2019–20 Swedish Basketball League

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.

Swedish Basketball League
Season	2019–20
Duration	25 September 2019 – 13 March 2020
Number of teams	10
Finals
Champions	Borås 1st title
Runners-up	Luleå
Awards
DPOY	Denzel Andersson
ROTY	Pelle Larsson
COTY	Panagiotis Nikolaidis
Referee OTY	Apostolos Kalpakas
Statistical leaders
Points Ty Sabin 22.2 Rebounds Jordan Semple 9.7 Assists Elvar Már Friðriksson 7.7
Records
Biggest home win	Jämtland 111-67 Wetterbydgen
Biggest away win	Djurgården 73-110 Luleå
Winning streak	Borås (12)
Losing streak	Djurgården (13)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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

 

 

Borås

 

Jämtland

 

Luleå

 

Norrköping

 

Nässjö

 

Södertälje

 

Umeå

 

Djurgården

 

Köping

 

Wetterbygden

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Location of teams in the 2019–20 Basketligan

Djurgårdens promoted as champion of the Superettan and replaced Uppsala, last qualified in the previous season and relegated.

Team	City	Venue	Capacity
Borås	Borås	Boråshallen	3,000
Djurgården	Stockholm	Brännkyrkahallen	500
Jämtland	Östersund	Östersunds sporthall	1,700
Köping Stars	Köping	Karlbergshallen	650
Luleå	Luleå	Luleå Energi Arena	2,700
Norrköping Dolphins	Norrköping	Stadium Arena	3,500
Nässjö	Nässjö	Nässjö Sporthall	1,200
Södertälje Kings	Södertälje	Täljehallen	2,100
Umeå	Umeå	Umeå Energi Arena	2,000
Wetterbygden Stars	Huskvarna	Huskvarna Sporthall	422

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Borås (C)	33	28	5	3000	2633	+367	56
2	Luleå	33	26	7	2909	2566	+343	52
3	Köping Stars	33	24	9	2805	2638	+167	48
4	Södertälje Kings	33	19	14	2723	2606	+117	38
5	Wetterbygden Stars	33	17	16	3010	3086	−76	34
6	Jämtland	33	15	18	2958	2920	+38	30
7	Norrköping Dolphins	33	14	19	2766	2759	+7	28
8	Nässjö	33	10	23	2653	2844	−191	20
9	Umeå	33	8	25	2663	2967	−304	16
10	Djurgårdens	33	4	29	2732	3200	−468	8

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: SBL
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	DJU	JAM	KOP	LUL	NAS	NOR	SOD	UME	WET	BOR	DJU	JAM	KOP	LUL	NAS	NOR	SOD	UME	WET
Borås	—	108–80	94–79	90–91	98–88	76–72	82–76	78–66	92–81	88–84	—	116–92	102–93	88–77	84–72	86–60		81–62	89–76	103–102
Djurgårdens	92–95	—	108–102	64–74	84–92	70–90	86–80	79–89	77–85	77–105		—	78–94	86–87	73–110	83–94	63–91	96–97	97–92	94–109
Jämtland	81–99	101–81	—	90–101	94–98	81–82	90–78	98–85	89–86	121–112	75–103	107–87	—	96–87	91–71	87–76	90–93	98–94		111–67
Köping Stars	75–67	92–78	89–70	—	72–56	102–77	84–79	68–76	85–81	82–96	92–76	105–79		—	65–76	84–86		74–71	92–75	93–85
Luleå	68–85	111–75	98–95	72–76	—	63–60	95–87	75–82	83–60	100–59	84–78	97–83	89–86		—	85–72	92–63	87–78	87–63	112–86
Nässjö	81–89	90–104	77–95	80–86	77–83	—	72–75	90–79	100–86	104–109	78–105		68–63	80–84	75–98	—	98–84	63–61	100–80
Norrköping Dolphins	73–83	94–86	94–80	76–81	85–91	113–109	—	62–71	92–68	103–85	80–93	117–83	67–89	79–86	71–91	89–56	—		78–62	94–67
Södertälje Kings	64–81	81–77	92–86	75–84	80–84	94–68	85–66	—	84–83	91–76		91–62	71–65	96–87	80–84	90–71	87–88	—	93–66	91–87
Umeå	86–80	95–85	101–82	82–84	65–101	84–83	86–94	70–87	—	93–107	68–102	102–87	86–92	67–84			88–79	82–89	—	94–105
Wetterbygden Stars	93–109	107–86	106–87	99–98	71–97	83–81	83–73	88–87	91–71	—	92–100			90–84	93–103	93–83	97–93	86–84	97–99	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: SBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Swedish clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Södertälje Kings	Champions League	Second qualifying round
	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season
Borås		First qualifying round

References

1. . Archived from the original on 2019-09-02. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
2. "Swedish Federation cancels 2019/20 season, Boras named Champions". Eurobasket.com. 13 March 2020.
3. (in Swedish). 12 March 2020. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

External links

• Official Basketligan website