2019–20 Swedish Basketball League

Swedish Basketball League
Season2019–20
Duration25 September 2019 – 13 March 2020
Teams10
Finals
ChampionsBorås
1st title
  Runners-upLuleå
Awards
DPOYSweden Denzel Andersson
ROTYSweden Pelle Larsson
COTYSweden Panagiotis Nikolaidis
Referee OTYSweden Apostolos Kalpakas
Statistical leaders
Points United States Ty Sabin 22.2
Rebounds France Jordan Semple 9.7
Assists Iceland Elvar Már Friðriksson 7.7
Records
Biggest home winJämtland 111-67 Wetterbydgen
Biggest away winDjurgården 73-110 Luleå
Winning streakBorås (12)
Losing streakDjurgården (13)

The 2019–20 Swedish Basketball League season, formerly known as Basketligan, was the 27th season of the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), the top tier basketball league on Sweden. The season started on 25 September 2019[1] and ended prematurely on 13 March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Södertälje Kings are the defending champions.

Borås was named league champions.[2]

Competition format

The participating teams first play a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent four times for a total of 36 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the competition was suspended from 12 March until 30 April 2020 and playoffs were eliminated.[3] Finally, one day later, the league was terminated and leader Borås was declared as league champion.

Teams

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Location of teams in the 2019–20 Basketligan

Djurgården promoted as champion of the Superettan and replaced Uppsala, last qualified in the previous season and relegated.

Team City Venue Capacity
Borås Borås Boråshallen
3,000
Djurgården Stockholm Brännkyrkahallen
500
Jämtland Östersund Östersunds sporthall
1,700
Köping Stars Köping Karlbergshallen
650
Luleå Luleå Luleå Energi Arena
2,700
Norrköping Dolphins Norrköping Stadium Arena
3,500
Nässjö Nässjö Nässjö Sporthall
1,200
Södertälje Kings Södertälje Täljehallen
2,100
Umeå Umeå Umeå Energi Arena
2,000
Wetterbygden Stars Huskvarna Huskvarna Sporthall
422

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1 Borås (C) 33 28 5 3000 2633 +367 56
2 Luleå 33 26 7 2909 2566 +343 52
3 Köping Stars 33 24 9 2805 2638 +167 48
4 Södertälje Kings 33 19 14 2723 2606 +117 38
5 Wetterbygden Stars 33 17 16 3010 3086 −76 34
6 Jämtland 33 15 18 2958 2920 +38 30
7 Norrköping Dolphins 33 14 19 2766 2759 +7 28
8 Nässjö 33 10 23 2653 2844 −191 20
9 Umeå 33 8 25 2663 2967 −304 16
10 Djurgården 33 4 29 2732 3200 −468 8
Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: SBL
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away BOR DJU JAM KOP LUL NAS NOR SOD UME WET BOR DJU JAM KOP LUL NAS NOR SOD UME WET
Borås — 108–80 94–79 90–91 98–88 76–72 82–76 78–66 92–81 88–84 — 116–92 102–93 88–77 84–72 86–60 81–62 89–76 103–102
Djurgården 92–95 — 108–102 64–74 84–92 70–90 86–80 79–89 77–85 77–105 — 78–94 86–87 73–110 83–94 63–91 96–97 97–92 94–109
Jämtland 81–99 101–81 — 90–101 94–98 81–82 90–78 98–85 89–86 121–112 75–103 107–87 — 96–87 91–71 87–76 90–93 98–94 111–67
Köping Stars 75–67 92–78 89–70 — 72–56 102–77 84–79 68–76 85–81 82–96 92–76 105–79 — 65–76 84–86 74–71 92–75 93–85
Luleå 68–85 111–75 98–95 72–76 — 63–60 95–87 75–82 83–60 100–59 84–78 97–83 89–86 — 85–72 92–63 87–78 87–63 112–86
Nässjö 81–89 90–104 77–95 80–86 77–83 — 72–75 90–79 100–86 104–109 78–105 68–63 80–84 75–98 — 98–84 63–61 100–80
Norrköping Dolphins 73–83 94–86 94–80 76–81 85–91 113–109 — 62–71 92–68 103–85 80–93 117–83 67–89 79–86 71–91 89–56 — 78–62 94–67
Södertälje Kings 64–81 81–77 92–86 75–84 80–84 94–68 85–66 — 84–83 91–76 91–62 71–65 96–87 80–84 90–71 87–88 — 93–66 91–87
Umeå 86–80 95–85 101–82 82–84 65–101 84–83 86–94 70–87 — 93–107 68–102 102–87 86–92 67–84 88–79 82–89 — 94–105
Wetterbygden Stars 93–109 107–86 106–87 99–98 71–97 83–81 83–73 88–87 91–71 — 92–100 90–84 93–103 93–83 97–93 86–84 97–99 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: SBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.


Swedish clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Södertälje Kings Champions League Second qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Regular season
Borås First qualifying round

References

  1. ^ "» Spelprogram säsongen 2019/2020". Archived from the original on 2019-09-02. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  2. ^ "Swedish Federation cancels 2019/20 season, Boras named Champions". Eurobasket.com. 13 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Svensk Basket avslutar säsongens tävlingsverksamhet" (in Swedish). 12 March 2020. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.