KitKing Trophy returns to tip-off NBL season
The 2024-2025 KitKing Trophy has been announced for its third year, organised by NBL Division 1 men’s clubs and partnered with rights KitKing.co.uk and Basketball England.
All 13 NBL Division 1 clubs will take part in the competition, as well as a trio of invited Division two teams, Barking Abbey, London Elite and Solent Kestrels, while it is Derby Trailblazers who will attempt to defend their title.
The 2024-2025 KitKing Trophy will tip-off on the weekends of 14/15 September and 21/22 September with the 16 contenders split into four groups of four teams.
Playing each other once, the top two sides in each group will progress to the quarter-finals in October, then semi-finals, with the final set to take place later in the season at a venue to be confirmed.
“It’s great that KitKing.co.uk are providing ongoing support as we push the competition from strength-to-strength,” Tim Brown, former BE Board member and chair of the Men’s Division One group, said.
“The D1 men’s clubs are continuing to grow and move the league forward as a group with Basketball England’s support, making this an exciting time for both the sport and the Trophy itself.”
The competition will provide a curtain raiser to the Men’s NBL Division One season, which gets underway in October.
KitKing Trophy 2024 Fixtures
Group 1
14/9/2024 (6pm): Solent Kestrels v Reading Rockets
14/9/2024 (7.30pm): Worthing Thunder v Barking Abbey
15/9/2024 (4pm): Reading Rockets v Worthing Thunder
15/9/2024 (4pm): Barking Abbey v Solent kestrels
21/9/2024: (7.30pm): Worthing Thunder v Solent Kestrels
21/9/2024 (6.30pm): Reading Rockets v Barking Abbey
Group 2
14/9/2024 6.30pm): Essex Rebels v Thames Valley Cavaliers
14/9/2024 (7pm): Hemel Storm v London Elite
15/9/2024 (3pm): Thames Valley Cavaliers v London Elite
21/9/2024 (4pm): London Elite v Essex Rebels
21/9/2024 (7pm): Hemel Storm v Thames Valley Cavaliers
22/9/2024 (4pm): Essex Rebels v Hemel Storm
Group 3
14/9/2024 (5.30pm): Bristol Hurricanes v Loughborough Riders
14/9/2024 (7.30pm): City of Birmingham Rockets v Milton Keynes Breakers
15/9/2024 (5pm): Milton Keynes Breakers v Bristol Hurricanes
21/9/2024 (5pm): Milton Keynes Breakers v Loughborough Riders
21/9/2024: (7.30pm): City of Birmingham Rockets v Bristol Hurricanes
21/9/2024 (7pm): Loughborough Riders v City of Birmingham Rockets
Group 4
14/09/2024 (6.30pm): Nottingham Hoods v Newcastle
14/09/2024 (6.15pm): Bradford Dragons v Derby Trailblazers
15/09/2024 (4.30pm): Derby Trailblazers v Newcastle University
21/09/2024 (2pm) Newcastle University v Bradford Dragons
21/09/2024 (7.30pm): Derby Trailblazers v Nottingham Hoods
22/09/2024 (4.30pm): Nottingham Hoods v Bradford Dragons
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