Swiss Basketball League
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Founded | 1931 |
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First season | 1931–32 |
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Confederation | FIBA Europe |
Number of teams | 12 |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | LNB |
Domestic cup(s) |
Swiss Cup SBL Cup |
International cup(s) |
FIBA Champions League FIBA Europe Cup |
Current champions |
Fribourg Olympic (17th title) (2018) |
Most championships | Fribourg Olympic (17 titles) |
Website | Link |
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The Swiss Basketball League, also known as SB League or SBL, is the top-tier professional club basketball league in Switzerland. It is organized by Swiss Basketball. The winners of the SBL are crowned Swiss national basketball champions. Currently, twelve teams compete in the league. Historically, Fribourg Olympic is the league's most successful team, as it has won a record 16 championships. Until 2017, the league was known as the Championnat LNA.
Promotion and relegation
The national professional club basketball competition of Switzerland is divided into two separate league levels, the top-tier level SBL, and the 2nd-tier level LNB, with a system of promotion and relegation between the two league levels.
Format
All teams play two times against each other for completing 22 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 12. 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]
Current teams
Title holders
See also
- Swiss Basketball Cup (Federation Cup)
- Swiss Basketball League Cup (League Cup)
References
- ↑ "Formule des championnats" (in French). Swiss Basketball. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ↑ https://www.swissbasketball.ch/leagues/sbl-men/hall-of-fame
External links
- League Home (in French)
- Eurobasket.com League Page