SBL Cup explained

SBL Cup
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Confed:FIBA Europe
Teams:6
Related Comps:Swiss Basketball League
Swiss Basketball Cup
Champions:Fribourg Olympic (5th title)
Current:2017–18 SBL Cup

The SBL Cup is the national professional league cup competition that is organised by the Swiss Basketball League (SBL), which is the top-tier level basketball division in Switzerland. The competition was introduced in 2004, and is the second cup competition that SBL teams play in, along with the Federation Swiss Cup. Formerly, the competition was known as the Swiss Basketball League Cup.

Format

Six teams from a given SBL regular season qualify, with the two highest seeds having a bye in the quarter-finals.[1] A final four tournament, at a host city, is played to determine the winner of the SBL Cup.

Finals

Key

2018–present

YearHost citywidth=150Winnerswidth=150 Runners-upScoreMVP
Fribourg OlympicSAM Massagno84–73[2] Natan Jurkovitz
Lions de Genève 78–60[3] Ive Ivanov
Fribourg Olympic 63–54[4] Xavier Pollard
Lions de Genève 67–53 Terry Smith
Fribourg Olympic 93–86 † Babacar Touré

2004–2017

YearChampions
2017 Monthey
2016 Monthey
2015 Lions de Genève
2014Union Neuchâtel
2013Lions de Genève
2012Lugano Tigers
2011Lugano Tigers
2010Benetton Fribourg Olympic
2009Benetton Fribourg Olympic
2008Benetton Fribourg Olympic
2007Benetton Fribourg Olympic
2006Boncourt
2005Boncourt
2004Geneva Devils

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schedule Swiss Basketball . swissbasketball.ch . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180430113911/https://swissbasketball.ch/sbl-cup/schedule . 2018-04-30.
  2. News: SBL Cup Men : Fribourg Olympic revient de nulle part et remporte pour la septième fois le titre . fr . 2022-06-27.
  3. News: SBL Cup Men : Les Lions de Genève titrés pour la quatrième fois . 14 August 2021 . fr.
  4. https://swiss.basketball/news/2020/02/02/sbl-cup-men-fribourg-olympic-titre-pour-la-6eme-fois