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
Duration	29 September 2018 – May 2019
Teams	11
Finals
Champions	Fribourg Olympic 18th title
Runners-up	Lions de Genève
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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

Boncourt

Fribourg

Genève

Vevey

Lugano

Massagno

Monthey

Neuchâtel

Basel

Swiss Central

Pully

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]

Team	Location
Boncourt	Boncourt
Fribourg Olympic	Fribourg
Lions de Genève	Geneva
Lugano Tigers	Lugano
Monthey-Chablais	Monthey
Pully Lausanne Foxes	Pully
Riviera Lakers	Vevey
SAM Basket Massagno	Massagno
Starwings	Basel
Swiss Central Basket	Lucerne
Union Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel

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-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Fribourg Olympic	3
	Boncourt	0
					Fribourg Olympic	3
					Monthey-Chablais	0
	SAM Basket Massagno	1
	Monthey-Chablais	3
									Fribourg Olympic	3
									Lions de Genève	0
	Lions de Genève	3
	Lugano Tigers	0
					Lions de Genève	3
					Riviera Lakers	0
	Union Neuchâtel	2
	Riviera Lakers	3

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Fribourg Olympic	3–0	Boncourt	86–77	97–60	90–67	0	0
Lions de Genève	3–0	Lugano Tigers	85–71	99–81	92–86	0	0
Union Neuchâtel	2–3	Riviera Lakers	87–70	79–82	89–92	84–71	69–86
SAM Basket Massagno	1–3	Monthey-Chablais	81–69	77–85	71–84	67–69	0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Fribourg Olympic	3–0	Monthey-Chablais	89–71	112–67	109–77	0	0
Lions de Genève	3–0	Riviera Lakers	107–80	88–73	94–75	0	0

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Fribourg Olympic	3–0	Lions de Genève	83–72	71–65	79–77	0	0

Swiss clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Fribourg Olympic	Champions League	Regular season