The 2025–26 BCB season is the inaugural season of British Championship Basketball, a new second-tier professional British basketball league.
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.
League ClubLocationLast season Birmingham Rockets BirminghamD1, 9th Bristol Flyers II BristolD2 North, 1st Bristol Hurricanes Bristol D1, 8th Derby Trailblazers DerbyD1, 2nd Essex Rebels ColchesterD1, 6th Hemel Storm Hemel HempsteadD1, 1st London Cavaliers London (Uxbridge)D1, 7th Loughborough Riders LoughboroughD1, 5th Milton Keynes Breakers Milton Keynes D1, 4th Newcastle Knights Newcastle upon TyneD1, 11th Nottingham Hoods NottinghamD1, 10th Reading RocketsReadingD1, 3rd Worthing Thunder WorthingD1, 13th Yorkshire Dragons HalifaxD1, 12th
BCB Trophy ClubLocationLast season Boroughmuir Blaze EdinburghSBC, 2nd Falkirk Fury GrangemouthSBC, 1st
BCB Trophy Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Regular season
Playoffs Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
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