Austrian Basketball Superliga

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Austrian Basketball Superliga
Austrian Basketball Superliga logo.png
Organising body Basketball Austria
Founded2019;5 years ago (2019)
First season 2019–20
Country Austria
Confederation FIBA Europe
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation to Basketball Zweite Liga
Domestic cup(s) Austrian Cup
Supercup Austrian Supercup
International cup(s) Basketball Champions League
FIBA Europe Cup
Current champions Swans Gmunden
(2nd league title; 6th Austrian title)
(2022–23)
Most championships Swans Gmunden
(2 titles)
TV partners Sky Sport
ORF
Basketball current event.svg2023–24 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.

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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

ClubPlaceArenaCapacity
Allianz Swans Gmunden Gmunden Volksbank Arena2,200
Kraftwerk Wels Wels Raiffeisen Arena1,700
Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld Fürstenfeld Stadthalle Fürstenfeld1,200
Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions Traiskirchen Lions Dome1,200
Kapfenberg Bulls Kapfenberg Sporthalle Walfersam1,000
Zepter Vienna Wien Admiral Dome1,500
redwell Gunners Oberwart Oberwart Sporthalle Oberwart1,700
Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg Klosterneuburg Happyland Klosterneuburg1,000
Raiffeisen Graz Graz Raiffeisen Sportpark Graz3,000
SKN St. Pölten Sankt Pölten Landessportzentrum1,000

Champions

SeasonChampionsRunners-upScore
2020–21 Swans Gmunden Kapfenberg Bulls
3–1
2021–22 BC Vienna Swans Gmunden
3–1
2022–23 Swans Gmunden BC Vienna
3–1

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