2019–20 Swedish Basketball League
Swedish Basketball League | ||||||||||
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Season | 2019–20 | |||||||||
Teams | 10 | |||||||||
Dates | 25 September 2019 – 13 March 2020 | |||||||||
Final positions | ||||||||||
Champions | Borås 1st title | |||||||||
Runners-up | Luleå | |||||||||
Awards | ||||||||||
DPOY | ||||||||||
ROTY | ||||||||||
COTY | ||||||||||
Referee OTY | ||||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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Records | ||||||||||
Biggest home win | Jämtland 111-67 | |||||||||
Biggest away win | 73-110 Luleå | |||||||||
Winning streak | Borås (12) | |||||||||
Losing streak | (13) | |||||||||
← 2018–19 2020–21 → |
The 2019–20 Swedish Basketball League season, formerly known as Basketligan, was the 27th season of the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), the top tier basketball league on Sweden. The season started on 25 September 2019[1] and ended prematurely on 13 March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Södertälje Kings are the defending champions.
Borås was named league champions.[2]
Competition format[]
The participating teams first play a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent four times for a total of 36 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the competition was suspended from 12 March until 30 April 2020 and playoffs were eliminated.[3] Finally, one day later, the league was terminated and leader Borås was declared as league champion.
Teams[]
Djurgårdens promoted as champion of the Superettan and replaced Uppsala, last qualified in the previous season and relegated.
Team | City | Venue | Capacity |
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Borås | Borås | Boråshallen | |
Djurgården | Stockholm | Brännkyrkahallen | |
Jämtland | Östersund | Östersunds sporthall | |
Köping Stars | Köping | Karlbergshallen | |
Luleå | Luleå | Luleå Energi Arena | |
Norrköping Dolphins | Norrköping | Stadium Arena | |
Nässjö | Nässjö | Nässjö Sporthall | |
Södertälje Kings | Södertälje | Täljehallen | |
Umeå | Umeå Energi Arena | ||
Huskvarna | Huskvarna Sporthall |
Regular season[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | Borås (C) | 33 | 28 | 5 | 3000 | 2633 | +367 | 56 |
2 | Luleå | 33 | 26 | 7 | 2909 | 2566 | +343 | 52 |
3 | Köping Stars | 33 | 24 | 9 | 2805 | 2638 | +167 | 48 |
4 | Södertälje Kings | 33 | 19 | 14 | 2723 | 2606 | +117 | 38 |
5 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 3010 | 3086 | −76 | 34 | |
6 | Jämtland | 33 | 15 | 18 | 2958 | 2920 | +38 | 30 |
7 | Norrköping Dolphins | 33 | 14 | 19 | 2766 | 2759 | +7 | 28 |
8 | Nässjö | 33 | 10 | 23 | 2653 | 2844 | −191 | 20 |
9 | 33 | 8 | 25 | 2663 | 2967 | −304 | 16 | |
10 | Djurgårdens | 33 | 4 | 29 | 2732 | 3200 | −468 | 8 |
Results[]
Swedish clubs in European competitions[]
Team | Competition | Progress |
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Södertälje Kings | Champions League | Second qualifying round |
FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season | |
Borås | First qualifying round |
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-09-02. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Swedish Federation cancels 2019/20 season, Boras named Champions". Eurobasket.com. 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Svensk Basket avslutar säsongens tävlingsverksamhet" (in Northern Sami). 12 March 2020. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
External links[]
- Basketligan seasons
- 2019–20 in European basketball leagues
- 2019–20 in Swedish basketball