2022–23 Women's British Basketball League season
| 2022–23 WBBL season | |
|---|---|
| League | WBBL |
| Season | 2022–23 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Regular season | |
| League | London Lions (2nd title) |
| WBBL Cup | London Lions (2nd title) |
| WBBL Trophy | London Lions (3rd title) |
| Finals | |
| Champions | London Lions (3rd title) |
The 2022–23 WBBL season was the ninth season of the Women's British Basketball League, the top British women's professional basketball league, since its establishment in 2014. The season features 12 teams from across England, Scotland and Wales.
Teams
[edit]| Team | Location | Arena | Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
 Caledonia Gladiators
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Paisley | Lagoon Centre |  Miguel Ángel Ortega Marco
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 Cardiff Met Archers
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Cardiff | Archers Arena |  Stef Collins
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 Durham Palatinates
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Durham | Sports and Wellbeing Park | Matt Newby
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| Essex Rebels
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Colchester | Essex Sports Arena | Tom Sadler
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| Leicester Riders
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Loughborough | Loughborough University | Krumesh Patel
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| London Lions
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London (Barking) | Barking Abbey School |  Styliani Kaltsidou
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| Manchester Met Mystics
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Manchester | National Basketball Centre |  Jeff Jones
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| Newcastle Eagles
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Newcastle upon Tyne | Eagles Community Arena | Noelia Cacheiro
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| Nottingham Wildcats
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Nottingham | Nottingham Wildcats Arena | Kenrick Liburd
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| Oaklands Wolves
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St Albans | Oaklands College | Lauren Milligan
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| Sevenoaks Suns
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Sevenoaks | Sevenoaks Sports Centre | Len Busch
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| Sheffield Hatters
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Sheffield | All Saints Sports Centre | Vanessa Ellis
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WBBL Championship
[edit]Each team will play each other once home and once away for a 22-game regular season. The top 8 teams will qualify for the post-season playoffs. [1]
Standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London Lions (C) | 22 | 21 | 1 | 2060 | 1149 | +911 | 42 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Caledonia Gladiators | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1562 | 1327 | +235 | 34 | |
| 3 | Leicester Riders | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1626 | 1293 | +333 | 34 | |
| 4 | Sheffield Hatters | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1707 | 1423 | +284 | 32 | |
| 5 | Sevenoaks Suns | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1635 | 1449 | +186 | 30 | |
| 6 | Essex Rebels | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1526 | 1626 | −100 | 20 | |
| 7 | Cardiff Met Archers | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1603 | 1755 | −152 | 18 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Eagles | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1451 | 1632 | −181 | 18 | |
| 9 | Durham Palatinates | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1539 | 1656 | −117 | 18 | |
| 10 | Oaklands Wolves | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1485 | 1998 | −513 | 10 | |
| 11 | Nottingham Wildcats | 22 | 3 | 19 | 1389 | 1835 | −446 | 6 | |
| 12 | Manchester Met Mystics | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1201 | 1641 | −440 | 2 |
WBBL Cup
[edit]The 2022–23 WBBL Cup will be a straight knockout competition featuring all twelve clubs. The top 4 teams from the 2021–22 WBBL Championship (London Lions, Sevenoaks Suns, Sheffield Hatters and Leicester Riders) received a bye to the quarter-finals. The remaining teams were seeded based on their finishing positions in the 2021–22 WBBL Championship.
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
29 Jan 2023
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| Leicester Riders | 42–95 | London Lions |
| Pts: O. Squires (23) Rebs: A. Arlen (7) Asts: A. Arlen, H. Robb, K. Brown (2) |
Pts: M. Herbert Harrigan (19) Rebs: M. Herbert Harrigan (6) Asts: H. Winterburn (9) |
Betty Codona Trophy
[edit]First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
[edit]- ^ "Fixtures announced for the 2022/23 WBBL Season". 11 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
External links
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