2020–21 Swiss Basketball League

Swiss Basketball League
Teams	9
Finals
Champions	Fribourg Olympic 19th title
Runners-up	Starwings
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The 2020–21 Swiss Basketball League (SBL) season was the 90th season of the top tier basketball league in Switzerland.

Fribourg Olympic won its third title in a row and its 19th total title, after defeating eight-seeded Starwings in the finals of the playoffs.

Teams

The league was reduced from 12 to 9 teams, after Riviera Lakers were refused a license to compete and Swiss Central and Pully-Lausanne Foxes requested to step down to Ligue B.

Boncourt

Fribourg

Genève

Lugano

Massagno

Monthey

Neuchâtel

Basel

Nyon

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Clubs of the 2020–21 SBL season

Team	Location
Boncourt	Boncourt
Fribourg Olympic	Fribourg
Lions de Genève	Le Grand-Saconnex/Geneva
Lugano Tigers	Lugano
Monthey-Chablais	Monthey
Nyon	Nyon
Spinelli Massagno	Cadempino/Massagno
Starwings	Birsfelden/Basel
Union Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lions de Genève	24	21	3	2045	1649	+396	42	Advance to Playoffs
2	Fribourg Olympic (C, O)	24	19	5	2135	1694	+441	38
3	Spinelli Massagno	24	18	6	2052	1838	+214	36
4	Union Neuchâtel	24	14	10	1829	1851	−22	28
5	Monthey-Chablais	24	10	14	1784	1908	−124	20
6	Lugano Tigers	24	9	15	1941	2069	−128	18
7	Boncourt	24	8	16	1947	2065	−118	16
8	Starwings	24	7	17	1733	1917	−184	14
9	Nyon	24	2	22	1658	2133	−475	4

Source: Swiss Basketball
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Results

Home \ Away	BON	FRI	GEN	LUG	MON	NYO	MAS	BAS	NEU
Boncourt	—	81–88		77–110		97–77	73–90	87–69	78–80
Fribourg Olympic	104–78	—			100–69		90–92	91–56
Lions de Genève	96–87	70–63	—	96–59				73–57
Lugano Tigers		65–74	73–88	—	66–48			76–69	71–83
Monthey-Chablais	85–81		48–89		—	106–81	75–87
Nyon	75–94	55–82	44–91	77–95	75–94	—
Spinelli Massagno		87–86	95–84	92–67			—		80–69
Starwings Basel			78–86	90–73	60–76	76–48	73–91	—
Union Neuchâtel		59–68			73–54	76–69		78–71	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 December 2020. Source: Swiss Basketball
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Swiss clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Fribourg Olympic	Champions League	First qualifying round
	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Lions de Genève	1
	8	Starwings	2
						8	Starwings	2
						4	Union Neuchatêl	0
	4	Union Neuchatêl	2
	5	Monthey-Chablais	1
											8	Starwings	0
											2	Fribourg Olympic	3
	2	Fribourg Olympic	2
	7	Boncourt	0
						2	Fribourg Olympic	2
						3	Spinelli Massagno	0
	3	Spinelli Massagno	2
	6	Lugano Tigers	0

External links

• Official website