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{{Short description|English women's basketball team based in London}}
{{for|the pro men's team|London Lions (basketball)}}
{{Infobox basketball club
| name            = London Lions
| logo            = London Lions logo (2021).png
| nickname        =
| league          = [[Super League Basketball (women)|SLB]]
| founded         = {{start date and age|2008}}
| dissolved       = <!-- or | folded = -->
| history         =  '''Barking Abbey''' <br /> 2008–2014<br />'''Barking Abbey Crusaders'''<br />2014–2017<br />'''BA London Lions'''<br />2017–2020 <br /> '''London Lions'''<br />2020–present
| arena           =
| location        = [[London]]
| colors          = <!-- or | colours = -->
| current         =
| president       =
| vice-presidents =
| captain         = Shanice Beckford-Norton
| coach           = [[Styliani Kaltsidou]]
| championships   = '''3''' [[Women's British Basketball League|WBBL Championship]]<br />'''4''' WBBL Playoffs<br />'''2''' WBBL Cup<br />'''4''' WBBL Trophy<br />'''1''' [[EuroCup Women|EuroCup]]
| website         = [https://www.thelondonlions.com/ Official website]
}}
The '''London Lions''' are an English women's basketball team based in [[Barking, London]] that compete in the [[Super League Basketball (Women)|Super League Basketball ]], the top league of British women's basketball.
==History==
The team became part of the [[London Lions (basketball)|London Lions]] in 2017, when the WBBL team [[Barking Abbey Basketball Academy|Barking Abbey Crusaders]] and men's professional team [[London Lions (basketball)|London Lions]] formed a partnership.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wbbl.org.uk/london-lions-and-barking-abbey-join-forces/|title=London Lions and Barking Abbey join forces |website=WBBL|access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref> The Lions won their first piece of silverware, the 2020-21 WBBL Trophy, defeating [[Nottingham Wildcats]] 96-64 in the final in [[Worcester, England|Worcester]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wbbl.org.uk/london-lions-win-wbbl-trophy/|title=London Lions win WBBL Trophy |website=WBBL|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://women.hoopsfix.com/2021/london-lions-claim-first-wbbl-title-with-trophy-triumph/|title=London Lions claim first WBBL title with Trophy triumph |website=women.hoopsfix.com|date=21 March 2021 |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>
In 2024, the Lions reached the [[2023–24 EuroCup Women]] final, the first British team to do so, following a streak of 14 victories.<ref>[https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/news/chasing-perfection-will-london-complete-an-undefeated-season Chasing perfection: Will London complete an undefeated season?]</ref> On 10 April 2024, the Lions won their second leg against [[Beşiktaş JK (women's basketball)|Beşiktaş]] and won the EuroCup title.<ref>{{Cite web |title=London Lions crowned EuroCup Women champions |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/23-24/news/london-lions-crowned-eurocup-women-champions |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}</ref>
==Home venue==
*'''[[Barking Abbey School]]''' (2008–present)
*'''[[Copper Box]]''' (2017–present)
==Season-by-season records==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;"
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
!rowspan="2"|Season
!rowspan="2"|Division
!rowspan="2"|Tier
!colspan="6"|Regular Season
!rowspan="2"|Post-Season
!rowspan="2"|WBBL Trophy
!rowspan="2"|WBBL Cup
!rowspan="2"|Head Coach
|-
! Finish
! Played
! Wins
! Losses
! Points
! Win %
|-
|colspan="13" align=center bgcolor="black" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">'''Barking Abbey'''</span>
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2009–10
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL D1]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"|5th
|style="text-align:center;"|20
|style="text-align:center;"|12
|style="text-align:center;"|8
|style="text-align:center;"|24
|style="text-align:center;"|0.600
|style="text-align:center;"|Semi-finals
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=#DCDCDC|
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=#DCDCDC|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2010–11
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL D1]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"|7th
|style="text-align:center;"|21
|style="text-align:center;"|6
|style="text-align:center;"|15
|style="text-align:center;"|12
|style="text-align:center;"|0.286
|style="text-align:center;"|Did not qualify
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=#DCDCDC|
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=#DCDCDC|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2011–12
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL D1]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"|3rd
|style="text-align:center;"|21
|style="text-align:center;"|13
|style="text-align:center;"|8
|style="text-align:center;"|26
|style="text-align:center;"|0.619
|style="text-align:center;"|Semi-finals
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=#DCDCDC|
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=#DCDCDC|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2012–13
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL D1]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"|3rd
|style="text-align:center;"|18
|style="text-align:center;"|15
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|style="text-align:center;"|30
|style="text-align:center;"|0.833
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=silver|Runners-Up
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=#DCDCDC|
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=#DCDCDC|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2013–14
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[English Basketball League|NBL D1]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"|8th
|style="text-align:center;"|14
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|style="text-align:center;"|11
|style="text-align:center;"|6
|style="text-align:center;"|0.214
|style="text-align:center;"|Did not qualify
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=#DCDCDC|
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=#DCDCDC|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|colspan="13" align=center bgcolor="black" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">'''Barking Abbey Crusaders'''</span>
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2014–15
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Women's British Basketball League|WBBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"|6th
|style="text-align:center;"|16
|style="text-align:center;"|8
|style="text-align:center;"|10
|style="text-align:center;"|16
|style="text-align:center;"|0.444
|style="text-align:center;"|Semi-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|1st round
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=#DCDCDC|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2015–16
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Women's British Basketball League|WBBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"|4th
|style="text-align:center;"|16
|style="text-align:center;"|8
|style="text-align:center;"|8
|style="text-align:center;"|16
|style="text-align:center;"|0.500
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=silver|Runners-Up
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=#DCDCDC|
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2016–17
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Women's British Basketball League|WBBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"|7th
|style="text-align:center;"|18
|style="text-align:center;"|8
|style="text-align:center;"|10
|style="text-align:center;"|16
|style="text-align:center;"|0.444
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|Pool Stage
|style="text-align:center;"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|colspan="13" align=center bgcolor="black" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">'''BA London Lions'''</span>
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2017–18
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Women's British Basketball League|WBBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"|11th
|style="text-align:center;"|20
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"|19
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|style="text-align:center;"|0.050
|style="text-align:center;"|Did not qualify
|style="text-align:center;"|Pool Stage
|style="text-align:center;"|1st round
|style="text-align:center;"|Mark Clark
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2018–19
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Women's British Basketball League|WBBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"|9th
|style="text-align:center;"|22
|style="text-align:center;"|7
|style="text-align:center;"|15
|style="text-align:center;"|14
|style="text-align:center;"|0.318
|style="text-align:center;"|Did not qualify
|style="text-align:center;"|Pool Stage
|style="text-align:center;"|1st round
|style="text-align:center;"|Mark Clark
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2019–20
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Women's British Basketball League|WBBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|colspan=7|''Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic''
|style="text-align:center;"|Pool Stage
|style="text-align:center;"|1st round
|style="text-align:center;"|Mark Clark
|-
|colspan="13" align=center bgcolor="black" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">'''London Lions'''</span>
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2020–21
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Women's British Basketball League|WBBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"|3rd
|style="text-align:center;"|20
|style="text-align:center;"|16
|style="text-align:center;"|4
|style="text-align:center;"|32
|style="text-align:center;"|0.800
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=gold|Winners, beating [[Newcastle Eagles|Newcastle]]
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=gold|Winners, beating [[Nottingham Wildcats|Nottingham]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Pool Stage
|style="text-align:center;"|Mark Clark
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2021–22
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Women's British Basketball League|WBBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=gold|1st
|style="text-align:center;"|24
|style="text-align:center;"|24
|style="text-align:center;"|0
|style="text-align:center;"|48
|style="text-align:center;"|1.000
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=gold|Winners, beating [[Sevenoaks Suns|Sevenoaks]]
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=gold|Winners, beating [[Sevenoaks Suns|Sevenoaks]]
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=gold|Winners, beating [[Newcastle Eagles|Newcastle]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Mark Clark
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2022–23
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Women's British Basketball League|WBBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=gold|1st
|style="text-align:center;"|22
|style="text-align:center;"|21
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"|42
|style="text-align:center;"|0.955
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=gold|Winners, beating [[Leicester Riders (women)|Leicester]]
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=gold|Winners, beating [[Leicester Riders (women)|Leicester]]
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=gold|Winners, beating [[Leicester Riders (women)|Leicester]]
|style="text-align:center;"|Mark Clark<br />[[Styliani Kaltsidou]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|2023–24
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Women's British Basketball League|WBBL]]'''
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=gold|1st
|style="text-align:center;"|20
|style="text-align:center;"|20
|style="text-align:center;"|0
|style="text-align:center;"|40
|style="text-align:center;"|1.000
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=gold|Winners, beating [[Newcastle Eagles|Newcastle]]
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=gold|Winners, beating [[Essex Rebels|Essex]]
|style="text-align:center;"bgcolor=grey|
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Styliani Kaltsidou]]
|}
==Players==
===Current roster===
{{Bs start}}
{{Bs player|no=1|pos=G|nat=USA|name=[[Juicy Landrum]]}}
{{bs player|no=2|pos=G|nat=SRB|name=[[Ivana Katanic]]}}
{{Bs player|no=3|pos=G|nat=GBR|name=[[Shanice Beckford-Norton]]}}
{{bs player|no=4|pos=G|nat=GBR|name=[[Katie Cox]]}}
{{bs player|no=5|pos=C|nat=GBR|name=[[Cheridene Green]]}}
{{bs player|no=6|pos=F|nat=BLR|name=[[Katsiaryna Snytsina]]}}
{{bs player|no=8|pos=G|nat=GBR|name=[[Faye Endean]]}}
{{bs player|no=9|pos=G|nat=GBR|name=[[Ruchae Walton]]}}
{{Bs player|no=12|pos=F|nat=GBR|name=[[Savannah Wilkinson]]}}
{{Bs player|no=20|pos=G|nat=GBR|name=[[Abby Meyers]]}}
{{bs player|no=21|pos=F|nat=GBR|name=[[Maya Price]]}}
{{Bs end}}
===Notable players===
;{{GBR}}
*[[Temi Fagbenle]] {{flagicon|NGR}}
*[[Holly Winterburn]]
;{{USA}}
*[[Karlie Samuelson]] {{flagicon|GBR}}
==Honours==
'''[[EuroCup Women]]'''
*'''Winners (1):''' 2023–24
'''[[Women's British Basketball League|WBBL Championship]]'''
*'''Winners (3):''' 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
'''[[Women's British Basketball League|WBBL Playoffs]]'''
*'''Winners (4):''' 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
'''[[Women's British Basketball League|WBBL Trophy]]'''
*'''Winners (4):''' 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
'''[[Women's British Basketball League|WBBL Cup]]'''
*'''Winners (2):''' 2021–22, 2022–23
==References==
{{reflist}}
==See also==
*[[Barking Abbey Basketball Academy]]
*[[London Lions (basketball)]]
{{Women's British Basketball League teamlist}}
[[Category:Women's basketball teams in England]]
[[Category:Basketball teams in London]]
[[Category:Women's British Basketball League teams]]
[[Category:Women's sports clubs and teams in London]]
[[Category:Sport in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham]]
[[Category:Barking, London]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Basketball teams established in 2008]]
[[Category:EuroCup Women–winning clubs]]