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Leicester Riders 2024-25 schedule announced!

Leicester Riders basketball club is excited to confirm its 2024-25 Super League Basketball schedule!

The highly anticipated debut season of the SLB is nearly upon us, and we can now share our schedule for 2024-25.

We will play across four competitions, starting off with the Trophy at the end of September.

Here’s how the season will shape up:

SLB Trophy

The season will begin with the Trophy group phase on Friday, September 27, where we will host Bristol Flyers at 19:45 in our first competitive action of 2024-25.

The group phase is a round robin tournament with the teams split into two groups, the Riders group featuring London Lions, Surrey 89ers and Bristol Flyers, who will be played once home and away.

We conclude our Trophy group phase against London Lions at home on Sunday, October 27 at 16:00.

The winners and runners-up in each group will qualify for the two-legged semi-finals, with the winner of Group A facing the runner-up of Group B and vice-versa.

A single-leg Final will take place in January 2025.

SLB Championship

Our Championship campaign begins at home on Saturday, November 2, against Surrey 89ers at 18:00.

The Championship features all nine SLB franchises playing each other four times (twice at home, twice away from home) over a 23-week season, equating to 32 games per club.

Our final game of the 2024-25 Championship season will be away at Newcastle Eagles on Friday, April 25 at 19:30.

SLB Cup

The SLB Cup will begin at the quarter-final stage, with the Riders’ fixture being played between February 7-9, against an opponent to be decided.

A random draw will take place to draw seven teams straight into the Cup quarter-finals, with the remaining two franchises playing a single-leg qualifier for the chance to join the other seven teams in the next round.

The Cup semi-finals will be two-legged ties, and the single-leg Final will take place in March at a venue to be confirmed.

SLB Playoffs

Following the conclusion of the Championships season, the top eight placed teams from the standings will qualify for the Playoffs.

Both quarter-finals and semi-finals will be played over two legs, with the quarter-final ties assigned by Championship seeding (1st vs 8th, 2nd vs 7th, 3rd vs 6th, 4th vs 5th).

The semi-final ties will be assigned by the highest remaining seed facing the lowest remaining seed and the second-highest facing the second-lowest.

In both rounds, the higher seed has the choice of home leg.

A single-leg Final will take place in London on May 18 with venue information to be confirmed.

You can find our full fixture list below:

DateTip-offCompetitionOpponentH/A
Friday, September 2719:45TrophyBristol FlyersH
Sunday, October 616:00TrophyLondon LionsA
Saturday, October 1918:00TrophySurrey 89ersA
Wednesday, October 2319:45TrophySurrey 89ersH
Friday, October 2519:30TrophyBristol FlyersA
Sunday, October 2716:00TrophyLondon LionsH
Saturday, November 218:00ChampionshipSurrey 89ersA
Friday, November 819:45ChampionshipSheffield SharksH
Sunday, November 1716:00ChampionshipSheffield SharksA
Friday, November 2919:45ChampionshipManchesterH
Sunday, December 117:30ChampionshipCheshire PhoenixA
Friday, December 619:30ChampionshipBristol Flyers A
December 6-8Trophy semi-finalsTBD
Friday, December 1319:45ChampionshipCaledonia Gladiators H
Friday, December 2019:30ChampionshipSurrey 89ersA
Sunday, December 2216:00ChampionshipNewcastle EaglesH
Friday, December 2719:45ChampionshipBristol FlyersH
Monday, December 3019:45ChampionshipLondon LionsH
Friday, January 319:30ChampionshipNewcastle EaglesA
Friday, January 1019:45ChampionshipManchester H
Sunday, January 1217:30ChampionshipCheshire PhoenixA
Friday, January 1719:45ChampionshipCaledonia GladiatorsH
Saturday, January 2517:00ChampionshipCaledonia GladiatorsA
Friday, January 3119:45ChampionshipBristol FlyersH
February 7-9Cup Quarter-FinalTBD
Thursday, February 1319:45ChampionshipCheshire PhoenixH
Friday, February 2819:45ChampionshipSurrey 89ersH
Sunday, March 915:00ChampionshipManchester A
Sunday, March 1616:00ChampionshipSheffield SharksA
Friday, March 2119:45ChampionshipNewcastle EaglesH
Friday, March 2819:30ChampionshipBristol FlyersA
Friday, April 419:45ChampionshipCheshire PhoenixH
Sunday, April 616:00ChampionshipCaledonia GladiatorsA
Friday, April 1119:45ChampionshipSheffield SharksH
Sunday, April 1316:00ChampionshipLondon LionsA
Thursday, April 1719:45ChampionshipSurrey 89ersH
Sunday, April 2016:00ChampionshipLondon LionsH
Friday, April 2519:30ChampionshipNewcastle EaglesA

Please note, these fixtures may be subject to change.

Ticket information for our upcoming SLB games will be confirmed in the near future.