Scottish Basketball Championship Women

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Scottish Basketball Championship Women
Sport Basketball
No. of teams9
Country Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Most recent
champion(s)
Lady Rocks
Official website basketballscotland.co.uk

The Scottish Basketball Championship Women [1] [2] is the national women's basketball league of Scotland.

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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 Pride. The governing body of basketball in Scotland is basketballscotland.

The current League and Playoffs champions are the Lady Rocks. [3]

Teams

The line-up for the 2019–20 season features the following teams: [4]

Seasons

See also

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References

  1. Scottish Basketball Championship basketballscotland.co.uk
  2. "Scottish Basketball Championship (SBC) Preview! | TUB Podcast". Archived from the original on 2015-09-08.
  3. "League Diagram".
  4. "League".