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-year history.

The competition divides the twelve BBL teams into four regional groups of three teams.  Within those pools, they play another twice: once at home, and once away, and are awarded two points for a victory.

The BBL Trophy group games are concentrated around December and January as the competition takes centre stage for one month, starting in December starting with the encounter between the Scottish Rocks and the Sheffield Sharks on Tuesday 30th in Group 1.

The team that finishes top of each group progresses to the BBL Trophy semi-finals, in the event of a tie for first place then head-to-head records are taken into account.

The subsequent winners progress to the BBL Trophy Final on Sunday March 15th at the Guildford Spectrum. This is without doubt one of the showpiece events of the BBL season. Last season it was the Guildford Heat who triumphed. 

The BiG Storage Cheshire Jets have a fantastic pedigree in this competition: they won it for four consecutive years between 2000-04, before the Eagles won it twice between 2004-06.

Group 1 1. Newcastle Eagles 2. Scottish Rocks 3. Sheffield Sharks

Group 2 1. Everton Tigers 2. Cheshire Jest 3. Leicester Riders

Group 3 1. Guildford Heat 2. London Capital 3. Milton Keynes Lions

Group 4 1. Plymouth Raiders 2. Worcester Wolves 3. Worthing Thunder

GROUP 1 RESULTS
Tue 30 Dec 2008 - Scottish Rocks 85-80 Sheffield Sharks
Fri 2 Jan 2009 - Sheffield Sharks 88-98 Newcastle Eagles
Fri 9 Jan 2009 - Newcastle Eagles 105-89 Scottish Rocks
Fri 16 Jan 2009 - Sheffield Sharks 77-66 Scottish Rocks
Fri 23 Jan 2009 - Newcastle Eagles 79-92 Sheffield Sharks
Sun 25 Jan 2009 - Scottish Rocks 64-83 Newcastle Eagles

NEWCASTLE EAGLES WIN THE GROUP

GROUP 2 RESULTS
Sun 4 Jan 2009 - Cheshire Jets 91-101 Everton Tigers
Fri 9 Jan 2009 - Everton Tigers 89-75 Leicester Riders
Sat 17 Jan 2009 - Leicester Riders 49-75 Cheshire Jets
Fri 23 Jan 2009 - Everton Tigers 91-90 Cheshire Jets
Sat 24 Jan 2009 - Leicester Riders 83-98 Everton Tigers
Sun 25 Jan 2009 - Cheshire Jets 115-92 Leicester Riders

EVERTON TIGERS WIN THE GROUP

GROUP 3 RESULTS
Thu 1 Jan 2009 - Guildford Heat 98-75 London Capital
Fri 9 Jan 2009 - Milton Keynes Lions 94-104 Guildford Heat
Sat 17 Jan 2009 - London Capital 84-92 Milton Keynes Lions
Fri 23 Jan 2009 - Milton Keynes Lions 85-67 London Capital
Sat 24 Jan 2009 - London Capital 80-104 Guildford Heat
Sun 25 Jan 2009 - Guildford Heat 101-99 Milton Keynes Lions

GUILDFORD HEAT WIN THE GROUP

GROUP 4 RESULTS
Sat 3 Jan 2009 - Plymouth Raiders 92-103 Worthing Thunder
Sun 4 Jan 2009 - Worthing Thunder 89-110 Worcester Wolves
Wed 7 Jan 2009 - Plymouth Raiders 98-76 Worcester Wolves
Sat 10 Jan 2009 - Worthing Thunder 90-113 Plymouth Raiders
Sun 11 Jan 2009 - Worcester Wolves 90-91 Plymouth Raiders
Sat 24 Jan 2009 - Worcester Wolves 101-87 Worthing Thunder

PLYMOUTH RAIDERS WIN THE GROUP

BBL Trophy Final
Sunday 15th March 2009 @ Guildford Spectrum

All Time Winners BBL Trophy