The 2007/08 British Basketball League (BBL) Championship season tips-
off with four matches on the opening night, Friday 21st September
2007, including exciting clashes between the top four clubs from last
season.
The BBL Championship Playoff winners, the Newcastle Eagles, host the
double-winning Poujoulat Heat Guildford at the MetroRadio Arena
(7.30pm tip-off), whilst last season's Championship runners-up, the
Sheffield Sharks, welcome the Scottish Phoenix Honda Rocks to the EIS
(7.30pm).
The Everton Tigers will also be part of the big curtain-raiser, as the
city of Liverpool hosts its first top-flight game when the Worcester
Wolves travel to Merseyside (8.00pm). The final game on opening night
pits the Kularoos Plymouth Raiders against the BiG Storage Cheshire
Jets at the Plymouth Pavilions (7.30pm).
Saturday 22nd September 2007 sees the first derby game of the new term
as the DMU Leicester Riders face-off with the Team Birmingham Panthers
(7.30pm), each looking to strike first blood in the battle between the
East and West Midlands. PAWS London Capital's inaugural BBL season
also begins that night when they welcome the Marshall MK Lions
(7.30pm), whilst the Kularoos Plymouth Raiders face their second game
of the weekend, also in the capital, against London United (7.45pm).
Opening weekend concludes on Sunday with the clash between long-time
rivals the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets and the Sheffield Sharks at the
Northgate Arena (5.30pm).
In an exciting new format, all of the BBL Trophy group games are
concentrated around late-December and January, allowing the teams to
focus almost exclusively on the Trophy competition.
The Poujoulat Heat Guildford begin their ULEB Cup campaign with a trip
to KK Bosna on Tuesday 6th November and play their first home game on
Tuesday 13th November 2007 against DKV Joventut Badalona.
The big dates for the diary include the BBL Cup Final on Sunday 13th
January, the BBL Trophy Final on Sunday 2nd March 2008, and the
Basketball Finals Weekend on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th of May, all
at venues to be announced.
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