2025–26 British Championship Basketball season

2025–26 BCB season
2025–26 BCB season
League	British Championship Basketball
Sport	Basketball
2025–26
British Championship Basketball seasons

The 2025–26 BCB season is the inaugural season of British Championship Basketball, a new second-tier professional British basketball league.^[1]

Teams

The teams for the inaugural season comprised all 13 NBL Division One men’s clubs from the previous season, as well as Bristol Flyers II, who would have been promoted from NBL Division Two. Two Scottish teams were also proposed to join the BCB Trophy competition in the inaugural season in 2025-26, with intentions to join the league in full in 2026-27.^[2]^[3]

2025–26 British Championship Basketball season is located in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Locations of the 2025-26 BCB teams

League

Club	Location	Last season
Birmingham Rockets	Birmingham	D1, 9th
Bristol Flyers II	Bristol	D2 North, 1st
Bristol Hurricanes	Bristol	D1, 8th
Derby Trailblazers	Derby	D1, 2nd
Essex Rebels	Colchester	D1, 6th
Hemel Storm	Hemel Hempstead	D1, 1st
London Cavaliers	London (Uxbridge)	D1, 7th
Loughborough Riders	Loughborough	D1, 5th
Milton Keynes Breakers	Milton Keynes	D1, 4th
Newcastle Knights	Newcastle upon Tyne	D1, 11th
Nottingham Hoods	Nottingham	D1, 10th
Reading Rockets	Reading	D1, 3rd
Worthing Thunder	Worthing	D1, 13th
Yorkshire Dragons	Halifax	D1, 12th

BCB Trophy

Club	Location	Last season
Boroughmuir Blaze	Edinburgh	SBC, 2nd
Falkirk Fury	Grangemouth	SBC, 1st

BCB Trophy

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	YRK	FAL	NCL	BOR
1	Yorkshire Dragons	3	3	0	340	280	+60	6	Quarter-finals	—	112–70		106–90
2	Falkirk Fury	3	2	1	267	296	−29	4	Quarter-finals		—	86–80	111–104

3	Newcastle Knights	3	1	2	305	285	+20	2		120–122		—
4	Boroughmuir Blaze	3	0	3	271	322	−51	0				77–105	—

Source: britishchampionship.basketball

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	NOT	LOU	DER	BF2
1	Nottingham Hoods	3	3	0	282	219	+63	6	Quarter-finals	—		87–73	102–69
2	Loughborough Riders	3	2	1	267	238	+29	4	Quarter-finals	77–93	—

3	Derby Trailblazers	3	1	2	284	248	+36	2			88–96	—
4	Bristol Flyers II	3	0	3	191	319	−128	0			57–94	65–123	—

Source: britishchampionship.basketball

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	BIR	MKB	HEM	BRH
1	Birmingham Rockets	3	3	0	246	222	+24	6	Semifinals	—		84–83
2	Milton Keynes Breakers	3	1	2	251	234	+17	2	Semifinals	77–82	—		92–63

3	Hemel Storm	3	1	2	259	255	+4	2			89–82	—	87–89
4	Bristol Hurricanes	3	1	2	214	259	−45	2		62–80			—

Source: britishchampionship.basketball

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	REA	WOR	LON	ESX
1	Reading Rockets	3	3	0	282	224	+58	6	Semifinals	—	103–87	89–77
2	Worthing Thunder	3	2	1	291	276	+15	4	Semifinals		—	97–88	107–85

3	London Cavaliers	3	1	2	254	270	−16	2				—	89–84
4	Essex Rebels	3	0	3	229	286	−57	0		60–90			—

Source: britishchampionship.basketball

Quarter-finals

04 October 2025	Yorkshire Dragons	112–108	Worthing Thunder	Inspire Centre, Halifax

04 October 2025	Birmingham Rockets	88–71	Loughborough Riders	Nechells WC, Birmingham

04 October 2025	Nottingham Hoods	66–79	Falkirk Fury	Harvey Hadden SV, Nottingham

04 October 2025	Reading Rockets	79–90	Milton Keynes Breakers	Loddon Valley LC, Reading

Semi-finals

24 October 2025	Falkirk Fury	77–93	Yorkshire Dragons	Grangemouth SC, Grangemouth

26 October 2025	Birmingham Rockets	79–71	Milton Keynes Breakers	Nechells WC, Birmingham

Final

28 March 2026	Yorkshire Dragons	vs.	Birmingham Rockets	Harvey Hadden SV, Nottingham

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Reading Rockets	15	13	2	1392	1182	+210	26	Qualification to Playoffs
2	Newcastle Knights	16	13	3	1560	1464	+96	26
3	Milton Keynes Breakers	16	12	4	1448	1211	+237	24
4	Birmingham Rockets	15	11	4	1396	1225	+171	22
5	Worthing Thunder	16	10	6	1374	1341	+33	20
6	London Cavaliers	15	10	5	1283	1198	+85	20
7	Essex Rebels	16	8	8	1445	1436	+9	16
8	Yorkshire Dragons	16	8	8	1412	1394	+18	16
9	Nottingham Hoods	16	8	8	1307	1315	−8	16
10	Derby Trailblazers	14	7	7	1227	1210	+17	14
11	Loughborough Riders	16	4	12	1299	1366	−67	8
12	Hemel Storm	16	3	13	1406	1515	−109	6
13	Bristol Hurricanes	15	2	13	1139	1287	−148	4
14	Bristol Flyers II	16	0	16	1021	1565	−544	0

Source: BCB Official Website

References

↑ "British Basketball Federation and Home Country Associations address media reports about the formation of a new second-tier British basketball league". British Basketball Federation. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ Sam Neter (25 June 2025). "NBL D1 clubs prepare to launch new league, British Championship Basketball". Hoopsfix. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
↑ Ben Kearney (2 October 2025). "Signs Express Fury fly the flag for Scotland and Falkirk in BCB Trophy". Falkirk Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2026.

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[1] "British Basketball Federation and Home Country Associations address media reports about the formation of a new second-tier British basketball league". British Basketball Federation. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[2] Sam Neter (25 June 2025). "NBL D1 clubs prepare to launch new league, British Championship Basketball". Hoopsfix. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

[3] Ben Kearney (2 October 2025). "Signs Express Fury fly the flag for Scotland and Falkirk in BCB Trophy". Falkirk Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2026.

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