Academy Leagues: All finalists confirmed for 2024/25 showpiece

This season's EABL, WEABL and CBL finalists have now been confirmed.

Wins for New City College and The Sheffield College in the CBL Final Fours sends both teams to Manchester's National Basketball Performance Centre on Wednesday 26 March, joining Barking and Myerscough in the EABL final and Manchester and Copleston in the WEABL final.

Apart from deciding this year's top two, classification games in the EABL and WEABL have now been completed, giving a rank order of teams from top to bottom across the season.

We take a look back at the action below.

EABL

Both beaten Final Fours sides, Charnwood College Riders and City of London Academy - Southwark, were due to lock horns in the Midlands but a forfeit by the visitors puts the Riders into third as CoLA finish fourth.

After coming within a whisker of the North title, Manchester Magic are confirmed as fifth-place finishers after their 82-70 victory against Itchen College

Sixteen points and seven assists from Ronney Ani pushed the hosts to victory in their final action of the season, cancelling out a double-double performance from Itchen's Jakub Ofman (15pts, 10reb).

JMA Reading Rockets also ended their campaign on a high, beating Derby Trailblazers 76-70 to secure seventh spot. 

Ethan Round (19pts, 8ast) capped off a fine campaign, with JMA team mates Isaac Spurrier and Matthew Daines adding 16 points apiece.

Derby tried to erase a late double-digit deficit with a battling fourth quarter but they'd come up short despite a huge 30-point, 11-rebound double-double from Casey Burr.

BMet City of Birmingham Rockets (ninth), SGS College (10th), Copleston High School (11th) and Oaklands Wolves (12th) were already confirmed for the remaining places.

Classification games & live stats

5th-6th - Manchester Magic 82-70 Itchen College

7th-8th - JMA Reading Rockets 76-70 Derby Trailblazers

remaining Playoff Dates

EABL Final - 26/03/2025

Myerscough College vs Barking Abbey

Final EABL Standings

1st: TBC
2nd: TBC
3rd: Charnwood College Riders
4th: City of London Academy - Southwark
5th: Manchester Magic
6th: Itchen College
7th: JMA Reading Rockets
8th: Derby College
9th: BMet City of Birmingham Rockets
10th: SGS College
11th: Copleston High School
12th: Oaklands Wolves

WEABL

Last week's beaten duo of City of London Academy - Southwark and Barking Abbey didn't face off, with regular-season standing instead putting CoLA into third and Barking into fourth.

A 25-point, 11-rebound double-double from Caitlin Ryan allowed Oaklands Wolves to win on the road against Nottingham Academy Wildcats, securing fifth place with a 68-61 victory.

Ryan's antics plus a game-high 26 points from Bo Guttormsdottir-Frost formed the bulk of Oaklands' output, with Samantha Mullock's (13pts, 12reb) double-double proving to be in vain for the Wildcats as they finish in sixth.

Charnwood College Riders made it three wins from three against fellow North Conference outfit The Sheffield College, adding a 77-54 victory to a pair of regular season wins to decide seventh and eighth.

Itchen College (ninth), JMA Reading Rockets (10th) and Milton Keynes 5 Dimensions Breakers Academy (11th) were already confirmed.

Classification game & live stats

5th-6th - Nottingham Academy Wildcats 61-68 Oaklands Wolves

7th-8th - Charnwood College Riders 77-54 The Sheffield College

remaining Playoff Dates

WEABL Final - 26/03/2025 

Manchester Mystics vs Copleston High School

Final WEABL Standings

1st: TBC
2nd: TBC
3rd: City of London Academy - Southwark
4th: Barking Abbey
5th: Oaklands Wolves
6th: Nottingham Academy Wildcats
7th: Charnwood College Riders
8th: The Sheffield College
9th: Itchen College
10th: JMA Reading Rockets
11th: Milton Keynes 5 Dimensions Breakers Academy

CBL

 

The CBL now has its pair of finalists for 2024/25, with New City College and The Sheffield College set to battle it out.

Group B winners New City College need just one more victory to cap off a perfect campaign, moving onto 16-0 for the season after a comfortable 92-66 victory against Xaverian College Manchester Giants Academy.

In the other half of the draw, The Sheffield College also progressed, ending the hopes of #6 seeds Northolt High School London United. The Londoners had upset #3 seeds Holy Trinity in the Elite Eights but South Yorkshire proved to be a step too far, with Sheffield coming through as 88-74 winners.

Final Fours

New City College (#1) 92-66 Xaverian College Manchester Giants Academy (#4)

The Sheffield College (#2) 88-74 Northolt High School London United (#6)

remaining Playoff Dates

CBL Final - 26/03/2025 

New City College vs The Sheffield College

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Main image credit - Kareem Lee