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TheCup Winners' Cup was a peripheral cup competition of theBritish Basketball League. It was a pre-season tournament competed over two legs, one home and one away, between the winners ofBBL Cup andBBL Trophy from the previous season. Each leg was staged prior to the beginning of the regular season and was considered the curtain-raiser for the new BBL campaign. The winner was decided over a total aggregate score over the two game series.
The competition was first announced on 13 July 2007 with the inaugural series taking place betweenGuildford Heat (BBL Cup winners2006-07) andPlymouth Raiders (BBL Trophy winners2006-07).
The first leg, which took place on 9 September in Plymouth, saw a tight affair finish 83-77 to the visiting Guildford Heat, despite the Raiders clawing back from an 18-point deficit to take the lead during the third quarter. Another close game in the second leg played in Guildford the following weekend, on 15 September, saw the Guildford Heat defeat the Plymouth Raiders 93-91 and claim the inaugural BBL Cup Winners' Cup 176-168 on aggregate.
The second edition saw Trophy winners Heat competing to retain their crown against the 2008 BBL Cup winnersMilton Keynes Lions. The first leg, played in Milton Keynes on 14 September, saw the visitors claim a slender advantage to win 89-91. The second leg, on 19 September, was almost as close and finished 68-60 to the home-court Heat, resulting in a 10-point aggregate victory for the Guildford Heat, who retained the Cup.
The Cup Winners' Cup hasn't been competed for since and thus was only staged twice.