The 2019–20 Austrian Basketball Superliga was the inaugural season of the Basketball Superliga, the newly established top-tier league in Austrian basketball. It was the 74th season of the first tier of basketball in Austria. The Kapfenberg Bulls entered the season as the defending national champions winning the 2018–19 ÖBL season.
The season was ended prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Format Teams first play each other in the regular season home and away. After this, teams ranked 1–6 and 7-10 are divided in two groups to qualify for the playoffs. In the playoffs, the best eight teams play each other for the national championship in best-of-five series. The two lowest placed teams play against the top two teams of the Basketball Zweite Liga (B2L).
Teams Venues and locations
On 6 June 2019, eight licenses were confirmed. Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld and Vienna DC Timberwolves confirmed later they met the requirements.
On 6 August 2019, it was announced Panthers Fürstenfeld did not receive a licence while SKN St. Pölten entered the league. Club Place Arena Capacity Flyers Wels Wels Raiffeisen Arena Hallmann Vienna Wien Wiener Stadthalle B Immounited Dukes Klosterneuburg Happyland Klosterneuburg Kapfenberg Bulls Kapfenberg Sporthalle Walfersam Oberwart Gunners Oberwart Sporthalle Oberwart Raiffeisen Graz Graz Unionhalle SKN St. Pölten Sankt Pölten Landessportzentrum St. Pölten Swans Gmunden Gmunden Volksbank Arena Traiskirchen Lions Traiskirchen Lions Dome Vienna DC Timberwolves Wien T-Mobile Dome
Personnel and sponsorship Club Head coach Kit manufacturer Main sponsorFlyers Wels Sebastian Waser RaiffeisenHallmann Vienna Luigi GrestaHallmannImmounited Dukes Werner Sallomon Kapfenberg Bulls Michael CoffinOberwart Gunners Horst LeitnerUnger SteelRaiffeisen Graz Ervin DragsicRaiffeisenSKN St. Pölten Andreas Worenz Swans Gmunden Anton Mirolybov Traikirchen Lions Zoran Kostic Vienna DC Timberwolves Hubert Schmidt
Regular season Standings
Results
Second stage Standings group 1–6 Points from the first half of the season were divided by 2.
Results group 1–6
Standings group 7–10 Only matches from involved teams are counted in the table.
Results group 7–10
Austrian clubs in European competitions Team Competition Progressece Bulls Kapfenberg Champions League First qualifying roundFIBA Europe Cup Regular season
Austrian clubs in international competitions Team Competition ProgressSwans GmundenAlpe Adria Cup SemifinalHallmann Vienna SemifinalIMMOunited Dukes Regular seasonUBSC Raiffeisen Graz Regular season
References
External links Official website