🏀 London Lions start the defence of their SLB Championship title as they welcome new franchise Liverpool Basketball to the Copper Box Arena on Sunday 27 September.
Tickets are on sale here.
A new Super League Basketball (SLB) season has lift-off for London Lions in September. They are also taking part in the 2026/2027 BKT EuroCup, which starts in early October. Nine months of top-class basketball awaits at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. London Lions tickets are on sale now to experience the action live!
London Lions enjoyed a stellar 2025/2026 season landing a domestic quadruple of SLB silverware. The Londoners finished top the SLB Championship at the end of the regular season. A record of 26 wins from thirty two games saw them crowned regular season champions. London Lions went on to win the Play-Off Final beating Cheshire Phoenix 104-81 at The O2. These two trophies added to the SLB Trophy and SLB Cup silverware secured earlier in the saeason. Lions defeated Newcastle Eagles 74-68 in the Trophy final at the beginning of February. The Londoners then overcame Manchester Basketball in the Cup final at AO Arena.
2026/2027 SEASON – SLB & EUROCUP
This season the Lions are in domestic and European action between September 2026 and May 2027. In Europe, they will be looking to emulate their stellar 2023/2024 campaign. A year when they had a historic run to the semi-finals of the EuroCup, only to lose out to Paris Basketball in the semi-finals. This came after the Lions became the first British team in the 21-year history of the EuroCup to reach the play-offs in 2022/2023. During that campaign the Londoners completed a domestic treble, with Lions legend Sam Dekker sealing Play-Off Final glory against Cheshire Phoenix, courtesy of a three-pointer right on the buzzer.
Strap yourselves in as London Lions go in search of a back-to-back domestic clean sweep in 2026/2027. Meanwhile in Europe the likes of LA Laguna Tenerife, Maxima Rome and Umana Reyer Venice will be visiting east London between October and January.
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LONDON LIONS TICKETS, TIMINGS & TRAVEL INFO
🎟️ London Lions tickets for the 2026/2027 season are on sale via the ‘Get Tickets’ link.
🏀 Tip-off is at 6.30pm or 7.30pm for weekday games and at 4pm for Sunday games.
🚊🚗 Travel tips: Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, E20 3HB. The nearest railway stations are Hackney Wick overground and Stratford International station. Both are approximately a 15-minute walk. Stratford International is one stop (5 minutes) from London St Pancras on the Javelin train. Stratford (with links to the underground and DLR) station is about a 15-minute walk. Plan your journey at the Transport for London website. Limited parking is available at the Copper Box Arena, however parking is available at the nearby Westfield Shopping Centre.
🏀 ABOUT SUPER LEAGUE BASKETBALL
Super League Basketball (SLB) is the top professional basketball league in the UK. It replaced the British Basketball League (BBL) in August 2024.
The primary competition is the SLB Championship. The 10 SLB teams each play each other four times (twice at home, twice away) over a 27-week regular season, equating to 36 games in total.
The top eight teams in the SLB will qualify for the post-season play-offs. Here they will battle it out in two legged quarter-finals and semi-finals for a place Play-off Final in May 2027 at The O2 in London. At stake: the biggest prize in British basketball. The current Play-Off champions are London Lions.
The SLB teams for season 2026/2027 are B.Braun Sheffield Sharks, Bristol Flyers, Caledonia Gladiators, Cheshire Phoenix, Leicester Riders, Liverpool Basketball, London Lions. Manchester Basketball, Newcastle Eagles and Surrey 89ers.
The SLB Cup is a knockout competition running alongside the SLB Championship. It has a refreshed format for 2026/2027. The top six sides from last season’s Championship receive an automatic bye to the Quarter-Finals, which take place on Sunday 10 January. The Semi-Finals will be played over two legs on Friday 15 and Sunday 17 January, before the Cup Final returns to the AO Arena in Manchester on Sunday 21 March 2027.
The SLB Trophy is no longer part of the domestic calendar as from this season.
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