The Swiss Basketball League, also known as SB League or SBL, is the top-tier professional club basketball league in Switzerland. It is organized by Swiss Basketball. The winners of the SBL are crowned Swiss national basketball champions. Currently, twelve teams compete in the league. Historically, Fribourg Olympic is the league's most successful team, as it has won a league-record 19 championships. Until 2017, the league was known as the Championnat LNA.
Ohouo Guy Landry Edi is an Ivorian-French basketball player for the Calgary Surge of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) and a member of the Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team.
Moustapha Fall is a French professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. Standing at 2.18 m, Fall plays at the center position.
Jason Ellis is a retired American professional basketball player. He played five seasons with Idaho Stampede of the NBA D-League, two seasons for GasTerra Flames and two seasons with Boncourt. He played college basketball for Boise State University.
Basket-Club Boncourt is a professional basketball team from Boncourt, Switzerland. The team currently plays in the Swiss Basketball League (SBL). Home games of the team are played in Salle Sportive Boncourt which has a seating capacity of 1,500 people. The club has played in the lower-tier European competitions several times, the last time in 2006–07 in the FIBA EuroCup Challenge.
Christian Karl Hermoso Standhardinger is a Filipino-German professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was selected first overall by the San Miguel Beermen in the 2017 PBA draft at age 28, making him the oldest first overall pick.
Georgios Kalaitzakis is a Greek professional basketball player who last played for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He is a 2.01 m (6'7") tall small forward. As a teenager, Kalaitzakis used to be regarded as one of the top young European prospects in his age range.
Mathias Michel Lessort is a French professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. He stands at 206 cm (6’9’’) tall and plays at the center position.
The 2016–17 Championnat LNA season was the 86th season of the top tier basketball league in Switzerland. Monthey won its third national championship.
Élie-Franck Okobo is a French professional basketball player for AS Monaco Basket of the LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. A 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) tall combo guard, the Bordeaux native began his club career at age 16. Okobo subsequently competed for the youth team of Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez, reaching the LNB Espoirs title game in 2016. In the 2016–17 season, he assumed a greater role with the senior team, and in the following year, he became a regular starter.
Jonquel Orthea Jones is a Bahamian-Bosnian professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted with the 6th overall pick in the 2016 WNBA draft. Since May 2019, she also holds the citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, allowing her to play for the national team.
Amine Noua is a French professional basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Basketball Champions League (BCL). Standing at 2.02 m, he plays power forward.
The 2017–18 Swiss Basketball League (SBL) season was the 87th season of the top tier basketball league in Switzerland.
Emmanuel "Manu" Lecomte is a Belgian basketball player for KK Budućnost of the ABA League and the Prva A Liga. He played college basketball for the Baylor Bears and Miami Hurricanes and for the Belgian national team.
Tiegbe Bamba is a French-born Ivorian professional basketball player and a member of the Ivory Coast national team.
Babacar Touré is a Senegalese retired basketball player. He played for the Senegal national basketball team and several teams in Switzerland. Touré enjoyed his most successful years with Fribourg Olymipc, where he won three Swiss championships and was named the league's Finals MVP two times.
Conor Morgan is an Irish-Canadian professional basketball player who last played for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He also plays for the Canadian national team.
Caleb Apochi Agada is a Nigerian-Canadian professional basketball player for Prometey of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. Born in Nigeria and raised in Canada, he represents the Nigerian national basketball team. In 2020-21 he led the Israel Basketball Premier League in points per game and steals per game.
Kiady Mijoro Razanamahenina is a Malagasy basketball player who plays for Lyonso. Standing at 1.84 m, he plays as point guard. Razanamahenina also plays for the Madagascar national team.
Hugo Besson is a French professional basketball player who last played for Metropolitans 92 of the LNB Pro A. He debuted in the LNB Pro A in 2018 with Élan Chalon. After two seasons with Chalon, he was loaned to Saint-Quentin BB of the LNB Pro B and led the league in scoring in the 2020–21 season. After a season with the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian NBL, he was drafted by the Indiana Pacers with the 58th overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft.
