2018–19 Swiss Basketball League

Swiss Basketball League
Competition details
Teams 11
Dates 29 September 2018 – May 2019
2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Swiss Basketball League (SBL) season is the 18th season of the top tier basketball league in Switzerland.

Fribourg Olympic are the defending champion.

Competition format

All teams will play two times against each other for completing 20 games per team.

The six first qualified teams will join the group for places 1 to 6 while the other six teams will play the group for places 7 to 11. These two groups will be played with a one-legged round-robin format, where all teams from group 1 to 6 and the two first qualified teams from the group for the seventh position will be qualified for the playoffs. In this intermediate stage, teams start with the points accumulated by the winnings achieved in the first stage.

The quarterfinals and the semifinals will be played as a best-of-five series while the final in a best-of-seven series.[1]

Teams

Winterthur was relegated to the NLB after finishing the previous season in the last position. Monthey-Chablais achieved the licence A in second instance after being firstly rejected.[2]

TeamLocation
BoncourtBoncourt
Fribourg OlympicFribourg
Lions de GenèveGeneva
Lugano TigersLugano
Monthey-ChablaisMonthey
Pully Lausanne FoxesPully
Riviera LakersVevey
SAM Basket MassagnoMassagno
StarwingsBasel
Swiss Central BasketLucerne
Union NeuchâtelNeuchâtel

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Boncourt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to group 1–6
2 Fribourg Olympic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Lions de Genève 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Lugano Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Monthey-Chablais 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 SAM Basket Massagno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Pully Lausanne Foxes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to group 7–11
8 Riviera Lakers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Starwings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Swiss Central 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Union Neuchâtel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Results

Home \ Away BON FRI GEN LUG MON MAS PUL RIV BAS SWC NEU
Boncourt — 82–89
Fribourg Olympic — 74–77
Lions de Genève — 84–85
Lugano Tigers — 95–73
Monthey-Chablais — 61–68
SAM Basket Massagno — 71–61
Pully Lausanne Foxes 81–72 —
Riviera Lakers 80–95 78–61 —
Starwings 59–67 —
Swiss Central 71–72 —
Union Neuchâtel 91–72 82–84 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source: Swiss Basketball
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Group 1–6

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 AAA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to playoffs
2 BBB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 CCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DDD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 EEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FFF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group 7–12

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 AAA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to playoffs
2 BBB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 CCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DDD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 EEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs

Seeded teams played at home games 1, 2, 5 and, in the finals, 7.

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
– 0 0 000
– 0 0 000
– 0 0 000
– 0 0 000

Semi-finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
– 0 0 000
– 0 0 000

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg6th leg7th leg
– 0 0 00000

Swiss clubs in European competitions

TeamCompetitionProgress
Fribourg OlympicChampions LeagueRegular season

References

  1. ↑ "Formule des championnats" (in French). Swiss Basketball. Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "SB League : BBC Monthey-Chablais obtient sa licence A; 11 équipes pour la saison à venir" (in French). Swiss Basketball. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
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