The 2018–19 Swiss Basketball League (SBL) season is the 88th season of the top tier basketball league in Switzerland.
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.
Teams
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. 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
Results
Group 1–6 League table
Results
Group 7–11 League table
Results
Playoffs Seeded teams played at home games 1, 2 and 5. Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
Swiss clubs in European competitions Team Competition Progress Fribourg Olympic Champions League Regular season
References
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