2021–22 WBBL season | |
Pixels: | 140px |
League: | WBBL |
Season: | 2021–22 |
Teams: | 13 |
Champions: | London Lions (2nd title) |
Continentalcup1: | League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | London Lions (1st title) |
Continentalcup2: | WBBL Cup |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | London Lions (1st title) |
Continentalcup3: | WBBL Trophy |
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | London Lions (2nd title) |
Seasonslist: | List of WBBL seasons |
Seasonslistnames: | WBBL |
Prevseason Year: | 2020–21 |
Nextseason Year: | 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.
Team | Location | Arena | Head Coach | |
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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 |
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.[1]
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Semi-finals
Final
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.[2]
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final