2019–20 Austrian Basketball Superliga

The 2019–20 Austrian Basketball Superliga was the inaugural season of the Basketball Superliga, the newly established top tier league in Austrian basketball.[1] It was the 74th season of the first tier of basketball in Austria. The Kapfenberg Bulls entered the season as the defending national champions winning the 2018–19 ÖBL season.

Austrian Basketball Superliga
Competition details
Season 2019–20
Teams 10
TV Sky Sport
ORF+
← 2018–19
2020–21 →

The season was ended prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Format

Teams first play each other in the regular season home and away. After this, teams ranked 1–6 and 7-10 are divided in two groups to qualify for the playoffs. In the playoffs, the best eight teams play each other for the national championship in best-of-five series. The two lowest placed teams play against the top two teams of the Basketball Zweite Liga (B2L).[1]

Teams

Venues and locations
Location of teams in 2019–20 ÖBL

On 6 June 2019, eight licenses were confirmed. Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld and Vienna DC Timberwolves confirmed later they met the requirements.[3]

On 6 August 2019, it was announced Panthers Fürstenfeld did not receive a licence while SKN St. Pölten entered the league.[4]

Club Place Arena Capacity
Flyers WelsWelsRaiffeisen Arena1,700
Hallmann ViennaWienWiener Stadthalle B1,000
Immounited DukesKlosterneuburgHappyland Klosterneuburg1,000
Kapfenberg BullsKapfenbergSporthalle Walfersam1,000
Oberwart GunnersOberwartSporthalle Oberwart2,500
Raiffeisen GrazGrazUnionhalle600
SKN St. PöltenSankt PöltenLandessportzentrum St. Pölten1,000
Swans GmundenGmundenVolksbank Arena2,200
Traiskirchen LionsTraiskirchenLions Dome1,200
Vienna DC TimberwolvesWienT-Mobile Dome1,000

Personnel and sponsorship
Club Head coach Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Flyers Wels Sebastian Waser Raiffeisen
Hallmann Vienna Luigi Gresta Hallmann
Immounited Dukes Werner Sallomon
Kapfenberg Bulls Michael Coffin
Oberwart Gunners Horst Leitner Unger Steel
Raiffeisen Graz Ervin Dragsic Raiffeisen
SKN St. Pölten Andreas Worenz
Swans Gmunden Anton Mirolybov
Traikirchen Lions Zoran Kostic
Vienna DC Timberwolves Hubert Schmidt

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Swans Gmunden 18 15 3 1643 1362 +281 30 Qualification to group 1–6
2 Immounited Dukes 18 14 4 1469 1304 +165 28
3 Kapfenberg Bulls 18 13 5 1447 1310 +137 26
4 Unger Steel Gunners Oberwart 18 13 5 1594 1396 +198 26
5 SKN St. Pölten 18 11 7 1510 1476 +34 22
6 Raiffeisen Flyers Wels 18 9 9 1434 1401 +33 18
7 Hallmann Vienna 18 6 12 1523 1592 −69 12 Qualification to group 7–10
8 Raiffeisen Graz 18 4 14 1412 1539 −127 8
9 Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions 18 3 15 1242 1557 −315 6
10 Vienna DC Timberwolves 18 2 16 1300 1640 −340 4
Source: Basketball Austria

Results
Home \ Away TRA VIE KLO KAP WEL STP SWA GRA OBE TIM
Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions — 88–76 72–76 59–88 60–88 63–80 67–88 92–82 52–83 89–65
Hallmann Vienna 100–67 — 98–83 72–97 73–80 79–93 101–106 64–60 93–101 95–81
Immounited Dukes 87–51 89–69 — 70–60 76–66 82–80 87–94 92–84 74–81 85–60
Kapfenberg Bulls 75–65 94–73 66–58 — 79–74 91–73 87–80 88–74 87–80 94–80
Raiffeisen Flyers Wels 93–83 76–84 58–73 67–58 — 87–88 72–106 85–69 101–91 84–67
SKN St. Pölten 84–69 101–92 86–106 89–69 75–71 — 74–85 95–72 68–107 73–64
Swans Gmunden 90–49 90–74 59–64 94–76 107–89 76–82 — 101–84 85–75 91–66
UBSC Raiffeisen Graz 107–73 83–77 79–84 78–85 67–87 75–98 81–107 — 75–87 88–72
Unger Steel Gunners Oberwart 112–67 103–98 68–76 63–62 84–73 83–71 85–90 87–73 — 112–61
Vienna DC Timberwolves 83–76 100–105 73–107 61–91 61–83 105–100 49–94 62–81 90–92 —
Source: Basketball Austria
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Standings group 1–6

Points from the first half of the season were divided by 2.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Immounited Dukes 23 18 5 1917 1721 +196 22 Qualification to playoffs
2 Kapfenberg Bulls 23 17 6 1853 1703 +150 21
3 Swans Gmunden 23 17 6 2127 1810 +317 19
4 Unger Steel Gunners Oberwart 23 16 7 1999 1805 +194 19
5 SKN St. Pölten 23 12 11 1911 1928 −17 14
6 Raiffeisen Flyers Wels 23 10 13 1838 1830 +8 12
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: Basketball Austria

Results group 1–6
Home \ Away KLO KAP WEL STP SWA OBE
Immounited Dukes — 91–83 91–83
Kapfenberg Bulls 92–89 — 90–73
Raiffeisen Flyers Wels 86–88 71–77 — 92–85
SKN St. Pölten 73–89 96–78 — 74–80
Swans Gmunden 104–77 115–85 —
Unger Steel Gunners Oberwart 56–70 83–77 103–97 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: Basketball Austria
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Standings group 7–10

Only matches from involved teams are counted in the table.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Raiffeisen Graz 9 6 3 785 702 +83 12 Qualification to playoffs
2 Hallmann Vienna 9 6 3 784 733 +51 12
3 Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions 9 4 5 714 763 −49 8
4 Vienna DC Timberwolves 9 2 7 693 778 −85 4
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: Basketball Austria

Results group 7–10
Home \ Away TRA VIE GRA TIM
Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions — 95–93 65–68
Hallmann Vienna 89–69 — 91–99
Raiffeisen Graz 92–76 —
Vienna DC Timberwolves 86–87 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: Basketball Austria
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three games format, semifinals in a 2–2–1 format and the final in a best-of-seven format 2–2–1–1–1.

Bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarterfinals

The team with the higher seed played game one and three (if necessary) at home.

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

Semifinals

The team with the higher seed played game one, two and 5 (if necessary) at home.

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

Finals

The team with the higher seed played game one, two and five (if necessary) at home.

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

Austrian clubs in European competitions
TeamCompetitionProgress
ece Bulls KapfenbergChampions LeagueFirst qualifying round
FIBA Europe CupRegular season

Austrian clubs in international competitions
TeamCompetitionProgress
Swans GmundenAlpe Adria CupSemifinal
Hallmann ViennaSemifinal
IMMOunited DukesRegular season
UBSC Raiffeisen GrazRegular season

References
  1. "Startschuss für die ADMIRAL Basketball Superliga - mit ADMIRAL Sportwetten als Hauptsponsor". OTS.at. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  2. "Presstige Details ALLE". Basketball Austria. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. "ACHT VEREINE ERHALTEN LIZENZ IN ERSTER INSTANZ" (in German). Österreische Basketball Bundesliga. 6 June 2019.
  4. "Keine Lizenz für die Fürstenfeld Panthers". Sky Sport Austria. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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