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National Basketball League (England)
The National Basketball League, or NBL for short, is a league competition representing semi-professional and amateur basketball clubs from England and Wales. It forms levels 3 to 5 on the British basketball pyramid, in line with the Scottish Basketball Championship, sitting directly below the top-tier competition, Super League Basketball, and the second-tier competition, British Championship Basketball.
For the 2025–26 season, the league will have teams split across three levels:
The league also runs the English Women's Basketball League, with Division 1 and Division 2 North and South, and a junior structure with over 630 teams competing in Under-18s, Under-16s, Under-14s and Under-12s leagues.
There is no automatic promotion and relegation between the National Basketball League and Super League Basketball (SBL), or British Championship Basketball (BCB), due to the franchise system in place for the top-level leagues.
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In 1960 a National Basketball League was introduced with nine members – Borehamwood Bullets, Watford Royals, Nottingham Dodgers, Aspley Old Boys (Nottingham), Birmingham Athletic Institute, Birmingham Dolobran, Doncaster Panthers, Manchester YMCA Comets, and Billingham Tech. Watford Royals won the first National league in 1960-61. Two of the strongest teams in the country at the time were London Central YMCA and London Poly. Neither of these London based teams felt it necessary to join the National Basketball League when the local competition in London was so strong.
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National Basketball League (England)
The National Basketball League, or NBL for short, is a league competition representing semi-professional and amateur basketball clubs from England and Wales. It forms levels 3 to 5 on the British basketball pyramid, in line with the Scottish Basketball Championship, sitting directly below the top-tier competition, Super League Basketball, and the second-tier competition, British Championship Basketball.
For the 2025–26 season, the league will have teams split across three levels:
The league also runs the English Women's Basketball League, with Division 1 and Division 2 North and South, and a junior structure with over 630 teams competing in Under-18s, Under-16s, Under-14s and Under-12s leagues.
There is no automatic promotion and relegation between the National Basketball League and Super League Basketball (SBL), or British Championship Basketball (BCB), due to the franchise system in place for the top-level leagues.
National Basketball League
Playoffs
In 1960 a National Basketball League was introduced with nine members – Borehamwood Bullets, Watford Royals, Nottingham Dodgers, Aspley Old Boys (Nottingham), Birmingham Athletic Institute, Birmingham Dolobran, Doncaster Panthers, Manchester YMCA Comets, and Billingham Tech. Watford Royals won the first National league in 1960-61. Two of the strongest teams in the country at the time were London Central YMCA and London Poly. Neither of these London based teams felt it necessary to join the National Basketball League when the local competition in London was so strong.