreement will see Sky Sports air 30 live BBL matches a season.
As part of the agreement Sky Sports will also air the BBL Trophy Final, BBL Cup Final, BBL Playoffs and live coverage of the Women’s BBL Playoff final.
Sky Sports will broadcast a double header live from the Eagles Community Arena on December 3 to kick-start the coverage. Newcastle Eagles, who are the BBL’s most successful side with 25 major titles to their name, host a London Lions side who have been very busy adding to their line up in the close season in an eagerly anticipated opening night encounter in the BBL Championship. B. Braun Sheffield Sharks will tip-off against Cheshire Phoenix in the league season opener earlier in the evening. Both matches will be live on Sky Sports Arena and Sky Sports Main Event from 4.30pm.
It promises to be a highly exciting time for British Basketball as the road to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where 3×3 basketball will be a featured sport, draws ever closer. Sky Sports coverage will include expert analysis from Kieron Achara MBE, who was part of the London 2012 Olympics Basketball squad, and current Newcastle Eagles star Drew Lasker.
BBL Chairman Sir Rodney Walker said: “It is fantastic to be teaming up again with Sky Sports to bring the excitement and action of the BBL to basketball fans at home. We are going to see some excellent games this season as there are incredible British and international players at all 11 clubs. We look forward to working with Sky Sports and the producers Buzz16 to showcase the best of British basketball over the next two years.”
Kieron Achara MBE said: “Although I may have stopped playing, I’m still part of the BBL family so it’s great to see this partnership with Sky Sports giving BBL the attention it deserves. I’m looking forward to working with Sky Sports to share the sport I love and grow our community.”
Sky Sports Managing Director Rob Webster said: “We are delighted to welcome the BBL back to Sky Sports. We look forward to showcasing the best of basketball from across the country in what promises to be a busy but exciting period with the 2022 Commonwealth Games on the horizon. We hope an event of that magnitude on UK shores will enable what is a big participation sport to continue its growth. We at Sky Sports are thrilled to be able to support the sport.
“With continued coverage of the NBA and WNBA, the addition of the BBL makes Sky Sports the home of basketball. We can’t wait for the action to get underway on December 3 from Eagles Community Arena”
Buzz16 Productions will produce BBL coverage for Sky Sports. Additionally, they will commit to including Mama Youth apprentices on the production team for BBL coverage. https://www.mamayouth.org.uk/

Question: how many games per season will sky broadcast in 2019

Answer: 30

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Question: when does the league return to sky sports

Answer: November 2020

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Question: who is broadcasting the bbl finals in 2020

Answer: Sky Sports

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Question: in what year will the league return to sky sports

Answer: 2020

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Question: how many games per season is the new deal with sky broadcasting

Answer: 30 games

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Question: how many games per season does the league return to sky sports

Answer: 30 games per season

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Question: along with the bbl cup final and playoffs, what is the other major event that

Answer: BBL Trophy Final

along with the bbl cup final and playoffs, what is the other major event that

Question: what are the three major games shown on sky sports in 2019

Answer: BBL Trophy Final, BBL Cup Final and BBL Playoffs

what are the three major games shown on sky sports in 2019