The 2017–18 Swiss Basketball League (SBL) season was the 87th season of the top tier basketball league in Switzerland.
| Swiss Basketball League | |
|---|---|
| Duration | October 2017 – 9 June 2018 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Fribourg Olympic (17th title) |
| Runners-up | Lions de Genève |
| Semifinalists | Lugano Tigers SAM Massagno |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → | |
Competition format
All teams will play two times against each other for completing 22 games per team.
The six first qualified teams will join the group for places 1 to 6 while the other six teams will play the group for places 7 to 12. These two groups will be played with a one-legged round-robin format, where all teams from group 1 to 6 and the two first qualified teams from the group for the seventh position will be qualified for the playoffs. In this intermediate stage, teams start with the points accumulated by the winnings achieved in the first stage.
The quarterfinals and the semifinals will be played as a best-of-five series while the final in a best-of-seven series.[1]
Teams
BBC Lausanne did not continue playing in the SBL and was replaced by Pully and Vevey Riviera.
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fribourg Olympic | 22 | 20 | 2 | 1904 | 1528 | +376 | 40 | Qualification to group 1–6 |
| 2 | Lions de Genève | 22 | 19 | 3 | 1854 | 1589 | +265 | 38 | |
| 3 | Lugano Tigers | 22 | 18 | 4 | 1959 | 1651 | +308 | 36 | |
| 4 | Union Neuchâtel | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1786 | 1647 | +139 | 26 | |
| 5 | SAM Basket Massagno | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1566 | 1468 | +98 | 26 | |
| 6 | Boncourt Red Team | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1793 | 1803 | −10 | 22 | |
| 7 | Monthey | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1623 | 1577 | +46 | 20 | Qualification to group 7–12 |
| 8 | Pully Lausanne Foxes | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1714 | 1795 | −81 | 18 | |
| 9 | Starwings Regio Basel | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1648 | 1836 | −188 | 14 | |
| 10 | Swiss Central | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1591 | 1814 | −223 | 14 | |
| 11 | Riviera Lakers | 22 | 3 | 19 | 1397 | 1691 | −294 | 6 | |
| 12 | Winterthur | 22 | 2 | 20 | 1517 | 1953 | −436 | 4 |
Second stage
Group 1–6
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fribourg Olympic | 5 | 5 | 0 | 428 | 367 | +61 | 50 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Lions de Genève | 5 | 3 | 2 | 373 | 358 | +15 | 44 | |
| 3 | Lugano Tigers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 396 | 392 | +4 | 42 | |
| 4 | SAM Basket Massagno | 5 | 2 | 3 | 400 | 404 | −4 | 30 | |
| 5 | Union Neuchâtel | 5 | 1 | 4 | 398 | 412 | −14 | 28 | |
| 6 | Boncourt Red Team | 5 | 1 | 4 | 414 | 476 | −62 | 24 |
Group 7–12
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monthey | 5 | 4 | 1 | 359 | 297 | +62 | 26 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Pully Lausanne Foxes | 5 | 3 | 2 | 413 | 384 | +29 | 24 | |
| 3 | Starwings Regio Basel | 5 | 3 | 2 | 419 | 424 | −5 | 20 | |
| 4 | Swiss Central | 5 | 2 | 3 | 372 | 442 | −70 | 18 | |
| 5 | Riviera Lakers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 359 | 329 | +30 | 12 | |
| 6 | Winterthur | 5 | 0 | 5 | 391 | 437 | −46 | 4 | Relegated to NLB |
Play-offs
Seeded teams played at home games 1, 2, 5 and, in the finals, 7.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fribourg Olympic | 88 | 86 | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pully Lausanne Foxes | 86 | 48 | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fribourg Olympic | 83 | 87 | 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SAM Basket Massagno | 69 | 67 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SAM Basket Massagno | 70 | 81 | 67 | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Union Neuchâtel | 78 | 68 | 91 | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fribourg Olympic | 78 | 99 | 70 | 85 | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lions de Genève | 66 | 72 | 80 | 63 | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lions de Genève | 83 | 85 | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monthey | 63 | 64 | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lions de Genève | 91 | 79 | 89 | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lugano Tigers | 74 | 100 | 71 | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lugano Tigers | 103 | 115 | 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boncourt Red Team | 95 | 67 | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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