The Scottish Basketball Championship Men is the national basketball league of Scotland. The league forms the third tier of British basketball (inline with the National Basketball League) after Super League Basketball, where Scotland currently has one representative in the Caledonia Gladiators, and British Championship Basketball.
Each season, teams compete in a round-robin league format, with the team finishing top of Division 1 crowned champion. Currently, the four highest-finishing teams at the end of the league season then enter a play-off tournament to determine the Playoffs champion.
History In its present form, the Scottish Basketball Championship traces its legacy to the Scottish National Basketball League, which was founded in 1969. Its origins lie in the regional East of Scotland and West of Scotland leagues of the 1940s and 1950s; the Scottish Cup, first contested in 1947; a first attempt to organise a National League competition in 1957, and the Scottish-American League of the late 1960s, which included teams from United States military bases in Scotland, such as USN Edzell.
Teams Listed below are all the teams competing in the 2026-27 Scottish Basketball Championship season.
ClubLocation FoundedBoroughmuir BlazeEdinburgh1961Caledonia BluesEast Kilbride2025City of Edinburgh KingsEdinburgh1988Dunfermline ReignDunfermline1986Falkirk FuryFalkirk1992Grampian IgniteAberdeen2000Renfrew RocksRenfrew1989St MirrenPaisley1999
Results League No. Season Champion 1 1969-70 Boroughmuir (1) 2 1970-71 Boroughmuir (2) 3 1971-72 Boroughmuir (3) 4 1972-73 Boroughmuir (4) 5 1973-74 Boroughmuir (5) 6 1974-75 Boroughmuir (6) 7 1975-76 Boroughmuir (7) 8 1976-77 Boroughmuir (8) 9 1977-78 Boroughmuir (9) 10 1978-79 Paisley (1) 11 1979-80 MIM Edinburgh (1) 12 1980-81 MIM Edinburgh (2) 13 1981-82 MIM Edinburgh (3) 14 1982-83 MIM Edinburgh (4) 15 1983-84 MIM Edinburgh (5) 16 1984-85 Falkirk Team Solripe (1) 17 1985-86 MIM Edinburgh (6) 18 1986-87 MIM Livingston (7) 19 1987-88 Cumnock Curries (1) 20 1988-89 MIM Livingston (8) No. Season Champion 21 1989-90 MIM Livingston (9) 22 1990-91 MIM Livingston (10) 23 1991-92 Livingston Bulls (1) 24 1992-93 Livingston Bulls (2) 25 1993-94 Livingston Bulls (3) 26 1994-95 Livingston Bulls (4) 27 1995-96 Livingston Bulls (5) 28 1996-97 Livingston Bulls (6) 29 1997-98 Midlothian Bulls (7) 30 1998-99 Glasgow Sports Division (1) 31 1999-00 St Mirren (1) 32 2000-01 Falkirk Fury (1) 33 2001-02 Troon Tornadoes (1) 34 2002-03 City of Edinburgh Kings (1) 35 2003-04 City of Edinburgh Kings (2) 36 2004-05 City of Edinburgh Kings (3) 37 2005-06 Troon Tornadoes (2) 38 2006-07 City of Edinburgh Kings (4) 39 2007-08 City of Edinburgh Kings (5) 40 2008-09 City of Edinburgh Kings (6) No. Season Champion 41 2009-10 City of Edinburgh Kings (7) 42 2010-11 City of Edinburgh Kings (8) 43 2011-12 City of Edinburgh Kings (9) 44 2012-13 Falkirk Fury (2) 45 2013-14 Falkirk Fury (3) 46 2014-15 Falkirk Fury (4) 47 2015-16 Boroughmuir Blaze (10) 48 2016-17 Falkirk Fury (5) 49 2017-18 St Mirren (2) 50 2018-19 Dunfermline Reign (1) 51 2019-20 Falkirk Fury (6) 2020-21 No competition 52 2021-22 St Mirren (3) 53 2022-23 Boroughmuir Blaze (11) 54 2023-24 Falkirk Fury (7) 55 2024-25 Falkirk Fury (8) 56 2025–26 Falkirk Fury (9)
Playoffs Season Champion 2010-11 City of Edinburgh Kings 2011-12 City of Edinburgh Kings 2012-13 City of Edinburgh Kings 2013-14 Glasgow University 2014-15 Falkirk Fury 2015-16 Boroughmuir Blaze 2016-17 Falkirk Fury 2017-18 City of Edinburgh Kings 2018-19 City of Edinburgh Kings 2019-20 Not played 2020-21 Not played 2021-22 St Mirren 2022-23 Boroughmuir Blaze 2023-24 Falkirk Fury 2024-25 Falkirk Fury 2025–26 Falkirk Fury
References
External links Official Basketball Scotland website Scottish league on Eurobasket