2019–20 Swiss Basketball League

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The 2019–20 Swiss Basketball League (SBL) season was the 89th season of the top tier basketball league in Switzerland. On 13 March 2020, the season was ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1] and no champion was declared.

Competition format

All teams would play two times against each other for completing 22 games per team.

The six first qualified teams would join the group for places 1 to 6 while the other six teams would play the group for places 7 to 12. These two groups would 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 would 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 would be played as a best-of-five series while the final in a best-of-seven series.[2]

However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league ended with two rounds of the regular season without being played.

Teams

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Clubs of the 2019–20 SBL season

The league was composed by 12 teams after Nyon, champion of the second tier, joined the league.

Team Location
Boncourt Boncourt
Fribourg Olympic Fribourg
Lions de Genève Le Grand-Saconnex/Geneva
Lugano Tigers Lugano
Monthey-Chablais Monthey
Nyon Nyon
Pully Lausanne Foxes Pully
Riviera Lakers Vevey
Spinelli Massagno Cadempino/Massagno
Starwings Birsfelden/Basel
Swiss Central Basket Lucerne
Union Neuchâtel Neuchâtel

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Fribourg Olympic 20 19 1 1806 1384 +422 39 Qualification for Champions League qualifying round
2 Union Neuchâtel 20 18 2 1639 1401 +238 38
3 Lions de Genève 20 16 4 1705 1399 +306 36
4 Spinelli Massagno 20 14 6 1781 1622 +159 34
5 Monthey-Chablais 20 11 9 1530 1469 +61 31
6 Riviera Lakers 20 8 12 1529 1571 −42 28
7 Boncourt 20 8 12 1663 1757 −94 28
8 Lugano Tigers 20 6 14 1559 1645 −86 26
9 Starwings 20 6 14 1423 1618 −195 26
10 Nyon 20 6 14 1471 1683 −212 26
11 Pully Lausanne Foxes 20 6 14 1470 1679 −209 26
12 Swiss Central 20 2 18 1513 1861 −348 22
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2020. Source: Swiss Basketball

Results

Home \ Away BON FRI GEN LUG MON NYO PUL RIV MAS BAS SWC NEU
Boncourt — 71–87 73–96 63–79 96–90 116–99 80–77 94–92 94–80 114–76 76–78
Fribourg Olympic 110–75 — 83–78 88–77 88–71 105–55 90–64 71–79 111–66 100–51
Lions de Genève 100–55 73–76 — 77–61 76–68 91–64 98–70 86–71 87–84 89–47 110–66 75–76
Lugano Tigers 89–80 71–82 83–90 — 68–60 76–74 84–64 89–92 82–85 90–83 82–87
Monthey-Chablais 86–78 72–84 77–65 93–68 — 78–83 77–80 86–71 80–49 69–70
Nyon 71–107 72–96 64–81 61–76 — 75–72 62–84 81–89 74–70 85–82 69–86
Pully Lausanne Foxes 84–74 64–91 62–74 76–68 66–78 — 63–57 88–119 65–73 74–70 72–102
Riviera Lakers 82–74 69–79 86–78 70–77 69–73 86–79 — 81–70 97–80 68–80
Spinelli Massagno 99–88 84–90 81–61 93–76 109–99 83–60 98–71 — 91–77 79–77 71–87
Starwings 71–82 49–104 59–78 91–84 74–77 80–71 85–90 73–63 — 84–60 62–68
Swiss Central 92–106 79–95 107–102 89–95 68–86 76–80 103–93 83–109 66–74 — 73–104
Union Neuchâtel 90–74 64–69 68–76 85–65 73–55 69–62 84–57 83–74 92–86 94–66 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2020. Source: Swiss Basketball
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Swiss clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Fribourg Olympic Champions League Second qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Regular season

References

  1. ^ "Annulation de la Swiss Basketball League, de la Swiss Basketball League Women et de la Patrick Baumann Swiss Cup". Swiss.basketball. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Formule des championnats" (in French). Swiss Basketball. Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 19 October 2016.