The SBL Cup is the national professional league cup competition that is organised by the Swiss Basketball League (SBL), which is the top-tier level basketball division in Switzerland. The competition was introduced in 2004, and is the second cup competition that SBL teams play in, along with the Federation Swiss Cup. Formerly, the competition was known as the Swiss Basketball League Cup.
Format Six teams from a given SBL regular season qualify, with the two highest seeds having a bye in the quarter-finals. A final four tournament, at a host city, is played to determine the winner of the SBL Cup.
Finals Key
Result after overtime
2018–present Year Host city Winners Runners-up Score MVPFribourg OlympicSAM Massagno84–73 Natan Jurkovitz Montreux Lions de Genève SAM Massagno 78–60 Ive Ivanov Montreux Fribourg Olympic Union Neuchatêl 63–54https://swiss.basketball/news/2020/02/02/sbl-cup-men-fribourg-olympic-titre-pour-la-6eme-fois Xavier Pollard Lions de Genève SAM Massagno 67–53 Terry Smith Clarens Fribourg Olympic Lugano Tigers 93–86 † Babacar Touré
2004–2017 Year Champions2017 Monthey 2016 Monthey 2015 Lions de Genève 2014Union Neuchâtel 2013Lions de Genève 2012Lugano Tigers2011Lugano Tigers2010Benetton Fribourg Olympic2009Benetton Fribourg Olympic2008Benetton Fribourg Olympic2007Benetton Fribourg Olympic2006Boncourt2005Boncourt 2004Geneva Devils
See also Swiss Basketball League (SBL) Swiss Basketball Cup (Federation Cup)
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