2021–22 Women's British Basketball League season

Basketball league season

2021–22 WBBL season
League	WBBL
Season	2021–22
Teams	13
Regular season
League	London Lions (1st title)
WBBL Cup	London Lions (1st title)
WBBL Trophy	London Lions (2nd title)
Finals
Champions	London Lions (2nd title)
WBBL seasons
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 WBBL season will be the 8th season of the Women's British Basketball League, the top British women's professional basketball league, since its establishment in 2014. The season featured 13 teams from across England, Scotland and Wales.

Teams

Team	Location	Arena	Head Coach
Caledonia Pride	Edinburgh	The Crags Centre	Bart Sengers
Cardiff Met Archers	Cardiff	Archers Arena	Stef Collins
Durham Palatinates	Durham	Sports and Wellbeing Park	Lee Davie
Essex Rebels	Colchester	Essex Sports Arena	Tom Sadler
Gloucester City Queens	Gloucester	Oxstalls Arena	Jay Marriott
Leicester Riders	Loughborough	Loughborough University	Derrick Washington
London Lions	London (Barking)	Barking Abbey School	Mark Clark
Manchester Met Mystics	Manchester	National Basketball Centre	Jeff Jones
Newcastle Eagles	Newcastle upon Tyne	Eagles Community Arena	Chris Bunten
Nottingham Wildcats	Nottingham	Nottingham Wildcats Arena	Kenrick Liburd
Oaklands Wolves	St Albans	Oaklands College	Lauren Milligan
Sevenoaks Suns	Sevenoaks	Sevenoaks Sports Centre	Len Busch
Sheffield Hatters	Sheffield	All Saints Sports Centre	Vanessa Ellis

WBBL Championship

Each team will play each other once home and once away for a 24-game regular season. The top 8 teams will qualify for the post-season playoffs.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	London Lions	24	24	0	2294	1305	+989	48	Qualification to playoffs
2	Sevenoaks Suns	24	21	3	1835	1349	+486	42
3	Sheffield Hatters	24	18	6	2029	1599	+430	36
4	Leicester Riders	24	14	10	1800	1667	+133	28
5	Nottingham Wildcats	24	12	12	1880	1873	+7	24
6	Caledonia Pride	24	12	12	1639	1721	−82	24
7	Essex Rebels	24	12	12	1862	1752	+110	24
8	Durham Palatinates	24	11	13	1610	1712	−102	22
9	Manchester Met Mystics	24	11	13	1573	1788	−215	22
10	Newcastle Eagles	24	7	17	1477	1731	−254	14
11	Cardiff Met Archers	24	6	18	1592	1865	−273	12
12	Oaklands Wolves	24	5	19	1390	1854	−464	10
13	Gloucester City Queens	24	3	21	1344	2109	−765	6

Source: WBBL

WBBL Playoffs

Quarter-finals

1 May 2022

69–81

1 May 2022

77–86

1 May 2022

66–55

30 Apr 2022

92–34

Semi-finals

7 May 2022

66–64

8 May 2022

104–59

Final

15 May 2022

London Lions

70–45

Sevenoaks Suns

WBBL Cup

The 2021-22 WBBL Cup featured all 13 teams, split into four geographical groups. Each group was played at a central venue hosted by one of the teams in the group. The winner of each group would advance to the semi-finals.

Qualification Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Newcastle Eagles	2	2	0	164	97	+67	4	Qualification to semi-finals
2	Durham Palatinates	2	1	1	124	122	+2	2
3	Caledonia Pride	2	0	2	92	161	−69	0

Source: WBBL

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sheffield Hatters	2	2	0	193	105	+88	4	Qualification to semi-finals
2	Manchester Met Mystics	2	1	1	133	164	−31	2
3	Nottingham Wildcats	2	0	2	118	175	−57	0

Source: WBBL

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leicester Riders	3	3	0	215	140	+75	6	Qualification to semi-finals
2	Cardiff Met Archers	3	2	1	195	199	−4	4
3	Gloucester City Queens	3	1	2	188	228	−40	2
4	Oaklands Wolves	3	0	3	170	201	−31	0

Source: WBBL

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	London Lions	2	2	0	164	128	+36	4	Qualification to semi-finals
2	Sevenoaks Suns	2	1	1	155	140	+15	2
3	Essex Rebels	2	0	2	111	162	−51	0

Source: WBBL

Semi-finals

20 Nov 2021

66–100

4 Dec 2021

50–45

Final

30 Jan 2022

London Lions

87–47

Newcastle Eagles

WBBL Trophy

The 2021-22 WBBL Trophy was a straight knockout competition featuring all thirteen clubs. The top 3 teams from the 2020-21 WBBL Championship (Sevenoaks Suns, Leicester Riders and London Lions) received a bye to the quarter-finals. The remaining teams were seeded based on their finishing positions in the 2020-21 WBBL Championship.

First round

15 Jan 2022

Nottingham Wildcats

90–83

Gloucester City Queens

15 Jan 2022

Manchester Met Mystics

74–73

8 Jan 2022

87–84

15 Jan 2022

59–73

15 Jan 2022

66–76

Quarter-finals

5 Feb 2022

88–59

6 Feb 2022

117–82

6 Feb 2022

71–86

27 Feb 2022

101–46

Manchester Met Mystics

Semi-finals

6 Mar 2022

57–74

5 Mar 2022

82–39

Final

20 Mar 2022

Sevenoaks Suns

36–72

London Lions

References

External links

Official website

v t e Women's British Basketball League
Caledonia Gladiators Cardiff Met Archers Durham Palatinates Essex Rebels Leicester Riders London Lions Manchester Giants Newcastle Eagles Nottingham Wildcats Oaklands Wolves Sheffield Hatters
Competitions	WBBL Championship WBBL Playoffs Betty Codona Trophy
Seasons	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Other	British Basketball League (Men) English Basketball League (Men and women)

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Domestic leagues	France Hungary Iceland Netherlands Romania Russia Serbia Spain Turkey United Kingdom
Regional leagues	Adriatic League Baltic League Central Europe League Eastern European League
Domestic cups	Hungary Iceland Scotland Serbia Spain Turkey
Continental competitions	EuroLeague EuroCup SuperCup

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