2017–18 Swiss Basketball League
| Competition details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 12 | ||
| Dates | October 2017 – 9 June 2018 | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | Fribourg Olympic (17th title) | ||
| Runners-up | Lions de Genève | ||
| Semifinalists | Lugano Tigers SAM Massagno | ||
← 2016–17 2018–19 → | |||
The 2017–18 Swiss Basketball League (SBL) season was the 17th season of the top tier basketball league in Switzerland.
Contents
1 Competition format
2 Teams
3 Regular Season
4 Second stage
4.1 Group 1–6
4.2 Group 7–12
5 Play-offs
6 References
7 External links
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
Boncourt
Fribourg
Genève
Vevey
Winterthur
Lugano
Massagno
Monthey
Neuchâtel
Basel
Swiss Central
Pully
BBC Lausanne did not continue playing in the SBL and was replaced by Pully and Vevey Riviera.
| Team | Location |
|---|---|
| SAM Basket Massagno | Massagno |
| Boncourt | Boncourt |
| Fribourg Olympic | Fribourg |
| Lions de Genève | Geneva |
| Lugano Tigers | Lugano |
| Monthey | Monthey |
| Pully | Pully |
| Starwings Regio Basel | Basel |
| Swiss Central Basket | Lucerne |
| Union Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel |
| Vevey Riviera | Vevey |
| Winterthur | Winterthur |
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-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fribourg Olympic | 88 | 86 | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pully Lausanne Foxes | 86 | 48 | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fribourg Olympic | 83 | 87 | 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SAM Basket Massagno | 69 | 67 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SAM Basket Massagno | 70 | 81 | 67 | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Union Neuchâtel | 78 | 68 | 91 | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fribourg Olympic | 78 | 99 | 70 | 85 | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lions de Genève | 66 | 72 | 80 | 63 | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lions de Genève | 83 | 85 | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monthey | 63 | 64 | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lions de Genève | 91 | 79 | 89 | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lugano Tigers | 74 | 100 | 71 | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lugano Tigers | 103 | 115 | 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boncourt Red Team | 95 | 67 | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:[2]
References
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^ Playoffs at LNBA.ch
External links
- Official website
