2020–21 Swedish Basketball League
(Redirected from 2020–21 Basketligan season)
| Svenska Basketligan | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | 2020–21 | |||||||||
| Duration | 18 October 2020 - 29 May 2021 | |||||||||
| Teams | 9 | |||||||||
| Regular season | ||||||||||
| Season MVP |  Viktor Gaddefors | |||||||||
| Finals | ||||||||||
| Champions | Norrköping Dolphins (8th title) | |||||||||
| Runners-up | Södertälje BBK | |||||||||
| Finals MVP | Adam Ramstedt | |||||||||
| Awards | ||||||||||
| DPOY | Adam Ramstedt | |||||||||
| ROTY | Barra Njie | |||||||||
| COTY | Mikko Riipinen | |||||||||
| Referee OTY | Apostolos Kalpakas | |||||||||
| Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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| Records | ||||||||||
| Biggest home win | Borås 125-75 Fryshuset | |||||||||
| Biggest away win | Fryshuset 53-90 Södertälje | |||||||||
| Winning streak | Södertälje (11) | |||||||||
| Losing streak | Fryshuset (23) | |||||||||
← 2019–20 2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 29 August 2021. | ||||||||||
The 2020–21 Swedish Basketball League season was the 28th season of the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), the top tier basketball league on Sweden. Borås Basket is the defending champion.
Norrköping Dolphins won its 8th national title after defeating Södertälje BBK 4–0 in the finals.
Teams
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Location of teams in the 2020–21 Basketligan
On 16 June 2020, it was announced Fryshuset, winners of the Superettan, were promoted to the SBL.[1] On 25 June 2020, Wetterbygden Stars withdrew from the league due to the lack of financial support.[2]
| Team | City | Venue | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borås | Borås | Boråshallen | 3,000
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| Fryshuset | Stockholm | Fryshuset Sporthall | 1,000
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| Jämtland | Östersund | Östersunds Sporthall | 1,700
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| Köping Stars | Köping | Karlbergshallen | 650
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| Luleå | Luleå | Luleå Energi Arena | 2,700
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| Norrköping Dolphins | Norrköping | Stadium Arena | 3,500
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| Nässjö | Nässjö | Nässjö Sporthall | 1,200
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| Södertälje Kings | Södertälje | Täljehallen | 2,100
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| Umeå | Umeå | Umeå Energi Arena | 2,000
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League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Södertälje Kings | 32 | 24 | 8 | 2698 | 2476 | +222 | 48 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Norrköping Dolphins | 32 | 23 | 9 | 2850 | 2635 | +215 | 46 | |
| 3 | Borås | 32 | 22 | 10 | 2958 | 2655 | +303 | 44 | |
| 4 | Luleå | 32 | 21 | 11 | 2742 | 2557 | +185 | 42 | |
| 5 | Jämtland | 32 | 18 | 14 | 2689 | 2534 | +155 | 36 | |
| 6 | Nässjö | 32 | 18 | 14 | 2461 | 2495 | −34 | 36 | |
| 7 | Köping Stars | 32 | 11 | 21 | 2593 | 2641 | −48 | 22 | |
| 8 | Umeå | 32 | 6 | 26 | 2551 | 2946 | −395 | 12 | |
| 9 | Fryshuset | 32 | 1 | 31 | 2524 | 3127 | −603 | 2 |
Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2021. Source: SBL
Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Södertälje Kings | 3 | |||||||||
| Umeå | 0 | |||||||||
| Södertälje Kings | 4 | |||||||||
| Jämtland | 3 | |||||||||
| Luleå | 1 | |||||||||
| Jämtland | 3 | |||||||||
| Södertälje Kings | 0 | |||||||||
| Norrköping Dolphins | 4 | |||||||||
| Norrköping Dolphins | 3 | |||||||||
| Köping | 1 | |||||||||
| Norrköping Dolphins | 4 | |||||||||
| Nässjö | 2 | |||||||||
| Borås | 2 | |||||||||
| Nässjö | 3 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
[edit]Södertälje Kings vs. Umeå
Norrköping Dolphins vs. Köping Stars
Borås vs. Nässjö
Luleå vs. Jämtland
Semi-finals
[edit]Södertälje Kings vs. Jämtland
Norrköping Dolphins vs. Nässjö
Finals
[edit]Södertälje Kings vs. Norrköping Dolphins
SVT2
|
22 May 2021
15:55 |
| Södertälje Kings | 69–85 | Norrköping Dolphins |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-25, 22-10, 17-30, 18-20 | ||
| Pts: Viktor Gaddefors (22) Rebs: Viktor Gaddefors (11) Asts: Trevin Parks (5) |
Pts: Terry Larrier (22) Rebs: Kamau Stokes (8) Asts: Kamau Stokes (9) | |
Täljehallen
Referees: Apostolos Kalpakas, Rickard Eriksson, Davor Gudelj |
SVT24
|
24 May 2021
19:34 |
| Södertälje Kings | 65–75 | Norrköping Dolphins |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-19, 7-20, 27-14, 10-22 | ||
| Pts: Viktor Gaddefors (25) Rebs: Anton Gaddefors (7) Asts: Lazar Radosavljevic (6) |
Pts: Terry Larrier (17) Rebs: Adam Ramstedt (11) Asts: Tim Schüberg (5) | |
Täljehallen
Referees: Saulius Racys, Fedja Serhatlic, Shaker Nasrollah |
SVT24
|
27 May 2021
20:04 |
| Norrköping Dolphins | 97–70 | Södertälje Kings |
| Scoring by quarter: 28-16, 31-17, 21-18, 17-19 | ||
| Pts: Kamau Stokes (21) Rebs: Adam Ramstedt (9) Asts: Kamau Stokes (7) |
Pts: Viktor Gaddefors (22) Rebs: Viktor Gaddefors (12) Asts: Viktor Gaddefors (4) | |
Stadium Arena
Referees: Saulius Racys, Fedja Serhatlic, Shaker Nasrollah |
SVT2
|
29 May 2021
15:55 |
| Norrköping Dolphins | 91–86 | Södertälje Kings |
| Scoring by quarter: 31-30, 16-21, 19-19, 25-16 | ||
| Pts: Phillip Carr (28) Rebs: Adam Ramstedt (14) Asts: Kamau Stokes (6) |
Pts: Viktor Gaddefors (31) Rebs: Viktor Gaddefors (9) Asts: Trevin Parks (5) | |
| Norrköping Win Series 4-0 | ||
Stadium Arena
Referees: Apostolos Kalpakas, Rickard Eriksson, Davor Gudelj |
References
[edit]- ^ "Fryshuset Basket går upp till SBL". Svenska Basketbollförbundet. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Wetterbygden drar sig ur SBL herr". Svenska Basketbollförbundet. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.