Scottish Women's National League

Last updated
Scottish Basketball Championships
Sport Basketball
No. of teams10
Country Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Most recent
champion(s)		 City of Edinburgh Kool Kats
Official website basketballscotland.co.uk

The Scottish Basketball Championships [1] [2] (former: Scottish National Basketball League, SNBL) is the top women's basketball league in Scotland, and forms the second tier of British basketball (inline with the English Basketball League) after the professional setup of the WBBL, where Scotland has no representatives. The governing body of basketball in Scotland is basketballscotland.

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The current league champions are City of Edinburgh Kool Kats, who were first in the league the 2014–15 season. [3]

The current play offs winners are Edinburgh University, who won the 2014–15 postseason playoffs after beating the Kool Kats 75–60 in the final. [4]

Edinburgh University Basketball Club are a basketball club based at the University of Edinburgh in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. They compete in SBC Division 1.

Teams

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Location of teams in 2015–16 SBC Senior Women

The line-up for the 2015–16 season features the following teams: [5]

Division 1

Boroughmuir Blaze

Boroughmuir Blaze are a basketball club based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Senior Men's team compete in Division 1 of the Scottish Men's National League.

The Falkirk Fury, currently known as Sony Centre Fury for sponsorship reasons, are a basketball team based in the town of Falkirk, Scotland.

Tayside Musketeers are a basketball club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland.

Current Season

2015–16 Scottish Women's National League season

See also

2015–16 Scottish Men's National League season

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The 2015–16 season is the 47th campaign of the Scottish Men's National League, which was rebranded as part of the Scottish Basketball Championships. The 18 teams were split into Division 1, featuring 10 teams, and Division 2, featuring 8 teams.

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