Sport | Basketball |
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No. of teams | 6 |
Country | Scotland |
Most recent champion(s) | Edinburgh University |
Official website | Official website |
The Scottish Basketball Championship Women [1] [2] is the national women's basketball league of Scotland. The league forms the second tier of British women's basketball (inline with the English Basketball League) after the professional setup of the WBBL, where Scotland has one representative, the Caledonia Gladiators. The governing body of basketball in Scotland is basketballscotland.
Listed below are all the teams competing in the 2023-24 Scottish Basketball Championship season.
Club | Location |
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Boroughmuir Blaze | Edinburgh |
City of Edinburgh | Edinburgh |
Edinburgh University | Edinburgh |
Falkirk Fury | Falkirk |
Gladiators | Cumbernauld |
St Mirren | Paisley |
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