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.

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.

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

Source:
ClubWinnersChampionship seasons
Fribourg Olympic181965–66, 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 Genève151933–34, 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 Genève71949–50, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72
Lugano Tigers61999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2010–11
Jonction61951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57
Pully41985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90
Monthey31995–96, 2004–05, 2016–17
Bellinzona31992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95
Federale31974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77
Servette31932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36
Lions de Genève22012–13, 2014–15
Boncourt22002–03, 2003–04
Sanas Merry Boys / BBC Lausanne21950–51, 1962–63
Vevey21983–84, 1990–91
Vacallo12008–09
Champel Genève11987–88
Nyon11982–83
Viganello11979–80
CAG Genève11945–46
Genève11936–37
Uni Bern11931–32

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

Performance by canton