2018–19 Swiss Basketball League

The 2018–19 Swiss Basketball League (SBL) season is the 88th season of the top tier basketball league in Switzerland.

Swiss Basketball League
Duration29 September 2018 – May 2019
Number of teams11
Finals
ChampionsFribourg Olympic
18th title
  Runners-upLions de Genève

Fribourg Olympic defended successfully their league and conquered their 18th league.

Competition format

All teams will play two times against each other for completing 20 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 11. 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 2018–19 SBL season

Winterthur was relegated to the NLB after finishing the previous season in the last position. Monthey-Chablais achieved the licence A in second instance after being firstly rejected.[2]

TeamLocation
BoncourtBoncourt
Fribourg OlympicFribourg
Lions de GenèveGeneva
Lugano TigersLugano
Monthey-ChablaisMonthey
Pully Lausanne FoxesPully
Riviera LakersVevey
SAM Basket MassagnoMassagno
StarwingsBasel
Swiss Central BasketLucerne
Union NeuchâtelNeuchâtel

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Lions de Genève 20 17 3 1742 1475 +267 34 Qualification to group 1–6
2 Fribourg Olympic 20 16 4 1738 1468 +270 32
3 Union Neuchâtel 20 14 6 1576 1447 +129 28
4 SAM Basket Massagno 20 14 6 1551 1468 +83 28
5 Monthey-Chablais 20 11 9 1580 1520 +60 22
6 Riviera Lakers 20 10 10 1686 1712 −26 20
7 Boncourt 20 9 11 1627 1647 −20 18 Qualification to group 7–11
8 Lugano Tigers 20 8 12 1659 1674 −15 16
9 Swiss Central 20 4 16 1427 1689 −262 8
10 Starwings 20 4 16 1380 1643 −263 8
11 Pully Lausanne Foxes 20 3 17 1433 1656 −223 6
Source: Swiss Basketball

Results
Home \ Away BON FRI GEN LUG MON MAS PUL RIV BAS SWC NEU
Boncourt — 71–93 103–107 96–85 82–89 84–76 75–80 83–77 74–62 94–54 99–88
Fribourg Olympic 69–70 — 83–69 86–70 101–78 74–77 81–75 115–64 106–68 100–81 75–56
Lions de Genève 85–78 79–75 — 84–85 78–68 77–80 98–78 97–89 103–52 92–46 77–61
Lugano Tigers 97–88 94–84 80–82 — 66–67 76–89 91–89 96–89 95–73 86–66 95–97
Monthey-Chablais 77–87 76–87 76–100 75–73 — 61–67 80–76 97–85 101–61 76–59 61–68
SAM Basket Massagno 81–64 72–77 80–87 79–77 80–70 — 83–50 98–83 84–74 71–61 60–73
Pully Lausanne Foxes 81–72 58–81 61–91 69–76 68–75 76–84 — 85–93 66–83 79–86 65–99
Riviera Lakers 85–70 82–88 80–95 112–97 80–91 78–61 76–65 — 89–87 105–69 92–90
Starwings 88–80 70–85 71–91 68–64 71–94 68–74 66–81 59–67 — 67–65 56–71
Swiss Central 82–85 76–94 71–72 92–79 55–104 83–88 86–76 92–95 70–65 — 66–83
Union Neuchâtel 91–72 82–84 58–78 89–77 76–64 75–67 81–55 77–65 83–72 78–67 —
Source: Swiss Basketball
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group 1–6

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Lions de Genève 20 17 3 1742 1475 +267 34 Qualification to playoffs
2 Fribourg Olympic 20 16 4 1738 1468 +270 32
3 Union Neuchâtel 20 14 6 1576 1447 +129 28
4 SAM Basket Massagno 20 14 6 1551 1468 +83 28
5 Monthey-Chablais 20 11 9 1580 1520 +60 22
6 Riviera Lakers 20 10 10 1686 1712 −26 20
Source: Swiss Basketball

Results
Home \ Away FRI GEN MON RIV MAS NEU
Fribourg Olympic — — 102–65 — 124–71 91–47
Lions de Genève 73–85 — — — 84–61 86–95
Monthey-Chablais — 87–98 — 83–89 — —
Riviera Lakers 97–102 83–95 — — — —
SAM Basket Massagno — — 68–90 93–85 — —
Union Neuchâtel — — 78–92 93–95 86–67 —
Source: Swiss Basketball
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group 7–11

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Boncourt 20 9 11 1627 1647 −20 18 Qualification to playoffs
2 Lugano Tigers 20 8 12 1659 1674 −15 16
3 Swiss Central 20 4 16 1427 1689 −262 8
4 Starwings 20 4 16 1380 1643 −263 8
5 Pully Lausanne Foxes 20 3 17 1433 1656 −223 6
Source: Swiss Basketball

Results
Home \ Away BON LUG PUL BAS SWC
Boncourt — 82–94 — — 98–60
Lugano Tigers — — — 87–86 94–68
Pully Lausanne Foxes 104–102 66–73 — — —
Starwings 80–95 — 85–89 — —
Swiss Central — — 87–79 104–109 —
Source: Swiss Basketball
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Seeded teams played at home games 1, 2 and 5.

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Fribourg Olympic3
 
 
 
Boncourt0
 
Fribourg Olympic3
 
 
 
Monthey-Chablais0
 
SAM Basket Massagno1
 
 
 
Monthey-Chablais3
 
Fribourg Olympic3
 
 
 
Lions de Genève0
 
Lions de Genève3
 
 
 
Lugano Tigers0
 
Lions de Genève3
 
 
 
Riviera Lakers0
 
Union Neuchâtel2
 
 
Riviera Lakers3
 

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Fribourg Olympic 3–0 Boncourt 86–77 97–60 90–6700
Lions de Genève 3–0 Lugano Tigers 85–71 99–81 92–8600
Union Neuchâtel 2–3 Riviera Lakers 87–70 79–82 89–9284–7169–86
SAM Basket Massagno 1–3 Monthey-Chablais 81–69 77–85 71–8467–690

Semi-finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Fribourg Olympic 3–0 Monthey-Chablais 89–71 112–67 109–7700
Lions de Genève 3–0 Riviera Lakers 107–80 88–73 94–7500

Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Fribourg Olympic 3–0 Lions de Genève 83–72 71–65 79–7700

Swiss clubs in European competitions
TeamCompetitionProgress
Fribourg OlympicChampions LeagueRegular season

References
  1. "Formule des championnats" (in French). Swiss Basketball. Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. "SB League : BBC Monthey-Chablais obtient sa licence A; 11 équipes pour la saison à venir" (in French). Swiss Basketball. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
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