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The BBL Trophy is one of the much-heralded peripheral competitions in British basketball, and has been running for as long as the BBL with a fascinating twenty-one year history.

Historically, the competition has been dynastic in nature with teams recording consecutive BBL Trophy triumphs. The Kingston Kings won the competition on three consecutive occasions between 1989-92; from there the Thames Valley Tigers took over and won the next three between 1992-95; between 1995-97 it was won twice by the London Towers, who had another success in 2000; most famously of all was the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets, who were champions for four straight seasons between 2000-04; and most recently the Newcastle Eagles have appeared in the last five finals, winning it three times, twice between 2004-06 and last season 86-79 over the Guildford Heats. With only ten different winners, it is the piece of silverware that has been shared around the least.

The BBL Trophy, which incorporates the top 3 EBL Clubs from last season, now also takes This year’s competitions takes the form of a straight knockout competition.