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Sheffield Sharks is a professional basketball team from the city of Sheffield, England. They are currently known as “DBL Sharks Sheffield” for sponsorship reasons. Sharks currently play in the British Basketball League and play their home fixtures at English Institute of Sport – Sheffield. They are one of the most successful teams in the history of British basketball, second only to Newcastle Eagles, and dominated the domestic scene throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.
Plymouth Raiders is a professional basketball team based in Plymouth, England. The team compete in the British Basketball League – the country’s top basketball competition – and play their home games at the Plymouth Pavilions.
The club was founded in 1983 through a merger between two local basketball clubs and went on to be the longest serving and most successful team in Division 1 of the EBL National League.[1] Between 1996 and 2004, Plymouth Raiders won six different competitions, including three National Basketball League Play-off titles and the National Cup in 2004. After years of dominating the lower leagues, in 2004 the Raiders switched to the franchise-based British Basketball League to pit themselves against the country’s elite teams. To date their only success in the top-tier competition came in 2007, with a victorious run in the BBL Trophy, though the team has reached a further three Trophy and BBL Cup Final’s since.
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