Austrian Basketball Superliga Explained

Austrian Basketball Superliga
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Organiser:Basketball Austria
First:2019–20
Country:Austria
Confed:FIBA Europe
Teams:10
Relegation:Basketball Zweite Liga
Levels:1
Domest Cup:Austrian Cup
Supercup:Austrian Supercup
Confed Cup:Basketball Champions League
FIBA Europe Cup
Champions:Swans Gmunden
(2nd league title; 6th Austrian title)
Season:2022–23
Most Champs:Swans Gmunden
(2 titles)
Tv:Sky Sport
ORF
Current:2023–24 Austrian Basketball Superliga

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

The new league's first season was ended prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

On 16 May 2021, Swans Gmunden won the first Superliga championship.[5]

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).[1]

Clubs

Club PlaceArenaCapacity
Volksbank Arena 2,200
Raiffeisen Arena 1,700
Stadthalle Fürstenfeld 1,200
Lions Dome 1,200
Sporthalle Walfersam 1,000
Admiral Dome 1,500
Sporthalle Oberwart 1,700
Happyland Klosterneuburg 1,000
Raiffeisen Sportpark Graz 3,000
Landessportzentrum 1,000

Champions

SeasonChampionsRunners-upScore
Swans Gmunden
2021–22 BC Vienna
2022–23Swans GmundenBC Vienna

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Startschuss für die ADMIRAL Basketball Superliga - mit ADMIRAL Sportwetten als Hauptsponsor. OTS.at. 29 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Basketball-Superliga: Sky überträgt bis zu 48 Spiele, auch ORF an Bord - derStandard.at. DER STANDARD. 29 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Keine Lizenz für die Fürstenfeld Panthers. Sky Sport Austria. 6 August 2019 . 27 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Presstige Details ALLE. Basketball Austria. 28 March 2020.
  5. News: Berger . Helmut . Presstige Details BSL . 12 July 2021 . Basketball Austria . de-AT.