1998–99 British Basketball League season Eagles (4) Thames Valley Tigers vs. (6) Derby Storm Champions by virtue of head to head record*<br> Play Off Final – Plymouth 71 Teesside 66 Play Off Final – Taunton 99 Birmingham 77 Play Off Final – North London 75 Kingston upon Hull 58 Group A Group B Derby Storm vs. Leicester Riders Sheffield Sharks vs. Manchester Giants 1998–99 British Basketball League season The 1998–1999 BBL season was the 12th season of the British Basketball League, known as the Budweiser Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, since its establishment in 1987. The regular season commenced on September 12, 1998, and ended
British Basketball League breaking crowd of 14,700 in attendance. The British Basketball League and Basketball England announced in June 2014 the launch of the Women's British Basketball League, the top-level women's basketball league in Great Britain as a counterpart to the BBL. The league signed a 32-game broadcast deal with BBC which saw both British Basketball League and Women's British Basketball League games broadcast via the BBC Sport website. The three main finals (Cup, Trophy, and Play-Off) would also be broadcast on the BBC Red Button. In September 2016, the league agreed a six-year deal with Perform, the leading digital sports content and