Swiss Basketball League

SB League
Founded 1931 (1931)
First season 1931–32
Country   Switzerland
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
2017–18 Swiss Basketball League

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

TeamLocation
SAM Basket MassagnoMassagno
BoncourtBoncourt
Fribourg OlympicFribourg
Lions de GenèveGeneva
Lugano TigersLugano
MontheyMonthey
PullyPully
Starwings Regio BaselBasel
Swiss Central BasketLucerne
Union NeuchâtelNeuchâtel
Vevey RivieraVevey
WinterthurWinterthur

Title holders

[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Formule des championnats" (in French). Swiss Basketball. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. ↑ https://www.swissbasketball.ch/leagues/sbl-men/hall-of-fame
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