The Austrian Basketball Superliga (English: Basketball Super League) is the highest tier basketball league in Austria. Established in 2019, it replaced the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga (ABL) as the first level competition in the country. The winners of the Superliga are crowned Austrian champions. The competition aimed to start "a new era" in Austrian basketball. In its inaugural season, the competition consisted of ten teams.
History The Basketball Superliga was established in the summer of 2019 to replace the Austrian Bundsliga. Television contracts were signed with Sky Sport and ORF. All games will also be streamed online. On 9 August 2019, the ten teams that would compete in the inaugural season were announced, with nine teams coming from last ÖBL season.
The new league's first season was ended prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 16 May 2021, Swans Gmunden won the first Superliga championship. Format In the Superliga, teams first play each other in the regular season home and away. After this the 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).
Clubs Club Place Arena Capacity Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions Traiskirchen Lions Dome 1,200 BC Vienna Wien Admiral Dome 1,500 BK IMMOunited Dukes Klosterneuburg Happyland Klosterneuburg 1,000 CITIES Panthers Fürstenfeld Fürstenfeld Stadthalle Fürstenfeld 1,200 COLDAMARIS BBC Nord Dragonz Eisenstadt Sportzentrum Eisenstadt 500 HEFTE HELFEN Bulls Kapfenberg Sporthalle Walfersam 1,000 Raiffeisen Flyers Wels Wels Raiffeisen Arena 1,700 Raiffeisen Swans Gmunden Gmunden Volksbank Arena 2,200 SKN St. Pölten Sankt Pölten Landessportzentrum 1,000 Raiffeisen Graz Graz Raiffeisen Sportpark Graz 3,000 Unger Steel Gunners Oberwart Oberwart Sporthalle Oberwart 1,700
Champions Season Champions Runners-up Score 2020–21 Swans Gmunden Kapfenberg Bulls 2021–22 BC Vienna Swans Gmunden 2022–23Swans GmundenBC Vienna 2023–24Oberwart GunnersUBSC Graz 2024–25Oberwart GunnersBBC Nord Dragonz 2025–26HEFTE HELFEN BullsOberwart Gunners
References
External links Eurobasket.com League Page