🏀 The Copper Box Arena is the place to be as the British Basketball League All-Stars makes its long-awaited return.
NEWSFLASH: The 2024 British Basketball League All-Stars is a wrap. Stay tuned here for 2025 news as soon as announced. And in the meantime Check out our BASKETBALL section here for more events coming up in or around London!
2024 EVENT PREVIEW
20 star players from the BBL and WBBL are all set to descend on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for the British Basketball League All-Stars Game featuring a Men’s and inaugural Women’s game.
The 2024 All-Stars Game will be a showdown between North and South. The squads will have at least one player represented from each men’s and women’s clubs, based on their team’s location (North or South), with fan votes deciding the pool of 10 starter players. Fan voting opens in early 2024.
After all the votes are tallied the league will rank players by position (frontcourt or guard) in each pool. The three highest-voted-for frontcourt players and the two highest-voted-for guards (from each pool) are selected as starters.
North teams: Caledonia Gladiators, Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles, Cheshire Phoenix, Manchester Giants, B. Braun Sheffield Sharks.
South teams: Leicester Riders, London Lions, Bristol Flyers, Surrey Scorchers, Plymouth City Patriots.
Each team will be managed by a head coach who is selected as the coach with the best league record within the North and South teams. The chosen head coaches will participate in a live-streamed draft where they will select their reserves, picking one from each club.
The All-Stars Game promises not to disappoint. It will be a jam-packed day of events for all fans to enjoy, including a dedicated Fan Zone, the much-loved Slam Dunk Competition, a Three-Point Shoot Out, a Skills Challenge and much more.
(Preview courtesy of the British Basketball League website.)
TICKETS, TIMINGS & TRAVEL
🎟️ Tickets for the British Basketball League All-Stars are off sale.
9am: Fan Zone Coaching Session
10.30am: Fan Zone Opens
🗝️ 11.30am: Doors open
12.30pm: Fan Zone Closes
12.30pm: Women’s All-Stars Match. Also featuring a half-time 3-point contest.
2.30pm: Slam Dunk Competition & Skills Competition
3.30pm: Men’s All-Stars Match. also featuring half-time Hall of Fame Presentation.
🚊🚗 Travel tips: Copper Box Arena. 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.
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