2020–21 National Basketball League (England) season

The 2020-21 season of the English Men's National Basketball League, known as the NBL, will be the 48th edition of the league.

2020-21 NBL season
League	NBL England
Sport	Basketball
2020-21

It was announced that there would be no promotion or relegation following the 2020–21 season, due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

National League Division 1

Teams

Riders

Cavaliers

Hoods

Wolves

BA

Kestrels

Rockets

Storm

Rebels

Thunder

Trailblazers

Warriors

Newcastle

Dragons

Location of teams in 2020–21 NBL Division 1

Club	Formed	Last Season	Location
Barking Abbey	2005	12th	London (Barking)
Bradford Dragons	2001	8th	Bradford
Derby Trailblazers	2000	3rd	Derby
Essex Rebels	2018	D2 Sou, 1st (promoted)	Colchester
Hemel Storm	2006	4th	Hemel Hempstead
Leicester Warriors	2004	9th	Leicester
Loughborough Riders	2010	6th	Loughborough
Newcastle University		D2 Nor, 1st (promoted)	Newcastle upon Tyne
Nottingham Hoods	2009	10th	Nottingham
Oaklands Wolves	2009	11th	St Albans
Reading Rockets	1997	7th	Reading
Solent Kestrels	1998	1st	Southampton
Thames Valley Cavaliers	2011	2nd	London (Uxbridge)
Worthing Thunder	1999	5th	Worthing

Team changes

• Essex & Herts Leopards to Oaklands Wolves

Promoted from Division 2

• Newcastle University
• Essex Rebels

Relegated to Division 2

• Liverpool
• Westminster Warriors

Regular Season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barking Abbey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to playoffs
2	Bradford Dragons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Derby Trailblazers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Essex Rebels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Hemel Storm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Leicester Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Loughborough Riders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Newcastle University	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Nottingham Hoods	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Oaklands Wolves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Reading Rockets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Solent Kestrels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Thames Valley Cavaliers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Worthing Thunder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: [2]

National League Division 2

Regular Season

North Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts 1 Birmingham Elite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Bristol Flyers II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Bristol Hurricanes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Charnwood College 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Chester University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Derbyshire Arrows 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Derbyshire Spartans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Doncaster Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Lancashire Spinners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Manchester Magic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Myerscough College 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Source: [3]

South Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts 1 Cardiff Met Archers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 East London All-Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Greenwich Titans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Ipswich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 London BC Medelynas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 London Greenhouse Pioneers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 London Westside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Northamptonshire Titans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Richmond Knights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Sussex Bears 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Solent Kestrels II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Westminster Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Source: [4]

National League Division 3

Regular Season

North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
1	Derby Trailblazers II	0	0	0	0
2	Derbyshire Arrows U23	0	0	0	0
3	Durham Wildcats	0	0	0	0
4	Newcastle Eagles U23	0	0	0	0
5	Nottingham Hoods II	0	0	0	0
6	Nottingham University	0	0	0	0
7	Sheffield Sabres	0	0	0	0
8	Team Sunderland	0	0	0	0
9	Tees Valley Mohawks	0	0	0	0
10	Teesside Lions	0	0	0	0

Source: [5]

North West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
1	Barrow Thorns	0	0	0	0
2	Calderdale Explorers	0	0	0	0
3	Cheshire Wire	0	0	0	0
4	Liverpool II	0	0	0	0
5	Manchester Kings	0	0	0	0
6	Myerscough College II	0	0	0	0
7	Preston Pride	0	0	0	0
8	Stockport Falcons	0	0	0	0
9	Tameside	0	0	0	0

Source: [6]

Midlands

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
1	BH Warwickshire Warriors	0	0	0	0
2	Birmingham Mets	0	0	0	0
3	Bromsgrove Bears	0	0	0	0
4	City of Birmingham Rockets	0	0	0	0
5	Coventry Flames	0	0	0	0
6	Northamptonshire Titans II	0	0	0	0
7	Stoke-on-Trent Knights	0	0	0	0
8	Stourport Spartans	0	0	0	0
9	Wolverhampton University	0	0	0	0
10	Worcester Wolves II	0	0	0	0
11	Warwickshire Hawks	0	0	0	0

Source: [7]

East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
1	Anglia Ruskin University	0	0	0	0
2	Barking Abbey II	0	0	0	0
3	Bury St. Edmunds Bulldogs	0	0	0	0
4	Canterbury Crusaders	0	0	0	0
5	Essex Rebels II	0	0	0	0
6	Hemel Storm II	0	0	0	0
7	London Lions II	0	0	0	0
8	London RDF Academy	0	0	0	0
9	UEA Panthers	0	0	0	0
10	West Suffolk Wolves	0	0	0	0

Source: [8]

South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
1	Brent Bulls	0	0	0	0
2	CoLA Southwark Pride	0	0	0	0
3	Crawley Storm	0	0	0	0
4	Frenford Falcons	0	0	0	0
5	London Thunder	0	0	0	0
6	London United	0	0	0	0
7	London Warriors	0	0	0	0
8	Oxford Brookes University	0	0	0	0
9	Surrey Rams	0	0	0	0
10	Sussex Bears II	0	0	0	0

Source: [9]

South West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
1	Bognor GSD	0	0	0	0
2	Bristol United	0	0	0	0
3	Cardiff City	0	0	0	0
4	Cardiff Met Archers II	0	0	0	0
5	Dorset Storm	0	0	0	0
6	Glos Knights	0	0	0	0
7	Taunton Tigers	0	0	0	0
8	Plymouth Raiders II	0	0	0	0
9	RCT Gladiators	0	0	0	0
10	Swindon Shock	0	0	0	0
11	Team Swindon	0	0	0	0

Source: [10]

References

1. "NBL: 2020/21 structures confirmed with no promotion or relegation". 2020-08-05.
2. "NBL D1 Standings - Basketball England".
3. "NBL D2 North Standings - Basketball England".
4. "NBL D2 South Standings - Basketball England".
5. "NBL D3 North Standings - Basketball England".
6. "NBL D3 North West Standings - Basketball England".
7. "NBL D3 Midlands Standings - Basketball England".
8. "NBL D3 East Standings - Basketball England".
9. "NBL D3 South Standings - Basketball England".
10. "NBL D3 South West Standings - Basketball England".