SBL Cup
Founded2004 (2004)
No. of teams6
Country  Switzerland
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Most recent
champion(s)
Fribourg Olympic (5th title)
Related
competitions
Swiss Basketball League
Swiss Basketball Cup
Official websiteswissbasketball.ch/sbl-cup/
Current sports event 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

Result after overtime

2018–present

Year Host city Winners Runners-up Score MVP
2022
Fribourg Olympic SAM Massagno 84–73[2] France Natan Jurkovitz
2021
MontreuxLions de GenèveSAM Massagno78–60[3]Croatia Ive Ivanov
2020
MontreuxFribourg OlympicUnion Neuchatêl63–54[4]United States Xavier Pollard
2019
Lions de GenèveSAM Massagno67–53United States Terry Smith
ClarensFribourg OlympicLugano Tigers93–86 †Senegal Babacar Touré

2004–2017

Year Champions
2017Monthey
2016Monthey
2015Lions 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

References

  1. "Schedule | Swiss Basketball". swissbasketball.ch. Archived from the original on 2018-04-30.
  2. "SBL Cup Men : Fribourg Olympic revient de nulle part et remporte pour la septième fois le titre" (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  3. "SBL Cup Men : Les Lions de Genève titrés pour la quatrième fois" (in French). Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  4. https://swiss.basketball/news/2020/02/02/sbl-cup-men-fribourg-olympic-titre-pour-la-6eme-fois
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