Sport in Sheffield and the Sheffield Senators and Sheffield Spartans play in the third-tier National Ice Hockey League North. The Sheffield Shadows compete in the Women's Premier League and the Sheffield Ice Tigers play recreational level hockey. All of these teams play out of Ice Sheffield. Sheffield Sharks are a professional basketball team who play at English Institute of Sport. They were formed in 1994 and won the British Basketball League in their first season. They have won it a total of 3 times. The City of Sheffield Arrows play in the English Basketball League, as do the Sheffield Sabres and the Sheffield
Dutch Basketball League a best-of-five format, and the finals are played in a best-of-seven format. Teams in the DBL are not allowed to have more than four players without a Dutch passport in their on court team at the same time. The two teams that advance to the Finals of the play-offs play against each other in a best-of-seven playoff format. Teams shown in "italics" are no longer in existence. Teams in bold are currently playing in the DBL. Dutch Basketball League The Dutch Basketball League (DBL), formerly the Eredivisie, is the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The league has a