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 league-record 18 championships. Until 2017, the league was known as the Championnat LNA.

SB League
Founded1931 (1931)
First season1931–32
Country  Switzerland
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toLNB
Domestic cup(s)Swiss Cup
SBL Cup
International cup(s)FIBA Champions League
FIBA Europe Cup
Current championsFribourg Olympic (17th title)
(2018–19)
Most championshipsFribourg Olympic (17 titles)
WebsiteLink
2019–20 Swiss Basketball League

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
Clubs of the SBL 2017–18
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]

Performance by club

Source:[4]

Club Winners Championship seasons
Fribourg Olympic 18 1965–66, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1991–92, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19
Urania Genève 15 1933–34, 1937–38, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67
Stade Français Genève 7 1949–50, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72
Lugano Tigers 6 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2010–11
Jonction 6 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57
Pully 4 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90
Monthey 3 1995–96, 2004–05, 2016–17
Bellinzona 3 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95
Federale 3 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77
Servette 3 1932–33 , 1934–35, 1935–36
Lions de Genève 2 2012–13, 2014–15
Boncourt 2 2002–03, 2003–04
Sanas Merry Boys / BBC Lausanne 2 1950–51, 1962–63
Vevey 2 1983–84, 1990–91
Vacallo 1 2008–09
Champel Genève 1 1987–88
Nyon 1 1982–83
Viganello 1 1979–80
CAG Genève 1 1945–46
Genève 1 1936–37
Uni Bern 1 1931–32

Bold indicates clubs which will play in the 2018–19 Swiss Basketball League.

Performance by canton
Rank Canton Titles Winning clubs
1  Geneva 36 Urania Genève (15), Stade Français Genève (7), Jonction (6), Servette (3), Lions de Genève (2), Champel Genève (1), CAG Genève (1), Genève (1)
2  Fribourg 18 Fribourg Olympic (18)
3  Ticino 14 Lugano Tigers (6), Bellinzona (3), Federale (3), Vacallo (1), Viganello (1)
4  Vaud 9 Pully (4), Sanas Merry Boys / BBC Lausanne (2), Vevey (2), Nyon (1)
5  Valais 3 Monthey (3)
6  Jura 2 Boncourt (2)
7  Bern 1 Uni Bern (1)

See also
  • Swiss Basketball Cup (Federation Cup)
  • Swiss Basketball League Cup (League Cup)

References
  1. "Formule des championnats" (in French). Swiss Basketball. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. https://www.swissbasketball.ch/leagues/sbl-men/hall-of-fame
  3. "Annulation de la Swiss Basketball League, de la Swiss Basketball League Women et de la Patrick Baumann Swiss Cup". Swiss Basketball. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. "Hall of Fame" (in German). SwissBasketball.ch. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
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