2019–20 Swedish Basketball League Explained

Nextseason:2020–21
Swedish Basketball League
T Bg:
  1. FFDD00
T Color:black
Season:2019–20
Champions:Borås
1st title
Runners Up:Luleå
Teams:10
Duration:25 September 2019 – 13 March 2020
Top Scorer:Ty Sabin
Ppg:22.2
Ppg N:USA
Rpg:9.7
Rpg N:FRA
Apg:7.7
Apg N:ISL
Winning Streak:Borås (12)
Losing Streak:Djurgården (13)
Award6:COTY
Award7:Referee OTY
Award7 Winner:Apostolos Kalpakas
Award6 Winner:Panagiotis Nikolaidis
Award6 N:SWE
Award4:DPOY
Award5:ROTY
Award5 N:SWE
Award5 Winner:Pelle Larsson
Award4 Winner:Denzel Andersson
Award4 N:SWE
Award7 N:SWE

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.

TeamCityVenueCapacity
BoråsBoråsBoråshallen
DjurgårdenStockholmBrännkyrkahallen
JämtlandÖstersundÖstersunds sporthall
Köping StarsKöpingKarlbergshallen
LuleåLuleåLuleå Energi Arena
Norrköping DolphinsNorrköpingStadium Arena
NässjöNässjöNässjö Sporthall
Södertälje KingsSödertäljeTäljehallen
UmeåUmeåUmeå Energi Arena
Wetterbygden StarsHuskvarnaHuskvarna Sporthall

Regular season

Results

Swedish clubs in European competitions

TeamCompetitionProgress
Södertälje KingsChampions LeagueSecond qualifying round
FIBA Europe CupRegular season
BoråsFirst qualifying round

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: » Spelprogram säsongen 2019/2020 . 2019-09-12 . 2019-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190902145113/http://www.basketsverige.se/2019/06/04/spelprogram-sasongen-2019-2020/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Swedish Federation cancels 2019/20 season, Boras named Champions. Eurobasket.com. 13 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Svensk Basket avslutar säsongens tävlingsverksamhet. sv. 12 March 2020. 13 March 2020. 28 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200328155843/https://www.basket.se/Nyheter/nyheterfransbbf/svenskbasketavslutarsasongenstavlingsverksamhet/. dead.