Scottish Basketball Championship Women

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Scottish Basketball Championship Women
Sport Basketball
No. of teams6
Country Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
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champion(s)
Edinburgh University
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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.

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Teams

Listed below are all the teams competing in the 2023-24 Scottish Basketball Championship season.

ClubLocation
Boroughmuir Blaze Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Edinburgh
Falkirk Fury Falkirk
Gladiators Cumbernauld
St Mirren Paisley

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.