2017–18 Swiss Basketball League

The 2017–18 Swiss Basketball League (SBL) season was the 87th season of the top tier basketball league in Switzerland.

Swiss Basketball League
DurationOctober 2017 – 9 June 2018
Number of teams12
Finals
ChampionsFribourg Olympic (17th title)
  Runners-upLions de Genève
SemifinalistsLugano Tigers
SAM Massagno

Competition format

All teams will 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]

Teams
Clubs of the 2017–18 SBL season

BBC Lausanne did not continue playing in the SBL and was replaced by Pully and Vevey Riviera.

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

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Fribourg Olympic 22 20 2 1904 1528 +376 40 Qualification to group 1–6
2 Lions de Genève 22 19 3 1854 1589 +265 38
3 Lugano Tigers 22 18 4 1959 1651 +308 36
4 Union Neuchâtel 22 13 9 1786 1647 +139 26
5 SAM Basket Massagno 22 13 9 1566 1468 +98 26
6 Boncourt Red Team 22 11 11 1793 1803 −10 22
7 Monthey 22 10 12 1623 1577 +46 20 Qualification to group 7–12
8 Pully Lausanne Foxes 22 9 13 1714 1795 −81 18
9 Starwings Regio Basel 22 7 15 1648 1836 −188 14
10 Swiss Central 22 7 15 1591 1814 −223 14
11 Riviera Lakers 22 3 19 1397 1691 −294 6
12 Winterthur 22 2 20 1517 1953 −436 4
Source: Swiss Basketball

Second stage

Group 1–6
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Fribourg Olympic 5 5 0 428 367 +61 50 Qualification to playoffs
2 Lions de Genève 5 3 2 373 358 +15 44
3 Lugano Tigers 5 3 2 396 392 +4 42
4 SAM Basket Massagno 5 2 3 400 404 −4 30
5 Union Neuchâtel 5 1 4 398 412 −14 28
6 Boncourt Red Team 5 1 4 414 476 −62 24
Source: Swiss Basketball

Group 7–12
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Monthey 5 4 1 359 297 +62 26 Qualification to playoffs
2 Pully Lausanne Foxes 5 3 2 413 384 +29 24
3 Starwings Regio Basel 5 3 2 419 424 −5 20
4 Swiss Central 5 2 3 372 442 −70 18
5 Riviera Lakers 5 3 2 359 329 +30 12
6 Winterthur 5 0 5 391 437 −46 4 Relegated to NLB
Source: Swiss Basketball

Play-offs

Seeded teams played at home games 1, 2, 5 and, in the finals, 7.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                            
 
 
 
 
Fribourg Olympic888674
 
 
 
Pully Lausanne Foxes864866
 
Fribourg Olympic838795
 
 
 
SAM Basket Massagno696764
 
SAM Basket Massagno70816766
 
 
 
Union Neuchâtel78689181
 
Fribourg Olympic7899708574
 
 
 
Lions de Genève6672806373
 
Lions de Genève838574
 
 
 
Monthey636459
 
Lions de Genève91798984
 
 
 
Lugano Tigers741007176
 
Lugano Tigers10311586
 
 
Boncourt Red Team956775
 

Source:[2]

References
  1. "Formule des championnats" (in French). Swiss Basketball. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. Playoffs at LNBA.ch
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