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| Leicester Riders | |
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| League | WBBL |
| Founded | 2011 |
| History | Loughborough Riders 2011-2014 Leicester Riders 2014-present |
| Arena | Loughborough University |
| Location | Loughborough, England |
| Website | Official website |
The Leicester Riders are an English women's basketball team based in Loughborough, that compete in the WBBL, the top league of British women's basketball.
The Riders' programme was founded in 2011 at Loughborough University, and entered the National Basketball League Division Two in its first season. In that inaugural season, the Riders finished second in the league and won the post-season playoffs, earning promotion to Division One which at the time was the highest level of women's basketball in the United Kingdom. [1]
In 2014, the Riders were founder members of the newly established Women's British Basketball League and the programme became known as the Leicester Riders, in closer partnership with the club. The Riders won their first WBBL title in 2018, winning the first of three consecutive WBBL Trophy titles. The Riders won their first WBBL Cup in 2021, defeating the Sevenoaks Suns in the final in Manchester. [2]
| Season | Division | Tier | Regular Season | Post-Season | WBBL Trophy | WBBL Cup | Head coach | |||||
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| 2011-12 | NBL D2 | 2 | 2nd | 16 | 15 | 1 | 30 | 0.938 | Winners, beating Newham | Matt Harber | ||
| 2012-13 | NBL D1 | 1 | 4th | 18 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 0.667 | Semi-finals | Matt Harber | ||
| 2013-14 | NBL D1 | 1 | 4th | 14 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 0.643 | Winners, beating Sheffield | Matt Harber | ||
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| 2014-15 | WBBL | 1 | 4th | 18 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 0.611 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Matt Harber | |
| 2015-16 | WBBL | 1 | 6th | 16 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 0.375 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Matt Harber | |
| 2016-17 | WBBL | 1 | 2nd | 18 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 0.722 | Semi-finals | Runners-Up | Semi-finals | Krumesh Patel |
| 2017-18 | WBBL | 1 | 2nd | 20 | 19 | 1 | 38 | 0.950 | Runners-Up | Winners, beating Sevenoaks | Semi-finals | Krumesh Patel |
| 2018-19 | WBBL | 1 | 2nd | 22 | 18 | 4 | 36 | 0.818 | Runners-Up | Winners, beating Durham | Semi-finals | Jesper Sundberg |
| 2019-20 | WBBL | 1 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Winners, beating Durham | Quarter-finals | Jesper Sundberg | ||||||
| 2020-21 | WBBL | 1 | 2nd | 20 | 18 | 2 | 36 | 0.900 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Winners, beating Sevenoaks | Jesper Sundberg |
| 2021-22 | WBBL | 1 | 4th | 24 | 14 | 10 | 28 | 0.583 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Marg Jones |
Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.
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